Fun in the sun and snow
Burrrrrrrrrr! Snowed piled up in record amounts across the state this week, causing many districts to cancel classes. Students in Fayette county took advantage of the snow days to get outside and have a little fun sledding.
Learning while playing in Union County
Last month, data from the Kindergarten Readiness Screener was released showing that half of incoming kindergarten students are ready for school. The screener gives kindergarten teachers an instructional starting point for their classes.
A quick stop in Livingston County
In mid-December I took a trip to western Kentucky to photograph students taking advantage of dual credit opportunities at the Mayfield/Graves ATC. On my way back to Frankfort I had the pleasure of stopping by South Livingston Elementary School (Livingston County), a Proficient/Progressing school.
A look back at 2014 in photos
This year I had the opportunity to photograph a couple of events that have been going on for years, but I had never attended, such as the graduation ceremony at the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Training Center and bus driver training.
The art of quilling
Art teacher Dorothea Broughton teaches the students at Kit Carson Elementary School (Madison County) quilling, an art form she was taught as a child. Quilling is the art of paper twirling.
Learning to teach the world around us
By Amy Wallot amy.wallot@education.ky.gov It was cold and getting dark, but the educators gathered at Lake Cumberland State Resort Park couldn’t wait to get outside. The outside, after all, was what they were there to learn about. I was there for the first day of a three-day environmental workshop. It was the first of the four-part series for this year’s Professional [...]
Student council, commissioner discuss school issues
Members of the fourth incarnation of the Next-Generation Student Advisory Council met with Commissioner Terry Holliday, Kentucky Board of Education Chairman Roger Marcum and other KDE staff and government officials during their first meeting of the 2014-15 school year.
Opening students up to Close the Deal
Every time I attend a Close the Deal event, no matter where in the state, I hear the same thing from the adults there. “I wish they had something like this when I was in school.”
Meeting the swift, strong and enduring
Most of my photo assignments at the Kentucky Department of Education involve what’s happening in the classroom, not on the field. So I was excited to visit the Kentucky School for the Blind in Louisville for the 36th annual Bill Roby Track and Field Games.
Hundreds gather in Louisville for 21st CCLC Conference
The 2014 21st Century Community Learning Centers Multi-State Conference brought together directors from Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, Ohio and Indiana to share best practices and innovations in after-school and summer programming.