Tag: Warren County
Untapped potential: Identifying gifted minority students
Warren County's Stephanie Beason says educators, schools and districts need to take extra steps when identifying students who could be best served in a gifted program to make sure they are not overlooking children due to their background or home lives.
10 alternative programs recognized for exemplary work
In an effort to recognize the work of educators and programs that serve students with a variety of learning needs, the Kentucky Department of Education has named 10 Alternative Programs of Distinction.
Gifted and talented every day
A Warren County middle school brings its academically advanced students together in an ungraded class to work on problem-solving and projects that pique their interest.
Warren teacher named Kentucky’s James Madison Fellow
Claire Bellar, a social studies teacher at Warren East High School (Warren County), has been selected as Kentucky’s 2018 James Madison Fellow by the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation.
Warren County students win in national competition
Shelly Clark’s visual arts students at Briarwood Elementary School (Warren County) won $1,000 for their school with their entry into the Made by Milk carton construction contest.
Family atmosphere key to success at Rich Pond
Warren County's Rich Pond Elementary School is one of two Kentucky public schools to be named this year as a Blue Ribbon winner for the second time. There are only eight public schools in Kentucky to earn the award twice since the program began in 1982.
FCCLA members build leadership skills at national meeting
More than 300 Kentucky chapter members, 1,300 youth members and adult advisers of the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America attended a Nov. 10-12 meeting in Washington, D.C., and the annual FCCLA National Cluster Meeting Nov. 17-19 in Oklahoma City.
KDE expands regional visual and performing arts specialists
The Kentucky Department of Education has expanded its cohort of regional visual and performing arts specialists for the 2017-18 school year.
Twelve schools awarded Kentucky Arts Council grants
The Kentucky Arts Council awarded 19 grants to 12 schools in October to fund student transportation to and from arts-related field trips through the TranspARTation Grant program.
Students selected for commissioner’s advisory council
Seven Kentucky public high school students have been named to the Commissioner’s Student Advisory Council, a group that provides input to Kentucky Commissioner of Education Stephen Pruitt.
