Reading the music
Making connections between music and literacy can benefit students’ understanding of both, teachers learn at Arts Integration Academy.
Calloway janitor one of 10 finalists for national award
Cecil Lovett, a janitor at North Calloway Elementary School (Calloway County) is one of 10 finalists for Cintas Corporation’s Janitor of the Year contest, which recognizes the nation’s best school janitors and custodians. Online voting is underway for the Janitor of the Year award. The winning janitor will receive $5,000, and his school will receive $5,000 in Cintas and Rubbermaid [...]
Expectations are consistently high at Calloway Blue Ribbon school
Southwest Calloway Elementary’s staff loves to celebrate student accomplishments and works to make sure that success remains a part of the school culture.
Districts of Distinction recognized
The Kentucky Board of Education and the Kentucky Department of Education recognized 16 school districts as Districts of Distinction at the board’s Feb. 8 meeting.
Kentucky CTE demonstrates award-winning leadership
Kentucky’s national leadership in Career and Technical Education (CTE) was recognized recently with several awards presented at the Career Tech Vision 2016 Conference, and the accompanying conferences of the National Association of Agriculture Educators and the National Association of Teachers of Family and Consumer Sciences.
Kentucky’s healthiest schools honored
The Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s National Healthy Schools Award is an honor given to showcase and acknowledge schools that have implemented changes to create healthier school environments.
Kentucky leads nation in Summer Reading pledges
For the fourth year, Kentucky led the nation in Summer Reading pledges during the Chief’s Summer Reading Challenge, a project of the Council of Chief State School Officers and MetaMetrics.
Calloway County grows its own crop of language teachers
For the 2016-17 school year, Calloway County High School students enrolled in a new elective, Español Para Adolescentes, in order to help with the need for world languages in the district's elementary schools.
Five public schools win Blue Ribbon honors
The U. S. Department of Education named five Kentucky public schools as 2016 National Blue Ribbon Schools, based on their overall academic excellence.
16 schools receive National Healthy Schools Award
Sixteen Kentucky schools have been named winners of the National Healthy Schools Award by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. The awards were announced recently by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a national organization founded by the American Heart Association and the Clinton Foundation whose goal is to reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity and to empower children to [...]