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Hayes Lewis Elementary School (Leslie County) 6th-grade students Austin Feltner, left, and Jeremiah Caldwell listen to their flight plans in the briefing room at the Challenger Learning Center of Kentucky in Hazard Dec. 3, 2010. Photo by Amy Wallot
Hayes Lewis Elementary School (Leslie County) 5th-grade student Blake Stidham puts on a lab coat before taking off and landing at the space station at the Challenger Learning Center of Kentucky in Hazard Dec. 3, 2010. Photo by Amy Wallot
Hayes Lewis Elementary School (Leslie County) 6th-grade student Tanner Welch works in the space station at the Challenger Learning Center of Kentucky in Hazard Dec. 3, 2010. Photo by Amy Wallot
Hayes Lewis Elementary School (Leslie County) 6th-grade student Davida Stidham uses a robotic arm in the space station at the Challenger Learning Center of Kentucky in Hazard Dec. 3, 2010. Photo by Amy Wallot
Tom Cravens, director of the Challenger Learning Center of Kentucky in Hazard, has his blood pressure taken from students assigned to the medical team of the space station Dec. 3, 2010. Photo by Amy Wallot
Buckhorn Elementary School (Perry County) 4th-grade student Ashley Smith laughs as her classmate Laura Abner takes a spin on the momentum machine at the Challenger Learning Center of Kentucky in Hazard Dec. 3, 2010. Photo by Amy Wallot
Buckhorn Elementary School (Perry County) 4th-grade student Claudia Abner reaches out to touch Jupiter in a 3-D simulation of the planets at the Challenger Learning Center of Kentucky in Hazard Dec. 3, 2010. Photo by Amy Wallot
Buckhorn Elementary School (Perry County)student Kameron Harbold looks over his worksheet while heading to the next hands-on station at the Challenger Learning Center of Kentucky in Hazard Dec. 3, 2010. Photo by Amy Wallot
Students from Buckhorn Elementary School (Perry County) work through various hand-on stations at the Challenger Learning Center of Kentucky in Hazard Dec. 3, 2010. Photo by Amy Wallot
Surrounded by students Teah Burden, left, Kassidy Weedman, right, and Makayla Johnson, far right, Diane Tindle reads \"A Christmas Carol\" from an iPad to her 4th-grade class at William H. Natcher Elementary School\'s (Cloverport Independent) Blue Ribbon School celebration Dec. 9, 2010. The story was followed-up with a worksheet and a written response for the students to complete.Photo by Amy Wallot
Debbie Smith asks for a show of hands during her 2nd/3rd-grade class at William H. Natcher Elementary School (Cloverport Independent) Dec. 9, 2010.Photo by Amy Wallot
Superintendent John Millay asked \"Who\'s a Blue Ribbon School?\" during William H. Natcher Elementary School\'s (Cloverport Independent) Blue Ribbon School celebration Dec. 9, 2010. \"We are!\" yelled back 1st-grade student Kirsten Smith.Photo by Amy Wallot
Students carry a Blue Ribbon School to the flag pole at William H. Natcher Elementary School (Cloverport Independent)  after a Blue Ribbon School celebration Dec. 9, 2010.Photo by Amy Wallot
Library media specialist Barry Sanders checks out a book for 2nd-grade student Jacob Kubeny at Richardsville Elementary School (Warren County). The library is filled with natural light. Photo by Amy Wallot, March 2011
A hallway display shows what the insulated concrete form walls used at Richardsville Elementary School (Warren County) look like. Photo by Amy Wallot, March 2011
Wall displays around Richardsville Elementary School (Warren County) inform about energy conservation and recycling. Photo by Amy Wallot, March 2011
Second-grade student Elizabeth Wilson washes her hands at Richardsville Elementary School (Warren County). The sink uses solar panels to work. Photo by Amy Wallot, March 2011
Students at Richardsville Elementary School (Warren County) participate in an energy-free lunch. Photo by Amy Wallot, March 2011
The gymnasium floor at Richardsville Elementary School (Warren County) is made from bamboo. The parquet floor from the old gymnasium was used in the free-throw lane area. Photo by Amy Wallot, March 2011
Second-grade student Ishaan Choch writes a blog post about his recent trip to India during Cheri Arrowood\'s class at Jackson City School (Jackson Ind.). The writing Program Review includes communications for the 21st century. Photo by Amy Wallot, April 2011
Second-grade students Micah Henson and Rachel Griffith complete biography organizers during Cheri Arrowood\'s class at Jackson City School (Jackson Ind.) Photo by Amy Wallot, April 2011
Miko Momozono teaches Japanese to Beth Heimann\'s kindergarten class at Picadome Elementary School (Fayette County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 10, 2012
Shosei Kagotani listens to Miko Momozono teach direction words in Japanese at Picadome Elementary School (Fayette County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 10, 2012
Kindergarten student Carlyn Sharp guides Miles Kohn in the placement of facial features using the Japanese words for up, down, right and left at Picadome Elementary School (Fayette County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 10, 2012
Japanese teacher Miko Momozono laughs with kindergarten student Abby Hutchison as she places a blindfold on her to play a directional game at Picadome Elementary School (Fayette County). Photo by Amy Wallot
Miko Momozono heads to a 2nd-grade class to teach Japanese at Picadome Elementary School (Fayette County). She visits the kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades, while the 3rd - and 4th-grade students come to her for class. Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 10, 2012
Notes from students at Picadome Elementary School\'s partner school in Japan adorn the hallways. Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan, 10, 2012
Second-grade students practice Japanese characters with a brush at Picadome Elementary School (Fayette County). Learning with the brush helps them learn the correct stroke pattern according to Japanese teacher Miko Momozono. Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 10, 2012
Celeste Kayigamba, Dorian Washington and Katie Franklin volunteer to practice Japanese characters during Miko Momozono\'s class at Picadome Elementary School (Fayette County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 10. 2012
Second-grade student Celeste Kayigamba practices hiragana, a Japanese syllabary, during Miko Momozono\'s class at Picadome Elementary School (Fayette County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 10, 2012
Fourth-grade students Sarah Howell, Alexander Dimayuga and Alden Beers learn words for different sports and activities during Miko Momozono\'s Japanese class at Picadome Elementary School (Fayette County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 10, 2012
Daniel Hall and Devin Nickles log into the Continuous Instructional Improvement Technology System (CIITS) to take a quiz during Amber Stewart\'s 4th-grade class at Hindman Elementary School (Knott County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb 8, 2012
Fourth-grade teacher Amber Stewart talks with Sydnie Ritchie, Matthew Cornett and Braxton Rair about idioms at Hindman Elementary School (Knott County). Using CIITS, she was able to quickly put together review questions on the subject to use in her class. Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb 8, 2012
Faith Combs takes a test on equivalent fractions using CIITS during Debbie Craft\'s 4th-grade class at Hindman Elementary School (Knott County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb 8, 2012
Fourth-grade student Cole Williams whispers his score from a test to his teacher Debbie Craft at Hindman Elementary School (Knott County). Craft likes how quickly she can design a test with CIITS. At right is 4th-grade student Maston Hicks. Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb 8, 2012
Andrea Parson talks with her Cumberland County Elementary School 4th-grade class about its observations of the osprey nest they observe on a webcam. Photo by Amy Wallot, April 11, 2012
Fourth-grade student Lauren Riley displays her notebook with her osprey observations during Andrea Parson\'s 4th-grade class  at Cumberland County Elementary School. Photo by Amy Wallot, April 11, 2012
Students in Andrea Parson\'s 4th-grade class at Cumberland County Elementary School watch a webcam of an osprey in a nest near Lake Barkley. Photo by Amy Wallot, April 11, 2012
Second-grade teacher Alice Thackett directs Caden Maynard to say a large number for the rest of the class to create on their flip boards at  Southside Elementary School (Pike County).Photo by Amy Wallot, April 10, 2012
Kindergarten students look over the book Aaaarrggh, Spider! after doing art based on the book during the Next Generation Arts Academy at Model Laboratory Elementary School (Madison County).
Photo by Amy Wallot, June 19, 2012
Christina Hartke Towell poses with some of her students at McBrayer Elementary School (Rowan County). She is the teacher, director and founder of the Lucille Caudill Little Strings Program for Rowan County Schools and recipient of the Governor\'s Award in the Arts in Education. Photo by Amy Wallot, Aug. 17, 2012
Christina Hartke Towell laughs with students before a strings lesson at McBrayer Elementary School (Rowan County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Aug. 17, 2012
Fourth-grade students Natalie Peyton, Tina Zhang and Cormac O\'Brien practice the violin and viola with Christina Hartke Towell at McBrayer Elementary School (Rowan County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Aug. 17, 2012
Christina Hartke Towell helps 4th-grade student Tina Zhang change her violin strings at McBrayer Elementary School (Rowan County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Aug. 17, 2012
Mathematics teacher Michelle Lynch leads 4th-grade students in the problem of the day at the CELTIC Academy (Glasgow Independent). Each day at the academy starts with the grade level together for announcements and other homeroom-type activities before students separate for mathematics and science. Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 18, 2012
Fourth-grade student Tad Shelton works out an algebra problem during Michelle Lynch\'s class at the CELTIC Academy (Glasgow Independent). Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 18, 2012
Michelle Lynch checks over algebra problems for 4th-grade student Drew Richardson at the CELTIC Academy (Glasgow Independent). Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 18, 2012
Julie Bunnell explains the procedure for a science experiment testing pH levels of local water sources to 4th-grade students at the CELTIC Academy (Glasgow Independent). Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 18, 2012
Fourth-grade students John Richardson, Lauren Campbell and Eli Travis get a pond water sample during Julie Bunnell\'s class at the CELTIC Academy (Glasgow Independent). The students were testing pH levels of local water sources. Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 18, 2012
Fourth-grade student Jacob Wolf compares pH levels from local water sources during Julie Bunnell\'s class at the CELTIC Academy (Glasgow Independent). Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 18, 2012
First-grade student Maria Velazquez plays on the monkey bars during recess at Gallatin Elementary School (Gallatin) Aug. 13, 2007.Photo by Amy Wallot
Rachel Cole does the Hokey Pokey with her first-grade class during a break form reading activities at  Paint Lick Elementary School (Garrard) Jan. 15, 2010.
Photo by Amy Wallot
Fourth-grade students work out algebra problems during Michelle Lynch's class at the Celtic Academy (Glasgow Independent).
Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 18, 2012
First-grade students in Stephanie Arnold's class at Dry Ridge Elementary School (Grant) May 4, 2010.
Photo by Amy Wallot
Principal Denise Whitaker helps second-grade student Emily Glover follow along during Bobbi Fulcher's class. Interim Commissioner Kevin Noland visits Farmington Elementary, a Blue Ribbon School, Dec. 29 , 2007.
Photo by Amy Wallot
COSI on wheels brings the ag. interests of Kentucky to Wilkey Elementary in Leitchfield, Ky. Feb. 20, 2008. 
Photo by Amy Wallot
Green County Primary School Nov. 10,  2009.
Photo by Amy Wallot
During Linda Cochran's kindergarten class at Wurtland Elementary School (Greenup) Dec. 8, 2009.
Photo by Amy Wallot
Second-grade student Mia Noonan at Hickman County Elementary School (Hickman) Jan. 20, 2010.
Photo by Amy Wallot
First-grade students Lyda Brown and Emily Blount walk back to class during Reading Roundup. Education students from the Madisonville campus of Murray state hold a four day reading program "Reading Roundup" during fall break for students in grades 1-3 at Hanson Elementary in Hopkins County, Ky. Oct. 9, 2007. This was the third year for the program.
