Education

A mentoring program in Hardin County Schools is expanding in the hope of encouraging children to perform to the best of their ability, set goals and have high self-esteem.

The program, One Hour Revolution, was established by two AmeriCorps VISTAs working through United Way of Central Kentucky.

It connects children for one hour each week during the school year each with their own mentor who shares similar interests or complimentary needs or personalities.

The new principal at John Hardin High School is a familiar face to the school’s staff and students.

Lynne Gibson, an assistant principal at John Hardin, replaces Alvin Garrison. Garrison is leaving at the end of the month to take over as superintendent at Covington Independent Schools.

Gibson was one of the first teachers hired at the school when it opened in 2001, and said, “my heart and my soul is in this school.”

“There’s nowhere I’d rather be, nothing I’d rather be doing,” she said.

Through a new collaboration with Project Fit America, Hardin Memorial Hospital Foundation is launching an enhanced health and physical fitness pilot program this fall at Lakewood Elementary School.

Project Fit is a nonprofit organization that donates to schools, grades K to 12, to assist in the development of cardiovascular health and physical fitness programs, according to its website.

Two local students recently were chosen among high school seniors across the country to receive prestigious scholarships.

The students received National Merit Scholarships funded through the college they will be attending next school year. Kendra Ball, a recent graduate of Central Hardin High School, received a scholarship to attend Samford University in Birmingham, Ala. Katherine Fredrikson, a homeschooled student on Fort Knox, received a scholarship from Wheaton College near Chicago.