Bobby Ellis
bobby.ellis@education.ky.gov

I think it’s safe to say that winter has arrived. 

When recent snow, ice and freezing temperatures lead to widespread school delays and closings, children spent their days off sledding, throwing snowballs, making snow angels and trying to recreate scenes out of the movie “A Christmas Story.” 

While Cathy Lindsey helped her daughter Ella Simpson sled down a hill near their house, a group of Second Street School (Frankfort Independent) students made their way to the Capitol Annex to sled and roll down the steepest hill they could find. 

If you’re not a fan of snow and the cold, 2018 may not be off to the best start. But if you like trying to stick your tongue to a freezing pole, you couldn’t really ask for a better time. 

Ella Simpson, a kindergartener at Second Street School (Frankfort Independent), sleds down a hill in front of her house in Frankfort. Photo by Bobby Ellis, Jan. 13, 2018

Ella Simpson, a kindergartener at Second Street School (Frankfort Independent), sleds down a hill in front of her house in Frankfort.
Photo by Bobby Ellis, Jan. 13, 2018

Dawson Pearl, left, and Nevaeh Henderson, an 8th-grader at Second Street School (Frankfort Independent) try to get their tongues to stick to a pole. Photo by Bobby Ellis, Jan. 13, 2018

Dawson Pearl, left, and Nevaeh Henderson, both students at Second Street School (Frankfort Independent), try to get their tongues to stick to a pole.
Photo by Bobby Ellis, Jan. 13, 2018

Dawson Pearl, a 7th-grader at Second Street School (Frankfort Independent) rides a sled down a hill behind the Capitol Annex in Frankfort. Photo by Bobby Ellis, Jan. 13, 2018

Dawson Pearl, a 7th-grader at Second Street School, rides a sled down a hill behind the Capitol Annex in Frankfort.
Photo by Bobby Ellis, Jan. 13, 2018

McLain Barber, an 8th-grader at Second Street School (Frankfort Independent), sleds down a hill at the Capitol. Photo by Bobby Ellis, Jan. 13, 2017

McLain Barber, an 8th-grader at Second Street School, sleds down a hill at the Capitol.
Photo by Bobby Ellis, Jan. 13, 2017

A group of Second Street School (Frankfort Indpendent) students get ready to sled down a hill near the state Capitol. Photo by Bobby Ellis, Jan. 13, 2018

A group of Second Street School students get ready to sled down a hill near the Kentucky Capitol.
Photo by Bobby Ellis, Jan. 13, 2018

Stella Young, a 3-year-old, makes a snow angel in front of the Capitol in Frankfort. Photo by Bobby Ellis, Jan. 13, 2018

Three-year-old Stella Young makes a snow angel in front of the Capitol in Frankfort.
Photo by Bobby Ellis, Jan. 13, 2018

Tanner Park, a 5th-grader at Second Street School (Frankfort Independent), is seen through a fence as he sleds down a hill in Frankfort. Photo by Bobby Ellis, Jan. 13, 2018

Tanner Park, a 5th-grader at Second Street School, is seen through a fence as he sleds down a hill in Frankfort.
Photo by Bobby Ellis, Jan. 13, 2018

Mia Kinnett, a 6th-grader at Second Street Elementary (Frankfort Independent) rides a sled down a hill in Frankfort. Photo by Bobby Ellis, Jan. 13, 2018

Mia Kinnett, a 6th-grader at Second Street Elementary (Frankfort Independent) rides a sled down a hill in Frankfort.
Photo by Bobby Ellis, Jan. 13, 2018

Ella Simpson rides a sled down a hill near her house after getting a push from her mom, Cathy Lindsey. Photo by Bobby Ellis, Jan. 13, 2018

Ella Simpson rides a sled down a hill near her house after getting a push from her mom, Cathy Lindsey.
Photo by Bobby Ellis, Jan. 13, 2018

Ella Simpson walks back up a hill with her sled near her house. Photo by Bobby Ellis, Jan. 13, 2018

Ella Simpson walks back up a hill with her sled near her house.
Photo by Bobby Ellis, Jan. 13, 2018