INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #10 (23 mins)
Develop a literacy identity that promotes lifelong learning.
• Provide opportunities for students to view themselves as lifelong learners who take an active role in their literacy development, understanding they impact and are impacted by their interactions with text
• Carole Mullins, NBCT and Reb…Read More

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #9 (31 mins)
Apply high level cognitive processes to think deeply and critically about text.
• Help students must move beyond basic comprehension and interact more deeply with the text
• By applying synthesis, analysis, reflection and other higher order thinking skills, students are equipped to examine text cri…Read More

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #6-7 (37 mins)
#6: Collaborate with others to create meaning. #7: Utilize digital resources to learn and share with others.
• Help students learn to interact with others in order to confirm, challenge or shape their views and ideas
• Know how to effectively produce and critically consume digital information
•…Read More

INTRODUCTION TO THE 10 INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICES (18 mins)
• Understanding the purpose and function of the practices
• Carole Mullins, NBCT

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #1 (32 mins)
Recognize that text is anything that communicates a message.
• Expand traditional knowledge about text to include visual, auditory & digital sources
• Use sources across disciplines to provide increasingly rigorous opportunities for students to interpret messages communicated through different med…Read More

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #2 (29 mins)
Employ, develop, and refine schema to understand create text.
• Through the use of multiple texts and interdisciplinary content, activate students’ schema. Provide opportunities for developing new connections, applying specialized vocabulary and reflecting on new understandings
• Appropriate for K…Read More

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #3 (30 mins)
View literacy experiences as transactional, interdisciplinary, and transformational.
• When students’ literacy experiences cross traditional disciplinary boundaries, their knowledge is expanded and relevant
• Students’ interactions with text become transformational when they are motivated to purs…Read More

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #4 (30 mins)
Utilize receptive and expressive language arts to better understand self, others and the world. View literacy experiences as transactional, interdisciplinary, and transformational.
• Experiencing both receptive (i.e., listening, reading and viewing) and expressive (i.e., speaking, writing and v…Read More

INTERDISCIPLINARY LITERACY PRACTICE #5 (38 mins)
Apply strategic practices, with scaffolding and then independently, to approach new literacy tasks.
• Help students to strategically approach literacy tasks in order to make intentional decisions about when, where and how to apply thinking and learning processes
• Independence and tra…Read More

Another board we have done

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Some bulletin boards we have done to spread the “kindness”

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Spreading kindness and encouraging words throughout the school.

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Composition Video Resources Link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vIg6dkOjgATOSbQCosjIiKQFMGGIqzs1?usp=sharing

KAS for Reading and Writing Video Series: EPISODES 1-5 RESOURCES LINK:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XaizNuJf-tWqMK0CLJU86EZ08xzOabfI

We are getting a lot of donations for our clothing closet for our students in need.

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We have continued to work with administrators and our student council project to choose a specific location in the main hallway for our mural. Previously we discussed that we would be releasing a survey to our student body to receive additional input from stakeholders. We have created the survey and plan on releasing and examining the data in…Read More

As of now our schools Student Council has received permission from the Breathitt High School administration to begin our project to paint the lockers in our main hallway and we have a survey that is expected to be released in the near future.

More Growth Mindset materials!

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Growth Mindset materials have arrived! Get ready for a paradigm shift!

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Wanted to give a shout out to Mr. Andrew Castle at KVEC for all of his help with our 2019-20 Phelps High School Student Senate plan. He is always there with an answer when you need it. Thanks to him, we are now implementing our School ID Program. All freshmen will receive a school ID along with all school personnel. #ProtectThisHive

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

Excited to share the numbers from our Grab ‘N Go breakfast program. This project was a huge hit with our students. With this program, we have experienced record high breakfast participation. For the first time all school year, we served over 300 breakfasts. Many of the items we have served on the cart as “second-chance” reflect the preferences…Read More

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW6Fn2U0K0g
Season 1, Episode 2 of “Hawk Talk.” The show also airs on EKB-TV every Monday and Wednesday.

We have been working on our needs list for purchase. We had originally planned to purchase a complete transportable sound system. The principal provided us some in kind contributions of speakers and an older mixer/amp. What was needed now was items to complete the system. We needed many cords and adaptors, microphones, and had enough funds to…Read More

Pikeville Independent Student Senate Plan

(Who will this effect?)
This year we will be continuing many of our past programs, while mainly focusing on getting our $10,000 grant project, that will affect our entire community, completed as well. Besides the grant project we plan to implement once again, an Ambassador Council in our school as well as…Read More

The Letcher County Central Student Senate members have been meeting with administrators to work on improving attendance. They are sharing ideas and helping develop an incentive program for good attendance.

Thanks to all who attended the 1:00 virtual meeting today. We will repeat at 3:30 today for those that couldn’t attend the 1:00 meeting. See email for link!

In addition to our leadership team working on the “Celebrating Educator and Student Success at the Capitol” they were very interested in showcasing all the leadership activities that our school is involved in. We invited “The Holler Boys” to come and speak with our students about creating several videos that would showcase all they have done. We…Read More

So far we have gotten the new staff members their ID and new hall passes. Our “Shop Local” project is going to continue as well. Our senior representative and I have contacted all the businesses to see who is still going to participate. The school announcements will continue to be posted on the television in the lobby. Our students have really…Read More

Also our ID badges have caught the eye of our local sheriffs department. They have asked us to design badges for their staff members.

JCS Students are representing the students at JCS as they work with faculty & Staff on updating the schools Wellness Plan.

Welcome ! Come out and join the Buckhorn Community in the school library, Thursday January 10th at 5pm; as the Student senate leads a FREE Basket weaving class. Visit with old friends, enjoy refreshments and Create your own Functional Art just like in the old days.

Wyatt Lucas and I just done a survey with the elementary school students and their parents. We had a great response that showed tons of interest in our Community Garden Innitiative! With those results, we will create an application for students who are interested. We are also going to allow students in our school to volunteer their time to help…Read More

Can’t wait to get into Phelps High School’s project: INSIDE THE HIVE. My students are ready to make this project a success….

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!

Austin Dillon and Pryce Adkins presented a power point which included the plan and the implementation of student involvement activities.

Student Senate raised money to help purchase alternative flooring to create learning spaces in one of our classrooms. Lee County Middle High School

Our JCS Leadership team created this for the March 6 event in Frankfort.

ARI Student Senator Brittany Vires was sworn in as the new student representative on the Hazard Board of Education by board attorney Sam Collins at the February meeting. Student representation is a component of the HHS Student Senate “Plan”.

Here is our latest video on “Sources of Strength” . Finding what gives you strength. Family Support. https://youtu.be/EyZooio1pCw

I am finding the Student Senate very interesting. I especially enjoy seeing the students in leadership roles.

The JCS Leadership Team attended the Teen Prevention Conference @ Lees College Campus on HCTC sponsored by KRCC

Hello, my name is Brittany Vires and I am the junior student senator at Hazard High School. This is my first year to be apart of the student senate and I am very excited for what we have planned on our senate plan. I am very happy to have partnered with my brother, Captain Derrik Duff with the 125th transportation unit to get care packages out to…Read More