Harlan Independent Schools

🐉 HMS Back to School Dance TONIGHT!! 🐉

Get ready for old school vibes, good friends, and a whole lot of fun this evening! 🔥

📍 HES Gym
⏰ 6:00 – 8:00 PM

⛳🐉 A GREAT NIGHT FOR GREEN DRAGON GOLF! 🐉⛳

Congratulations to Eli Freyer on an outstanding performance in tonight’s match at Sleepy Hollow Golf Course! Eli tied for 1st place individually before finishing 2nd in a playoff! 🥈⛳ What a fantastic showing!

We also want to congratulate the Harlan High School golf team on a strong 3rd-place finish tonight! 🏆🐉

Eli Freyer - 34
Grant Shelton - 36
Caiden Jackson - 41
Cooper Thomas - 50
Izaiah Lefevers - 52

We’re proud of our Dragons!

WAY TO GO, GREEN DRAGONS!
🐉 GO BIG GREEN! 🐉

🍦 Celebrating the Class of 2027! It’s the 27th of the month, which means it’s time to celebrate our amazing Harlan High School seniors! 🎓✨ Mrs. Freyer and Mrs. Galloway treated our seniors to some delicious ice cream as a fun way to recognize the Class of 2027. 🍨💚 A huge THANK YOU to Mrs. Freyer and Mrs. Galloway for taking the time to celebrate our seniors and help make their final year at Harlan High School extra special! Here’s to the Class of 2027—enjoy every moment of your senior year! 🎓🐉 #Classof2027 #GoBigGreen

🏐 HHS Volleyball!! 🏐

It's Match Day for the HHS Volleyball team as they host the Barbourville Lady Tigers this evening at HHS Gym!! JV action begins at 6:00 PM, with Varsity to follow!! Let's go, Lady Dragons!! #GOBIGGREEN

🐉💚 HOMECOMING. GAMEDAY. DRAGON NATION. 💚🐉

The Harlan Green Dragons are back on the field this evening as we welcome the Middlesboro Yellow Jackets for a full night of football!

👑 Homecoming Ceremony - 5:00 PM (Participants please be at the field at 4:45 PM)
🏈 3/4 Grade Game - 6:00 PM
🏈 5/6 Grade Game - Following
🏈 7/8 Grade Game - Following

Come early for Homecoming, stay for the football games, and make some noise for our Dragons! 📣🐉 #GoBigGreen #DragonNation

⛳🐉 MATCH DAY! 🐉⛳

It’s time to hit the course! Our Green Dragon golf team is competing today at Sleepy Hollow Golf Course in Cumberland!

We’re wishing our golfers the very best as they take on the course!

Let’s have a great day, Dragons!

🐉⛳ GOOD LUCK & GO BIG GREEN! ⛳🐉

🏆⛳ DRAGONS DOMINATE AT SLEEPY HOLLOW! ⛳🏆

What a fantastic night for Green Dragon Golf! 🐉

Congratulations to Daria Lee on an outstanding performance, placing 1st overall in last night’s golf conference match! ⛳ Way to go, Daria!

And a BIG congratulations to our JV Green Dragon Golf Team for bringing home 1st place in the conference match at Sleepy Hollow! 🏆

Elliott Lane - 39 (1st place)
Nate Thomas - 47
T.L. Miller - 49
Aiden Browning - 45 (tied for 2nd)

🐉 GO BIG GREEN! 🐉

Students in Dr. Saylor’s dual credit English 101 class brought the writing process to life this week! ✍️ Students worked through all five stages of the writing process—prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing—while creating stories together. During a collaborative story walk, they moved from station to station, building on their classmates’ ideas and adding new characters, conflicts, details, and endings. They also provided helpful feedback to strengthen the stories during the revision stage. It was wonderful to see their creativity, collaboration, and teamwork in action! 🐉

🏀 HMS Lady Dragons 🏀

Back in action!! The Harlan Middle School Lady Dragons are coming off TWO HUGE WINS from last night and there’s no time to slow down! Tonight our Lady Dragons travel to Corbin to take on the Lady Redhounds!!

📍 Corbin
⏰ 5/6 Grade - 6:00 PM
⏰ 7/8 Grade - Following

Keep the momentum rolling, Lady Dragons!! #MoreThanASchool #DragonAdvantage

⛳ MATCH DAY! ⛳

Our Green Dragon golf team is back on the course today at Wasioto Winds Golf Course in Pineville!

We’re wishing our golfers the very best as they compete today!

Let’s go, Dragons!

🐉 GO BIG GREEN! 🐉

#GoBigGreen #GreenDragonGolf

🏐🔥 DISTRICT MATCH DAY!! 🔥🏐

It’s GAMEDAY for the HHS Lady Dragons as they host the Harlan County Lady Bears!!