Photo by Amy Wallot
Allie Marcum dicusses traits of the Inuit with her partner Rachel Farthel during Peggy Sulfridge's 2nd-grade class at Sand Gap Elementary School (Jackson County). The students were creating history packets with information about Native American tribes.
Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 7, 2012
Second-grade students Micah Henson and Rachel Griffith complete biography organizers during Cheri Arrowood's class Jackson City School (Jackson Ind.) April 6, 2011.
Photo by Amy Wallot
Greathouse/Shryock Traditional Elementary School, a Blue Ribbon School, in Jefferson County Nov. 16, 2007.
Photo by Amy Wallot
Carr Creek Elementary School (Knott County) Feb. 17, 2011.
Photo by Amy Wallot
Penny Akers, music teacher of the year, prepares students for a program on folk music at Abraham Lincoln Elementary (Larue) in Hodgenville April 1, 2008. 
Photo by Amy Wallot
using ten strips to count out gummie bears during Lawanna Teadway's kindergarten class at Southside Elementary School (Lee) Aug. 22, 2008.
Photo by Amy Wallot
Fourth-grade students Haley Hardy and Eden Baird  tape a slip of paper with a landform on it to the chalkboard during Sharon Gatherwright's class lscience class at Lewis County Central Elementary (Lewis) Feb. 19, 2009. The students were had to decide if a certain landform was created by something being built or something breaking down. 
Photo by Amy Wallot
Students measure body parts at Ludlow Elementary School (Ludlow Ind.) Feb. 25, 2010.
Photo by Amy Wallot
Principal Tyler Day stops and talk with second-grade student Tyler Day at White Hall Elementary (Madison), a blue ribbon school, Jan. 14, 2009.
Photo by Amy Wallot
First-grade student Lanzahrae McCarty draws a picture of her family during Mikia Bolen's class at Middle Fork Elementary (Magoffin) May 19, 2008 in Salyersville, Ky.
Photo by Amy Wallot
Amanda White's second-grade classroom at Charles Straub Elementary (Mason) Sept. 29, 2008. White is one of 24 Teacher Achievement Award winners this year. 
Photo by Amy Wallot
field day at Pine Knot Intermediate School (McCreary)  June 17, 2010
Photo by Amy Wallot
Judy Worthington, with the Migrant Education Program, tutors kindergarden student Nolan Stewart in letter recognition at Calhoun Elementary School Dec. 8, 2011.Photo by Amy Wallot
Bill Meck presents Weather 101 to a group f fourth-grade students at Mercer County Elementary Dec. 12, 2007.
Photo by Amy Wallot
Charlotte Webb helps 5th-grade student Brianna Partin with a written response question from the book "Genies Don't Ride Bicycles" the Academy, an after-school program at Middlesboro Intermediate School (Middlesboro Ind.) Jan. 19, 2011.
Photo by Amy Wallot
Beth Veach plays a game with students to help them study spelling at Tompkinsville Elementary in the Monroe County school district Nov. 1, 2007. Students are clockwise from Veach; Hunter Madison, Tyler Geralds, Josh Price, Jamal Tooley, Michael Capshaw, Landon Smith and Makayla Monday. 
Photo by Amy Wallot
Monticello Elementary School (Monticello Ind.) Aug. 24, 2010.
Photo by Amy Wallot
Third-grade student Brent Hollon sharpens his pencil during Kim Hampton's class at Ezel Elementary School (Morgan County) Oct. 25, 2010. 
Photo by Amy Wallot
Students from Foster Heights Elementary School (Nelson County) speak with astronaut Catherine Coleman Jan. 28, 2011. Coleman is stationed on the International Space Station.
Photo by Amy Wallot
Second-grade student Kelis McGuire raises her hand to get the attention of substitute teacher Lynn Sutter at Fourth Street Elementary (Newport Ind.) March 19, 2008.
Photo by Amy Wallot
Kindergarten student Victor Pineda during Krystal Tubbs' class at Nicholas County Elementary School Aug. 26, 2010.
Photo by Amy Wallot
Students celebrate as third-grade teacher Mary Inmanreveals the correct answer Owen County Elementary in Owenton March 13, 2008.
Photo by Amy Wallot
Fourth-grade students Mercedes Kirtley, Makayla Stevenson and Sarah Lindsey hula-hoop during an AR reading party at Newton Parrish Elementary School (Owensboro Ind.) March 12, 2010.
Photo by Amy Wallot
Vernice Piego at Paintsville Elementary School (Paintsville Ind.) work on cursive writing during Sherri Sturgill's second-grade class Dec. 16, 2009.
Photo by Amy Wallot
Bowen Elementary School 5th-grade student Kelby Rose writes a story/reads as part of the snowbound program in Powell County Jan. 12, 2012.
Photo by Amy Wallot
First-grade student Lucas Messer during Derrick Bussell's gym class at Brodhead Elementary School (Rockcastle) Jan. 15, 2010.
Photo by Amy Wallot
Donnie Wilkerson talks about his Saturday field trips,
Primary student Colin Scott at Russell Primary School (Russell Ind.) May 22, 2009.Photo by Amy Wallot
First-grade students Ashley Rimerez and Maria Riuz practice addition during Kristine Kie\'s class at R.E. Stevenson Elementary School (Russellville Ind.) Jan. 9, 2012.Photo by Amy Wallot
Teaching about safety signs in Tiffany Bray's second-grade room at Science Hill School (Science Hill Ind.) Aug. 21, 2008.
Photo by Amy Wallot
Andrea Baker hugs fifth-grade student Kera Franklin after Baker gave her some tips on an Italian Accent to use during a reading theatre activity at Silver Grove School (Silver Grove Ind.) March 5, 2010.
Photo by Amy Wallot
Counting in a pre-school class at Franklin Elementary School (Simpson) MArch 10, 2010/
Photo by Amy Wallot
Music teacher Kendra Abner teaches first-grade students how to make sounds using parts of their bodies at Southgate Elementary School (Southgate Ind.) Sept. 21, 2009.
Photo by Amy Wallot
Hayley Burress during Debbie Scott's second-grade class at Taylor County Elementary,  Oct. 31, 2008.
 Photo by Amy Wallot
School nurse Nellie Hewitt takes Aleah Cull's tempurature at Bedford Elementary School (Trimble County) May 10, 2012.
Photo by Amy Wallot
Teresa Brewer's 3rd-grade class at Campton Elementary School (Wolfe County) Feb. 1, 2011.
Photo by Amy Wallot
Yvonne Crank works with Baily Mosley first-grade classroom studies vowels and counting while learning about polar bears at Southside Elmentary School (Woodford) Feb. 6, 2009.
Photo by Amy Wallot
Preschool student Bowen Carmen clips a piece of paper to an art easel with help from Commissioner Terry Holliday at Green County Primary School. Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 15, 2013
Fifth-grade students Stefany Boyd and Justice Silver plan their drawing for a game based on Pictionary that uses vocabulary words during Margot Smith’s class at Atkinson Academy (Jefferson County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 5, 2013
Lucius Smith and Lashodd Barnett draw a vocabulary word during a game based on Pictionary in Margot Smith’s 5th-grade class at Atkinson Academy (Jefferson County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 5, 2013
Fifth-grade students Katie Anderson, Sean Bush and Deyone Clark play a game based on Pictionary with vocabulary words during Margot Smith’s class at Atkinson Academy (Jefferson County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 5, 2013
Leslie Montgomery helps a small group with their skit that depicts a vocabulary word during her 5th-grade class at Atkinson Academy (Jefferson County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 5, 2013
Dasia Stewart and Zahria Morrison-Nettles play the role of immigrants during their skit demonstrating the vocabulary word citizen during Leslie Montgomery\'s 5th-grade class at Atkinson Academy (Jefferson County).Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 5, 2013
Fifth-grade students Dajianna Anderson, Dylan Peel, DeEunique Hinds and Shaylee Skaggs work on a skit demonstrating the vocabulary words amendment and security during Leslie Montgomery’s class at Atkinson Academy (Jefferson County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 5, 2013
Atkinson Academy (Jefferson County) teachers Margot Smith and Leslie Montgomery wrote Word Nerds: Teaching All Students to Learn and Love Vocabulary. They stress creating a classroom atmosphere where students feel safe to learn about language and take risks. Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 5, 2013
First-grade student Alexis Shoemaker shows her grandfather a book at Trapp Elementary School\'s (Clark County) book fair. The book fair was held in conjunction with a Donuts with Dads event that morning. Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 21, 2013
Kindergarten teacher Angie Taulbee sits with her students during a reading activity at Trapp Elementary School (Clark County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 21, 2013
Trapp Elementary School teacher Lisa Reece works with primary students on strategies they can  use to identify unknown words. Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 21, 2013
Fifth-grade teacher Steven Smith helps Nicholas Griffett with a mathematics problem at Trapp Elementary School (Clark County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 21, 2013
Fourth-grade teacher Betty Anes talks with her students about using mathematics to understand receiving proper change after a purchase at Trapp Elementary School (Clark County).Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 21, 2013
Fourth-grade students Autumn Scott, Loran Smith, Keegan Swafford and Dylan Perry check their answers together during Betty Anes mathematics class at Trapp Elementary School (Clark County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 21, 2013
Third-grade students James Taulbee and Dillon Berryman use manipulatives to find the area of a shape during Stephanie Rice’s class at Trapp Elementary School (Clark County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 21, 2013
Principal Steve Jenkins participates with the kindergarten students during calendar time in Angie Taulbee’s class at Trapp Elementary School (Clark County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 21, 2013
Amy Keadle listens to 1st-grade student Cooper Tuerk read during her  class at Tilden Hogge Elementary School (Rowan County). Photo by Amy Wallot, April 8, 2013
First-grade students Madelyn Staton, Marley Doyle and Sallie Robbins read during Amy Keadle\'s 1st-grade class at Tilden Hogge Elementary School (Rowan County). Photo by Amy Wallot, April 8, 2013
Cooper Tuerk and Tanner Spencer create a book about monster trucks during Amy Keadle\'s 1st-grade class at Tilden Hogge Elementary School (Rowan County). Students write and illustrate stories, which are then made into books that are laminated. Photo by Amy Wallot, April 8, 2013
First-grade student Marley Doyle looks through a collection of student published books created by her classmates during Amy Keadle\'s  class at Tilden Hogge Elementary School (Rowan County). Photo by Amy Wallot, April 8, 2013
First-grade students Breanna Johnson and Justin LeClair review words with vowel-constanant-vowel sounds with Amy Keadle during her class at Tilden Hogge Elementary School (Rowan County). Photo by Amy Wallot, April 8, 2013
Haley Withrow, right, helps Billy Hardin log on to a website during Shannon Hill's 4th-grade class at Owingsville Elementary School (Bath County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 17, 2013
Shannon Hill helps Elijah Stringer during her 4th-grade technology class at Owingsville Elementary School (Bath County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 17, 2013
Clayton McCarty, Skylar Copher and Summer Hamm use iPods in the hallway during Shannon Hill’s 4th-grade technology class at Owingsville Elementary School (Bath County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 17, 2013
A data board in Lori Newsome\'s 5th-grade class lets students know how well anonymously they are doing at J.M. Stumbo Elementary School (Floyd County). According to Principal Donna Robinson the students have become very driven to move into the proficient and distinguished categories. Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 10, 2013
Fifth-grade reading teacher Lori Newome helps a student use context clues to determine the meaning of a word at J.M. Stumbo Elementary School (Floyd County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 10, 2013
Kentucky Teacher of the Year Holly Bloodworth has lunch with her class at Murray Elementary School (Murray Ind.). Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 28, 2013
Kentucky Teacher of the Year Holly Bloodworth holds Hedgie, the class pet hedgehog, during class at Murray Elementary School (Murray Ind.). Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 28, 2013
Kentucky Teacher of the Year Holly Bloodworth helps 3rd-grade student Sydney Custer with an assignment during her class at Murray Elementary School (Murray Ind.). Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 28, 2013
Third-grade students Meg Robinson and Deric Barnette use plastic fingers to follow along while reading informational text about bats during Kentucky Teacher of the Year Holly Bloodworth\'s class at Murray Elementary School (Murray Ind.). Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 28, 2013
Fourth-grade teacher CarmaRita Webb incorporates habit 5, Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood into her lesson. Photo by Amy Wallot, Dec. 12, 2013
Fourth-grade teacher CarmaRita Webb incorporates the Leader in Me program into her class and lessons at Campbellsburg Elementary School (Henry County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Dec. 12, 2013
Haliegh Phillips helps Hampton Crowe on the computer during Katy Paas\' first-grade class at Campbellsburg Elementary School (Henry County). Paas incorporates The 7 Habits of Happy Kids into her daily routine. Photo by Amy Wallot, Dec. 12, 2013
Matthew Johnson and Taylor Corum read together in Katy Paas\' 1st grade class at Campbellsburg Elementary School (Henry County). Behind them is a poster the class created that asks,
First-grade student Rylee Whalen points to her favorite habit, Sharpen The Saw, which refers to eating right, exercising, getting plenty of sleep and spending time with family and friends. It was a popular choice with her classmates. Photo by Amy Wallot, Dec. 12, 2013
Fourth-grade student Devontaye Yates paints on half of the wooden quilt square that will become an 8x8 feet piece during Bethany Inman\'s art class at Heartland Elementary School (Hardin County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 24, 2013
Fourth-grade student Phillip Preston cuts out a fabric triangle for his quilt square during Bethany Inman\'s art class at Heartland Elementary School (Hardin County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 24, 2013
Teaching artist Diane Simpson and art teacher Bethany Inman assist students making quilt squares at Heartland Elementary School (Hardin County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 24, 2013
Art teacher Bethany Inman irons together students\' quilt square patterns during her class at Heartland Elementary School (Hardin County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 24, 2013
