Rachel Rice of Bryan Station High School (Fayette County) has been named the 2015 School Psychologist of the Year by the Kentucky Association for Psychology in the Schools. Rice, who will be the state nominee for the national school psychologist of the year award, also received a Best Practices Award at October’s state conference in Louisville. “Being a school psychologist [...]
Nominations are being accepted for the Martin Luther King Jr. Citizenship Award. Entries also are being accepted for the essay, artwork and poetry contests for the King Award, which is presented by the Martin Luther King Jr. State Commission. The citizenship award is given to an individual who embodies the spirit and energy of the late civil rights leader. The [...]
The Office of the Secretary of State’s 2015-16 Essay and Slogan Contest is now open to students. The contest helps students tangibly interact with the concepts associated with government and democracy while they garner recognition and compete for prizes. The slogan contest is open to students in grades 6-8; the essay contest is for students in grades 9-12. Cash prizes [...]
Entries are being accepted for the National Family Partnership’s National Red Ribbon Week Photo Contest, which is held to prevent drug use and educate youth in conjunction with Red Ribbon Week, Oct. 23-31. Students and families can decorate their home’s front door, mailbox or fence or schools can decorate their campus with a double-looped red ribbon and the theme, “Respect [...]
Eastern Kentucky University is offering an international environmental service learning project in Belize in spring 2016 that will offer graduate or undergraduate credit. An informational meeting will be held 5-6 p.m. Oct. 22 in EKU’s New Science Building, Room 3119. Participants may attend in person or online. The trip for K-12 pre-service or in-service teachers and others will be May [...]
Hope Street Group's annual survey is under way, collecting teacher input regarding the Professional Growth and Effectiveness System and teacher leadership. Hope Street Group has been asked by the Kentucky Department of Education to collect teacher perspectives on how PGES evidence is affecting decision making, how the expertise of teachers is shaping professional learning and how teacher leaders are impacting [...]
“Statistical Content for the Common Core,” a workshop sponsored by the Northern Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics, will be 4:30-6:30 p.m. Oct. 20 at Dixie Heights High School in Edgewood. The workshop – presented by Brooke Buckley, Jackie Wroughton and Northern Kentucky University student Danielle Hoffman – will present content, pedagogy and activities dealing with statistical concepts. Participants can learn [...]
Jennifer Wooley of Bullitt County Schools has been elected president of the Kentucky Association of School Human Resource Managers (KASHRM). Wooley has spent 23 years in public education as a classroom teacher, assistant principal, principal and director of human resources. She spent six years in Hardin County at Meadow View Elementary School before moving to Bullitt County. She is also [...]
The Air & Space Academy curriculum allows schools to work with local airports to offer students a chance to work toward a number of aviation and aerospace careers.
Building self-esteem is a central point of this year’s campaign by the Kentucky Center for School Safety.