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Education

  • HCS names career center's first principal

    After finding a site for its new college and career center, the Hardin County Schools district has found a leader for the school.

    Dan Robbins, a counselor at North Hardin High School, has been hired as principal of the new Early College and Career Center, which is scheduled to open in August 2014.

    Robbins was selected by HCS officials and representatives from Western Kentucky University and Elizabethtown Community and Technical College. Both institutions are involved in creating the new facility adjacent to ECTC’s Elizabethtown campus.

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  • Teachers receive classroom support from foundation

    Teachers across Elizabethtown Independent Schools received welcome visitors bearing welcome gifts on Friday.

    The Elizabethtown Education Foundation presented $25,000 worth of grants to EIS teachers, surprising teachers in their classroom with oversized checks and balloons. The grant money is used to fund various projects and buy supplies.

    The amount given far surpasses what the foundation has been able to give in the past and the sum fits the foundation’s 25-year anniversary. Last year, the foundation raised between $7,000 to $8,000 to be used for grants.

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  • Hinton earns golden apple

    One of Pam Hinton’s first lessons to her students every year is about giving full effort to their studies.

    “If you are giving 100-percent effort,” she tells them, “you’re never wrong, you’re learning.”

    The effort Hinton gives in return in her classroom was recognized Wednesday afternoon.

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  • Transfer Madness for college students is Wednesday

    Kentucky college students who wish to transfer their credits or associate degree to a four-year institution will have the opportunity to connect with those institutions and ask questions during a 12-hour online Transfer Madness fair Wednesday.

    Transfer Madness is from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. EST.

    The event is the first entirely online, statewide transfer fair where students can chat online with transfer advisers, search for scholarships, download materials and have questions answered at a time that suits their schedules.

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  • J.T. Alton teacher receives ExCEL golden apple

    Jeff Lowman nominated Kim Root Evans for the ExCEL award because he remembers his own experiences in music class, he said.

    “As a middle school student, I didn’t like music at all,” Lowman said.

    Now, as assistant principal at J.T. Alton Middle School, he sees students like himself enjoying and learning in Evans’ class.

    “That is what is so impressive about Ms. Evans,” Lowman said.

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  • Students are the scientists at SJS science fair

     

    Setting one’s school work on fire isn’t usually advised, but every now and then, it’s exactly what’s called for.

    St. James Regional Catholic School held its science fair Tuesday, and students tested hypotheses on subjects ranging from music’s effect on the brain to what beverages do to teeth.

    The fair has been a staple of science classes at St. James for years. But the majority of the work is left to students to do on their own, science teacher Becky McGuffin said.

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  • HCS council to host Diversity Fair

    Hardin County is displaying and celebrating its multicultural community this week.

    The Hardin County Schools Community Diversity Advisory Council is hosting a Diversity Fair at 5 p.m. Friday in the commons area of John Hardin High School. The fair allows various members of the community to share elements of different cultures. HCS students and community groups will participate.

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  • Rescheduled cheer competition is Saturday

    After waiting a month because of the weather, local cheerleading teams are ready to prove their skills to the state.

    The first Kentucky High School Athletic Association Competitive Cheer Championship is Saturday at E.A. Diddle Arena at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. Cheerleading squads from Central Hardin High School, LaRue County High School, North Hardin High School and Elizabethtown High School are competing.

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  • GED test format changing next year

    People who have begun the General Education Development diploma process have 10 more months to complete it before they must begin again with the test.

    After this year, the GED test content and format will change, and those who have passed portions of the test will have those scores rendered invalid if they don’t complete the entirety of the GED by the end of the year.

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  • HCS OKs building construction plans

    Multiple construction projects are getting under way at Hardin County Schools.

    The HCS board approved several items construction at its regular meeting Tuesday night, including construction documents and schematic designs for Phase 7 of North Hardin High School’s renovation and Phase 2 of Vine Grove Elementary School’s renovation. A schematic design for a new Early College and Career Center also was approved.

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