Exciting news, Harlan County families! 🎉 Do you have a four-year-old ready for an amazing learning adventure?
The Harlan County Child Development Center is accepting registration interest forms for our inaugural class of four-year-old students, opening August 2025! 🏫📚
Give your child the best start with our new program housed at James A. Cawood Elementary School.
Don't miss out – spots are limited!
➡️ Complete your Registration Interest Form today: https://forms.gle/q4YnmyxrH7NkNhmx8
Got questions?
Call Leah Coots at (606) 573-4330 or Kim Saylor at (606) 573-1950.
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That’s a wrap on Gear Up Summer Camp! On Friday, students explored the world of chemistry through hands-on projects and exciting, easy-to-understand demonstrations. They made dippin' dots and ice cream.
Gear Up Summer Camp
The excitement continued with hands-on engineering challenges! On Day 3, students explored Rover Engineering by building their own rubber band-powered racecars and testing them in a series of fun competitions.
Day 4 shifted into Projectile Engineering, where campers took their creativity to the next level. They designed and constructed catapult-style launchers, then applied the engineering design process to test, refine, and improve their creations for distance and accuracy.
Be prepared for the start of kindergarten !
Cumberland Elementary is accepting nominations for a minority member representative of Site Based Decision Making council to serve for the 2025/2026 school year. Please come by the school if interested.
KRS 160.345 “School councils in schools having eight percent (8%) or more minority students enrolled, as determined by the enrollment on the preceding October 1, shall have at least one (1) minority member.”
Definition from KRS 160.345 "Minority" means American Indian; Alaskan native; African-American; Hispanic, including persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Central or South American origin; Pacific islander; or other ethnic group underrepresented in the school;
Exciting news for 8th grade graduation! Mr. Edwards will be set up in the cafeteria starting at 4:00 to take FREE photos of graduates and their families before the ceremony. Photos will be emailed to you within a week, perfect for sharing online or printing. Don’t miss this special opportunity!
3rd and 4th grade students celebrated the end of KSA and the school year winding down with a Glow Party!!
KSA is officially over!! We will celebrate with our students in grades K-2 for how respectful and well behaved they have been while our upper grades were testing!! 🥳
ATTENTION CURRENT 6TH GRADE PARENTS/GUARDIANS
Please make sure your child has an updated Kentucky Certificate of Immunization (Shot Record) and the KENTUCKY PREVENTATIVE HEALH CARE FORM (Physical) are on file at your child’s school before the seventh grade year begins. These forms are required by the Kentucky Department of Education.
Tomorrow is the final day of testing for grades 3-5!! We will have a pizza party celebration for their hard work and effort on the KSA! 🥳🍕
This will be the last pre-order! Yearbooks are selling fast! To ensure you get your copy make your order online by June 6th or in person by May 29th!
Yearbooks are scheduled to arrive the second week of June!
https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A02804890
TORNADO RELIEF COLLECTIONS CONTINUING UNTIL 10 A.M. WEDNESDAY
We are continuing to collect tornado relief items for our neighbors in Laurel County through 10 a.m. Wednesday. Collections are slow so we will not leave with the items until 10 a.m. on Wednesday from the Central Office parking lot.
Please reference yesterday's post for more information:
The Harlan County School District is collecting emergency essentials for the tornado victims impacted by the horrific destruction. We will be stuffing our Black Bear box truck beginning this afternoon. The urgent need is for gift cards, plastic totes with lids, bungee cords, contractor trash bags, rakes, portable non perishable snacks such as nabs, protein bars, beef jerky, candy bars, cakes, etc.. Gift cards should be grocery cards, fast food restaurants, Lowe's, 84 Lumber, Walmart, etc.. No canned food and no clothing will be accepted. Buses will be parked at Cumberland and Evarts Elementary by the end of school today. The buses will be clearly marked with donation signs. Gift cards should be dropped at central office only between 7:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. on Wednesday. We are working with the Southeast /South Central Educational cooperative for this relief effort. They are on the ground in Laurel County assisting.
It is time to register for preschool! Use the QR Code to register for the inaugural class of the Harlan County Child Development Center. Register today as spots are limited!
The donation bus is parked in the front of the school marked with donation signs! Thank you for your help! ❤️🩹
The Harlan County School District is collecting emergency essentials for the tornado victims impacted by the horrific destruction.
We will be stuffing our Black Bear box truck at the Central Office parking lot beginning this afternoon and continuing until noon on Tuesday.
The urgent need is for gift cards, plastic totes with lids, bungee cords, contractor trash bags, rakes, portable non perishable snacks such as nabs, protein bars, beef jerky, candy bars, cakes, etc..
Gift cards should be grocery cards, fast food restaurants, Lowe's, 84 Lumber, Walmart, etc..
No canned food and no clothing will be accepted.
Buses will be parked at Cumberland and Evarts Elementary by the end of school today. The buses will be clearly marked with donation signs.
Gift cards should be dropped at central office only between 7:30 a.m. and noon on Tuesday.
We are working with the Southeast /South Central Educational cooperative.
Contact PRI, Karissa Austin for more information! ✏️
New student? Come by CES and get registered for the 2025-2026 school year!! We accept new registrations any time during school hours, but also evening hours on Monday, May 19th and Thursday, May 22nd. Mrs. Fields will be in the office until 4:30 both days. ✏️ 📚 🍎
Happy Speech Language Pathologist Day, Mrs. Ally! 🗣️📚 💬
Tomorrow is the final day of testing for grades 6-8! We will have a pizza party celebration for their hard work and effort on the KSA! 🥳🍕
PRI and Gear Up are looking for parental input with this survey. Your child should bring a copy home soon. We ask that you complete the written copy or access the survey with the scan code and complete electronically. Thank you for assisting us with this survey.
