I have received my listening center and Ipad Pro with my grant. I have been able to allow the students to work in small groups listening to stories. This has been very helpful for the students who need to hear the story more than once or need to read along with a reader. I have received several books on DVD but also have many more ordered. I have…Read More

Cathy Wright
First Grade
Paintsville Elementary
Grade 1: Language Arts
Project Name: Read Aloud Time!
My area of focus is Language Arts. I will set up a wireless listening center in one of my learning stations. I will allow each student to go to this listening center daily in our rotation. I will provide the stories that we are covering for the…Read More

These are the best days of our lives they say. 700 days, from first day of freshman year to the last day of senior year. Wow, how the time has flown and drug on all at the same time. Over those 700 days, how many […]

Here's To The Class of 2017!

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May 23, 2017

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These are the best days of our lives they say. 700 days, from first day of freshman year to the last day of senior year. Wow, how the time has flown and drug on all at the same time....

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April, the fourth month of the year. Mostly known for humid rainy days, unless you’re in Kentucky you may see some snow. But this month is significant to me for other reasons. This month has always held a s […]

April is Child Abuse Awareness Month

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April 19, 2017

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April, the fourth month of the year. Mostly known for humid rainy days, unless you’re in Kentucky you may see some snow. But this month is significant to me for other reasons. This month has always held a special...

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APPALACHIAN RENAISSANCE INTIATIVE’S
FINDING INNOVATION IN RURAL EDUCATION
SUMMIT

On April 12th, the East Kentucky Expo Center will again be booming with the regions most innovative leaders and l […]

KVEC's ARI FIRE Summit Set to Host over 1,000 Educators and Leaders

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April 10, 2017

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APPALACHIAN RENAISSANCE INTIATIVE'S FINDING INNOVATION IN RURAL EDUCATION SUMMIT On April 12th, the East Kentucky Expo Center will again be booming with the regions most innovative leaders and learners. Not to mention robots, flight simulators, student art & performance, cutting-edge strategies and technologies, student built...

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The second It’s Good to be Young in the Mountains conference is coming to Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College Cumberland campus [700 College Road, Cumberland, Kentucky] on April 21-23, 2017. The c […]

It’s Good to be Young in the Mountains Returns to Harlan County

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March 29, 2017

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The second It’s Good to be Young in the Mountains conference is coming to Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College Cumberland campus on April 21-23, 2017. The conference is a three-day event celebrating Appalachian heritage and giving space...

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Through a series of assignments, Rebecca Potter’s communications class (members of the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative’s FIREshare) has been working to develop their photography skills by telling stories […]

LCC Communications Class Develops Photography Skills

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February 27, 2017

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Through a series of assignments, Rebecca Potter's communications class (members of the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative's FIREshare) has been working to develop their photography skills by telling stories about their communities through the lens. Below are highlights and links to...

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Building Shot

This building was originally built as a general store, but was used during the 80s as an auction house.

Flower Shot

This photo was taken at the Comm […]

Picture Project

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February 27, 2017

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  Building Shot This building was originally built as a general store, but was used during the 80s as an auction house.         Flower Shot This photo was taken at the Community College in Whitesburg. Flowers are some of my favorite things to photograph...

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Still Life Shot

Looking at books and finding new ones or reading old ones, I am able to keep myself calm. This dedication in the book “The Problem With Forever” helps me know that I can have a quiet voice and […]

Picture Project

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February 20, 2017

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Still Life Shot Looking at books and finding new ones or reading old ones, I am able to keep myself calm. This dedication in the book “The Problem With Forever” helps me know that I can have a quiet...

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Pikeville Elementary teacher, Traci Tackett, tells us how her and her students use winter gardens to not only improve their diets, but to also improve their community.

For more information on […]

FIREcast TV: Students Turn Winter Garden into Community Improvement Project

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February 15, 2017

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Pikeville Elementary teacher, Traci Tackett, tells us how her and her students use winter gardens to not only improve their diets, but to also improve their community.   For more information on gardening in schools check out the School Garden Holler. 

