McCracken County

24 Valvoline Teacher Achievement Award winners named

The Kentucky Department of Education and Valvoline™ have selected 24 outstanding Kentucky educators as recipients of the 2017 Valvoline Teacher Achievement Awards. These teachers qualify to compete for the 2017 Kentucky Teacher of the Year Award, which will be announced next month.

By |2016-09-21T13:16:09-04:00September 22, 2016|

McCracken librarian a candidate for ALA president

Terri Grief, the school librarian at McCracken County High School, is a candidate for the 2018-19 presidency of the American Library Association (ALA). An ALA member for 19 years, Grief served as the 2013-14 president of the American Association for School Librarians (AASL) and has been a member of ALA Council as the Kentucky chapter councilor (2003-05), AASL division councilor (2010-13), [...]

By |2016-09-09T08:15:41-04:00September 8, 2016|

Global students spotted in McCracken County

Here are some step-by-step tools that will make it easier to bring the varied perspectives of the world directly to the feet of your school’s children, helping your school achieve global competency.

By |2016-04-05T14:06:04-04:00April 7, 2016|

Welcome to the Library Media page

In this section of Kentucky Teacher, librarians will continue to receive announcements, professional learning opportunities, news and program ideas as in the past, but now on a monthly rather than a quarterly basis.

By |2020-09-22T10:31:27-04:00February 11, 2016|

Poetry takes center stage in state competition

Reciting a poem over a hundred years old, but with feelings still relevant today, Grant County High School sophomore Haley Bryan won the Kentucky Poetry Out Loud state competition. Her chosen poem in the final round was Revenge by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.

By |2021-04-21T14:53:01-04:00March 26, 2015|

Balancing choreography and calling in the classroom

Lee Ann Atherton By Lee Ann Atherton leaann.atherton@mccracken.kyschools.us One Sunday night recently, I did something ridiculous for any self-respecting teacher. I went to a concert three hours away – on a school night. The concert got me thinking about our profession. I was somewhat of a groupie even before the artist became famous, traveling to see him at [...]

By |2014-12-29T09:59:54-05:00October 23, 2014|
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