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Education

  • School Calendar

    ALL SCHOOLS
    Last day of school
    June 2

    LCHS
    Prom
    The LCHS prom is April 16

    Senior photos
    Group senior photos will be taken May 4 at Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Park.

    Graduation
    Graduation is June 3.

    Wee Time at ALES

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  • LARUE SPEECH TEAM TAKES THIRD IN STATE

    The LaRue County High School Speech and Debate Teams competed at the KHSSL State Speech and Debate Championships this past week at Western Kentucky University and returned home with top honors in both divisions. 

    The debate team placed fifth overall in the State Debate Tournament, while the speech team won third in the State Speech Tournament - the highest that LaRue County Speech has ever placed at the state meet. 

    Ian Mather won a state championship in Poetry; and Timmy Gibson won a state championship in Prose. 

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  • Maddie Lee selected as state Beta Club chaplin

    The annual Kentucky State Beta Convention took place in Louisville at the Galt House Hotel and the Kentucky International Convention Center on Feb. 24 and 25. There were more than 4,000 students in attendance at the convention. Students from all four LaRue County schools were represented at the state convention this year.

    LaRue County Middle School had a record-setting 101 students attend the convention.

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  • Middle School problem-solvers advance to state competition

    The LaRue County Middle School Future Problem Solving Team placed second in regional competition on Feb. 5 and is bound for State competition March 12 in Lexington.  

    The team members are Kylie Rogers, Cody McDowell, Caitlin Lewis and Shayne Wathen. The team is coached by Doris Jean Holleran.

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  • Marshall Metcalf serves as senate page

    Marshall Metcalf, a LaRue County High School sophomore, spent Feb. 24 serving as a page for Carroll Gibson, Republican state senator representing District Five that includes LaRue County.

    Marsha Duncan, youth service center coordinator, said Metcalf’s application was selected from about 400 entries across the state. 

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  • ON EDUCATING LARUE: Schools receive more 'bang' for educational buck

    Many businesses measure their productivity through their return on investments.

    Using this idea, the Washington-based Center for American Progress has attempted to measure the return on investment of more then 9,000 school districts around the country.

    Its report, summarized in the Jan. 26 issue of Education Week, showed LaRue County Schools are one of 20 districts in Kentucky ranking in the highest category for their return on what they invest.

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  • LCHS Speech Team qualifies 10 Students to Nationals

    The LaRue County High School Speech Team competed at the Kentucky Catholic Forensic League State Qualifier this past Saturday to earn spots on the Kentucky entry to the NCFL Grand National Tournament.

    The national tournament will be held over the Memorial Day weekend in Washington, DC and LaRue students represent nine of the 54 entries Kentucky will be taking. Two LCHS students earned top spots in the process.

    Senior Timmy Gibson won the qualifier in prose/poetry; and sophomore James Reding won the Congress championship for the second year in a row. 

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  • U.K. forum to be held in E'town


    As part of an effort to gather input about desired characteristics of the University of Kentucky's next president, a forum will be conducted Thursday in Elizabethtown.

    The University of Kentucky's Board of Trustees and its presidential search committee are holding a series of forums across the state. The Elizabethtown session begins at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at the Hardin County Extension Service office at 201 Peterson Drive.

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  • Teachers have chance to TELL all through survey

    This month, Kentucky’s teachers will be allowed to tell what they really think about their working conditions.

    The TELL (Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning) Kentucky Survey will be administered to all Kentucky certified educators through March 25.

    The purpose of the survey is to document and analyze how teachers and other educators view their teaching and learning conditions, so that educators, stakeholders and policymakers can make evidence-based decisions on policies and practices that will improve student achievement and teacher retention.

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  • SCHOOLS: Opinions differ on value of early release days

    Not all LaRue County teachers like the district’s early release policy.
    This school year, students are being released at 1:30 p.m. (1:15 p.m. for elementary students) to provide more planning and training time to teachers. Early surveys indicated support from teachers and parents for the practice but the gap appears to be narrowing.
    At last Tuesday’s school board meeting, the results of a new parent-teacher survey were announced.

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