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Link to Phelps Entrepreneur’s Commercial
https://www.facebook.com/PhelpsTinyHouse/videos/240268546503745/

The Phelps High School Entrepreneurs group “Gray’s Production” finished the year with one commercial produced and another 2 in the production stages. We are very proud of the success of our program. Entrepreneurs consisted of : Noelle Fields, Madison Stiltner, and Tyeisha Smith. These students have been involved in the entrepreneur program for 4…Read More

This year my students participated in the entrepreneurship challenge. They were separated into teams and came up with their own businesses. One of my groups called the loom room got to compete at Hazard. They learned how to make their product, calculate the cost of their supplies, and calculate their profit. They had so much fun with this…Read More

Our game of science has been modified into two separate games and has gotten a new name, The Game of Alchemy. One version is being adapted into a board-type of game where the players will answer questions about chemical elements as they move toward chemical stability. The other version is a card-based game for multiple players that combines the…Read More

Middlesboro Middle School 6th graders had a successful year participating in the Entrepreneur Project. We had two teams to make it to the KVEC Regional Competition in November.
The first team provided a service to the tourist of Middlesboro. This team was called , ‘A Ghost Walk”, and took visitors through the town of Middlesboro addressing the…Read More

The Paintsville Middle School Entrepreneur project was a great success. Four of our entrepreneurs/teams won at regionals. Several businesses are still taking orders and producing goods to sell. The ARI Fire Summit was a great way for these students to showcase their hard-work and talent. The students are already brainstorming ideas for next year!

I tried to post the following update to this holler about a month ago, but I think I created it as a personal update instead.
Here are some pictures from Hazard High School’s Bulldog Garden – a Community Problem Solving (CmPS) project funded with a STARS grant. Many members of our school and local community do not have regular access to fresh, nut…Read More

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https://www.theholler.org/?get_group_doc=14/1463508642-STARSBrochure.pdf– Brianna Fannin (@briannafannin) May 18, 2016

All We Need Is Love Johnson County Andrea Hall

Junior Division

Highland Elementary School

Single Year Project

PART I: PROJECT OVERVIEW

A. Area of Concern

As we began brainstorming ideas for our Community Problem Solving Project, we became bombarded with the desire to help children in our school.  One of the sixth grade CmPS tea…Read More

Flat Gap students will complete their quilt this next week. Look for pictures of the quilt. They plan on auctioning it off in order to purchase items for their upcoming “Green Space” that “Is for the Birds”.

From Andrea Hall

Highland Elementary’s CmPS team, “All We Need Is Love” worked hard to “STOMP OUT BULLYING” within the walls of their school. They did this by improving students communication and social interaction skills, which in turn created a loving environment where everyone could be confident in themselves. They stressed the importanc…Read More

CmPS Overview: “Beautifying Our Hearts, Our Minds, and Community through Student Leadership”

Community Problem Solving Project

Our 6th grade students recognized a need for student voice in our school. It was decided that to increase student involvement a Student Council would need to be established. This governing body would participate in mee…Read More

The Porter Elementary Community Problem Solving team project was “Don’t Be Scared …Be Prepared”. The students were inspired to select a project concerning natural disasters because members of the team have been affected by different natural disasters and they know how scary they can be. For that reason, they wanted to learn about natural disaste…Read More

Fantastic Middle School Entrepreneurial Projects were showcased at the 2016 ARI Action Research Summit. Wrapping up this year and thinking of next year. Use the summer to research what kind of entrepreneurial project you would like to do next year!

Highland Elementary’s CmPS team, “All We Need Is Love” worked hard to “STOMP OUT BULLYING” within the walls of their school. They did this by improving students communication and social interaction skills, which in turn created a loving environment where everyone could be confident in themselves. They stressed the importance of social and psych…Read More

Here is the snapshot of my Cmps project.

At our school during the spring and fall we have a lot of bear activity and with them they bring a huge mess. The students decided that the bears enjoy everyone’s trash too much, so they tried to come up with a way that can decrease the amount of trash laying around on our roads caused by bears. This is…Read More

My CmPS team’s project, “Helping Our Heroes” – I will be posting some of the team’s accomplishments, as well as a mini scrapbook of the team’s project. Thank you to ARI STARS for the support!

