Education

Ryan Hornback, a senior at LaRue County High School, will be awarded a $2,000 scholarship from the Kentucky Association of Counties.

The 2013 Presidential Scholarship Award will be presented at an upcoming awards ceremony at the high school.

The scholarship honors KACo’s current Association President and LaRue County Judge/executive Tommy Turner, who will present the award.

Hornback plans to attend the University of Kentucky in the fall, where he plans to study mechanical engineering.

Kentucky Department of Education officials brought their own technology with them as they recorded a LaRue County Schools’ technology webcast last week in the high school library.

David Couch, associate commissioner for knowledge, information, and data services, led a panel that interviewed LaRue’s superintendent of schools, Sam Sanders and district administrators Paul Mullins, Amanda Reed, and Freddie Newby in an hour-long taping.

For LaRue County Middle School physical education teacher Lisa Drake, progressing through the national board certification process has given her an opportunity to look inside herself to improve her teaching.
“This process forces one to look in a mirror and analyze what you are doing in the classroom, critique yourself, and make adjustments when what you are doing isn’t directly affecting student achievement,” she said.
One important thing she soon grasped was that listening is every bit as important as speaking.