Preschool student Clarence Brodie, right,  dances to Tooty Ta during a Classroom of Excellence celebration at North Park Elementary School (Hardin County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 27 2014
Preschool students in Lori Allen\'s class race in Tiger Time at North Park Elementary School (Hardin County). Tiger Time is a room dedicated to gross motor skills at the school. Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 27 2014
Preschool students take a trip down a slide at North Park Elementary School (Hardin County). Students at the school receive a minimum of 30 minutes gross motor time. Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 27 2014
Jackson Shea and Sanyu Fennelly play in the kitchen during Emily Wilcoxson\'s preschool class at North Park Elementary School (Hardin County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 27 2014
Teaching assistant Lakeita Parmes asks preschool student Kenzyn Turner what center he would like to visit next at North Park Elementary School (Hardin County). Students are allowed to choose their next location during center time. Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 27 2014
Principal Chris Slone, curriculum coach Maureen Elwyn, special education instructor Dana Padgett and 2nd-grade teachers Leslie Lee and Ruthie Young talk about summer professional development opportunities during a PLC meeting at Perryvillle Elementary School (Boyle County). Photo by Amy Wallot, March 25, 2014
Third-grade students Valerie Santander, Branden Phillips and Joseph Ryan play the word game Blurt! during center time at Perryvillle Elementary School (Boyle County). Photo by Amy Wallot, March 25, 2014
Boyle County Superintendent Mike LaFavers and Assistant Superintendent David Young talked to 7th-grade students Gracyn King and Bailey Ellis. Photo by Amy Wallot, March 25, 2014
Brandon Wu, a 2nd-grade student at Mann Elementary School (Boone County), listens to teacher Lisa Willoughby discuss The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop. Willoughby said her students always look forward to reading the book. Photo by Amy Wallot, May 1, 2014
Jake Lunnemann and Maverick Mentors 5th-grade students Canada Johngakiem and Celeste Hesener review colors while playing with a toy ship at Mann Elementary School (Boone County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 1, 2014
Maverick Mentor Joseph Zabik, center, reads with Ian McIntosh and Autumn Bailey at Mann Elementary School (Boone County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 1, 2014
Geoffrey Cottingham has lunch with the Maverick Mentors at Mann Elementary School (Boone County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 1, 2014
Mann Elementary School (Boone County) Principal Connie Crigger talks with students outside on the playground. Photo by Amy Wallot, May 1, 2014
Second-grade teacher Lisa Willoughby discusses using the content to predict what will happen in a book that her students are reading at Mann Elementary School (Boone County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 1, 2014
Mann Elementary Ambassadors, including Luke Weaver, Isabel Schmitt and Emily Fox, all 5th-grade students, are raising money for a buddy bench for their playground. The bench will be a place where a student can sit, alerting other students that they are looking for someone to play with. Photo by Amy Wallot, May 1, 2014
Star Elementary School (Carter County) Principal Charles Baker talks with 4th-grade students Madison Sparks and  Kelsie Fleming before they head to lunch. Photo by Amy Wallot, May 14, 2014
Ryland Fuller shares a connection he has with a book character in How to Beat the Bully Without Really Trying by Rodney Rathbone during KW Sexton\'s 4th-grade class at Star Elementary School (Carter County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 14, 2014
Kindergarten teacher Jan Kennedy works on reading skills with Ryan Carter at Star Elementary School (Carter County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 14, 2014
Second-grade student Aden Rucker shows his bird nest observations to his teacher Lisa Hicks at Star Elementary School (Carter County). Her class was observing, through a webcam, a live bird\'s nest at the county\'s middle school. Photo by Amy Wallot, May 14, 2014
Brayden Fuler is excited to share a book about \"cute baby animals\" with instructional assistant Francie Shaffer during Lisa Hick\'s 2nd-grade class at Star Elementary School (Carter County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 14, 2014
Third-grade teacher Tim Kennedy teaches his class how to calculate area and perimeter at Star Elementary School (Carter County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 14, 2014
Fifth-grade teacher Sonya Hay reviews mathematics word problems with her class at Star Elementary School (Carter County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 14, 2014
Fourth-grade teacher Lauren Rister cheers on her class during field day at Glendover Elementary School (Fayette County). Photo by Amy Wallot,  May 30, 2014
First-grade students Crystal Petotan and Isneha Tamang play a skills game with their ESL teacher Betty Snyder at Glendover Elementary School (Fayette County). Crystal speaks Spanish and Isneha speaks Nepali. Photo by Amy Wallot,  May 30, 2014
Professional teaching assistant Karen Dove and reading intervention specialist Julie Miller examine the growth in reading scores for their students at Glendover Elementary School (Fayette County). Photo by Amy Wallot,  May 30, 2014
First-grade student Yasseen Mohamed plays a skills game with ESL teacher Betty Snyder and and other ESL students at Glendover Elementary School (Fayette County). Photo by Amy Wallot,  May 30, 2014
Second-grade students Emily Gray, Cyan Duvall and Ryan Smith read over instructions to test stream water for nutrient levels at Glenn Marshall Elementary School (Madison County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 9, 2014
Fourth-grade student Jake Muntz collects a sample of water from  the stream to test for nutrient levels at Glenn Marshall Elementary School (Madison County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 9, 2014
Eastern Kentucky University Assistant Professor David Brown holds a robin as he shows students at Glenn Marshall Elementary School (Madison County) how to catch and band birds. Photo by Amy Wallot, May 9, 2014
Eastern Kentucky University Associate Professor Stephen Richter holds a tadpole that was found by Glenn Marshall Elementary School (Madison County) students using dip nets in the school\'s pond. Photo by Amy Wallot, May 9, 2014
Students use dip nets to explore the contents of the pond at Glenn Marshall Elementary School (Madison County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 9, 2014
Third-grade students create self portraits in the style of American artist James Rizzi during Valynn Spearman\'s art class at Allen County Primary Center. Photo by Amy Wallot, May 15, 2014
Second-grade students Nathalie Puntos and Allison Davis work on their portraits. Photo by Amy Wallot, May 15, 2014
Fourth-grade student Josh Martin was named the whale done student of the week at Earlington Elementary School (Hopkins High School). He received the recognition, and t-shirt, for being friendly to a new student at the school.Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 16, 2014
First-grade students Brooklyn Vernon and Liddie Burtin have lunch at Earlington Elementary School (Hopkins High School). Cafeteria expectations at the school include talking quietly and cleaning up your mess. Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 16, 2014
Brennan Wrath and William Stone laugh while reading Halloween by Jerry Seinfeld during Sarah Reed's 3rd-grade class at Field Elementary School (Jefferson County).Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov. 21, 2014
Sarah Reed reviews numerators and denominators with a small group during her 3rd-grade class. Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov. 21, 2014
Emma Tucker, Steven Russell and Paige Franklin play with the class pet rat, Albany, during Sarah Reed's class. Franklin was taking the rat home for the weekend. Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov. 21, 2014
Steven Russell asks his 3rd-grade teacher Sarah Reed when it was she decided to become a teacher. Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov. 21, 2014
Assistant Principal Steven Stark and Principal Deb Rivera talk with Kentucky Teacher of the Year Sarah Reed, center, at Field Elementary School (Jefferson County). Rivera attended the ceremony in Frankfort and said she wasn't surprised when Reed was named TOY because she is a great teacher. Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov. 21, 2014
Second-grade students Emma Walters and Savannah James check out books at Corbin Primary School (Corbin Independent). The students are taught to be self-sufficient when using the library. Photo by Amy Wallot, Dec. 2, 2014
After checking out books, students find spots on the floor and read together.  Photo by Amy Wallot, Dec. 2, 2014
Teaching assistant Tanya Sizemore works on reading skills with 1st-grade students Brianna Moses and Aden McLain in the library. Photo by Amy Wallot, Dec. 2, 2014
First-grade student Cam Estep works on a computer in one section of the library.  Photo by Amy Wallot, Dec. 2, 2014
Brenda Folley helps 1st-grade student Aayden King with math skills in the library. The library has plenty of space to work with students one-on-one or in small or large groups.  Photo by Amy Wallot, Dec. 2, 2014
Teaching assistant Tanya Sizemore uses the library to work with a small group of students on their reading skills. Photo by Amy Wallot, Dec. 2, 2014
Library media specialist Stacie Kegley looks over the football field 5th-grade student Michaela Ehrhardt is creating in Minecraft using instructions her partner Mackenzie Schneeman wrote.  Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 7, 2015
Fifth-grade student Jake Childress creates his name floating in the sky in Minecraft based of instructions a classmate wrote for him.  Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 7, 2015
Fifth-grade student Jeremy Metcalf suggests an educator could by pencils and crayons with $25 as Milken Education Awards senior vice president Jane Foley starts to unveil the award amount during the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award assembly at Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary School (Jefferson County).Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 15, 2015
Commissioner Terry Holliday adds one more zero to the award amount, for a total of $25,000, to be given to the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award winner.  Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 15, 2015
Allyson Vitato, principal at Breckinridge-Franklin Elementary School (Jefferson County), is surprised when her name is called as the winner of the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award. Also pictured at center is JCPS superintendent Donna Hargens.  Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 15, 2015
Kindergarten student Stella Gootee applauds her principal being named the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award winner. Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 15, 2015
Allyson Vitato thanks the students who helped surprise her in being named the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award winner. Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 15, 2015
Commissioner Terry Holliday congratulates Allyson Vitato after she was named the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award winner. Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 15, 2015
Preschool teacher Donna Howard asks Dakota Postlewaite to chose a math tool that will help him measure shoe size if he were an employee at a local shoe store during class at Whitesville Elementary School (Daviess County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 5, 2015
Graci Ballard adds small bear math manipulatives to a homemade balance scale to solve the problem "if she or her friend has more bears" during Donna Howard's class.  Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 5, 2015​
Brady Barnett choses a math tool to use.  Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 5, 2015
Wyatt Roby wears the mathematician hat while solving a problem.  Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 5, 2015
Every 1 Reads volunteer Rod Kincaid works with 3rd-grade student Oliver Chavez-Albarado in the library. Kincaid and his wife, a retired teacher, live in the neighborhood and volunteer at the school once a week.  Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 28, 2015
Preschool student Sydney Minucci  plays a matching game on the computer.  Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 28, 2015
Teaching assistant Rhonda Hester leads a dice game 1st-grade students were playing to work on their sight words. Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 28, 2015
Art teacher Amy Siwicki helps 3rd-grade student Lauren Godwin with her sand painting. The class was learning about Native American art and creating works inspired by it.  Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 28, 2015
Jefferson County Public Schools Superintendent Donna Hargens, Commissioner Terry Holliday and Stopher Elementary Principal Brigitte Owens tour classrooms.  Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 28, 2015
Third-grade students Alex Reynolds, Heiress Lehman, Beth Reynolds and Payton Nally paint in a dot style to mimic aboriginal art at Clay Elementary School (Webster County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 28, 2015
Mary Fryer instructs 3rd-grade student Weston Wint what to do after finishing his aboriginal art inspired pairing at Clay Elementary School (Webster County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 28, 2015
Ryan Hazelwood answers a question about Chinese currency during Crystal Harris' 2nd-grade class at Clay Elementary School (Webster County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 28, 2015
Second-grade student Peyton Campbell look at pictures of Chinese currency, yuan, at Clay Elementary School (Webster County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 28, 2015
Daniel Hill's P.E. class at Tates Creek Elementary School (Fayette County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 2, 2015
Daniel Hill encourages 1st-grade student Caleb Million to participate in the gallop/slide center  at Tates Creek Elementary School (Fayette County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 2, 2015
First-grade student Gariona Sturgis hula hoops at Tates Creek Elementary School (Fayette County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 2, 2015
Gavin Morris choses a math tool to use during Donna Howard's preschool class at Whitesville Elementary School (Daviess County). 
Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 5, 2015
Tobias Johnson laughs as his partner Trent Bryan displays the Posiden mask they made for their presentation on Greek mythology during Lauren Coomes' 4th-grade class at Estes Elementary School (Owensboro Independent). 
Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 5, 2015
Graci Ballard adds small bears to a homemade solve the problem if she or her friends has more bears during Donna Howard's preschool class at Whitesville Elementary School (Daviess County). 
Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 5, 2015
Madison Veach laughs as her classmates give a presentation on Zeus during Lauren Coomes' 4th-grade class at Estes Elementary School (Owensboro Independent). 
Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 5, 2015
Fourth-grade teacher Karla Cloyd helps students with math manipulatives to create shapes while learning about the different types of angles at Tompkinsville Elementary School (Monroe County).Photo by Amy Wallot, April 20, 2015
Dustin Gay, Dustin Gay, a 4th-grade student in Andrea Starnes' class, reviews an informational text piece about pandas.  Photo by Amy Wallot, April 20, 2015a 4th-grade student in Andrea Starnes' class, reviews an informational text piece about pandas at Tompkinsville Elementary School (Monroe County).Photo by Amy Wallot, April 20, 2015
Lindsey Clarkson's 5th-grade social studies class reviews for an end of the year test.  Photo by Amy Wallot, April 20, 2015
Fourth-grade students Marshall Wray, Layla Gearlds, Brandon Bowas, Austin Sutton and Adriana Pascual perform a science experiment to see how mass effects speed. Photo by Amy Wallot, April 20, 2015
Conner Stroud looks for a book to read after finishing an assignment in Whittany Shaw's class. Photo by Amy Wallot, April 20, 2015
Heather Allen helps her classmate Kyle Norris with multiplication problems during Cecilea Stephens' 3rd-grade class. Photo by Amy Wallot, April 20, 2015
Special Education teacher Crystal Fires helps Harli Hanisch and Cevin Prater with an assignment on measuring volume at Central Elementary School (Marshall County).Photo by Amy Wallot, April 21, 2015
First-grade student Jett Seidel leads the class in the mooring routine of  deciding information about the day like what day of the week it is and what the weather is like during substitute teacher Marla English's class at  Central Elementary School (Marshall County).Photo by Amy Wallot, April 21, 2015
First-grade student Cami Ball finishes an addition worksheet during Marla English's class at Central Elementary School (Marshall County).Photo by Amy Wallot, April 21, 2015
Fifth-grade student Kylie Jones multiplies fractions in April Galloway's Central Elementary School (Marshall County).Photo by Amy Wallot, April 21, 2015
Fourth-grade student John Turner raises his hand to answer a question about relative pronouns during class at Central Elementary School (Marshall County).Photo by Amy Wallot, April 21, 2015
Bethany Lyles plays an adding and subtracting game with students in her class at Central Elementary School (Marshall County).Photo by Amy Wallot, April 21, 2015
AmeriCorps volunteer Celia Miller tests Shane Wenzel for benchmark assessments at Central Elementary School (Marshall County).Photo by Amy Wallot, April 21, 2015
Caleb Trejo "reads for pleasure",  as his teacher Nicole Freyburger calls it, before class gets underway at Glenn O. Swing Elementary School (Covington Independent). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 7, 2015
Second-grade student Fayth Griffin answers questions that check for comprehension after reading a passage about voting.  Photo by Amy Wallot, May 7, 2015
Second-grade students Caleb Trejo, Talynn Burton and Shayden Anderson read out loud as a group for fluency practice.  Photo by Amy Wallot, May 7, 2015
Students in Nicole Freyburger's 2nd-grade class are eager to give an example of alliteration.  Photo by Amy Wallot, May 7, 2015​
Fourth-grade student Christian Lear runs under a parachute while playing with other campers during the migrant writing camp in Madison County. Photo by Amy Wallot, June 23, 2015
Clarkson Elementary School kindergarten student Michell Lynch washes fresh-picked lettuce with her mother Tomoko Lynch during the Get Going Gardening program at Lincoln Trail Elementary School (Hardin County) June 15, 2010. Photo by Amy Wallot
Second-grade student Josh Coronado places an apple turnover on the food pyramid during a field trip to Evan\'s Orchard in Scott County Sept. 22, 2010. He is a student at Anne Mason Elementary School (Scott County). Photo by Amy Wallot
Cameron Teegarden, left, and Michael Ferraro work on a vocabulary assignment about the Bill of Rights during Rachel Caswell\'s 4th-grade class at Cline Elementary School (Campbell County), a Blue Ribbon School,  Nov. 10, 2010. Photo by Amy Wallot
Fifth-grade student Destiny Bowman celebrates the announcement of a new computer lab for her school during its Blue Ribbon School ceremony at Ezel Elementary School (Morgan County) Oct. 25, 2010.  Photo by Amy Wallot
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Teacher Amy Pavona plays Connect Four with 4th-grade student D\'Onta Lane during an indoor recess at Dixie Elementary Magnet School (Fayette County) Jan. 6, 2011. Looking on, Brennan Aulds, left, Kendrick Curry, center, and Drew Hensley realize D\'Onta is going to win the game. Photo by Amy Wallot
Fifth-grade student Antonia Seabrooks, center, practices for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at Lincoln Elementary School (Jefferson County)  Jan. 14, 2011. Her favorite performing arts to participate in is instrumental music. Photo by Amy Wallot
Charlotte Webb helps 5th-grade student Brianna Partin with a written response question from the book
Fourth-grade student Benjamin Phillips entertains the gathering crowd at Sedalia Elementary School (Graves County) before the school’s Blue Ribbon School celebration Jan. 6, 2011. Photo by Amy Wallot
Kindergarten student Ziyana Killebrew looks to her teacher Lindsey Howell for help at Lacy Elementary School (Christian County) Feb. 2, 2011. Lacy Elementary is a 2010 Distinguished Title I School. Photo by Amy Wallot
Children enjoy an unusually warm day during recess at Carr Creek Elementary School (Knott County) Feb. 17, 2011. The school\'s FRYSC raised money for the new playground. Photo by Amy Wallot
Third-grade student Abigail Bittenbender demonstrates angry body language during Christa Taylor\'s class at Fulton Elementary School (Fulton County) Feb. 22, 2011. Counselor Tamra Parker, pictured, was teaching the class a lesson about self-control.  Photo by Amy Wallot
Fourth-grade student Brittany Dixon leaves comments on other students’ blog posts during Jennifer Martin’s class at Waco Elementary School (Madison County). Students in the class post their writing pieces as blog posts, and other students can comment on them. Photo by Amy Wallot, April 2011
Mobile Science Activity Center program coordinator Jason Hodge instructs students on the ice cream making process before they begin the activity at Tollesboro Elementary School (Lewis County) May 24, 2011. Photo by Amy Wallot
Donnie Wilkerson, pretending to be a member of the press, asks a group of students, acting as an Inuit family, questions about Inuit life as part of a lesson about American Indian cultural regions during his 5th-grade history class at Jamestown Elementary School (Russell County). Wilkerson has many similar costumes that he wears throughout the school year.  Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 2, 2011
Social studies teacher Roxanne Mitchell works with 5th-grade students editing sentences at North Middletown Elementary School (Bourbon County). “The value of a small school is epitomized (here),” Mitchell said. “We are a family who cares about each other personally and professionally. There is no negativity, and our focus is success for all of our students.” Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 20, 2011
Justin Suter, Sasha Sairajeev, Kienan Ramlee and Kaitlyn Carmack work together building a Mars rover that will compete to scoop up ping pong balls during Rebecca Logan's 5th-grade STEM class at Elkhorn Elementary School (Franklin County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov, 9, 2011
Silvia McClamrock teaches 4th-grade students Haley Turner and Bailey Hall colors in Spanish at Woodfill Elementary School (Fort Thomas Ind.). Students at the school take a weekly Spanish class. Photo by Amy Wallot, Dec. 6, 2011
Judy Worthington, with the Migrant Education Program, tutors kindergarten student Nolan Stewart in letter recognition at Calhoun Elementary School. Photo by Amy Wallot, Dec. 8, 2011
Lincoln Trail Elementary School (Hardin County) students Hunter Clark, Aaron Muss, Ciera Davis, Miranda Ford and Josh Givan huddle around a computer to Skype with their teacher, Andrea Meyer, while she is in Kuwait. Photo by Amy Wallot, Dec. 14, 2011
Second-grade teacher Layton Batts and Education Commissioner Terry Holliday greet students getting off the bus at Murray Elementary School (Murray Independent). Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 11, 2012
Second-grade students Zander Jones, Logan Allphin, Nick Lucas and Anthony Wolford look over Jose Espicio\' s experiment about color and heat absorption during the 8th-grade science fair at Williamstown Junior High School (Williamstown Ind.) Jan. 18, 2012. Photo by Amy Wallot
Abby Trent helps 2nd-grade student Ashley Rush with a question about time at Gamaliel Elementary School (Monroe County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 2, 2012
Guidance counselor Gina Crabtree works with 2nd-grade students on the Seven Habits of Happy Kids during a weekly guidance class at McNeill Elementary School (Warren County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 24, 2012
Berea College junior Alicia Carman works with 5th-grade student Cecilia Francis during Susan Walters’ language arts class at Camargo Elementary School (Montgomery County). Carman would like to teach 4th or 5th grade, where she feels she can make an impact preparing students for middle and high school. Photo by Amy Wallot, March 23, 2012
Second-grade student Connor Webster listens to 3rd-grade student Aaron Stewart reading Fox in Socks during the Literacy Cafe at Crossroads Elementary School (Campbell County). Behind them, students fill in posters with who they like to read with and what they like to read about.
