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Education

  • Board of Education News | Sept. 5, 2012

    Tests show Summer ChAMP program helps students retain, move ahead

    Preliminary testing shows children who participated in the Summer ChAMP program at Cartmell Elementary School either maintained their knowledge from the past year or moved ahead of where they were in the spring.

    The program targets children in kindergarten through fifth grade, focusing on math and reading.

    The 34 students were tested before and after the camp, as were a control group of 34 other children who did not participate in the camp.

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  • Watch D.O.G.S. promotes dad participation at local schools

    A new local program will soon put Watch D.O.G.S. on patrol in the halls at the local elementary schools. These will not be the four-legged furry kind, however; these will instead be the Watch Dads of Great Students. 

    The program was designed by the National Center for Fathering, a nonprofit organization whose goal is to “reverse the cultural trend toward fatherlessness by helping every dad learn how to be a father.”

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  • Back to the Books
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  • New Cartmell programs teach design engineering principles

    Students at Cartmell Elementary are learning to think like designers and engineers.

    As part of two new enrichment classes, Engineering is Elementary and LEGO Robotics, students solve real-life challenges using basic engineering design principles.

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  • Former area supervisor is new CCATC principal

    When students walked through the doors of the Carroll County Area Technology Center for the first time this school year, they were greeted by a new face at the helm.

    Former area supervisor Mary Stratton was named the new principal at the school that educates students from Carroll, Trimble, Gallatin and Owen counties.

    “I’ve worked with this school before,” she said. “It’s a great school, and I’ve already worked with the superintendents of the other five schools in the past … It was a good fit for me.”

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  • Full STEAM ahead: Project Lead the Way begins at CCHS, CCMS

    After more than a year of planning, researching, and consulting with local businesses and industry representatives, Carroll County Schools’ Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) Plan is becoming a reality.

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  • Jett named Teacher of Year by state conservation group

    The Kentucky Association of Conservation Districts recently recognized a Cartmell Elementary teacher for her work educating students on the environment, energy and environmental careers.

    Fourth-grade science teacher Kim Jett was one of two teachers statewide to win the Teacher of the Year award. She was recognized July 31 at the KACD award ceremony held at the Marriott in downtown Louisville. She received a plaque and $100 from Farm Credit Services.

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  • James selected KMEA 5th District Administrator of the Year

    Lisa James, superintendent of the Carroll County School District, has been selected as the Kentucky Music Educators Association (KMEA) 5th District Superintendent of the Year. James is being recognized for her efforts to increase student participation in the arts since 2008 when she became superintendent.

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  • Eldridge graduates from UK

    Hannah Elizabeth Eldridge, daughter of Emory and Jan Eldridge and granddaughter of Earl and Dorothy Floyd, all of Carrollton, graduated May 6, 2012, from the University of Kentucky College of Education.

    While a student at UK Eldridge was a member of Delta Zeta Sorority, Phi Sigma Theta Honor Society and was Vice-President of the UK Hunt-Seat Equestrian Team.

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  • Carroll County Kids
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