Our girls and coaches have put in the work. Now it’s time for our Dragon Nation to show up and support them!! Come out tonight, pack the gym, and bring the energy!! 🐉GO BIG GREEN!! 🐉

⏰ Freshman Game: 6:00 PM
🏐 JV: Following Freshman Game
🔥 Varsity: Following JV Game
📍 HHS Gym

🏅 A GREAT DAY FOR HARLAN CROSS COUNTRY! 🐉💚 Congratulations to our medalists on an outstanding day of racing this weekend! 🏃 Middle School 3K Medalists 🥉 Julianne Miller | 3rd | 13:09.82 🏅 Lillie Carver | 8th | 14:54.66 🏅 Trenton Turner | 10th | 13:01.88 🏃 Elementary 2K Medalists Our K-3 elementary girls placed FIRST OVERALL! 🏆 🥇 Shelby Parsons | 1st | 8:00.36 🥈 Brogan Bennett | 2nd | 8:06.10 🥉 Lucy Miller | 3rd | 8:07.30 🏅 MJ Taylor | 9th | 8:37.50 Our 4th and 5th grade medalist: 🏅 Emily Turner | 10th | 8:23.89 These runners earned Harlan’s medals for the day, and we could not be prouder of their hard work! We are excited to see the continued growth of our cross-country program. Our elementary runners are getting stronger and more experienced each season, and we cannot wait to watch them continue developing as they prepare to compete at the varsity level in seventh and eighth grade. The future of Harlan Cross Country is bright! 🐉💚 #HarlanCrossCountry #GoBigGreen #FamilyOfDragons

🏀 LADY DRAGON GAMEDAY!! 🏀

The HES and HMS Lady Dragons are heading to Barbourville tonight to take on the Lady Tigers!! The game times are as follows:

🏀 3/4 Grade: 6:00 PM
🏀 5/6 Grade: Following
🏀 7/8 Grade: Following

LET’S GO, LADY DRAGONS!! 🐉🏀💚

📅 Your voice matters! The FRYSC Advisory Council brings families, school staff, and community members together to discuss student and family needs, share ideas, and help guide the work of our Family Resource and Youth Services Center. Please mark your calendars for this year’s meeting dates: • August 27 • October 21 • December 9 • February 24 • April 21 All meetings will begin at 9:15 a.m. in Central Office, Room 111. All parents and community members are welcome and encouraged to attend. We would love to have you join us! For more information contact Mrs. Cecilia Adams at cecilia.adams@harlanind.kyschools.us

💚 HARLAN MIDDLE SCHOOL HOMECOMING 💚

HMS Dragons - get ready for an evening full of Dragon Pride, school spirit, and Homecoming fun!

📅 Thursday, August 27th
📍 HHS Football Field
⏰ Homecoming: 5:00 PM
🕓 Participants need to arrive by 4:45 PM

🐉 Meet the Staff: Mr. Tyler Barger! 🐉 Harlan High School is excited to spotlight Mr. Tyler Barger! Mr. Barger is beginning his first year in education and is a graduate of Harlan County High School. We are excited to have him as part of our staff and appreciate the work he does to support our students and school each day! Take a look to learn a little more about Mr. Barger and some of his favorite things! We are thankful to have him as part of the Green Dragon family! 💚 💚🐉 Committed to Excellence. Dedicated to Students.

🐉 🏐 Match Day!! 🐉 🏐

The HHS Lady Dragons are back on the court early this morning as they host the Berea Pirates!! Let's go, Lady Dragons!!

⏰ JV @ 10:00 AM ==> Varsity Following
📍HHS Gym

🐉MEET DAY! 🐉 Harlan Cross Country is headed to Lynn Camp this morning to kick off the season! Our Green Dragons have put in the miles, pushed through the summer heat, and worked hard to get to this moment. Now it’s time to race! 💪 📍 Lynn Camp 📅 August 22, 2026 Good luck to all of our runners! Run and represent Harlan with pride! GO GREEN DRAGONS! 💚🐉

Sunshine Preschool Open House! 🐉 💚

What a wonderful time we had welcoming our Sunshine Preschool families for our Open House!

Our families enjoyed inflatables, fellowship, and time together, followed by our parent meeting and a special presentation on the Pyramid Model.

We loved having the opportunity to share how the Pyramid Model helps us support children’s social-emotional development, positive relationships, and success in the classroom, while also learning how we can partner with and support our families throughout the school year.

Thank you to all of our Sunshine families for joining us and for being such an important part of our preschool community! We’re looking forward to a bright and wonderful year together! Together, we’re helping our little ones!

Classes begin Wednesday, August 26th and we still have some room! Give us a call 573-8700

🎥🐉 Lights, camera, Green Dragons! Mr. Saylor’s Broadcast Journalism class completed their first round of interviews for Student News, sitting down with members of the Harlan Green Dragon football staff and players ahead of tonight’s game! 🏈🎤 Students are getting hands-on experience interviewing, recording, and producing content while keeping our school community informed. We’re excited to see what our student journalists create, and even more excited to cheer on the Green Dragons tonight! 💚🐉 Go Big Green! 🏈