Tates Creek High School (Fayette County) freshman Erin Guffey, president of the University of Kentucky KEA student chapter Johnne Lawrence, Salyersville Grade School alumnus Alison Lovely and Mayfield Elementary School (Madison County) science teacher Stephanie Winkler paint an eagle mascot on the outside of the temporary Salyersville Grade School (Magoffin County). Photo by Amy Wallot, July 27, 2012
Gary "Trey" Heavrin counts chips during the kindergarten screener at West Point Elementary School (West Point Independent).
Photo by Amy Wallot, Aug. 15, 2012
Krista Chatham helps 4th-grade students Ashton Walls and Jaiden Jones compare numbers during mathematics class at Cartmell Elementary School (Carroll County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Aug. 21, 2012
Fifth-grade student Cadee Francis, center, discusses a scenario where she decides whether to keep a friend after the friend has done hurtful things as part of the Very Important Girls event at Pulaski Elementary School. Photo by Amy Wallot, Aug 24, 2012
Kindergarten students Haley Nichols, Garrison Barker, Sadie Millay and Taylor Curry work together in cooperative groups in Julia Boling’s class at Deer Park Elementary School (Daviess County). Students were asked to think creatively as they reflected on the story A House is a House for Me. Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 25, 2012
Director of Virtual Arts Mike Bell sets 7th-grade student Olivia Foley up to sing for the virtual choir at Allen Elementary School (Floyd County). After seeing her friends participate last year and liking the final product, Foley decided to participate this year.Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 28, 2012
Third-grade student Gavin Bardin spends a moment looking out the window in the resource room at Lebanon Elementary School (Marion County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 12, 2012
Cameron Spicer works out a pre-algebra problem using the Hands-On Equations program during Ninya Sallee’s 5th-grade class at Pilot View Elementary School (Clark County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov. 15, 2012
Sydney Kimbler, Dean Burton, Kaylee Robinson and Brandon Hagy in Kelly Roberton\'s 1st-grade class at Colonel William Casey Elementary  (Adair County).Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 29, 2008
Rosa Parks Elementary School (Fayette County) food services manager Cathy Ferrell and her staff baked kale chips for the taste test at Rosa Parks Elementary School (Fayette County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 17, 2013
First-grade student Holden Bays leads the dancing during Lederrick Wesley\'s music class at Bardstown Primary School (Bardstown Ind.). Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 23, 2013
Stephens Elementary School (Boone County) Principal James Detwiler, center, talks with Boone County Superintendent Randy Poe in the library at Longbranch Elementary School during instructional rounds, which involves faculty and staff members from other schools in the district visiting and observing instruction at different schools. Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 7, 2013
Kristy Frazier instructs her 7th-grade mathematics class on using different strategies to solve a multiplication problem at Porter Elementary School (Johnson County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov. 16, 2012
Suzanne Henson helps 5th-grade student Dalton Lowe graph coordinates on an iPad at Bevins Elementary School (Pike County). Students also use the iPads to take tests through CIITS, shortening grading time for teachers, one of the changes at the school prompted by the TELL Kentcky Survey. Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 14, 2013
Second-grade teacher Danielle Rodriguez teaches her students to subtract multiples of ten at Gallatin County Lower Elementary School. Photo by Amy Wallot, March 11, 2013
Mathematics intervention teacher Rick Reinle reinforces mathematics strategies with 1st-grade students at Taylorsville Elementary School (Spencer County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 6, 2013
Susan Brock talks with her 4th-grade science class about the paludarium they built with pill bugs, snails and guppies at Bell Central School Center (Bell County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 15, 2013
Fifth-grade student Nicolas Franchi gets dressed as a fisherman during an activity in Christina Cornelius class that ended with the whole class dressed as a profession at James E. Farmer Elementary School (Jefferson County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Aug. 27, 2013
Jane Thompson discusses with her 4th-grade class a time when they felt like failures and who helped them during a lesson about mindset and failure at Emma B. Ward Elementary School (Anderson County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 12, 2013
A student prepares to go on a walk while listening to an educational podcast during Jessica Goldy Elliott\'s 5th-grade class at Owingsville Elementary School (Bath County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 27, 2013
Seventh-grade student Noah Sturgill reads in the library at Auburn Elementary School (Logan County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 29, 2013
Fifth-grade student Keveon Beach focuses on finding the most important information while he reads during Gigi Pattison\'s class at Clear Creek Elementary School (Shelby County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 16, 2014
Debbie Lewis passes out tape to 2nd graders at Morningside Elementary School (Elizabethtown Independent) to use on models they designed to replicate an animal transferring pollen. Photo by Amy Wallot,  May 19, 2014
Amy Orberson helps 2nd-grade students Sarah Boyd and Addie Cross match three-digit numbers to visual representations of the numbers during her class at Woodlawn Elementary School (Boyle County).Photo by Amy Wallot, Dec. 2, 2014
Ana Castro, Spanish teacher at DuPont Manual High School (Jefferson County), works the room checking on her students as they teach science lessons to elementary students at Hawthorne Elementary School. Photo by Amy Wallot Nov. 19, 2014
Jessamine County district arts and humanities coordinator Jessica Greene records square dancing at Rosenwald-Dunbar Elementary School (Jessamine County). She is making videos of the music programs at all of the district schools and sharing them through social media. Photo by Amy Wallot, March 19, 2015
Commissioner Terry Holliday talks with 3rd-grade students Landon Brown and Rayna Roberts at North Middletown Elementary School (Bourbon County), a Blue Ribbon School. Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 20, 2011
Third-grade students Emily Hopkins and Cady Cooley harvest from the winter garden at Pikeville Elementary School (PIkeville Independent). Photo by Amy Wallot, April 28, 2015
Special education department head Mary Wright discusses summer professional development opportunities with 2nd-grade teacher Jessica Hancock at Bell Elementary School (Wayne County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 20, 2015
Henderson County High School senior Kati Rhodes helps a student put on an apron before painting.  Photo by Amy Wallot, May 11, 2015
Landon Gibson breaks into a spontaneous chorus of the alphabet song during Camp Literacy Live at La Grange Elementary School. The camp, now in its second year, provides intensive literacy instruction for students selected from three of Oldham County’s nine elementary schools. Photo by Amy Wallot, July 20, 2015
Anne Mason Elementary School (Scott County) 2nd-grade student Carol Paleti samples apples at Evan\'s Orchard in Scott County Sept. 22, 2010. Photo by Amy Wallot
Fourth-grade reading and writing teacher Rachel Caswell works with a small group at Cline Elementary School (Campbell County), a Blue Ribbon School, Nov. 10, 2010. The students were learning about vocabulary and main ideas from the Bill of Rights. Photo by Amy Wallot
Fifth-grade teacher Amy Hampton helps Deven Soward and Hanna Morris with a spelling and vocabulary assignment at Ezel Elementary School (Morgan County) Oct. 25, 2010.  Photo by Amy Wallot
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Art teacher Rachel Losch talks about the shape of a lap dulcimer to her class before they worked on a collage inspired by Pablo Picasso\'s \"Three Musicians\" at Dixie Elementary Magnet School (Fayette County) Jan. 6, 2011. Photo by Amy Wallot
Fifth-grade student Angelica Rios hugs drama teacher Greylyn Gregory at Lincoln Elementary School (Jefferson County)  Jan. 14, 2011. Rios, who is interested in drama and dance, was excited about a trip she will be taking to New York City. Photo by Amy Wallot
Fifth-grade student J\'Oavean Kelly raises his hand to answer a question about the book
First-grade student Jayce Riley speaks during the Sedalia Elementary School\'s (Graves County) Blue Ribbon School celebration Jan. 6, 2011. Photo by Amy Wallot
Third-grade teacher Alyssa Hollimon helps students sort books they are reading into categories of the authors’ purpose, to inform or entertain, at Lacy Elementary School (Christian County) Feb. 2, 2011. Students get to choose books to read based on their reading level and keep them in their personal book boxes. Lacy Elementary is a 2010 Distinguished Title I School. Photo by Amy Wallot
Carr Creek Elementary School (Knott County) FRYSC Director Debbie Joseph Smith pushes kindergarten student Kailey Combs on a swing during recess Feb. 17, 2011. The swings are part of the new school playground for which the school\'s FRYSC raised money. Photo by Amy Wallot
Counselor Tamra Parker reviews career suggestions as part of their ILPs with sixth-grade students Kenny Lannom and Leslie Jackson at Fulton Elementary School (Fulton County) Feb. 22, 2011. Photo by Amy Wallot
Fifth-grade students Madison Livingston and Bethany Gray use a student response system during Beth Conner’s mathematics class at Waco Elementary School (Madison County). The system gives Conner instant responses to see what concepts the class is mastering and on which it needs addition instruction. Photo by Amy Wallot, April 2011
Fifth-grade student Chase Robinson plays Just Dance 2 as a reward for a pedometer step challenge at Manchester Elementary School (Clay County). He said since having the pedometer he has tried to be more active in his daily activities. He ended the challenge with 500,000 total steps. Photo by Amy Wallot, May 3, 2011
Jayln Loy laughs while listening to her classmates act as an Inuit family during Donnie Wilkerson\'s 5th-grade history class at Jamestown Elementary School (Russell County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 2, 2011
Third-grade students Kaitlyn Profitt and Thomas Garcia paint owls during Lydia Childress\' class at North Middletown Elementary School (Bourbon County), a Blue Ribbon School, Oct. 20, 2011.Photo by Amy Wallot
Fifth-grade student Savella Rankins demonstrates a microscope she built in Rebecca Logan's STEM class at Elkhorn Elementary School (Franklin County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov. 9, 2011
Fifth-grade student Carlos Zuniga works with Migrant Education Program Judy Worthington at Calhoun Elementary School. Photo by Amy Wallot, Dec. 8, 2011
After finishing a test on time and measurement, 2nd-grade student Tabitha Wood reads Dr. Seuss while waiting to go to lunch at Gamaliel Elementary School (Monroe County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 2, 2012
Fourth-grade student Molly Manley reads The Giver by Lois Lowry at  McNeill Elementary School (Warren County). According to teacher Maura Gerard, the class will be reading all Newbery Award winners this year. Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 24, 2012
Berea College junior James Lamb works with students in Laura Miller’s kindergarten class at Camargo Elementary School (Montgomery County). Lamb said he would eventually like to work with deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Photo by Amy Wallot, March 23, 2012
Anaya Ali shows her answer to a given verbal number during Alice Tackett\'s 2nd-grade class at Southside Elementary School (Pike County). Photo by Amy Wallot, April 10, 2012
Parent volunteer Sherry White helps 3rd-grade students secure their aprons at the Literacy Cafe concept at Crossroads Elementary School (Campbell County). Several students chose to continue wearing their aprons at school even after leaving the Literacy Café each day.
Fayette County school district technology resource teacher Paula Setser and Kentucky Education Association member Barbara Durham help sort and label books in the library of the temporary Salyersville Grade School (Magoffin County). Photo by Amy Wallot, July 27, 2012
Kindergarten teacher Amy Wood and her student Karina Turner look through a book at West Point Elementary School (West Point Independent).
