Harlan Independent Schools

Christmas Sweater Day was a blast🎄🧶 Ugly, cozy, funny, or festive — we loved seeing all the holiday sweaters worn by our students and staff today! Thank you for bringing the Christmas cheer and making our school extra merry and bright! ✨🎅

🎄🧦 Christmas Sock Day! 🧦🎄 Thank you to HES for showing off your festive socks! We loved seeing all the holiday spirit and fun around the school. 🎅✨

🏀 GAMEDAY🏀 Tonight, our Lady Dragons host the Clay County Lady Tigers. JV starts at 6:00 pm, and varsity tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 pm. Come out and support our Lady Dragons! Good luck, ladies! #GoBigGreen 🐉

🏀Best of luck to the Green Dragons as they travel to Lynn Camp to take on the Wildcats. Tip off is set for 7:30 pm. Go Dragons! 🐉 Special thanks to Reagan Lundy for assisting with the graphic.

🚨🎄 CHRISTMAS SPIRIT WEEK 🎄🚨

Get ready, Harlan Middle School - The most wonderful time of the year is officially HERE!

Dress festive, bring the cheer, and let’s light up the week with holiday spirit!

🎄 Reminder! 🎄 Our December dress-up days continue this upcoming week at HES, and tomorrow is Christmas Sock Day! 🧦🎅 Wear your favorite festive socks and help us spread some holiday cheer!

🏀 Good luck to the Lady Dragons, who travel to South Laurel High School for the Lisa Collins Classic. The Lady Dragons will play the Martin County Lady Cardinals at 3 pm. #GoBigGreen 🐉

Join us in cheering on the Green Dragons as they travel to Martin County to take on the Martin County Cardinals. Go Big Green! 🐉🐉🏀🏀

🏀🐉 Harlan 3rd/4th grade boys basketball team fell to Middlesboro 29-30 in OT to open the Cumberland Valley Conference tournament this morning at Pineville. Ben Parsons led the dragons with 12 points. Kelton Dean and Justyce Young put up 6 and 5 points respectively. Masyn Rodriguez, Tripp Ford and Trey Wynn toss in 2 points each to finish the scoring for the dragons.

🏀 3rd/4th Grade Boys Basketball Update 🏀 The Conference Tournament has been moved to Pineville High School for tomorrow. Our Dragons will play Middlesboro at 10:00 AM. Come out and support our boys! Go Dragons! 🐉

🎄🍿 Christmas Movie Marathon Day! 🎬✨ It’s Character Dress-Up Day at HES! Our students and staff had a blast coming to school dressed as their favorite Christmas movie characters! From elves, to reindeer, to Grinches — everyone brought the festive fun! ❄️🎅💚 Thank you to everyone who made the day extra merry and bright! ❤️💫

🏀 Basketball Update! Due to the weather and forecast, tonight's Lady Dragon basketball game against Jackson County and tomorrow night's Green Dragon game against South Laurel have been postponed. We will update this information with new days and times as soon as they become available.

Harlan Elementary would like to congratulate our amazing Golden and Silver Dragons! These students were recognized last week at the District Testing Celebration. Silver Dragons earned proficient and distinguished on all areas of their Kentucky Summative Assessment. Golden Dragons earned distinguished on all areas. We are so proud of their accomplishments and can’t wait to add more next year! 🐉

📢 No Dragons Beyond the Bell 🐉 Families, please note that there will be no Dragons Beyond the Bell for the remainder of December.

✨ Holiday Glow Up ✨ Yesterday's theme at HES was all about shining bright! Students and staff showed up in their sparkliest, shiniest, and brightest outfits, and our halls were glowing with holiday cheer. Thank you everyone for making the day so festive! 🌟✨🎉

🎄✨ Join us for the HES Holiday Hoopla! ✨🎄 December 11th • 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Come take a stroll through HES and enjoy food, music, movies, and hot chocolate while picking up free holiday snacks along the way! 🍿🎶☕️ 🧥🧤🧣 We will also be giving out jackets, gloves, and hats—first come, first serve! We can’t wait to see everyone there! 💚❤️

🏀 HMS 8th Grade Celebration 🏀

It’s a special night for our 8th graders at HMS! Tonight we celebrate our 8th grade basketball boys and cheerleaders - their teamwork, growth, and leadership. 💚🐉 The details for the evening are as follows:

✅ 6:00 PM ==> 5/6 Grade Intrasquad Scrimmage
✅ 8th Grade Celebration
✅ 7/8 Grade Intrasquad Scrimmage

Just a reminder for middle and high schoolers that retakes for school pictures will be Thursday, December 11th.

Cheering on our Dragons as they travel to Bell County for a double header tonight! 💚🏀 Bring the fire, Dragons! Go big green! 🐉🐉