Community Action Council is a private nonprofit organization with the mission to prevent, reduce and eliminate poverty in Central Kentucky. One of its largest and longest-running operations is Head Start – a group of federally-funded programs for families with low income with children birth to age 5 years old that provide comprehensive early childhood education, […]
Lexington Children’s Theatre brings a locally grown ghost story to its Learning Stage in October with “The Ghosts of Pineville.” Chopper Sweeney never really believed in ghosts… until one started believing in him. Chopper and his friends, Hank and Glory, set off to solve the case of Simon Stillwater, but what starts as a small […]
When you’re promoting a good product, there’s nothing wrong with a little salesmanship – even in the field of public education. That philosophy has worked for Robin Featheringill, a math teacher and coordinator of the pre-engineering program at Leestown Middle. A six-year veteran at Leestown, Featheringill was convinced she could double the pre-engineering program when […]
DANIEL BOONE PIONEER FESTIVAL Aug. 31-Sept. 2 / Winchester www.danielboonepioneerfestival.com The Daniel Boone Pioneer Festival is a weekend of arts and crafts, talent contest, 5K run and concerts. TERRAPIN HILL HARVEST FESTIVAL Aug. 30-Sept. 3 / Harrodsburg www.terrapinhillfestivals.com A four-night, family-friendly music festival, with workshops, arts and crafts vendors, food and more. KENTUCKY STATE BBQ […]
You’ve heard about being joined at the hip? How about joined at the kidney? That’s the case for Curriculum Resource Administrator Marci Smith and custodian Ivan Graves, co-workers at, and fellow graduates of, West Jessamine High. Friends for more than 15 years, the pair increased their kinship a year ago when Smith donated a kidney […]
School is starting all over the U.S. Children are coming together in classrooms to learn… and to spread illnesses. Children in schools often get sick. Sometimes they need to stay home. There are three main reasons to keep a child home from school and some guidelines for when this should be done. 1) Children who […]
For nearly a quarter of a century, the Mission of Hope, a Christian-charity based in Knoxville, has been Extending the Hope to the most distressed rural communities in Appalachia, more than half of which are in Kentucky. Sadly, MOH’s help is needed even more today than when the group launched its first event in 1996 […]
While on a walk with his teenage daughter, David Huckaby’s jaw dropped when Kara struck up a lengthy conversation with a couple – all in Chinese. “I don’t speak Chinese so I’m not a good judge but it sure sounded impressive to me,” he said of his daughter’s linguistic skills. That’s what comes from six […]
Even after two decades in the classroom, the end of the school year remains an emotional, bittersweet time for Mary Henry, a fourth grade teacher at Wilmore Elementary. “I’ve been blessed with such amazing students,” she said. “I’m realizing that I have just a few more days with them and I’m going to miss them […]
Chad Pennington Will Lead Spartans’ First Team Since 1977 What better way to revive a football program after more than four decades than to bring in a former NFL star quarterback to lead the program? That’s exactly what Sayre School has done by hiring Chad Pennington to head the football program that will play its […]
