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Education

  • Local students graduate from Centre College

    Local students graduated from Centre College during the 188th commencement ceremony May 22.

    The commencement speakers were Dr. Lee T. Todd, president of the University of Kentucky, and Dr. T. Pearse Lyons, founder and CEO of Alltech. Both received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from Centre during the ceremony.

    The Class of 2011 included Centre’s first Mitchell scholar and two Fulbright winners.

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  • Eskridge graduates from Georgetown College

    Kara Eskridge, Bloomfield, graduated from Georgetown College during the Commencement Ceremony May 14 in Davis-Reid Alumni Gymnasium. She earned a BA. She is the daughter of Greg and Patty Loeser, Bloomfield.

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  • Interim principal, assistant principal appointed for Bardstown High School

    Bardstown High School will have an interim principal and interim assistant principal for most of the 2011-2012 school year.

    In a special called meeting of the Bardstown High School Site-Based Decision-Making Council 10 a.m. Tuesday, Superintendent Brent Holsclaw announced the appointment of Chris Pickett, currently Bardstown High School assistant principal, to serve as interim principal.

    Old Kentucky Home Middle School Principal Ryan Clark was appointed interim assistant principal of Bardstown High School. Pickett and Clark will start their new positions July 1.

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  • Blackmon to replace retiring associate superintendent

    Bardstown High School Principal Cara Blackmon was selected to replace retiring Bardstown City Schools Associate Superintendent J.W. Mattingly Friday.

    Blackmon will be responsible for District Wide Programs/ Instruction and Assessment Support.

    Superintendent Brent Holsclaw cited Blackmon’s knowledge of the school system as one reason he selected her for the position.

    “She has an extensive background in curriculum and instruction — something that is going to be particularly beneficial ... with Senate Bill 1,” Holsclaw said.

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  • Bardstown Schools' second youth services center to open

    The Bardstown City School district Family Resource/Youth Service Center’s funding will be doubled in the coming fiscal year and the district will be able to open a second center as a result, FRYSC Coordinator Catherine Webb told the school board Tuesday.

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  • Schools a big factor when purchasing a home

    There are many factors buyers consider when shopping for a home. From the number of bedrooms to the size of the backyard, prospective buyers have their priorities with what they’re looking for in a home. Parents to young children or couples who are planning to start a family soon should also consider the school system.

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  • Grading scale changes in Nelson County School District

    The Nelson County School Board voted Monday to change the district-wide grading scale for students at the fourth-grade level and up.

    Whereas through the 2010-2011 school year, a 94-100 percent score and higher was considered an A, the new grading scale would make a score of 92-100 percent an A, 84-91 percent a B, 76-83 percent a C, 70-75 percent a D, and 69 percent or lower an F. While the scale lowers the percentage acceptable for a grade of A, B or C, it retains the previous grading scale’s lowest passable score at 70 percent.

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  • Grade configuration at new high school concerns parents

    Sixteen community members voiced their opinions about whether Thomas Nelson High School should be open to higher grade levels in a public hearing Monday evening attended by more than 60 people. The majority of those who addressed the board opposed a proposition to move juniors, in addition to freshmen and sophomores, to TNHS when the school opens in August 2012.

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  • School district builds shared vision for future

    A diverse group of school and community leaders this week started to bring into focus a shared vision of what the future will look like for Nelson County School District.

    Superintendent Anthony Orr brought together nearly 100 people from a variety of backgrounds to tackle 10 probing questions in a visioning process designed to help define what the school district should look like five years from now.

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  • Local high schools participate in Focus on Schools program

    Conway-Heaton Ford partners with all local high schools to create video submissions highlighting the 2012 Ford Focus; Bardstown, Bethlehem, and Nelson County High Schools can earn an additional $10,000 with community support

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