Harlan Independent Schools

🥫Join us for a Food Drive happening today! Support our current and former Dragons as they contribute to a worthy cause. All donations will benefit Ann’s Pantry and Christ’s Hands in Harlan. They will be set up at the Harlan Blue Courts until 2:00 PM!

🐉 ⚾️ The Green Dragons are the 2025 52nd District Champions! 🏆 With a clean sweep of the district in the regular season, the Green Dragons have also now won back-to-back District titles! It's a great night to be a Green Dragon! #GoBigGreen 🐉

🐉✨Current University of the Cumberlands basketball player and HHS alumnus Kyler Mclendon is partnering with HHS to host a food drive. Joining Kyler will be his brother Kaleb, a current basketball player at Union and also an HHS alumnus, along with Mrs. Billie from FRYSC, Mrs. Hamm-Rowe, and Ms. Kat. They will be set up at the Blue Courts this Saturday, May 24th, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. All donations will go directly to Ann’s Pantry and Christ’s Hands in Harlan. Please stop by and bring your non-perishable food items to support this great cause!

⚾️ GAMEDAY⚾️ Green Dragon family, we need you tonight! 🐉 Our Dragons take on the Bell County Bobcats for the 52nd District Championship at HC beginning at 6:30 pm. Make the short drive to show up for our boys in green! #GoBigGreen 🐉 #familyofdragons

⚾️ Congratulations to our Green Dragons for tonight's district tournament win against Middlesboro. The Green Dragons will play tomorrow night in the 52nd District Championship game at HC against Bell County at 6:30 pm. Make plans to show up and be loud! #GoBigGreen🐉

⚾️ 🐉 GAMEDAY! 🐉 ⚾️It's the first round of the 52nd District Tournament. Tonight, the Green Dragons play the Middlesboro Yellow Jackets at Harlan County. First pitch is set for 5:30 pm. Wear your green and come out and cheer on our Dragons! 🐉 #GoBigGreen

🎉🐉Congratulations to our HHS Track Team Region top 5 finishers🐉🎉 Girls: 4x800 Girls: Zoë Lawson, Priscilla Stewart, Gwen Toll, Harper Carmical- 3rd place finish 800m: Harper Carmical- 2nd place finish 🎉(school record)🎉 3200m: Harper Carmical- 3rd place finish 3200m: Zoë Lawson- 5th place finish Shot Put: Asia Young- 2nd place finish High Jump: Zoë Lawson- 2nd place finish Boys: 4x800 Boys: Gibson Wilder, Garrett Wilder, Cruz Galloway, and Xavier Farley- 5th place finish 1600m: Tanner Daniels- 1st place finish 300mh: Gibson Wilder- 4th place finish 800m: Tanner Daniels- 1st place finish 4x400 Boys: Cruz Galloway, Gibson Wilder, Izack Saylor, and Tanner Daniels- 4th place finish High Jump: Izack Saylor- 3rd place finish

🎉🏆 Congratulations to the Harlan Lady Dragons on winning the 52nd District Championship for the second consecutive year! With an impressive 7-1 victory over Harlan County, the Lady Dragons have proven their dominance on the field. Way to go, team! 🐉💪 #Champions #LadyDragons #DistrictChampions

🚨 Attention 5th–8th graders! 🚨 Get ready for an unforgettable week of innovation, creativity, and fun at the FREE STEM Summer Camp hosted by Rural Up! 🎉 📍 Location: Harlan Independent School 📅 Dates: June 2–6 (Monday–Friday) ⏰ Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM 💵 Cost: Absolutely FREE – includes materials, breakfast, and to-go lunch! 🔧 Dive into hands-on projects in: 🤖 Coding with Sphero Robots 🧠 Exploring Artificial Intelligence 🔩 Engineering Design Challenges 🎉 Wrap up the week with a Student Showcase & Pizza Party to celebrate your amazing creations! 👥 Make new friends, work in teams, and show off your STEM skills. But don’t wait—spots are limited! 📲 Register now at https://form.jotform.com/251343953152151! Let’s build, code, and create together this summer! 💻⚙️🧪 #STEMCamp #HarlanKY #RuralUp #FutureEngineers #SummerLearning #CodingFun #FreeCamp

