The elementary cheer competition is Thursday at 6 p.m. at Harlan County High School. Come out and support your school's cheer squad and Little Dancers.
It's time for us to plan the calendar for the 2026-2027 school year. We would like to have your input. Please consider completing this survey to share your preferences for the calendar, which includes first day of school, various breaks and other items. Thank you for being a part of the Harlan County Public Schools family.
We will utilize NTI #5 on Monday, December 15, 2025 due to predicted single digit temperatures.
Friday, December 12th, will be NTI Day 4 for Harlan County Schools. Please complete NTI Day 4 assignments. Teachers available from 8:30-3.
Due to hazardous road conditions from the snow which has fallen overnight, the Harlan County School District will observe NTI Day 3 today, Thursday, December 11, 2025. Students should complete NTI Day 3 assignments. Teachers are available to provide assistance if needed.
PUBLIC FORUM ON FACILITIES SLATED OCT. 20
The Harlan County Schools Local Planning Committee will conduct an LPC Meeting on Monday, October 20, 2025, at the Harlan County Board of Education Central Office at 5:00 p.m. The office is located at 251 Ball Park Road, Harlan.
Immediately after, the Local Planning Committee will convene a Public Forum at 6:30 p.m. to solicit public comment on the proposed District Facilities Plan.
The Local Planning Committee Meeting and Public Forum are scheduled in accordance with KRS 157.620 and regulated by 702 KAR 1:001.
We have some exciting news to share! Our scholastic book fair is scheduled for September 15th through September 19th! 📚
We have provided a link for you to add money to your students e-Wallet from the website in case you need to use a debit card.
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/cawoodelementaryschool
Papa John's Pizza day! Thursday August 14th 🍕
Comet Family, Parents and Guardians, please take time to read.
Please give us a call at 606-573-2502 if you have any questions. 🚌❤️
For our next staff showcase, we would like to recognize our amazing Paraprofessionals who work eagerly for our students and play such an important role in making a difference in their educational process.
What an amazing set of ladies they are.
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Keep it rolling with our middle school teachers, PRI Coordinator and our Crcc counselor for our staff showcases. 🚌🍎
Up next we have our primary teachers featured in our staff showcase 📚✏️
We can't wait to see all the exciting things they are bringing to our primary students.
Up next we have our awesome special education department & food service team. Each department work so very hard to ensure our students are receiving the best education as possible in different aspects. 🖍️📘
We would like to take time to recognize all our staff here at Cawood Elementary.
Bare with us as we upload our Staff Showcase in over the next few post.
Up first we have our administration, office and support staff.
Welcome to the Comet Family, Mrs. Brittany Helton.
Brittany has been a substitute teacher in our district and is a great asset to our Comet team. We are so excited to kick off this school year!
We are excited to announce that Mrs. Jen Turner is joining our Comet family as a Paraprofessional Assistant. Jen worked in the Kceoc classroom inside our school for quite sometime. She is phenomenal and we can't wait to see what this year has in store for her.
Welcome Mrs. Jen! ❤️📚
Here is the "history" on Mr. Tommy Key. He is our new middle school Social Studies teacher. Most of our students are familiar with him already which is a bonus!
We're so excited to have you as part of our Comet Family. We wish you a great first year!
Please help us welcome a new member to our Comet family! Ms. Katie Smith.
We are so excited to have her be apart of our team. We just know she's going to do amazing things in our 1st grade class. ✏️❤️
We would like to introduce a new member to our Comet family. Our 4th grade teacher, Ms. Savanna Smith.
Welcome to Cawood Ms. Smith! We're so excited to have you.
We are so excited to see you, Comets! ☄️
As we are quickly approaching the start of our 2025-2026 school year, we’d like to provide a friendly reminder of some important information that is needed to make our year successful to our students.
📚Please make sure that we have your students social security card, birth certificate, shot records, custody/guardianship paperwork (if applicable), on file. If you need to bring those items, you may do so at our Open House.
💊if your student requires a daily medication (ADHD,etc.) or emergency medications (epi-pen, inhaler, rescue seizure medications, etc) you may bring those to our school nurse, Vanessa at Open House. Those medications do require a permission form from your students doctor to be filled out prior as those medications cannot be given without one.
📌if you would like your student to receive nursing services during the school year, please make sure to return the consent form that will be sent home with your student in the “Back to School” paperwork. Any student who does not have a consent cannot be seen for any reason in the nursing station.
⚪️✏️if your student is in Kindergarten or 6th grade, they will need a physical and an updated shot record on file. If you have those, feel free to turn those in.
🏀🏈if your student is participating in sports, please note all athletes are required to have an up to date sports physical.
📝If you would like to enroll your student to be part of the Comet family, you may do so at our open house. We would love to have you!
📘Open house is scheduled on Monday August 4th,2025 from 4-6pm. Everyone is welcome to come meet the teachers and support staff at Cawood Elementary.
☎️If you have any questions, feel free to contact the school at 606-573-2502.
We are so excited to see you! ☄️
