Spring Break April 7-11, 2025. School will not be in session! Have a great break!
Today we celebrate Librarian Appreciation Day—a day to recognize the incredible dedication, knowledge, and support Mrs. Lester provides every day. Mrs. Lester fosters a love of learning, promotes literacy, and creates a welcoming space where curiosity thrives, and knowledge grows. Thank you for being the heart of our learning community, guiding us to new discoveries, and inspiring a love for reading in all of us!
Boys and Girls Club Summer Camp
We want to thank The Lighthouse Beacon Foundation for purchasing us the Makerbot Sketch printers for our school! Mr. Brown and Dr. Edens got them going today to make sure everything was functional. We will definitely be sharing student projects soon!
SBDM Meeting 4/3/25
Happy Paraprofessional Appreciation Day! Today, we celebrate the incredible dedication, hard work, and support that paraprofessionals provide every day. Their commitment to students and teachers make a world of difference, and we are so grateful for all that they do. Thank you for your patience, kindness, and unwavering support in helping students succeed!
🏹🐅 We're so proud of our Archery Tigers for competing at the Championship Competition this year! We missed a lot of our archers who had other commitments but seeing such improvement from many of those that did attend fills us with joy! These shooters have worked hard all year and it really reflected in their scores. Our team score went up hundreds of points since the first competition. We hope to see most of these shooters in flights next season! We will miss our 8th graders!
What's the Weather?
Kinder Camp announced for 2025/2026 kindergarten students.
Congratulations to Dr. Edens on being named 2025 middle school Advisor of the Year at the Technology Student Association conference in Louisville this week!
Let's Celebrate St. Patrick's Day!
We are excited to announce the opening of our Harlan County Child Development Center. Our center is housed at James A. Cawood Elementary School. and will provide an exciting educational opportunity for four-year old students. The center opens August 2025. We will share the application process by April 1.
Board of Education approves 2025-2026 School Calendar.
The Harlan County Board of Education revised the school calendar to utilize Monday, February 17th, as a make up day. This was previously designated for no school on Presidents’ Day.
All schools will be in session on Monday, February 17th.
The Harlan County Board of Education believes schools are strengthened when all stakeholders are actively engaged in the education process.
Our Board of Education would like your feedback for a school calendar which supports maximizing consistent instructional time for students, opportunities for professional growth for teachers and increasing student achievement.
Please complete this short 2025-2026 School Calendar survey (link below) by Friday, January 31st at 3 p.m.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfyuwAXel30LVuVamPmGlBK9tl6rSbm3d1l0iw_4O_ybdHqaA/viewform?usp=header
The Harlan County Middle School Cheer Competition will be held Friday at 6 p.m. at Harlan County High School. Doors open at 5:15 p.m. for the public.
Admission is $3. Concessions will be available.
Squads competing are Black Mountain, Cawood, Cumberland, Evarts, James A. Cawood, Rosspoint and Wallins.
Due to an overwhelming response to the competition, we have had to make some adjustments to be sure that we can accommodate the crowd.
We will be utilizing both sides of the gym as opposed to our traditional use of the home side only.
Evarts, Black Mountain, Rosspoint and Cumberland fans should sit on the home side.
Cawood, Wallins and James A. Cawood fans should sit on the visitor’s side.
Cheer squads are judged on a sideline cheer, floor cheer and pom routine. An award will be presented for crowd participation and sportsmanship.
Cheerleaders making honor roll will be recognized for their academic achievement.
This is the eighth year for the competition which funds the Frank Brittain Academic and Athletic Hall of Fame for Harlan County Schools.
The Harlan County Middle School Cheer Competition will be held Friday at 6 p.m. at Harlan County High School. Doors open at 5:15 p.m. for the public.
Admission is $3. Concessions will be available.
Squads competing are Black Mountain, Cawood, Cumberland, Evarts, James A. Cawood, Rosspoint and Wallins.
Due to an overwhelming response to the competition, we have had to make some adjustments to be sure that we can accommodate the crowd.
We will be utilizing both sides of the gym as opposed to our traditional use of the home side only.
Evarts, Black Mountain, Rosspoint and Cumberland fans should sit on the home side.
Cawood, Wallins and James A. Cawood fans should sit on the visitor’s side.
Cheer squads are judged on a sideline cheer, floor cheer and pom routine. An award will be presented for crowd participation and sportsmanship.
Cheerleaders making honor roll will be recognized for their academic achievement.
This is the eighth year for the competition which funds the Frank Brittain Academic and Athletic Hall of Fame for Harlan County Schools.
We will have NTI Day 9 on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.
We will have NTI Day 9 on Wednesday, January 21, 2025.
The 5th/6th Grade tournament will be played tonight at JACES as scheduled.
Wallins vs. Green Hills @ 5:30 p.m.
Cawood vs. Cumberland @ 6:30 p.m.