Photo by Amy Wallot, Aug. 15, 2012
Sebastian Herald works on place values during Krista Chatham\'s 4th-grade mathematics class at Cartmell Elementary School (Carroll County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Aug. 21, 2012
Donnie Blum offers suggestions to his classmate on what his next move should be in a human chess-like game during the Pulaski Elementary School bullying program. Photo by Amy Wallot, Aug 24, 2012
Teaching assistant Amanda Dalton high-fives kindergarten student Jacob McGaughey after he writes the alphabet at Eminence Elementary School (Eminence Independent). Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 13, 2012
Second-grade teacher Jamie Kinsey works with Hannah Barrett on three-letter words at Westside Elementary School (Harrison County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 14, 2012
Kindergarten teacher Julia Boling helps a small group that was brainstorming various types of homes at Deer Park Elementary School (Daviess County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 25, 2012
Seventh-grade student Raven Morrison sang with the virtual chior in Floyd County last year and plans to take part again this year.Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 28, 2012
Instructional assistant Betty Sullivan works with 2nd-grade student Adam Welschmeyer at Lebanon Elementary School (Marion County). According to special education teacher Beverly Thomas, having everyone in the building working together improves student behavior. Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 12, 2012
Tonya Duncan teaches numerators and denominators to her 3rd-grade class at Pilot View Elementary School (Clark County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov. 15, 2012
Tresine Logsdon, energy and sustainability coordinator for FCPS, instructs Student Energy Team members Emily Seng, Hannah Hammond and Neely Johnston about their kale presentation to lunch students at Rosa Parks Elementary School (Fayette County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 17, 2013
First-grade student Carson Hicks listens to Vivaldi\'s concerto Winter during Lederrick Wesley\'s music class at Bardstown Primary School (Bardstown Ind.). Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 23, 2013
Fifth-grade students greet Boone County Superintendent Randy Poe as they walk back to class at Longbranch Elementary School. Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 7, 2013
Whitney Sowards explains The Great Garbage Mystery activity to her 4th-grade class at Porter Elementary School (Johnson County). The activity was a review on informational text using evidence and inference. Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov. 16, 2012
Bevins Elementary School (Pike County) 4th and 5th-grade teacher Reesia Thornsbury talks with her students about the Revolutionary War. All the teachers at the school participated in the first TELL Kentucky Survey in 2011. Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 14, 2013
Students walk past a classroom decorated with projects related to Louisiana at Gallatin County Lower Elementary School. Each class recently focused its studies on a particiular state. Photo by Amy Wallot, March 11, 2013
Mathematics intervention teacher Rick Reinle high-fives 1st-grade student Jasmine Morales after she answered a question about place value at Taylorsville Elementary School (Spencer County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 6, 2013
First-grade student Kamryn Burnett listens to her teacher Lisa Johnson at Bell Central School Center (Bell County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 15, 2013
Grayson Townsend uses an iPad mini in Dianne Tindle’s 4th-grade class at William H. Natcher Elementary School (Cloverport Independent). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 10, 2013
Emma Hague, center, eagerly raises her hand to be dressed in a career costume while learning about goods and services in Christina Cornelius\' 5th-grade class at James E. Farmer Elementary School (Jefferson County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Aug. 27, 2013
Zachary Giles writes about a time he was successful during Jane Thompson\'s 4th-grade class at Emma B. Ward Elementary School (Anderson County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 12, 2013
Jessica Goldy Elliott\'s 5th-grade class leaves for a walk while listening to a podcast at Owingsville Elementary School (Bath County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 27, 2013
Eighth-grade mathematics teacher Sarah Jennings helps Alex Fitzpatrick graph equations at Auburn Elementary School (Logan County). Fitzpatrick is interested in a career in engineering. Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 29, 2013
Fifth-grade teacher Brian Recktenwald talks to his class about economics at Clear Creek Elementary School (Shelby County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 16, 2014
CaMareius Caldwell draws his design for a model representation of an animal that can carry pollen during Debbie Lewis\' 2nd-grade class. Photo by Amy Wallot,  May 19, 2014
Paint Lick Elementary School (Garrard County) teacher Pam Canter ushers 5th-grade students into the Governor\'s Mansion. Photo by Amy Wallot, May 6, 2014
Second-grade students Eli Langhan and Maya Smith match 3-digit numbers with their corresponding flash cards at Woodlawn Elementary School (Boyle County).Photo by Amy Wallot, Dec. 2, 2014
Fifth-grade student Maxwell Jaggers listens to DuPont Manual High School (Jefferson County) students give a lesson about the periodic table in Spanish. Photo by Amy Wallot Nov. 19, 2014
Second-grade student Aaliyah Crutcher claps along while square dancing. Photo by Amy Wallot, March 19, 2015
Teaching assistant Pam Young helps preschool student Braylee Roberts color a picture of a cat during class in Owen County. Photo by Amy Wallot, March 12, 2015
Third-grade students watch as Traci Tackett helps 2nd-grade student Luke McName drill holes in a small log to create a mason bee house for the students' garden. Photo by Amy Wallot, April 28, 2015​
Bell Elementary School (Wayne County) principal Derrick Harris, right, discusses the school's data wall with teachers during a meeting. Photo by Amy Wallot, May 20, 2015
Senior Cammy Hester works with students in the art center. High school students rack up 175 hours working at the preschool for three periods during the school day.
Literacy coach Anne Cochran guides 1st-grade student Abigail Coffey in an interactive writing activity.  Photo by Amy Wallot, July 20, 2015
Connor Bumpas, 4, watches and learns from Janelle Mason how to prepare vegetables during the Get Going Gardening program at Lincoln Trail Elementary School (Hardin County) June 15, 2010. Photo by Amy Wallot
Courtney Baird takes a picture of her students riding through the apple orchard during a visit to Evan\'s Orchard in Scott County Sept. 22, 2010. Baird teaches second grade at Anne Mason Elementary School (Scott County). Photo by Amy Wallot
Fourth-grade student Lesley Correa listens to teacher Abbey Blythe give instructions for a science experiment at Cline Elementary School (Campbell County), a Blue Ribbon School, Nov. 10, 2010. Photo by Amy Wallot
Third-grade student Tammy Litteral raises her hand with an answer during Kim Hampton\'s class  at Ezel Elementary School (Morgan County) Oct. 25, 2010.  Photo by Amy Wallot
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Second-grade student Vionte\' Miles cuts a shape for a collage during Rachel Losch\'s art class at Dixie Elementary Magnet School (Fayette County) Jan. 6, 2011. The students learned about Pablo Picasso and then were replicating his painting
Fifth-grade students Makyla Gore, left, and Adia Arnold shake hands and tell each other \"Good morning. I\'m glad you are here today,\" during Talmage Collins\' class at Lincoln Elementary School (Jefferson County)  Jan. 14, 2011.Photo by Amy Wallot
Charlotte Webb works with students on their reading skills during the Academy, an after-school program at Middlesboro Intermediate School (Middlesboro Independent) Jan. 19, 2011. Photo by Amy Wallot
Principal Robert Braden welcomes parents and community members to Sedalia Elementary School\'s (Graves County) Blue Ribbon School celebration Jan. 6, 2011. Photo by Amy Wallo
First-grade student Phillip Cummings works with reading teacher Nancy DeCoursey at Lacy Elementary School (Christian County) Feb. 2, 2011. Lacy Elementary is a 2010 Distinguished Title I School. Photo by Amy Wallot
Fifth-grade student Jeanette Smith leans her head on
Counselor Trudy Bramblett, right, meets with Murray State University 4th-grade student teacher Sara Collins, left, and 4th-grade teacher Tiffany DeBoe at Crittenden County Elementary School Feb. 23, 2011. Photo by Amy Wallot
Library media specialist Lorena Webb helps 3rd-grade student Savannah Blanton with her PowerPoint about the Liberty Bell at Waco Elementary School (Madison County). The students were learning how to use PowerPoint by creating a presentation about a national monument. Photo by Amy Wallot, April 2011
Donnie Wilkerson, a teacher at  Jamestown Elementary School (Russell County), was named Kentucky History Teacher of the Year by the Kentucky Historical Society.  Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 2, 2011
Tammy Purcell reads an Amelia Bedelia book to students while teaching them about idioms at North Middletown Elementary School (Bourbon County), a Blue Ribbon School, Oct. 20, 2011. Photo by Amy Wallot
Fifth-grade students Faith Lewis, Harmon Clark and Makenna Falor stand with their squirrel-proof bird feeder they built in Rebecca Logan's STEM class at Elkhorn Elementary School (Franklin County). Photo by Amy Wallot. Nov. 9, 2011
Allison Burghaze measures line segments during Allyson Jones\' 3rd-grade class at Woodfill Elementary School (Fort Thomas Ind.). Photo by Amy Wallot, Dec. 6, 2011
Judy Wood, with the Migrant Education Program at McLean County Schools, helps Maria Hernandez look up her son\'s grades in Infinite Campus. Also pictured, Consuelo Pineda checks her son\'s progress. Photo by Amy Wallot, Dec. 8, 2011
Fifth-grade student Hunter Clark takes down a day in a Lincoln Trail Elementary School (Hardin County) classroom countdown until his teacher, Andrea Meyer, returns from her deployment in Kuwait. Photo by Amy Wallot, Dec. 14, 2011
Marcy Black\'s 2nd-grade students created a list of things they thought Education Commissioner Terry Holliday does prior to his visit to Murray Elementary School (Murray Independent). Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 11, 2012
Social studies teacher Brandi Plumlee talks with her students at Gamaliel Elementary School (Monroe County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 2, 2012
Laine Evans reads Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells to her kindergarten class before recess at McNeill Elementary School (Warren County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 24, 2012
Berea College student David Payne talks with kindergarten students during recess at Camargo Elementary School (Montgomery County). Payne was an art major who took an elementary education class based on a suggestion from a friend. Now he hopes to teach a primary grade. Photo by Amy Wallot, March 23, 2012
Preschool teacher Rhonda Crigger helps Kenna Hackney, left, and Isabella Moore cut out and paint paper snakes at Southside Elementary School (Pike County). The students were studying camouflage in nature. Photo by Amy Wallot, April 10, 2012
Third-grade student Jason McDonald, center, chooses a book to read to his 2nd-grade partner during the Literacy Cafe at Crossroads Elementary School (Campbell County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 15, 2012
Colin Vogt writes his name as part of the kindergarten screener being used at West Point Elementary School (West Point Independent).
