Kids demonstrate their agricultural chops at the fair
I have a good time at the Kentucky State Fair. That’s no secret. And while I love a doughnut cheeseburger, I think the thing I like the most is watching everyone else have a good time.
The sounds of summer
I live near a high school. Actually, right next to one. As the days led up to the beginning of the school year, I could hear the marching band practice while sitting on the porch. The music, muffled some by trees, has a peaceful sound, in a radio-on-in-the-background kind of way.
Getting girls excited about STEM
A group of girls met on the University of Kentucky’s campus for a day this summer to learn about women in the STEM fields.
Bus driver trainers in training
A few weeks ago I received an email from Pupil Transportation Section Supervisor Elisa Hanley asking if I could come photograph the bus driver trainer program Vehicle at Speed. It sounded like an interesting opportunity, so of course I said yes.
From a teacher’s perspective
You have likely seen the GoPro camera. I thought it would be interesting to strap one on a teacher to see what a day in the classroom looks like from her point of view.
Kentucky schools receive arts education grants
Fourteen Kentucky schools will receive a fiscal year 2015 Teaching Art Together grant from the Kentucky Arts Council to conduct artist residencies with students during the first half of the school year. The Teaching Art Together grant allows teachers across the Commonwealth to collaborate with practicing, professional artists from the arts council's Teaching Artist Directory to design and implement one- [...]
Summer food and summer fun
It was a fun day at the park recently for some Lexington kids from The Children's Spot Daycare. They played at the park, signed up for a library card, had lunch and were part of the Kentucky Summer Food Service Program kickoff press conference.
National Bike (or walk) to School Day
By Amy Wallot amy.wallot@education.ky.gov The morning of May 7was about 70 degrees, sunny and an absolutely gorgeous day to walk to school for National Bike to School Day. Most of the students I saw at Northside Elementary School (Woodford County) had chosen to walk. But later in the week Southside Elementary was having a bike-only event. The students who lived [...]
Students get their tech on at STLP State Championship
By Amy Wallot amy.wallot@education.ky.gov More than 5,000 students filled the Lexington Convention Center April 22 for the Student Technology Leadership Program’s annual state championship. The day was packed with competitions involving coding challenges, robotics design and programming, entrepreneurial tech startup business plans, networking challenges, aviation technology, digital game and app design challenges It's always fun for me to watch students working [...]
A visit to Green Hills Elementary
By Amy Wallot amy.wallot@education.ky.gov Green Hills Elementary School sits north of the city seat of Harlan in Harlan County. The school, built in 1971, has about 170 students in grades kindergarten through 8th. According to Principal Jonathan Perkins, there is one teacher per grade level. Which means most of the students have been with the same class of kids since [...]