District’s science fair filled with impressive projects
About 650 Fayette County public, private, and home-school students in grades 4-12 participated in the annual Kentucky American Water Science Fair, coordinated by Fayette County Public Schools. Among...
View ArticleHenry Clay boys win Region 7 bowling title
The sixth-seeded boys’ bowling team from Henry Clay High School won the Region 7 championship Jan. 28 at Southland Lanes. The Paul Laurence Dunbar High boys and the top-seeded Bryan Station High girls...
View ArticleSouthside Tech places second in Capital City Welding Classic
A team from Southside Technical Center was runner-up in the annual Capital City Welding Classic in Frankfort. Avery Collins of Bryan Station, Aubrey Hedges of Tates Creek, and Jesus Rivera of Henry...
View ArticleLexmark invites nominations for Educating Excellence awards
Lexmark International Inc. salutes outstanding K-12 educators in Central Kentucky for inspiring students in STEM studies (science, technology, engineering, math). The company’s Educating Excellence...
View ArticleFive move on to Scholastic Art & Writing’s nationals
Five students from FCPS earned gold keys in the 2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, which qualifies them for the spring’s national competition. Congratulations to writers Kayla Beebout of Henry...
View ArticleHenry Clay senior Gatorade’s Soccer Player of the Year
Aime Mabika of Henry Clay High School has been named the Gatorade Kentucky Boys’ Soccer Player of the Year. He’s now a finalist for the national honor, which will be announced in May. The 6-foot-6,...
View ArticleDunbar cleans up in Region 8 swim meet
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School secured the boys’, girls’, and combined team championships in the Region 8 swim meet Feb. 13 at the Stivers Aquatic and Wellness Center in Barbourville. The combined...
View ArticleWinburn pulls away in Region 15 of Governor’s Cup
Winburn Middle School outdistanced Tates Creek Middle in Region 15 of the 2016 Governor’s Cup, which concluded Feb. 13. The Governor’s Cup, which was founded in 1986 to promote classroom achievement,...
View ArticleTeens selected for 2016 Sister Cities student exchange
Lexington Sister Cities has selected 41 students from Fayette County and surrounding areas for the 2016 summer exchange programs to Deauville, France; County Kildare, Ireland; Shinhidaka, Japan; and...
View ArticleSCAPA at Bluegrass, Henry Clay lead way in speech regional
SCAPA at Bluegrass barreled through the junior division of the Kentucky High School Speech League’s 2016 Bluegrass Regional Tournament, and Henry Clay High School was runner-up in the senior division....
View ArticleHayes orchestra director receives string teachers’ award
Sara Francis, who leads the orchestra at Edythe J. Hayes Middle School, has been named the 2016 Outstanding Director by the Kentucky chapter of the American String Teachers Association (KY ASTA). This...
View ArticleLafayette quintet earns kudos at UK’s BrassFest
The brass quintet of Bailey Goff, Carson Crovo, David Vest, Herman Bratcher, and Michael Haymes of Lafayette High School won first-place honors in the University of Kentucky’s 2016 BrassFest...
View ArticleRun for the Arts 5K will benefit SCAPA
A Run for the Arts 5K is slated for next month at Coldstream Park off Newtown Pike. Proceeds will benefit students in grades 4 through 12 via the School for the Creative and Performing Arts (SCAPA),...
View ArticleDunbar places second in Region 11 of Governor’s Cup
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School was overall runner-up in Region 11 of the 2016 Governor’s Cup, which concluded Feb. 20. The Governor’s Cup, which was founded in 1986 to promote classroom achievement,...
View ArticleHenry Clay concert band performs at Disney
Henry Clay High School band students entertained thousands of Walt Disney World Resort guests with their Feb. 12 performance at Disney Springs in Florida. Under the direction of William Kite, the...
View ArticleHenry Clay group practices international relations skills
Students from Henry Clay High School were the only Kentucky participants in this year’s North American Invitational Model United Nations (NAIMUN), which ran Feb. 11-14 in Washington, D.C. They toured...
View ArticleWinburn team, Beaumont student tops in local MATHCOUNTS
A team of “mathletes” from Winburn Middle School won first place in the local MATHCOUNTS on Feb. 20 at the University of Kentucky, where 18 area schools participated in bee-style contests. The...
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Beaumont language teacher receives regional honor
Laura Roché Youngworth, a French teacher at Beaumont Middle School, received the 2016 SCOLT Teacher of the Year Award during the Southern Conference on Language Teaching’s annual conference Feb. 18-20...
View ArticleDunbar’s Beta Club rounds up state-level awards
Several students from Paul Laurence Dunbar High School brought home first-place honors from the 75th annual Kentucky Beta Club senior convention, which ran Jan. 24-26 in Louisville. Kudos go out to...
View ArticleAt-risk students can receive free after-school meals
Several sites in Fayette County Public Schools now provide free after-school meals for low-income students through the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), which is run by the USDA’s...
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