Photo by Amy Wallot, Aug. 15, 2012
Krista Chatham uses math manipulatives while works with a small group on comparing numbers during 4th-grade mathematics class at Cartmell Elementary School (Carroll County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Aug. 21, 2012
Volunteer Dustin Rader reads Mr. Peabody’s Apples to students as part of the anti-bullying program for Pulaski Elementary School. The story deals with spreading rumors. Photo by Amy Wallot, Aug 24, 2012
Fifth-grade student Reece Higdon waits to share the fishing spear he made with his class while studying the Seminole Tribe during Mischelle Falloway’s class at Deer Park Elementary School (Daviess County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 25, 2012
Sixth-grade student Isaac Bell records himself sing The Star-Spangled Banner as part of Virtual Arts at Allen Elementary School (Floyd County).Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 28, 2012
This is the first year for Lebanon Elementary School\'s (Marion County) newest resource room. It was designed by special education teacher Beth Osborne and recommendations from a student\'s Individual Education Program (IEP). It features softer lighting and more open space. Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 12, 2012
Fourth-grade teacher Stacey Moore helps Landon Cline and Jaivion Numan with a conservation poster at Pilot View Elementary School (Clark County). Moore said they participate in the poster contest every year and often have a district winner from their school. Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov. 15, 2012
Kindergarten student Kayla Chambers-Reed tries a kale chip during the taste test at Rosa Parks Elementary School (Fayette County). She liked it. Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 17, 2013
Lederrick Wesley leads 1st-grade students to put their hands on their heads during his  music class at Bardstown Primary School (Bardstown Ind.). Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 23, 2013
Fourth-grade students Kaitlyn Richardson and Max Adams talk with Boone County Superintendent Randy Poe about their mathematics lesson in Ellen Steele’s class at Longbranch Elementary School. Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 7, 2013
Lauren Bowling and Skylar Johnson use a Candy Land board to play a game about figurative language during Francis Hackney\'s language arts class at Porter Elementary School (Johnson County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov. 16, 2012
Library media specialist Debbie Smith plans the next book to read with the 5th-grade book club at Bevins Elementary School (Pike County). Smith said having common grade-level planning that resulted from the TELL Kentucky Survey, is a benefit to teachers. Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 14, 2013
First-grade teacher Tonia Smith teaches conjuctions at Gallatin County Lower Elementary School. Photo by Amy Wallot, March 11, 2013
First-grade student Madison Murphy solves a mathematics problem during small group work with mathematics intervention teacher Rick Reinle at Taylorsville Elementary School (Spencer County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 6, 2013
Lisa Johnson dismisses students with a game after her reading class at Bell Central School Center (Bell County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 15, 2013
Reagan Henderson uses an iPad in Kellie Stull\'s 5th-grade class at William H. Natcher Elementary School (Cloverport Independent). Stull said she finds the technology most useful for teaching mathematics and social studies. Photo by Amy Wallot, May 10, 2013
Fifth-grade student Paul Brown was dressed as a firefighter as students in Christina Cornelius’ class learned about public and private careers at James E. Farmer Elementary School (Jefferson County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Aug. 17, 2013
Breanna Blackburn crumples up a piece of paper she used to write about a time she felt like a loser and throws it away during Jane Thompson\'s 4th-grade at Emma B. Ward Elementary School (Anderson County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 12, 2013
Fifth-grade student Ryan Conley listens to a podcast about about Christopher Columbus during a walking classroom session at Owingsville Elementary School (Bath County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 27, 2013
Angus Moore, center, helps Nathan Franklin, left, graph equations during Sarah Jennings 8th-grade mathematics class at Auburn Elementary School (Logan County).Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 29, 2013
Fifth-grade students Ashley Isaac, Adrianna Malone and Janay Farris share with each other what they will not spend their money on while trying to save for something else during Brian Recktenwald\'s class at Clear Creek Elementary School (Shelby County). Recktenwald was teaching about economics, including spending and saving. Photo by Amy Wallot, May 16, 2014
Governor\'s Mansion tour guide Art Boebinger asks Paint Lick Elementary School (Garrard County) 5th-grade student Meggie Morrow a question. Photo by Amy Wallot, May 6, 2014
Omi Bass explains her mathematics answer to her partner Brinley Samons. Photo by Amy Wallot, Dec. 2, 2014
Fifth-grade students Gabriel Jones and Maxwell Jaggers listen to DuPont Manual High School (Jefferson County) students teach science concepts in Spanish. Photo by Amy Wallot Nov. 19, 2014
Second-grade students Madison Howard and Heidi Hicks swing each other while square dancing in a collaboration class with P.E. teacher John Hazlett and music teacher Amy Harrod. Photo by Amy Wallot, March 19, 2015
Teaching assistant Gale Mullins helps preschool student Angela O'Neal with counting ad sorting in Owen County. Photo by Amy Wallot, March 12, 2015
First-grade student Tayshaun Carter and Commissioner Terry Holliday practice high and low notes with tone bells during Kim Black's music class at Murray Elementary School (Murray Independent). The commissioner was touring the district.  Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 11, 2012
Third-grade student Austin Huynh gets ready to drill while making a house for mason bees. The students are hoping to attract the bees to pollinate their garden.  Photo by Amy Wallot, April 28, 2015
Second-grade teachers Sarah Bertram and Hannah Parmley work together on a lesson plan at Bell Elementary School (Wayne County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 20, 2015
Henderson County High School senior Kati Rhoses guides a student in painting a butterfly.  Photo by Amy Wallot, May 11, 2015
Reading recovery specialist Joni Griffin works with Criss Salas. Griffin worked with four students a day for 30 minutes each day during the camp.  Photo by Amy Wallot, July 20, 2015
Janelle Mason helps New Highland Elementary School (Hardin County) kindergarten student Yamato Kojima pick lettuce from the garden June 15, 2010. Photo by Amy Wallot
Anne Mason Elementary School (Scott County) 2nd-grade student Kevin Bowling samples apple cider during Courtney Baird\'s class visit to Evan\'s Orchard in Scott County. Photo by Amy Wallot
Fourth-grade teacher Abbey Blythe gives instructions for an activity involving magnets at Cline Elementary School (Campbell County), a Blue Ribbon School,  Nov. 10, 2010. Photo by Amy Wallot
Conner Fraley and Brittney Roara work together on spelling and vocabulary during Amy Hampton\'s 5th-grade class at Ezel Elementary School (Morgan County) Oct. 25, 2010.  Photo by Amy Wallot
Art instructor Rachel Losch slides 2nd-grade student Redden Bugg into the classroom\'s replica of the Sistine Chapel at Dixie Elementary Magnet School (Fayette County) Jan. 6, 2011. Once inside, he can use paint pens to draw on the ceiling.  Photo by Amy Wallot
Talmage Collins\' 5th-grade class reads out loud together his morning message for the class at Lincoln Elementary School (Jefferson County)  Jan. 14, 2011. Photo by Amy Wallot
Fifth-grade student Jared Salyers reads
Parents and community members enjoy a reception at Sedalia Elementary School (Graves County) during the school\'s Blue Ribbon School celebration Jan. 6, 2011. Photo by Amy Wallot
Art teacher Gail Galyon keeps an eye on students\' progress as they work on two- and three-dimensional collages at Lacy Elementary School (Christian County) Feb. 2, 2011. Lacy Elementary is a 2010 Distinguished Title I School. Photo by Amy Wallot
Fifth-grade student Jacob Williams reads with
School counselor Trudy Bramblett  talks with fifth-grade student Thomas Jacobs while visiting Tammy Brantley\'s class at Feb. 23, 2011.Photo by Amy Wallot
Third-grade students Natalie Fox and Brianna Caldwell work on a PowerPoint about the Alamo at Waco Elementary School (Madison County). The students routinely use technology in class. Photo by Amy Wallot, April 2011
Fifth-grade students Hank Woodruff, Ben Sapp, Alyssa Deel and Alexis Jackson prepare to answer questions as an Inuit family during Donnie Wilkerson\'s history class at Jamestown Elementary School (Russell County). A photograph of an Inuit hut is projected behind the students.  Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 2, 2011
Rex Blackburn celebrates his whole class getting the answer correct during Amy Brown\'s 3rd-grade mathematics class at North Middletown Elementary School (Bourbon County), a Blue Ribbon School, Oct. 20, 2011. Photo by Amy Wallot
Jake Berry displays his team's gumdrop bridge made in Rebecca Logan's 5th-grade STEM class at Elkhorn Elementary School (Franklin County). Students studied bridge structures and the strengths of shapes to build a bridge that would hold the most pencils. Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov. 9, 2011
Izzy Salter, Brayden Gillman, Rayshaun Justicer and Paige Ossege play Beat the Calculator during Allyson Jones\' 3rd-grade class at Woodfill Elementary School (Fort Thomas Ind.). Photo by Amy Wallot, Dec. 6, 2011
Second-grade student Blake Perkins uses his Skype time with teacher Andrea Meyer to sing Christmas carols at Lincoln Trail Elementary School (Hardin County). Meyer was communicating from Kuwait. Photo by Amy Wallot, Dec. 14, 2011
Special education teacher Felisa Brooks helps 4th-grade students Lizzie Brown and Maston Comer in Jessica McPherson\'s mathematics class at Gamaliel Elementary School (Monroe County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 2, 2012
First-grade student Addison Herrman listens as a classmate presents her show and tell item at McNeill Elementary School (Warren County). Herman’s teacher, Emily Mills, uses show and tell as a time to focus on speaking and listening standards like speaking to an audience and making good eye contact. Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 24, 2012
Berea College junior Ashley Elder helps 5th-grade student Crystal Rogers with a line graph at Camargo Elementary School (Montgomery County). Photo by Amy Wallot, March 23, 2012
Second-grade student Ryan Scarberry looks for a book to check-out in the library at Southside Elementary School (Pike County). Scarberry said he prefers reading fiction.Photo by Amy Wallot, April 10, 2012
Third- and 2nd-grade students read to each other during the Literacy Cafe at Crossroads Elementary School (Campbell County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 15, 2012
Teaching assistant Jessica Wood administers the kindergarten screener to Layla Nalley at West Point Elementary School (West Point Independent).
Photo by Amy Wallot, Aug. 15, 2012
Krista Chatham reviews a worksheet with her 4th-grade class about how to compare numbers at Cartmell Elementary School (Carroll County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Aug. 21, 2012
Cheyene Hensley, Emily Simpson, Railey Daulton, Shelby Brown and Kayla Gibson draw a picture of their vice-principal while discussing qualities that make a positive role model during the Pulaski Elementary School anti-bullying program for 5th-grade students. Photo by Amy Wallot, Aug 24, 2012
The International Baccalaureate curriculum board covers a hallway at Deer Park Elementary School (Daviess County) for all to see as they walk pass. Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 25, 2012
Student sang The Star-Spangled Banner during the first year of the virtual choir at Allen Elementary School (Floyd County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 28, 2012
Special education instructional assistant Alice Young and special education teacher Beverly Thomas play a word game with 3rd-grade students Gavin Bardin and Kenny Hillman at Lebanon Elementary School (Marion County). Thomas said having an understanding support team is very important. Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 12, 2012
Third-grade student Hannah Sparks eagerly raises her hand to answer a question during Tonya Duncan\'s class at Pilot View Elementary School (Clark County). The class was learning about fractions. Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov. 15, 2012
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First-grade student Ary\'onna Tonge pre tents to make snow angels during Lederrick Wesley\'s music class at Bardstown Primary School (Bardstown Ind.). Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 23, 2013
Boone County Superintendent Randy Poe observes Meredith Larison\'s 3rd-grade class at Longbranch Elementary School.Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 7, 2013
Tiffney Triplett helps 5th-grade students Jaylyn Allen and Vyctoria Runyon with an experiment at Porter Elementary School (Johnson County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov. 16, 2012
Hailey Mullins works on subtraction problems during Amanda New's class at Gallatin County Lower Elementary School. Photo by Amy Wallot, March 11, 2013
First-grade students Stevie Waldridge, Kurtis Moore and Madison Chesser work together to solve a mathematics problem at Taylorsville Elementary School (Spencer County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 6, 2013
Third-grade student Gavin Leach reviews vocabulary during Brooke Schultz\'s class at Bell Central School Center (Bell County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 15, 2013
Mahmood Najd, Jodee Powell and Claire Artman watch as their classmates dress in costumes representing careers while learning about goods and services in Christina Cornelius\' class at James E. Farmer Elementary School (Jefferson County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Aug. 27, 2013
Ariana Dearringer and Kadi Garrett discuss a time when they were successful during Jane Thompson\'s 4th-grade class at Emma B. Ward Elementary School (Anderson County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 12, 2013
After listening to a podcast during a walking classroom session, Jessica Goldy Elliott asked her 5th-grade class questions about the lesson at Owingsville Elementary School (Bath County).
Seventh-grade students Kelby Epley, Jacob Page and Sean Simpson present the animal they created during Robert Belwood\'s science class at Auburn Elementary School (Logan County).
