Filling the halls of KDE’s new home
Breckinridge County ATC students are among those whose works will be displayed at KDE’s new home.
New competition challenges budding entrepreneurs
Students in grades 9-12 are invited to enter the Lieutenant Governor’s Entrepreneurship Challenge (LGEC), a tiered business pitch competition designed to introduce students to a realistic competitive business environment and to promote business ownership and lifelong learning. Teams of two to four students with at least two adult advisers will present a written business outline and an oral presentation at [...]
Let’s TALK conference seeking presenters
Teachers are encouraged to submit proposals to be presenters at the Kentucky Education Association's Let’s TALK: Conversations About Effective Teaching conference June 12-13 at Edythe J. Hayes Middle School in Lexington. The conference is designed to inform participants about effective strategies for improving professional practice through instructional strategies and new leadership roles. Presentations should demonstrate ways in which classroom teachers [...]
Young Women LEAD Conference welcomes high school girls
High school girls in Fayette and surrounding counties are invited to the Young Women LEAD (Leadership, Education and Development) Conference March 7 at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond. The conference is designed to inspire young women to believe in their qualities and strengths and to challenge them to believe in a higher level of personal growth and development. The conference [...]
Kentucky NEED Project offers energy education workshops
The Kentucky NEED (National Energy Education Development) Project is offering four second-semester energy education workshops for educators who want to learn more about energy and the resources available through the NEED program. Participants will engage in Kentucky Academic Standards-aligned activities that cover forms and sources of energy, energy transformations and more. The schedule of workshops, with links to register: Feb. [...]
Statewide competition spotlights student journalists’ work
High school journalists are invited to enter the 2017 Mark of Excellence competition. The Western Kentucky University Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists sponsors the competition, which rewards the efforts of high school journalists on school newspapers, magazines, websites and broadcasts. The entry deadline is Feb. 17. An awards ceremony will be held March 24 at WKU in Bowling [...]
Tuskegee Airmen chapter announces scholarship program
The Brig. Gen. Noel Parrish chapter of Tuskegee Airmen Inc. is offering scholarship to college-bound high school seniors. The Lexington-based chapter has presented seven to eight scholarships in each of the past five years to assist students in their first semester of college. The application deadline is March 6. Email Charles Walker or Dan Wooten for more information or an [...]
Vans art competition open to high school students
Registration is open for the Vans Custom Culture Art Competition, in which students in grades 9-12 customize blank Vans shoes around specific themes. Americans for the Arts and Vans are encouraging high school students across the United States to embrace their creativity and inspire a new generation of youth culture. Completed designs go through a voting process that narrows the [...]
Presentation on UK horticulture science track offered
Rebecca von Groote, the academic coordinator for the University of Kentucky’s horticulture, plant and soil science degree, offers a presentation on the crop, soil and horticulture science track that is an option for students who express an interest in research-based STEM careers. Von Groote’s presentation discusses the major, highlights some of the faculty’s recent and diverse research efforts and talks [...]
Nominations open for KySTE technology awards
The Kentucky Society for Technology in Education (KySTE) is accepting nominations for its outreach awards, which will be presented at its annual conference March 8-10 in Louisville. Here are the awards: Outstanding Teacher: This award recognizes and honors a teacher who has demonstrated outstanding achievement and leadership in implementing technology to improve education. The recipient will be nominated for the [...]