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MLK Academy’s Henry selected for Holocaust Museum program
Lisa Henry, who has taught at Martin Luther King Jr. Academy for Excellence for six years, has been selected as a Holocaust Memorial Museum teacher fellow. “We are all excited because there have only...
View ArticleTSA clubs warm up in regional contests at EKU
Five TSA clubs from Fayette County Public Schools participated in the Technology Student Association’s 2017 regional competition on Feb. 24 at Eastern Kentucky University. Following are FCPS...
View ArticleBryan Station's track athletes excel at indoor state meet
Bryan Station High School’s track-and-field teams picked up numerous Class AAA honors at the 2017 KTCCCA Indoor State Championships, held in Mason County. The March 4 contests were sponsored by the...
View ArticleRosa Parks brings home Region 22 honors in Governor’s Cup
The Rosa Parks Elementary team pulled away for a win in the 2017 Governor’s Cup regional contests, which concluded March 4. Meadowthorpe was runner-up overall in Region 22. The Governor’s Cup, which...
View ArticleLafayette students fare well in Japanese Speech Contest
Three of Mariko Barnes’ students at Lafayette High School earned kudos in the fourth annual Japanese Speech Contest, held March 4 at the University of Kentucky. The honors included: Toby Rasmussen,...
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Theater students from Bryan Station earn high praise at SETC
Drama students from Bryan Station High School scored high marks during the Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC), where 10 states brought 20 shows to compete in the High School Festival at the...
View ArticleTech students step it up in Region 9 SkillsUSA contests
Students from technical centers in several area counties participated in the SkillsUSA Region 9 competition March 3 in Lexington. Eastside hosted all the leadership contests in the morning, and...
View ArticleJessie Clark robotics team takes first place in RCX regional
A robotics team from Jessie Clark Middle School took first place in the Robo Challenge Xtreme (RCX) regional tournament on March 4 at host Georgetown College. Noah Sprout, Isaac Recktenwald, Colin...
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Hayes, Morton embrace tournament honors in boys’ basketball
In the countywide basketball tournament, Edythe J. Hayes Middle School defeated Crawford Middle 54-38 for the 2017 boys’ A-team championship, and Morton topped Beaumont 40-38 in the B-league title...
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Henry Clay sweeps field in Smoky Mountain Invitational
The speech and debate team from Henry Clay High School swept first place in the 2017 Smoky Mountain Invitational, held Feb. 23-25 in Gatlinburg, Tenn. Competing against more than 20 teams from across...
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Stonewall fourth-grader a national winner in Japanese art contest
A fourth-grader at Stonewall Elementary, Mary Richardson, has earned first-place honors in a national art contest sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ). Mary’s entry...
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Southern eighth-grader tapped for epilepsy gathering in D.C.
An eighth-grader at Southern Middle School, Charles Wilson, will be Kentucky’s representative at the “Teens Speak Up!” advocacy conference March 26-28 in Washington, D.C. Charles, who has generalized...
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Tates Creek eighth-grader qualifies for national spelling bee
An eighth-grader at Tates Creek Middle School, Joey Ilagan, won the annual University of Kentucky Spelling Bee on the final word “toxicosis.” As a regional winner, he qualifies to compete in the...
View ArticleKDE renews Northern as a KSI/RTI model site
The Kentucky Department of Education has again designated Northern Elementary as a KSI/RTI model site for its intervention processes and protocols. This honor means that KDE will update its website...
View ArticleFCPS dominates 2017’s regional science fair
Students from Fayette County Public Schools set a torrid pace in the 2017 Central Kentucky Regional Science and Engineering Fair, hosted by Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. Dunbar’s Rachel Seevers...
View ArticleWinburn, Dunbar lead FCPS efforts in Governor’s Cup finals
Winburn Middle School placed sixth, and Paul Laurence Dunbar High School finished seventh in the 2017 Governor’s Cup state finals, which concluded March 13. The Governor’s Cup, which was founded in...
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FCPS seeks presenters for June's ILF Conference
FCPS is looking for innovative teachers, administrators, and education professionals who love learning to present at this year’s Innovations for Learning Conference, set for June 1 at Bryan Station...
View ArticleDunbar, Tates Creek successful in FBLA Region 4
FBLA members represented Fayette County Public Schools well at the annual Future Business Leaders of America’s Region 4 conference, hosted by Northern Kentucky University. The following students...
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Dunbar senior dubbed Kentucky's Mr. Basketball
Taveion Hollingsworth, a senior at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, has been named Kentucky’s Mr. Basketball for the 2016-17 season. He received the award at a March 14 banquet at the Lexington...
View ArticleSix teams advance to Academic Challenge finals
Academic Challenge teams from James Lane Allen, Meadowthorpe, and Rosa Parks elementaries will square off for the 2017 Superintendent’s Cup in the primary division, while older students from...
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