Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia is hosting four workshops in July across Kentucky on teaching literacy skills and academic content to English learners for individuals and teams of educators who work with ELs. The workshop is based on recommendations in the Institution of Education Sciences Practice Guide, “Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School,” and [...]
Four elementary schools and three middle schools in Bullitt County have been awarded Project Lead The Way grants funded by the Bemis Company Foundation. Hebron, Mount Washington and Zoneton middle schools will receive $20,000 each over the next two years in PLTW Gateway grants. Cedar Grove, Crossroads, Lebanon Junction and Shepherdsville elementary schools will receive $7,500 each for two years [...]
Three Bullitt County schools – Overdale and Roby elementary schools and Bernheim Middle School – have earned Gold Status for their Student Technology Leadership Program for the first time after meeting specific criteria and providing evidence of their service and achievement to a panel of judges. STLP schools that reach Gold Status may submit additional projects to STLP district competitions. [...]
Leestown Middle teachers Sara Hudson, left, and Sarah Spurlock were recognized by the Central Kentucky Educational Cooperative for their strong teamwork.Photo submitted The Central Kentucky Educational Cooperative (CKEC) has named Sara Hudson and Sarah Spurlock Outstanding Educators because of their strong teamwork at Leestown Middle School (Fayette County). They were recognized at a CKEC luncheon May 27. Spurlock teaches [...]
Students in Barren County played a key role in readying a bus for the district’s summer reading and meals program.
Kentucky Educational Television recently announced the creation of the John R. Hall Endowment for Education, which will raise $2 million to support education in Kentucky. Named in honor of John R. Hall, former CEO of Ashland Oil (now Ashland Inc.) and a longtime supporter of KET, the endowment already has raised $1.3 million. In future years, annual proceeds from the [...]
Two Fayette County teachers have been honored by Lexmark International Inc. with the company’s Educating Excellence award. Linda Dewees, a mathematics teacher at Henry Clay High School, and Nami Stager, a STEM teacher at Wellington Elementary School, were surprised in front of their students and colleagues. Click these links to watch videos of the surprise announcements for Dewees and Stager. [...]
A Fayette County science lab teacher was honored at the district’s “Sowing the Seeds of Sustainability” recognition program last month. Julie Jones of Russell Cave Elementary School was recognized for her extraordinary environmental leadership at the year-end program celebrating green and environmental initiatives. The program also included recognition of Russell Cave as a National Green Ribbon School and of Morton [...]
The Bluegrass Community and Technical College Biotechnology Program is offering a professional learning workshop on stem cell technologies for high school and two-year college science and technical education teachers July 18-21 at the BCTC Cooper Drive campus in Lexington. The Emerging Stem Cell Technologies Academy, presented by Madison College, is a train-the-trainer event designed to provide hands-on experiences and instructional [...]
Ballard Memorial High School offered its seniors in three career and technical education classes an important safety course, and the instructor who led that effort would like to see it happen across the state.