Trajon Campbell, KVEC Senior Student Senator was sworn in tonight as the new student representative on the Hazard Board of Education by the board attorney. Student representation/student voice was a primary goal of the HHS KVEC Student Senate three years ago. Trajon Campbell is the fourth student to serve on the board. Congratulations Trajon!…Read More

Thanks to our grant we were able to crate four SumoBots to battle each other at our 2nd annual STEAM night. The winner went on to compete at state and made it to the sweet sixteen. The students were engaged in the engineering design process and learned advanced coding techniques all while creatively problem solving to be the best robot. Here is a…Read More

With the addition of two more EV3 lego robots we are able to expose more students to building and coding the robots. The students are currently building and began to start coding robots for the STLP Sumobot competition. We will hold our own school tournament to see which robot will represent us at the state competition. This will be part of our…Read More

Hazard 606
The 606 Coffee/The 606 Safety Net
Made possible by The KVEC Student Senate Community Challenge Grant

One only has to drive down Main Street in Hazard, Kentucky to see the burned-out buildings and empty storefronts. Legal offices, the Judicial Center, banking institutions and the lone “Broken Spoke” Lounge are the only visible signs of…Read More

My STEAM cart has been a great fire starter in spreading computational thinking. More teachers are willing to open their classrooms to let their students experience coding and the engineering design process through challenges they can complete with the robots and/or the material in my cart. The best part was having a STEAM night at our elementary…Read More