Jacob Ball Jacob Ball, a teacher at Locust Trace AgriScience Center (Fayette County), has successfully completed the annual National Agriscience Teachers Ambassador Academy in Phoenix. He joins 369 other teachers from across the country who have earned the distinction of Agriscience Teacher Ambassador after the highly competitive process. The academy is a professional development institute managed by the [...]
More than 250 Kentucky school librarians attended the annual Summer Refresher professional learning conference July 18 at Warren Central High School in Bowling Green, hosted by the Kentucky Association of School Librarians.
Anna Sullinger, a family and consumer sciences teacher at Beaumont Middle School (Fayette County), has received the 2017 Spirit of Advising Award from the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA). The award, which is given to one FCCLA chapter adviser from each state, recognizes advisers who are constantly faithful and often working quietly behind the scenes to ensure [...]
Three Kentucky high school teachers are the winners of the 2017 Earle C. Clements Innovation in Education Awards from the National Archives and the University of Kentucky Libraries Wendell H. Ford Public Policy Research Center. Amy Madsen of George Rogers Clark High School (Clark County), Steven Riley of Henry Clay High School (Fayette County) and Whitney Walker of Lafayette High School (Fayette County) [...]
Jennifer Williams, the Technology Student Association (TSA) sponsor at Lexington Traditional Magnet School (Fayette County) has been named the TSA’s Kentucky Middle School Adviser of the Year. Williams, who received her award last month at the TSA national conference, has been a TSA adviser for 19 of her 20 years in education. She teaches engineering technology at Lexington Traditional, where [...]
The Central Kentucky Educational Cooperative (CKEC) has recognized four Fayette County teachers for their excellence in co-teaching. Third-grade teacher Cara Harris and special education teacher Molly Anderson of Breckinridge Elementary School, and science teacher Kevin Crosby and special education teacher Erica Beegle of Tates Creek High School were named the CKEC Fayette County 2016-17 Outstanding Educators. The teams were selected [...]
At the Locust Trace AgriScience Center in Fayette County, there are two young women doing something that no other students in the state are, farming alpacas.
Gov. Matt Bevin made several appointments to Kentucky boards and commissions.
In an effort to recognize the work of educators and programs that serve students with a variety of learning needs, the Kentucky Department of Education has named 11 Alternative Programs of Distinction.
The White House Commission on Presidential Scholars selected 20 students from YoungArts finalists as recipients of the 2017 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts award.