Collaborating outside her comfort zone
A Hart County library media specialist was attracted to the idea of collaborating outside her school, but she wasn’t interested in taking the easy way out.
Instilling hope in your students
Fayette County’s Joe Payne shares why he thinks it’s important for teachers to be providing their students with the supports – and the hope for their future – that some are desperately seeking.
Kentucky schools named national Green Ribbon winners
Eastern Elementary School (Scott County) and Russell Cave Elementary School (Fayette County) were named 2016 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools.
Fayette orchestra director receives string teachers’ award
Sara Francis, who leads the orchestra at Edythe J. Hayes Middle School (Fayette County), has been named the 2016 Outstanding Director by the Kentucky chapter of the American String Teachers Association. The honor goes to a K-12 ensemble director who has demonstrated excellence in teaching and leadership. Francis has taught orchestra in Fayette County Public Schools for 14 years, including [...]
Performance earns a Blue Ribbon at SCAPA
Though the school is known for its performing arts, academics are also important at the Fayette County school.
Lexington teacher Laura Roché Youngworth wins regional honors
Fayette County's Laura Roché Youngworth has received the 2016 Southern Conference on Language Teaching Teacher of the Year Award.
Fayette superintendent launches community book club
Fayette County Superintendent Manny Caulk has launched a book club to help make education the center of public discourse, engage the community in critical conversations and support development of a community of readers. It starts with “The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way” by Amanda Ripley, a former Time magazine reporter who chronicled the experiences [...]
Kentucky teachers going for Grammy gold
Two state teachers among 10 finalists up for the Music Educator Award.
Pictures show that Kentucky kids can do anything
Fayette County middle school teacher and his students are trying to collect 1,000 pictures to remind children that people believe in them.
Fayette teacher honored by Kentucky Youth Assembly
Matt Helton, a social studies teacher at Henry Clay High School (Fayette County), is the Kentucky Youth Assembly’s 2015 Adviser Hall of Fame inductee. Helton was honored at a the KYA conferences last fall, where students from more than 250 middle and high schools participated in a three-day experiential learning program in which students serve as part of a model [...]