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Rural communities miss great opportunities when their leaders and citizens do not dream big enough.

One of our problems in not making “Appalachian Kentucky Great Again” has been thinking too small and sca […]

East Kentucky needs leaders, citizens who aren’t afraid to dream bigger

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February 13, 2017

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Rural communities miss great opportunities when their leaders and citizens do not dream big enough. One of our problems in not making “Appalachian Kentucky Great Again” has been thinking too small and scaling down our dreams and expectations. Congressman Hal...

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Letcher County Central student, Hannah Adams, had a recorded essay released this weekend about the complications of letting politics divide our smaller communities.  Her article aired today (January 23, 2017) on […]

LCC & FIREshare Student's Essay Featured on Here & Now: NPR

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January 23, 2017

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Letcher County Central student, Hannah Adams, had a recorded essay released this weekend about the complications of letting politics divide our smaller communities.  Her article aired today (January 23, 2017) on National Public Radio's (NPR) popular show Here &...

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Every Friday this January, local filmmaker Oakley Fugate, will be hosting a Film Workshop at the Boone Youth Drop-In Center in Whitesburg, KY.

He will be teaching the basics of how to produce a low bu […]

Short Film Workshops Open to Young People This Month

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January 12, 2017

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Every Friday this January, local filmmaker Oakley Fugate, will be hosting a Film Workshop at the Boone Youth Drop-In Center in Whitesburg, KY. He will be teaching the basics of how to produce a low budget film. Fugate says he was inspired to host...

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This poem strikes home for me because the theme and the imagery automatically make me think of my hometown. Like the narrator in the poem, my hometown has molded me into the person I am today. I will take […]

My Hometown

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January 12, 2017

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  This poem strikes home for me because the theme and the imagery automatically make me think of my hometown. Like the narrator in the poem, my hometown has molded me into the person I am today. I will take...

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The Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative 
cordially invites you and your organization
for a catered Press Luncheon
on January 27th, 2017 at 11 am.
This is an event to celebrate the work of our
regional […]

KVEC to Host Press Luncheon

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January 9, 2017

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The Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative  cordially invites you and your organization for a catered Press Luncheon on January 27th, 2017 at 11 am. This is an event to celebrate the work of our regional schools, educators, and students. We also want to thank you, the...

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How many Santa Clauses have you seen in a house during the holiday season, one or two? Maybe five or six? How about 1,315? Well, Mrs. Alice Mason from Highway 931 has 1,315 Santa Clauses in and around her h […]

Santa Made His Stop on Highway 931 North

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January 2, 2017

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How many Santa Clauses have you seen in a house during the holiday season, one or two? Maybe five or six? How about 1,315? Well, Mrs. Alice Mason from Highway 931 has 1,315 Santa Clauses in and around her home. Alice...

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Christmas future. You’re probably wondering why there’s just a picture of isom. I grew up in isom and plan on spending every Christmas season there for as long as I can, I’ve learned so much there through out the years, I truly hate to leave it

In our society today, it can be difficult to find pure kindness and consideration from our fellow beings. We’ve become a world full of people who tend to think only of themselves, not batting an eye at those […]

Blue Box Project: Bringing Kindness to an Eastern Kentucky High School

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December 14, 2016

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In our society today, it can be difficult to find pure kindness and consideration from our fellow beings. We've become a world full of people who tend to think only of themselves, not batting an eye at those around...

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Christmas future: My mom always get’s a new ornament for the year that we have or for something special we did, so she bought a new ornament of snowmen that say my name, brothers name, and her name. This year, we added two new snowmen because my mother got married. One name is her husbands, and the other is his daughter’s. So this is the first of…Read More

Christmas present: This Christmas will be my first Christmas without my grandparents because they both passed away this year. These two ornaments were given to me and my family from the hospice center because they were both under their care. The ornaments have their birthdate and date they passed away on them.

