New Logan County Superintendent Dan Costellow returns home
Returning to his hometown decades after leaving, Dan Costellow came back to take the position of superintendent of the Logan County Schools. He started his new role on Jan. 1.
Returning to his hometown decades after leaving, Dan Costellow came back to take the position of superintendent of the Logan County Schools. He started his new role on Jan. 1.
Being the first to graduate in his family and having no intention of ever going to college, Ron Ballard said it was the educators in his life that changed his path.
Students at Northside Elementary School (Woodford County) are learning new skill sets that principal Scott Hundley said will advance their education and help local organizations in their community.
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has been helping districts with digital learning coaches, spending $3.2 million dollars of funding from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) fund to either help districts hire digital learning coaches or supplement what they have already been doing.
Hispanic families at Murray High School (Murray Independent) participated in the 4-H Juntos Program, a five-to-six-week program tailored to the Latin and Hispanic communities in the county as a career readiness program to expose them to post-secondary education options.
Shane Baker, a 3rd-grade teacher at Jennings Creek Elementary School (Warren County), said he never imagined being in front of an elementary school.
Leslie Peveler, director of elementary schools and the multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) coordinator in Daviess County, said year three of implementing the district’s MTSS is starting strong.
Being at the right place at the right time is a saying Jacob Ball, a 6th-12th grade agriculture teacher at Carter G. Woodson Academy (Fayette County), believes he is living.
Stories like that of Macgregor Hansgen, a Special Olympics athlete, show the importance of Special Olympics Kentucky (SOKY) and its Unified Champion Schools program.
Clinton County’s Supervisor of Instruction Stacey Evans says this school year has been the first one implementing the six components of the Kentucky Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) fully into the district’s schools.