Creekside Elementary School kicks off All In for Ag Education Week
The agriculture program at Creekside Elementary allows students in grades K-5 to participate in a variety of different agriculture-related activities.
Latonia Elementary School Administrative Assistant Kim Frank earns 2024-2025 Kentucky Education Support Staff Professional Award
Frank’s dedication to the students, staff and school was honored on Feb. 21 with the 2024-2025 Kentucky Education Support Staff Professional (KESSP) Award. Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman, Commissioner of Education Robbie Fletcher, school district officials and Frank’s friends and family celebrated her achievement at the school.
Kentucky Board of Education honors Career and Technical Education Month during February meeting
Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) members recognized Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month during their meeting on Feb. 5-6.
Lt. Governor, Agriculture Commissioner and Education Commissioner announce Agriculture Education Week
In a bipartisan announcement, Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman, Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell and Commissioner of Education Robbie Fletcher announced that March 17-21, 2025, will be the first statewide Agriculture Education Week in Kentucky. Gov. Andy Beshear will sign a proclamation that week to officially mark this historic event.
Taylor County bus driver Sam Graham earns 2024-2025 Kentucky Education Support Staff Professional Award
Sam Graham has dedicated more than six decades of his life to the children of Taylor County Schools.
National Lieutenant Governors Association announces funding for gardening program at Holmes Middle School in Covington
Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman has announced that Holmes Middle School (Covington Independent) is a 2024 award recipient of the National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA) Lt. Governors’ STEM Scholarship Program.
National Lieutenant Governors Association sponsors STEM scholarship program
To support STEM education, the National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA) Lt. Governors’ STEM Scholarship Program will award up to $1,000 to 12 schools in 12 states and territories to support STEM-related programming, projects, equipment, curriculum and other endeavors. The application period is open until March 15, and scholarship applications are welcome from pre-K – 12th grade.
Robertson County’s Brandon Burden receives 2024 Kentucky Education Support Staff Professional Award
During the 2015-2016 school year, Burden was a student who participated in the district’s Functional Mental Disabilities special education unit. The following school year he took on custodial work within the district as a part of his cooperative education program.
Fayette County’s Judy Edens receives 2024 Kentucky Education Support Staff Professional Award
Judy Edens, also known as Mrs. Judy, is the lead custodian and has been a part of Breckinridge Elementary for the past 17 years. On Feb. 9, she was honored with the 2023-2024 Kentucky Education Support Staff Professional (KESSP) Award.
Warren County’s Shane Baker receives $25,000 Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award
Shane Baker, a 3rd-grade teacher at Jennings Creek Elementary School (Warren County), was celebrated on Oct. 26 as the latest Kentucky educator to receive the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award.