KSB athletes on the right track (and field) at Bill Roby Games
The Bill Roby Track and Field Games at the Kentucky School for the Blind gave intrepid photographer Bobby Ellis an opportunity to spend time with some young athletes.
A scary good time
The senior class at Lynn Camp High School (Knox County) puts on a haunted trail every year to raise money for the senior class trip.
Meeting a world changer
Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi visited the Maxwell Spanish Immersion Elementary (Fayette County) recently, challenging the students to be kind.
A new kind of library
By Bobby Ellis bobby.ellis@education.ky.gov There aren’t many libraries that can claim to have a giant wall of computer monitors, a green screen, an aquaponics lab and a slide going from the second to first floor, but the one at Eminence Independent certainly can. […]
Have Mercy, Take the Reins!
Students at Julius Marks Elementary (Fayette County) got the chance to meet Mercy, a rescued Belgian draft horse, as part of a new service learning program designed to show students the job opportunities in Kentucky's horse industry.
The spectacular state fair
For 10 days, children and young adults from around the state competed in everything from cattle and horse shows, to beauty pageants and photography contests at the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville.
A brand new band camp
Members of the Johnson Central High School Marching Band entered their first week of band camp with some new instruments, thanks in part to a famous alumnus.
A mall, a group of kids and a room full of cats
Ashland's Kyova Mall has partnered with the Boyd County Animal Shelter and the local public library to help socialize cats looking for their forever homes and help children sharpen their reading skills.
No lazy summer days for these students
For two weeks in June, 12 students from the Kentucky School for the Blind got the chance to expand their resumes, get out of the house and make a few dollars.
Graduation Day
A total of 19 students received their diplomas this year at the Kentucky School for the Blind and the Kentucky School for the Deaf.