Rylee Eikenberry adds feathers to her and her partner Olivia Medley\'s design of an animal that would transfer pollen. Photo by Amy Wallot,  May 19, 2014
Inside the ballroom, tour guide Art Boebinger tells the stories of the Governor\'s Mansion to Paint Lick Elementary School (Garrard County) 5th-grade students. Photo by Amy Wallot, May 6, 2014
Fifth-grade student Nina Valdez smiles while answering science questions with DuPont Manual High School senior Issac Domenech as part of their Spanish Immersion program.  Photo by Amy Wallot Nov. 19, 2014
Molly Coleman and Chloe Roberts drill holes in a small log to create a mason bee house for their garden. Photo by Amy Wallot, April 28, 2015
Abigail Bemiss claps out the syllables of the word rainbow with 1st-grade students. Photo by Amy Wallot, July 20, 2015
Evan\'s Orchard employee Leigh Ayres demonstrates the apple sorter for students from Anne Mason Elementary School (Scott County) Sept. 22, 2010. Photo by Amy Wallot
Fourth-grade student Grace Meiser works with magnets during Abbey Blythe\'s science class at Cline Elementary School (Campbell County), a Blue Ribbon School,  Nov. 10, 2010. Photo by Amy Wallot
Commissioner of Education Terry Holliday speaks with kindergarten teacher Bridget Murphy  at Ezel Elementary School (Morgan County) Oct. 25, 2010.  Photo by Amy Wallot
Second-grade student Brooklyn Fox draws on the ceiling of art teacher Rachel Losch\'s replica of the Sistine Chapel at Dixie Elementary Magnet School (Fayette County) Jan. 6, 2011. Photo by Amy Wallot
Dance educator Harlina Churn-Diallo teaches 4th-grade students during class at Lincoln Elementary School (Jefferson County)  Jan. 14, 2011. Photo by Amy Wallot
Second-grade student Carley Dowdy proudly displays her school spirit at Sedalia Elementary School (Graves County) during the school\'s Blue Ribbon School celebration Jan. 6, 2011. Dowdy is the daughter of 4th-grade science teacher Keri Dowdy. Photo by Amy Wallot
Deborah Cathcart works with 5th-grade students Michael Carter, left, Wyatt Gray, center, Davion Radford, right, and Kolby Morris, far right, on identifying and correcting problem areas with their on-demand writing pieces at Lacy Elementary School (Christian County) Feb. 2, 2011. Lacy Elementary is a 2010 Distinguished Title I School. Photo by Amy Wallot
Crittenden County Elementary School counselor Trudy Bramblett talks with second-grade students Lily Atchison, Lera Adams, Felonie Little and Jalaine Noel on the floor of her office Feb. 23, 2011. Atchison is holding the I Care Cat puppet that Bramblett uses with students to help them open up and express themselves. Photo by Amy Wallot
Daniel Rogers, Spencer Dubbels and Carley Hoskins display their pedometers at Manchester Elementary School (Clay County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 3, 2011
Donnie Wilkerson talks to his  5th-grade history class at Jamestown Elementary School (Russell County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 2, 2011
First-grade students Gracie Ring and Brooke Edgington play with puppets during an indoor recess at North Middletown Elementary School (Bourbon County), a Blue Ribbon School, Oct. 20, 2011.Photo by Amy Wallot
Students' hand-made microscopes line a window ledge in Rebecca Logan's 5th-grade STEM class at Elkhorn Elementary School (Franklin County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov. 9, 2011
Kindergarten teacher Rhonda Gardner works with students on the difference between fiction and non-fiction books at Woodfill Elementary School (Fort Thomas Ind.). Photo by Amy Wallot, Dec. 6, 2011
Andrea Meyer\'s class at Lincoln Trail Elementary School (Hardin County) has a patriotic feel since her deployment to Kuwait earlier in the school year. Photo by Amy Wallot, Dec. 14, 2011
First-grade student Gracie Vinson hugs long-term substitute teacher Whittany Shaw while walking into music class at Gamaliel Elementary School (Monroe County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 2, 2012
Chinese teacher Jing Liu calls on 2nd-grade students at McNeill Elementary School (Warren County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 24, 2012
Second-grade student Ryan Scarberry looks for a book to check-out in the library at Southside Elementary School (Pike County). Scarberry said he prefers reading fiction. Photo by Amy Wallot, April 10, 2012
Berea College junior Seth Hutchins works on memorizing students names during lunch at Camargo Elementary School (Montgomery County). Hutchins said he is excited to get his teaching career started.Photo by Amy Wallot, March 23, 2012
Third-grade student Ally Collins reads to her sister, 2nd-grade student Breanna Collins, during the Literacy Cafe at Crossroads Elementary School (Campbell County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 15, 2012
Fifth-grade student Jaiden Duncan tries to put toothpaste back in the tube during the Very Important Girls event at Pulaski Elementary School. The activity was used to demonstrate that rumors are hard to take back once you share them. Photo by Amy Wallot, Aug 24, 2012
Fourth-grade student Oakley Johnson completes a virtual owl pellet dissection in preparation for the actual dissection in Jennifer Hagan’s class at Deer Park Elementary School (Daviess County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 25, 2012
Fourth-grade students Derek Fox and Kaitlyn Wiseman create forest conservation posters at Pilot View Elementary School (Clark County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov. 15, 2012
After trying a kale chip, first-grade student Riley Arnold said she liked it better than a potato chip during the taste test at Rosa Parks Elementary School (Fayette County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 17, 2013
Lederrick Wesley gives 1st-grade students advice on their classroom performances during his  music class at Bardstown Primary School (Bardstown Ind.). Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 23, 2013
Kindergarten teacher Ashley Branham teaches 3-D shapes to her students at Porter Elementary School (Johnson County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov. 16, 2012
Bevins Elementary School (Pike County) Principal Amy Swiney advises teachers to take the TELL Kentucky Survey and let their voices be heard. Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 14, 2013
First-grade students in Jack Steele’s art class talk with Boone County Superintendent Randy Poe about their art projects at Longbranch Elementary School. Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 7, 2013
First-grade teacher Melissa Wash makes her classroom welcoming to students by displaying their family photos. Photo by Amy Wallot, March 11, 2013
Mathematics intervention teacher Rick Reinle and kindergarten teacher Kay Pence discuss student placement for next year at Taylorsville Elementary School (Spencer County). Pence said they work really closely together, reinforcing what strategies each is using when working with students. Photo by Amy Wallot, May 6, 2013
Belinda Brock teaches her 5th-grade class division at Bell Central School Center (Bell County). Photo by Amy Wallot, May 15, 2013
Christina Cornelius helps 5th-grade student Nicolas Franchi dress as a fisherman during an activity about goods and services. Photo by Amy Wallot, Aug. 27, 2013
Amelia Turner crumples up a piece of paper that she used to write about a time she felt like a failure and throws it away during Jane Thompson\'s 4th-grade at Emma B. Ward Elementary School (Anderson County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 12, 2013
Fifth-grade student Joseph Hagerman listens to his teacher Jessica Goldy Elliott elaborate on a lesson after a walking classroom session at Owingsville Elementary School (Bath County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 27, 2013
Second-grade teacher Chelsea Scott asks her students their favorite things about Halloween in preparation for an opinion writing assignment at Auburn Elementary School (Logan County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 29, 2013
Mustfa Malik and Chase Smith work together building their design of an animal that could transfer a lot of pollen during Debbie Lewis\' 2nd-grade class at Morningside Elementary School (Elizabethtown Independent). Photo by Amy Wallot,  May 19, 2014
Fifth-grade student Mary-Grace Walling photographs a grandfather clock. Photo by Amy Wallot, May 6, 2014
DuPont Manual High School (Jefferson County) seniors Bianca Menendez, Issac Domenech and Neela Saha teach the period table of the elements in Spanish to Hawthorne Elementary School students. Photo by Amy Wallot Nov. 19, 2014
Preschool student Bowen Carmen clips a piece of paper to an art easel with help from Commissioner Terry Holliday at Green County Primary School. Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 15, 2013
Third-grade student Merrick Byers adds organic waste to the compost barrel near the garden. Photo by Amy Wallot, April 28, 2015
First-grade students Braelyn Powell and Alliette Mutone work together during Camp Literacy Live. While the camp originally was designed to keep students from losing skills over the summer months, the teachers soon discovered the students actually gained ground. Photo by Amy Wallot, July 20, 2015
Third-grade student Nate James, center, shows his goal setting folder to Commissioner of Education Terry Holliday at Cline Elementary School (Campbell County), a Blue Ribbon School,  Nov. 10, 2010. Photo by Amy Wallot
Third-grade student Kaleigh Oldham works on an assignment during Kim Hampton\'s class at Ezel Elementary School (Morgan County) Oct. 25, 2010.  Photo by Amy Wallot
Carma Mullkin works with 3rd-grade students on a money mathematics game at Dixie Elementary Magnet School (Fayette County) Jan. 6, 2011. Photo by Amy Wallot
Kindergarten student Isaiah Hayes counts the days of school, all the way up to 87, with the rest of Sheila Riley\'s class at Lincoln Elementary School (Jefferson County)  Jan. 14, 2011. Photo by Amy Wallot
Fifth-grade student Joshua Bailey works on an assignment about Rosa Parks during Jessica Lamirande’s language arts class at Lacy Elementary School (Christian County) Feb. 2, 2011. Lacy Elementary is a 2010 Distinguished Title I School. Photo by Amy Wallot
Education Commissioner Terry Holliday talks with 3rd-grade students Landon Brown and Rayna Roberts at North Middletown Elementary School (Bourbon County), a Blue Ribbon School, Oct. 20, 2011. Photo by Amy Wallot
Rebecca Logan helps students come to their own conclusions during her 5th-grade STEM class at Elkhorn Elementary School (Franklin County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov. 9, 2011
Allyson Jones works with students in small groups during her math class at Woodfill Elementary School (Fort Thomas Ind.). Photo by Amy Wallot, Dec. 6, 2011
Kindergarten student Alex King gives an unexpected hug to Education Commissioner Terry Holliday during Rebecca Kough\'s class at Murray Elementary School. Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 11, 2012.
Kindergarten student Karina Carmona keeps the beat to “If You\'re Happy and You Know It” with spoons during music class at Gamaliel Elementary School (Monroe County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 2, 2012
Second-grade student Nate Tooley reviews Chinese with teacher Jing Liu at McNeill Elementary School (Warren County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Feb. 24, 2012
Berea College junior Collis Robinson talks with 1st-grade students during lunch at Camargo Elementary School (Montgomery County). Robinson originally thought he wanted to teach 5th grade but now enjoys the 1st grade as well. Photo by Amy Wallot, March 23, 2012
Dalton Slate takes a quiz on Thomas Edison during Kim Hughes 2nd-grade class at Southside Elementary School (Pike County). Photo by Amy Wallot, April 10, 2012
Fifth-grade students work together to create a marshmallow launcher as a team-building exercise during the Pulaski Elementary School No Girls Allowed anti-bullying program. Photo by Amy Wallot, Aug 24, 2012
First-grade teacher Heidi Dees presents a student’s family glyph at Deer Park Elementary School (Daviess County). First-grade students at the school were studying families and diversity through the IB unit entitled “Who We Are.” Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 25, 2012
Fifth-grade teacher Ninya Sallee talks about the Revolutionary War with her class at Pilot View Elementary School (Clark County). The students started by first  listing the things they already knew about the war and then the things they would like to learn about it. They followed that by examining the painting Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze. Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov. 15, 2012
Susan Beach helps 7th-grade student Ellie Fizer read The Call of the Wild at Anchorage Public Elementary School (Anchorage Independent).Photo by Amy Wallot, March 20 , 2012
School Energy Team members Chase Culbertson and Miquel Quebrata pass out kale chips to Wil McCarter and Drew Clabes during the taste test at Rosa Parks Elementary School (Fayette County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Jan. 17, 2013

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