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Education

  • Toy provides building blocks for education

    Red, yellow, blue, white and black plastic Lego pieces covered several cafeteria tables and even some of the floor at Heartland Elementary School in Elizabethtown.

    Students, in small groups, consulted their Lego magazines as they built space stations and vehicles. They are part of a club that uses the toy building pieces with an eye to education.

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  • North Hardin hoping to get a note from 'Glee'

    A wildly popular but fictional show choir could benefit a real one in Hardin County with the help of votes.

    The newly reorganized show choir at North Hardin High School has submitted a video application for the “Glee” Give a Note competition, which will distribute thousands of dollars to talented and financially-strapped choir programs.

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  • Brother to Brother Academy starts back up this year

    A local program is working to stop a student population from falling behind its peers.

    The Brother to Brother Academy met Saturday to introduce new children and parents to the program at Vaughn Reno Starks Community Center. The academy focuses on enhancing the academics of black male middle and high school students along with their cultural and spiritual lives.

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  • Morningside one of 49 in state recognized for teacher survey

    Morningside Elementary School has been recognized for the positive environment it offers students and staff.

    The school was chosen as one of 49 schools in Kentucky to be recognized with an Honorable Mention from the Kentucky Department of Education based on an employee survey.

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  • Attendance down at NHHS after alert

    Attendance suffered Friday at North Hardin High School after a note was found that specified Friday as the day for a potential threat at the school.

    Only about 62 percent of students attended school Friday. John Wright, community relations specialist for Hardin County Schools, said 555 stayed home in a school of more than 1,400 students.

    “Obviously, that’s disheartening,” Wright said.

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  • Legislation filed to replace certificates with diplomas for disabled students

    A local legislator has filed an education bill aimed to correct what he feels is inequality in the education system.

    State Sen. Dennis Parrett, D-Elizabethtown, filed legislation that gives students with disabilities the opportunity to receive an alternative high school diploma instead of a certificate of completion they currently receive. The issue came to his attention after learning his own daughter won’t receive a diploma upon her completing high school.

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  • Hardin County Schools 'mock' the vote

    The gubernatorial election won’t be decided until the second week of November, but early results will be coming in from Hardin County high school students.

    Kentucky Secretary of State Elaine Walker visited Central Hardin High School on Wednesday to oversee mock elections allowing students an opportunity to practice voting. Mock elections also were held at North Hardin and John Hardin high schools.

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  • Cecilia elementary project could be pushed back

    The timeline for a new Cecilia elementary school may be extended by two more years.

    The Hardin County Schools board voted Monday morning to extend the time period of a purchase option for the proposed site of the new Cecilia elementary school through December 2013, in the event it must wait until David Miller’s lease for the land expires.

    Board Chairwoman Kay Sharon said the board was willing to wait that long to build a school on the land if the situation called for it.

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  • Cardinal campaigning

    Local students were visited Friday by the ultimate representative of the University of Louisville.
    James Ramsey, president of the university, visited Central Hardin High School and Elizabethtown High School as part of his yearly Fall Presidential Outreach program.

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