Harlan Independent Schools

🤠💚 Saddle up for Mamas & Cowboys at Harlan Elementary! Join us Thursday, October 1 from 5:00–7:00 PM for a fun-filled mother/son evening with games, food, pictures, and lots of memories! 🐉💚 Forms and payment are due Monday, September 28th!

👑🐉 MEET OUR 2026 FOOTBALL HOMECOMING CANDIDATES! 🐉👑

It’s time to celebrate the outstanding young ladies who will represent Harlan High School as our 2026 Football Homecoming candidates!

We are excited to introduce this year’s candidates and celebrate their school spirit and pride in being a part of the Green Dragon Family! 🐉

Be sure to join us TONIGHT as we recognize our candidates during our Homecoming festivities!

⏰ Homecoming Festivities Begin: 5:45 PM
🏈 Kickoff: 7:30 PM
📍 Joe Gilly Field

Come early, wear your BLACK for our Blackout, and help us make this a Homecoming to remember!

👑 Congratulations to all of our 2026 Homecoming candidates! 👑

Once a Dragon, Always a Dragon! 🐉

🏈🖤 TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT! 🖤🏈

It’s Football Homecoming at Harlan High School, and the Green Dragons are ready for the Battle of 119! 🐉🔥

The Harlan Green Dragons take on the Pineville Mountain Lions tonight, and we want to see the entire Green Dragon Family in the stands!

🖤 TONIGHT’S THEME: BLACKOUT! 🖤
👑 Homecoming Begins: 5:45 PM
🏈 Kickoff: 7:30 PM
📍 Joe Gilly Field

Come early for Homecoming, wear your BLACK, and bring your loudest Dragon pride! Let’s fill Joe Gilly Field and make it a night to remember!

🐉💚 GO BIG GREEN! 💚🐉

📸 Thanks to junior Carson Osborne for another game day graphic!

🏈🖤 IT’S HOMECOMING! 🖤🏈

The wait is almost over! Tomorrow night, the Harlan Green Dragons take on the Pineville Mountain Lions in the Battle of 119!

And it’s not just any Friday night… IT’S HOMECOMING! 👑💚

🖤 TOMORROW NIGHT’S THEME: BLACKOUT! 🖤

Dragon fans, we need you to pack the stands, wear your BLACK, and bring the energy as we celebrate Homecoming and cheer on our Green Dragons!

👑 Homecoming Ceremony: 5:45 PM
🏈 Kickoff: 7:30 PM
📍 Joe Gilly Field
🔥 Harlan vs. Pineville — Battle of 119
🖤 BLACKOUT THEME

Come early for Homecoming, stay for the game, and help us make Joe Gilly Field LOUD! 📣

📸 Thanks to HHS junior Carson Osborne for the gameday graphic!

LET’S GO, DRAGONS! 🐉💚🖤
#GoBigGreen #HOCO2026 #BattleOf119

First Grade Career Day! 💼✨ Our first grade students had a wonderful time learning about different careers from people throughout our community! We are so thankful to everyone who took the time to visit Harlan Elementary and share their careers and experiences with our students. 💚🐉 Thank you for helping inspire our future! 🌟

Thank you to our Dragon Disciples and everyone who joined us for Meet Me at the Pole at Harlan Elementary! We are grateful to everyone who came together to pray for our school, students, staff, and community. 💚🙏🐉

It’s Homecoming Friday at HHS! 👑🏈 The Green Dragons take on Pineville in the Battle of 119. It’s a BLACK OUT, so wear black and help us fill the stands! Homecoming begins at 5:45 p.m. Participants, please arrive by 5:30 p.m. Go Big Green! 🐉

🏐 Volleyball Match!! 🏐

The HHS Lady Dragons are back in action this evening!! They are traveling to Middlesboro High School to take on the Lady Jackets!! JV begins at 6:00 PM, with varsity action to follow. Go Big Green!! #FamilyofDragons