🐉🐉The HHS track team is traveling to Somerset today to compete in the Class 1 Region 6 meet! Best of luck, and go Dragons! 🐉🐉

The Lady Dragons are back in action today as they compete in the 52nd District Championship against HC this evening. The game will begin at 5:30 PM. Let’s go, Lady Dragons! 🐉🐉🐉

📣 Please Note: The HES 3rd/4th Grade Cheerleading Parent Meeting has been rescheduled to Monday, May 27th at 6:00 PM in the HES Auditorium. Same time, same place—just a new date! 💚📣

🐉🥎Congratulations to the Harlan Lady Dragons on their impressive 9-0 victory over the Bell County Lady Cats! With this win, they are set to advance to the championship game on Wednesday. Let’s keep the support strong as they head into this exciting next challenge! Go Dragons! 💚🔥 #ChampionshipBound #LadyDragons

🚨 Attention 5th–8th graders! 🚨 Get ready for an unforgettable week of innovation, creativity, and fun at the FREE STEM Summer Camp hosted by Rural Up! 🎉 📍 Location: Harlan Independent School 📅 Dates: June 2–6 (Monday–Friday) ⏰ Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM 💵 Cost: Absolutely FREE – includes materials, breakfast, and to-go lunch! 🔧 Dive into hands-on projects in: 🤖 Coding with Sphero Robots 🧠 Exploring Artificial Intelligence 🔩 Engineering Design Challenges 🎉 Wrap up the week with a Student Showcase & Pizza Party to celebrate your amazing creations! 👥 Make new friends, work in teams, and show off your STEM skills. But don’t wait—spots are limited! 📲 Register now at https://form.jotform.com/251343953152151! Let’s build, code, and create together this summer! 💻⚙️🧪 #STEMCamp #HarlanKY #RuralUp #FutureEngineers #SummerLearning #CodingFun #FreeCamp

Join us at The Lady Dragon Diamond as we kick off the 2025 52nd District Softball Tournament this evening. The Lady Dragons will play in the first round against Bell County, beginning at 5:30 PM. Let’s go, green! 🐉🥎🐉🥎

Congratulations to our 2025 Mt. Laurel Festival participants. Ella Lisenbee will be representing Harlan High School in this year's Mt. Laurel Festival as the Princess candidate. Ella Farley and Abbigaile Jones will also be representing Harlan High as attendants. The crowning of the 2025 Princess at the Princess Coronation will be Friday, May 23, at 7:00 pm at the Pineville High School (old) Gymnasium.

🏐 Open Gym!! 🐉 Come and work on your volleyball skills this week!!

We would like to congratulate the following students for earning the KHSAA Triple Threat Award! This award recognizes student-athletes who have participated in high school athletics (sport or sport-activity) at the varsity level year-round (fall, winter, and spring). #GoBigGreen 🐉

📣 Calling all future HES Dragons cheerleaders! 📣 Parents of incoming 3rd and 4th graders—join us for the Harlan Elementary 3rd/4th Grade Cheerleading Team Parent Meeting for the 2025-2026 season! 💚🏆 🗓 Tuesday, May 20th 🕕 6:00 PM 📍 HES Auditorium Come meet Head Coach Hope Taylor and Assistant Coach Autumn Nunneley and get all the info you need for the upcoming season! Let’s get ready to cheer on the Dragons! 🐉🎉💚 It’s never been easier to enroll at Harlan Independent and become a part of the #FamilyofDragons! Follow the link (www.enrollatharlan.com) to reserve your seat and enroll for 2025-2026. #MoreThanASchool #BuiltForResults #15BestInKy #RisingStarDistrict

Harlan High School would like to congratulate Salena Amro for being chosen as a 2025 Governor's Scholar! Salena was selected through a highly competitive process and will spend five weeks this summer studying at Centre College, Morehead State, or Murray State. She will dive into a field of interest and learn alongside peers from across Kentucky! Congratulations, Salena. #GoBigGreen #AcademicExcellence 🐉