The W.R. Castle Elementary CmPS team, “Helping Our Heroes,” chose to assist the Ft. Campbell Military Base during the 2015-2016 school year. After ide…Read More

Millard School Entrepreneur Fair

Emmalena Elementary entrepreneurial fair. This was before Christmas break. The students really enjoyed this project and look forward to doing it again.

School: Sebastian Middle

County: Breathitt

Team: Junior Division

Project Name: A Healthier Tomorrow!

Coach: Charles David Napier II

Members: Madeline Hall and Elizabeth Hall

Students on my Junior Division STARS team developed and promoted initiatives to encourage healthier living to improve the well being of citizens in our town.…Read More

Middlesboro Middle School students enjoyed participating in the Regional Entrepreneurial Fair. First Place in the 6th grade “Goods” category was awarded to Tate Jackson and Kailey Owens for “The Ultimate Toothbrush”. Second Place in the 6th grade “Services” category was awarded to Jordyn Ferguson and Jamarah Young with “J & J Clothing”.…Read More

Middlesboro Middle School students in Mrs. Sandy Evans’ and Mrs. Mindy Brigmon’s classes participated in an MMS Entrepreneurial Fair. Several students displayed and presented their own business plans/ideas. Community business professionals participated as judges who awarded the students with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places in the categories of goods…Read More

Arlie Boggs Entrepreneurs are celebrating their recent success at the Regional Fair. Thank you to the KVEC staff and MSU for making this event…Read More

Arlie Boggs Elementary Entrepreneurial Fair
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Arlie Boggs Elementary Entrepreneurial Fair
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Paintsville Independent Middle School Entrepreneur Fair
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Has the Lync from a few weeks ago session for the middle school Entrepreneurial Project been uploaded?

Check out this video of WYMT’s Shane Smith doing a weather lesson with students at Elkhorn City and Dorton Elementary via the Mondopad!!!
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Skype with Donna Gephart, author of “How to Survive Middle School”…:)
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National Literacy Day at Shelby Valley!…Read More

If anyone else is teaching a Java course, your students are eligible to sign up for the mastering the main frame competition through IBM. But they must be registered by October 1st. Students need to be at least 16 years old.

Love learning about new technologies for the classroom!

I’m looking forward to seeing what apps my students are going to create.

We have recently established a Student Council at my school. I would love for my council to become active on this site! They would be able to connect and share with other students!

I have 20 MacBook pros that my students are learning to program on.

Trying to upload a PDF of the ARI STARS Entrepreneurial Project my 7th graders at Adams Middle School performed last school year.

STARS (Students Transforming Appalachia with Real-world Solutions) mini grant applications will be given at the training sessions.
MS Entrepreneurial Training August 25 KVEC Office 9-3:30
HS Entrepreneurial Training September 3 UPIKE Coleman College of Business Board Room
Community Problem Solving Training September 1 Jenny Wiley…Read More

I attended a Google Classroom PD session. I have learned so many new ideas for my classroom. I have learned that I can create an online Google Classroom account to post all of my assignments for my students. Students can access this class using their own google username. I am excited for the students to use google forms for pre-assessments to…Read More

I learned about google slides today, I can use this by introducing a new activity to my PE students along with the rules to the activity.

I’m taking a digital learning training this morning and now I will be able to use google drive to share classroom documents with my students and other teachers.

Today i have learned about many new ways to use this tool. I can communicate with my students during assignments. I have access to a number of free apps to use in my classroom. I can enable my students to have input into parts of my lessons.

I am currently taking a training on google classroom, and I can’t wait to incorporate google docs in my classroom.

I am excited about using this technology in my classroom, I also want to use it on NTI days.

I am going to be able to integrate this into my classroom and I am excited!!! I will make this innovated by using it during Non-Traditional Instructional days!

I am taking a google classroom PD this morning and I am excited to learn about this new technology! I teach Kindergarten and may not be able to use this in my classroom, but I can use it with my academic team! I could possibly use it in my classroom, by allowing my parents to log in and help my kindergarten babies work on it!

I am taking a technology training on Google Classroom and icurio. I look forward to using what I am learning in my classroom.