Harlan Independent Schools

🏐 It's GAMEDAY for the Lady Dragons! Tonight, the Lady Dragons will host the HC Lady Bears. Show up tonight and support our volleyball team!!! #GoBigGreen🐉

Attention: There will be no Dragons Beyond the Bell today. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. 🐉🔔

🐉 Harlan Middle/High School would like to congratulate the Junior class for being the Attendance winners for the first two full weeks of school! The 6th-grade class is giving them competition in the runner-up position.

This week, the district continued to give out attendance tickets for a chance to win a brand new iPad at the end of the 9 weeks. All students who had 100% attendance Monday through Friday were given their tickets Monday morning. Keep it up, Green Dragons! #AttendanceMatters #EveryDayEveryDragon 🐉

Congratulations to Harlan High School freshman Daria Lee on her 1st place victory in the All-A Regional Golf Tournament today! Way to go, Daria! 🐉⛳

🐉👟Congratulations to our Cross Country team! We had several runners place! High School Race: Tanner Daniels led the boys' varsity with a first-place finish. Excited to see what this boys varsity team will do this season. Middle School Race: Zoë Lawson, 5th place, and Aiden Burnette, 9th place led our middle school runners Elementary Races: MJ Taylor took 1st place for the 1st through 3rd-grade girls! Close by were Shelby Parsons, 4th place, and Lucy Miller, 9th place. Emmett Alred led the 1st-3rd-grade boys today with a 9th-place finish. Julianne Miller crushed the 4th-6th-grade girls' race with a 3rd-place finish. Braxton Sizemore powered through the rainstorm and gained a 5th-place finish for the 4th-6th-grade boys!

🏀 Home game for our HES and HMS Girls' basketball teams!! 🏀 Come out tonight and support our Lady Dragons as they take on the Barbourville Lady Tigers beginning with the 3/4 grade game at 6:00 PM. 5/6 and 7/8 grade games will follow!! Let's go, Lady Dragons!!

✨🔬 Science Fun in Mrs. Varner’s Class! 🔬✨ This week, our young scientists put the scientific method into action with the Dancing Raisins experiment! 🥤🍇 Students made predictions, observed carefully with their 5 senses, and collected data about what happened when raisins were placed in a fizzy liquid. They were amazed to see the raisins sink… and then dance their way back up to the top! 🎉 Our scientists are not only learning how to observe, record, and collect data, but also how to think like real researchers. Proud of all their hard work and curiosity! 🌟 #FutureScientists #ScientificMethod #LearningIsFun

🧘🏽‍♀️ Starting the school year with calm and focus! Harlan Elementary Physical Education kicked off Week 1 with kid-friendly yoga—breathing, balance poses, and simple flows to wake up bodies and minds. Great effort from all the students! #HarlanElementary #YogaInPE #EveryStudentEveryDay

👯‍♀️💚At Harlan Elementary, it is important to build a great school culture! Students in Miss Kat's class talked about being a good friend, how their class is a family, and what makes up bloom and wilt. They made friendship bracelets to end the lesson!

🐉🏈📣Harlan 3rd/4th grade football team had their first home game this evening! The dragons fell to visiting Leslie County.

🚨 HOME Football Game!! 🏈 Tonight the HES and HMS Dragons will host the Leslie County Eagles!! 3/4 grade kickoff begins at 5:30 PM, with both 5/6 and 7/8 grade games to follow!! #GOBIGGREEN #FamilyofDragons

Save the date! 🐉 🏠HHS/HMS Open House will be on Monday, September 15th.

🎶✨ Get Ready to Go Back in Time! ✨🎶

Harlan Middle School is throwing an 80s Themed Back-to-School Dance on Thursday, September 5th in the Elementary School Gym! 💿🕺

🎟 Tickets: $10.00
Tickets go on sale Monday in the office!

Your ticket includes:
🌮 A walking taco
🍰 A snack cake
🥤 A drink
👕 Entry into the 80s Costume Contest

🔥 House Competition Bonus! 🔥
The House with the most points on August 29th will get discounted tickets to the dance! Don’t miss your chance to earn points and help your house!

💡 Break out your neon, leg warmers, and big hair — it’s time to party like it’s the 80s at HMS!

The Harlan FRYSC Advisory Council will meet on the following dates for the 25-26 school year.  All meetings will be held in the HISD Central Office and are open to the public.  Parents, guardians, and community members are welcome to attend.  For more information, contact FRYSC Coordinator Mrs. Adams at cecilia.adams@harlanind.kyschools.us or 606-573-8700, option 6.  

⛹️‍♀️ Best of luck to our Lady Dragons as they are traveling to Middlesboro this evening to take on the Lady Jackets!! 🏀 3/4 grade tip-off will begin at 6:00 PM with both 5/6 grade and 7/8 grade games to follow!! Go Big Green!! #LadyDragonBasketball #FamilyofDragons

🐉 Great things happening at Harlan Middle School! Recently, Harlan Middle School was recognized as a 2024-2025 BETA Club School of Distinction and was presented with a banner to commemorate this achievement. The BETA Club is founded on the principles of achievement, character, leadership, and service. This is a prestigious service organization that allows students an opportunity to serve and grow in leadership opportunities while giving back to the community. We are thankful for BETA Sponsor, Mrs. Rachel Wheeler for her dedication to serving our kids and giving these amazing opportunities! 🏆

🎓Seniors: Make plans to attend Senior Sunrise this Friday at the Green Dragon baseball field. #Classof2026

We had a great first week back at HHS! Students have been socializing with friends, getting to know their teachers, creating social contracts to promote positive classroom behavior, and working on learning class expectations and procedures! It’s going to be a fantastic year at Harlan High School. Join us now at enrollatharlan.com 🐉 #ThisIsHHS #GreatnessAwaits #EveryDragonEveryDay