The Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service (KCCVS) is seeking nominations for the 2011 Governor’s Awards for Volunteerism and Service. There are 13 award categories, including the First Lady’s Award, which recognizes a Kentuckian who has gone out of his or her way to assist youth in their efforts to graduate from high school. This may have been done [...]
Agriculture Commissioner James R. Comer invites Kentucky students to create a poster or write an essay on agriculture’s impact in their everyday lives in the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s annual Poster and Essay Contest. This year’s theme is “It All Starts With Agriculture.” The contest is open to all Kentucky students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Students may submit a [...]
On Jan. 21, Murray State will host the second “Shakespeare in the Schools Teacher Workshop.” This second session will feature presentations by Sarah Enloe, an educator from the American Shakespeare Center, and Rusty Jones, Barbara Cobb and Deborah Bell. Participants will receive teaching materials, additional strategies for addressing Senate Bill 1 concerns and a professional development certificate. To register, go [...]
A series of three student workbooks highlighting general issues of bullying and the specific issues of those who are bullied and those who bully is available at www.textercise.co.uk/books/bullying-series. Other materials are available at www.textercisebooks.co.uk.
Kentucky State Police (KSP) is looking for 5th-grade artists to compete in the National Missing Children’s Day poster contest sponsored by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Washington, D.C. KSP will select a nominee from Kentucky and forward it to DOJ, where one poster from all state nominated entries will be selected as a winner. The artist of the national [...]
Educators now have a new tool to help fight rising high school dropout rates in Kentucky and encourage students to stay in school and plan for their future careers. Forward in the Fifth and the Center for Rural Development are launching a new dropout prevention video and discussion guide, the “Stay in School Toolkit,” which shares candid stories of eight [...]
In an effort to highlight exemplary practices in Kentucky’s alternative education programs, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) is offering, for the second year, is asking superintendents to nominate A5 or A6 programs in their districts that meet the criteria to be designated as a Best Practice Site. Using criteria developed by KDE’s Alternative Education Advisory Committee, each superintendent will be able to [...]
The University of Kentucky College of Engineering will host its annual Engineers Day open house on Feb. 25 on the Lexington campus from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. EST, or UK’s Extended Campus Program at Paducah from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. CST. Engineer’s Day is open to all elementary, middle and high school students and their parents and friends. [...]
Gov. Steve Beshear has signed a proclamation designating February as "Earthquake Awareness Month" in Kentucky. The "Earthquake Awareness and Great ShakeOut" instructional unit is a tool providing teachers with an opportunity to educate students and families on how to prepare, protect and recover from earthquakes. This instructional unit is free and available for download here. In conjunction with the school unit, [...]
StageLab is offering a professional development session for teachers this Monday, Jan. 16 that will focus on the elements of drama and how they connect to the new English/language arts standards. The session, which is open drama teachers of all experience levels, will be in Louisville from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cost is $100. Six hours of professional development credit are [...]