Local author, Kenzie Pendergrass speaks to Owsley County High School Gifted Students about the writing process and publishing books. Mrs. Pendergrass donated a copy of each of her books to the Owsley County High School Library.
Keep your eyes peeled! Reports came home today!
OCMS/HS students Irish Neace, Shawn Reed, and Ian Moore rehearsing today at EKU Middle School Honor Band. Concert is tonight at 6:45 in Brock auditorium. We are very proud of these students!
OCES Fifth Grade Students took a tour of the State Capital today.
Girls Leadership Team: Project for today was to brainstorm ways we can be leaders in our school and make a poster about it.
A look back at Owsley County Schools
Congratulations to our Pi Day (3/14) winners. These students were able to recite the most digits of pi during our Pi Day Math contest!
Great crowd cheering the Owls baseball team to victory against Buckhorn tonight.
This week at OCMS and OCHS:
Explicit Instruction professional learning at Owsley County Schools presented by Denny May, KVEC. Mrs. Candace Thomas presents her learning to the group!
Watch out for Bee Week, where Student Competition becomes Tradition!
Sue Christian presenting to New Teachers group about the importance of family engagement.
The Owsley County Board of Education recognizes former Superintendent Stephen Jackson for his 13 years of service as superintendent of the Owsley County School District.
Today, our Sr. Leadership class completed training to become CPR/AED/First Aid Certified. Thank you to our Sr. Leadership teachers and trainers for providing a wonderful training and a real-world skill set and certification for our seniors.
Kentucky Chautauqua presented Daniel Boone to students in 2-5 today.
This is a busy week at OCMS and OCHS with MAP testing, Pi Day, Ides of March, St. Patrick's Day and softball and baseball seasons officially kicking off for the Owls and Lady Owls!
A look back at Owsley County Schools
This week we have four 2nd Grade IXL leaders.
Congratulations
to Owsley County FFA members who competed on March 7th and 10th.
-Members of the Junior Parliamentary Procedure team:
President- Lilly Thomas
Vice President- Dalton Gibson
Secretary- Peyton Denham
Treasurer- Sawyer Roberts
Reporter- Jerika Neeley
Sentinel- Aden Abner
Advisor- Hailey McIntosh
This team was rated as "Superior" in competition.
-Arabella Bishop placed second in the region in Employability Skills
-Katie Beth Lucas placed first in Beef Production Placement and was elected as the new Kentucky River Region Treasurer
-Mackenzie Sandlin was rated as Superior in the Agricultural Essay Contest
-Jessalyn Bishop was ranked third in Agricultural Services
-Carly Smith placed first in Equine Entrepreneurship and third in Goat Production Placement.
-Michael Mason placed first in Vegetable Production Placement and third in Diversified Agriculture Placement.
-Jacob Ratliff placed first in Wildlife Management Placement.
-Alex Lopez placed first in Landscape Management Placement
-Mariah Taylor placed first in Agricultural Sales Entrepreneurship, was selected as a finalist for Kentucky River Region Star in
Agribusiness, and was approved for the Kentucky FFA degree, Christian Bowling was approved for the Kentucky
FFA degree, and Jessalyn Bishop was approved for the Kentucky
FFA degree.
More to come on March 23!
Reminder for MAP Testing at OCES this week.