Jefferson County Public Schools

Six Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) employees have been recognized with 2024 Lighthouse Awards by Superintendent Dr. Marty Pollio. Lighthouse Awards are given in recognit...

Amanda Petters has been working toward this moment for 16 years. Now, she will lead a school of her own. Petters has been named the new principal of Rangeland Elementary School ...

A duPont Manual High School Youth Performing Arts School (YPAS) senior known for his remarkable character, powerful musical theater performances, and academic excellence has been ...

The principal of Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS)’ state agency schools is moving to a new job in the high school office. Heather Moss will become the new Executive Administr...

The assistant principal at one Jefferson County Public Schools all-boys school is being promoted to principal at another all-boys school. Gerard Garrett Jr. is leaving W.E.B. DuBoi...

A former teacher, assistant principal and current principal at Slaughter Elementary School has been named the new principal at the school she attended as a child - Brandeis Eleme...

The girls' track and field team at duPont Manual High School has dominated Class 3A. The Crimsons are looking to win their fourth straight outdoor state title, sending the class o...

Last year, McKenzie Sweasy wanted to play softball for Waggener High School, but the school didn't have a team and had yet to field a softball team since 2019. This year, that dro...

The Academy @ Shawnee baseball team started the 2024 season red-hot. The Golden Eagles won their first five games, the most wins the program has had in a single season this centur...

Up to 50 adults who want to be teachers will have the opportunity to get their master’s degree in teaching in just one year under a new agreement between Bellarmine University and...

Louisville Male High School softball is off to a strong start this season, largely, thanks to the Bulldog's ability to hit home runs. The Bulldogs have three players in the top 50...

After Fern Creek High School's Film Club's first feature film, "A Perfect Blemish" won Best Narrative Feature during the Gary International Black Film Festival, the club began wor...

Students’ reward is to “buy” books April 9, 2024—Four Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) elementary schools are installing new vending machines. No, the machines aren’t fil...

Monique Brooks Roberts is a professional violinist and graduate of Louisville Male High School. Monique has played with the likes of Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross and Lady Gaga, but...

A seventh grader at Meyzeek Middle School had an idea: teach his fellow students about stocks and the stock market. That's when he created the Stock Market Club at Meyzeek. The cl...

JCPS has more than 19,000 multilingual learners, many of them new to America. But with a shortage of translators for them, Fairdale, Seneca and other JCPS high schools are placing...

As part of a state project, students at Bowen Elementary created "Cool Down" sensory kits for classrooms last year. The items in the kits help kids deal with anxiety or high stres...

Christina’s CommUNITY Cues features engagement strategies for the classroom March 25, 2024—A new book co-authored by a Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) employee and her d...

Valley High School and Conway Middle School are known for having one of the best chess teams in the nation. While both programs want to add another national title to their trophy ...

Seventeen seniors from Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) have been awarded the 2024 Vogt Educational & Leadership Scholarship, which recognizes students for their academic ac...