Harlan Elementary students and families had a great time participating in the STEAM Tower Tumbler Lesson and the Family Mosaic Dragon Wing Build with Brick Mobile! 🐉 These hands-on activities gave students and families the opportunity to be creative, work together, and use their problem-solving and STEAM skills. A special thank you to PRI FSCS SSU and Barbara Ledford for helping make these wonderful learning opportunities possible for our students and families! 💚

🏀 HMS Gameday!! 🏀

The HMS Lady Dragons are heading to Lynn Camp this evening for their last game of the regular season!! They'll take on the Wildcats beginning with 5/6 grade at 6:00 PM, and 7/8 action to follow!! Good luck, ladies - finish strong!! #GOBIGGREEN #DragonAdvantage

Join us this Wednesday for Meet Me at the Pole! 🙏💚 Dragon Disciples will be participating at 7:25 AM in front of Harlan Elementary School as we come together to pray for our school, our students, our teachers, and our community. We hope to see you there! 💚🐉

The HHS Lady Dragon Volleyball team is back in action this evening as they host the Jenkins Cavaliers!! JV action is set for 6:00 PM, with Varsity to follow!! Go Big Green!! #FamilyofDragons

⛳🐉 REGION MATCH DAY! 🐉⛳

It’s time to hit the course! Our Green Dragon Golf team is at Eagle’s Nest in Somerset today to compete in the Region Match! ⛳

We’re wishing all of our golfers the very best as they take on the course. P💚🤍

Good luck, Dragons! We’re behind you all the way!

🐉⛳ GO BIG GREEN! ⛳🐉

🍳💚 First Grade Grandparents’ Breakfast! 💚🍳 We loved welcoming our first grade grandparents and families to HES for a special breakfast! Thank you for joining us and making wonderful memories with our students. 🐉💚

It’s Spirit Week at HHS and HMS! 🐉💚 Join the fun September 21–25 and show your Green Dragon spirit each day! 🎒 Monday: Anything But a Backpack 👯 Tuesday: Twin Day 🩳 Wednesday: Adam Sandler Day 💤 Thursday: Pajama Day 🖤💚 Friday: Blackout/Harlan Day Go Big Green!

🔢✨ Place Value Fun in Mrs. Estep’s Class! ✨🔢 Mrs. Estep’s class started learning about place value! Students used bundling sticks to see how 10 ones make 1 ten, 10 tens make 1 hundred, and 10 hundreds make 1 thousand. What a fun, hands-on way to build an understanding of place value! 💯📚

🏀 TOURNAMENT TIME!! 🏀

The HMS Lady Dragons are headed to Middlesboro High School today for the 5/6 Grade All “A” Conference Tournament!

📍 Middlesboro High School
⏰ Tip-Off: 1:45 PM
🏀 Opponent: Winner of Jackson County vs. Williamsburg

LET’S GO, LADY DRAGONS! 🐉🏀💚

Good luck to our Harlan Green Dragons Cross Country team as they compete in Lee County, Virginia, this morning! Run strong and make Harlan proud! 🐉💚🏃

💗🐉 Dragons Against Cancer! 🐉💗 Harlan Independent Schools will hold our Annual Dragons Against Cancer Walk on Thursday, October 8th at 1:30 PM! Students can participate with a $1 donation and a signed permission slip. All donations and T-shirt profits will benefit the UK Markey Cancer Center. 👕 Cancer Walk T-shirts are $15 and available in pink or gray! Sizes: Youth Small – Adult XL XXL: $18 XXXL: $19 XXXXL: $20 T-shirt orders are due Friday, September 25th! 💵 Checks should be made payable to Harlan Ind. School District with “Cancer Walk” written in the memo line. For questions, please contact Emma Eversole at emma.eversole@harlaind.kyschools.us. Thank you for supporting our Dragons as we come together for a great cause! 💕🎗️