Laurel County

Five public schools win Blue Ribbon honors

The U. S. Department of Education named five Kentucky public schools as 2016 National Blue Ribbon Schools, based on their overall academic excellence.

By |2020-03-25T16:02:14-04:00September 29, 2016|

Five teachers receive awards from KAPE

Five Kentucky teachers have received annual awards from the Kentucky Association of Professional Educators (KAPE). Two teachers from Henry Clay High School (Fayette County) shared KAPE Star Student and Teacher/Mentor Awards with students: Liberal Arts Academy Coordinator Jaquith Stephens won an award with student Eliza Jane Schaeffer, and mathematics teacher Linda Dewees won an award with student Cole Terrell. Three [...]

By |2016-07-13T15:37:41-04:00July 14, 2016|

Four Kentucky public schools win Blue Ribbon honors

Beechwood Elementary, Bush Elementary, Murray High School and The School for the Creative and Performing Arts in Fayette County are among 335 public and private, elementary, middle and high schools across the country recognized by the U. S. Department of Education as 2015 National Blue Ribbon Schools

By |2015-12-18T10:49:55-05:00September 29, 2015|

Kentucky State Fair grows beyond agriculture

The Kentucky State Fair is one of my favorite assignments every year. I really enjoy seeing the students working with the animals in the barns. It’s always something I focus my photography on while I’m at the fair. After the barns, I wander the fair to see what else students are engaged in.

By |2019-02-12T15:33:18-05:00September 19, 2013|

Ten alternative education programs selected Best Practice Sites

Ten alternative education programs have been selected as Best Practice Sites in an effort designed to recognize the work of educators and programs that serve at-risk students. The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) began the project in 2009 to highlight exemplary practices in A5 and A6 programs in public school districts. A5 programs are school district-operated and -housed instructional programs [...]

By |2012-06-25T10:37:59-04:00June 28, 2012|
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