Christmas past: Every year since I was born my mom and grandparents buy a new ornament for us. The little tree with a star says, “Jesus is the reason for Christmas season”, and at the bottom of it says my name, Kiara. This ornament was the first ornament I ever received and got it when I was born for my first Christmas ornament. Every year we make…Read More

Christmas present. This year for Christmas we get to experience it with my mother’s new German Shepard puppy named magnum, this is the first Christmas I’ve ever spent with a new pet and I’m sure it’ll be a great one

Christmas past. This is the first whitesburg Christmas parade I ever participated in, as a senior in highschool I will never be able to do this ever again, and is something I’ve looked forward to ever since I started marching band. This is a memory that I will cherish forever

Christmas future: I love being home for Christmas and I love when it snows on Christmas, but I have this daydream of spending Christmas by the ocean one year. I love the idea of having a cottage with a fireplace while the waves hit outside and a Christmas tree in the window. So I hope to spend a Christmas at the ocean in my future.

Christmas Present: it’s an exciting Christmas in my house, because this year I have a beautiful new baby to share his first Christmas with. He’s only four months old so he doesn’t know what is going on other than he likes the lights on the tree.

Christmas Past: every year my family hangs up this old ornament of an elf and we jokingly call it Cammy. Cammy is a cousin who we teased about her ears when we were kids and then named the elf after her. Every year we share this joke and now send her a picture on text messaging to let her know we are thinking of her. It sounds a little mean, but…Read More

Doug Adams is quite a familiar name within the Appalachian region. He is locally famous for his one-of-a-kind artwork that can be found throughout the small city of Whitesburg and in many of our homes. People of […]

A Q&A with a True Appalachian

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December 6, 2016

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Doug Adams is quite a familiar name within the Appalachian region. He is locally famous for his one-of-a-kind artwork that can be found throughout the small city of Whitesburg and in many of our homes. People of this region...

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On October 26th, 1923, Ms. Alma Evelyn Fleenor was born in Keeokee, Virginia. She has three brothers and seven sisters. Her family moved around a lot in Virginia. Her dad made whiskey and moonshine in Virginia and […]

One True Love

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December 6, 2016

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On October 26th, 1923, Ms. Alma Evelyn Fleenor was born in Keeokee, Virginia. She has three brothers and seven sisters. Her family moved around a lot in Virginia. Her dad made whiskey and moonshine in Virginia and brought it...

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First it’s the worst feeling in this world. The pain is so unimaginable. We expect our loved ones to live forever, when they pass away, it’s hard to even fathom. The days leading to their burial are so hard. You […]

Losing a Grandparent at a Young Age

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December 6, 2016

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First it's the worst feeling in this world. The pain is so unimaginable. We expect our loved ones to live forever, when they pass away, it's hard to even fathom. The days leading to their burial are so hard....

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It’s the Saturday morning after Thanksgiving and Letcher Elementary Teacher, Tyler Watts, is busy sticking colorful Post-It notes to the window in the Harry M. Caudill Library in Downtown Whitesburg.  While most […]

Letcher Elementary Teacher Creates Post-It Note Christmas Mural in Downtown Whitesburg

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November 30, 2016

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It's the Saturday morning after Thanksgiving and Letcher Elementary Teacher, Tyler Watts, is busy sticking colorful Post-It notes to the window in the Harry M. Caudill Library in Downtown Whitesburg.  While most people are enjoying their holiday break by...

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This is the season of giving and charity and a Letcher County Central High School student has set out to start a new local initiative to bring music to teens in need. Shoppers in Letcher County may notice boxes in […]

Letcher County Central Student Organizes "Tunes for Teens" Christmas Charity

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November 21, 2016

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This is the season of giving and charity and a Letcher County Central High School student has set out to start a new local initiative to bring music to teens in need. Shoppers in Letcher County may notice boxes...

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@sturner74 Happy to see you on The Holler Skyler, I’ve been thinking about films you might like to watch for your project!