I am the Majority Leader for Knott County Central High School. This is my second year as majority leader. I am excited about our project this year and am expecting positive results for the school. This year our focus is school culture, specifically we are trying to improve behavior through positive reinforcement and recognition of student achievement.

I am the Senior Student member for Paintsville High School. I enjoy cooking and playing tennis. Student Senators at Paintsville will organize a team of students to write and record radio commercials for the school district. They will also purchase and keep updated a large screen TV to provide information to the student body, staff and community.…Read More

Paintsville Independent Schools Student Senate Plan
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Student Senators at Paintsville will organize a team of students to write and record radio commercials for the school district. They will also purchase and keep updated a large screen TV to provide information to the student body, staff and community. One community…Read More

Project title: Talk the Talk

Extensive research in educational journals supports the importance of including time for students to have rich math talks. This discourse increases students’ mastery of content by holding them accountable for explaining their reasoning and their problem-solving strategies. The National Council of Mathematics (…Read More

There’s No Place Like My Learning Space

Not much has changed for the classroom learning space since the early 1900’s. Students are still passively sitting in individual desks in rows and the teacher is still in the front of the room. In order to prepare students for their future careers, classrooms need to shift to accommodate 21st century…Read More