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Education

  • ECTC introduces new hybrid repair class

    Gasoline is optional in a local auto/diesel program.

    Elizabethtown Community and Technical College wraps up its first hybrid repair class this semester. The class, devoted to instructing students on how to work on hybrid vehicles, is thought to be the first of its kind in the state, instructor John Chism said. He knows of no other schools considering a class dedicated to hybrid technology.

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  • Photos: Emergency officials work 'mock crash' at EHS
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  • ECTC Green Group to host information fair Thursday

    A new group at the local community college wants to prove it is, in fact, easy to be green.

    The Green Group, a new organization at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, is hosting a Green Fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday on campus near the Administration Building and Science Building. The fair includes several organizations and information about social, economic and environmental initiatives.

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  • EIS to no longer provide some bus services for West Point district

    The Elizabethtown Independent Schools board voted Monday night to end two agreements with West Point Independent School District, leaving West Point to handle transportation issues.

    EIS withdrew from a November 2008 agreement between the districts that required EIS to provide maintenance for West Point buses and other vehicles. The other agreement was made in March 2009 and called for EIS to train West Point bus drivers, maintain transportation documents and find substitute drivers.

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  • ECTC to host college fair for adults today in Bardstown

    A college fair for students who’ve been out of the game for a while takes place this week.

    Elizabethtown Community and Technical College hosts an Adult College Fair from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Civic Center in Bardstown. The fair targets nontraditional students with information about programs at the school and financial aid opportunities.

    This is the first time such a fair has been hosted for adults across the Kentucky Community and Technical College System and the first one organized by ECTC, said Public Relations Director Mary Jo King.

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  • North Hardin principal announces retirement

    After more than a decade in the top job and a part of North Hardin High School staff since 1986, Bill Dennison is retiring as principal.

    Superintendent Nannette Johnston said Dennison devoted his career to the Radcliff school, serving as a chemistry and biology teacher before becoming assistant principal in 1998 and principal three years later.

    Dennison announced his plans to the staff just before spring break after consultation with the superintendent.

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  • Learning for a lifetime

    Sherry Lee Pile is new to the Lifelong Learners program, but she’s long believed in the concept.

    “Life is a lifelong learning experience,” she said. A former educator, she used to tell students that. Now, she’s a student again.

    “It’s like a journey that you’re on,” she said.

    The Lifelong Learners program at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College allows students 65 or older to take classes for free. More than 50 individuals are taking advantage of the opportunity.

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  • HCS offering free breakfast for all students

    Hardin County Schools offers to all students a free breakfast every day when school resumes from spring break April 16 through the rest of the school year on May 16.

    All HCS elementary school students already receive free breakfast; however, the offer will be extended to all middle school and high school students.

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  • United Way hosts first Community Conversation

    The United Way of Central Kentucky is taking a look at local education with the help of community members.

    The United Way hosted its first Community Conversation on Tuesday evening at the Hardin County Public Library in Elizabethtown. The roundtable discussion acted as a follow-up to the March 27 viewing of “American Teacher,” a documentary about the state of education that was screened at the Elizabethtown Performing Arts Center.

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  • Communion class collects shoes for Haitian parish

     Students preparing to take a step in their spiritual lives are helping another community take its own steps.

    Second-graders at St. James Catholic Regional School hosted a drive for shoes to send to St. Marc’s Parish, their sister parish in Haiti. The school collected almost 600 pairs of shoes that were boxed Tuesday morning in Batcheldor Hall on the school’s campus.

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