Harlan Elementary School

🎉 Dragon Attendance Incentive Winner! 🐉

This year, Harlan Independent Schools rolled out a brand-new attendance incentive to celebrate students who show up and give their best every single day!

Each week that a student has perfect attendance — meaning no check-ins late and no early checkouts — they earn a ticket for a chance to win a district prize at the end of the nine weeks. That means a student can earn up to nine chances per quarter! As part of the incentive, students must be present the day of the drawing to claim their prize.

👏 Congratulations to this nine-weeks winner, Hunter Brock! Your dedication and commitment to being present each day truly make you a role model for your fellow Dragons.

💚 A special thank you goes out to our community partner and generous prize donor, the Boys & Girls Club of Appalachia, for supporting our students and helping us celebrate the importance of attendance!

#EveryDayEveryDragon #AttendanceMatters #HarlanIndependent

On Friday, our students, staff, and community had the special privilege of welcoming Senator Scott Madon to Harlan Independent School District. His visit was both inspiring and encouraging—a wonderful reminder of how powerful it is when leaders invest time in the next generation.

Throughout the day, Senator Madon joined families for the HES Grandparents Breakfast, toured classrooms to see students actively engaged in learning and leading their own projects, participated in the District Cancer Walk, and spoke to classes about public service, civic engagement, and leadership. He also spent meaningful time with teachers and staff, celebrating successes, listening to their experiences, and hearing firsthand about the opportunities and challenges in education today.

Thank you, Senator Madon, for taking time out of your busy schedule to visit Harlan Elementary, Harlan Middle, and Harlan High School. Most of all, thank you for encouraging our future leaders and showing how much you care about education and community. 💚🐉
#EveryDayEveryDragon #LeadershipInAction #CommunityMatters

🏈 It's GAMEDAY, Dragon Nation!!! Tonight, the Green Dragons host the Thomas Walker Pioneers. Homecoming festivities will begin at 6:15 pm, and kick-off is set for 7:30 pm. Wear your green and white and come support the Dragons!
*Firepit 🔥- tonight's theme is NEON!!!

🍨Rolled Ice Cream after school tomorrow! FBLA will be setting up outside the back doors! Come and get some delicious ice cream.

We wish our Middle and Elementary Cross Country teams the best of luck as they compete at Lynn Camp today in the Region 13 Championships. Go green!!! 🐉🐉🏃

🏈 It's GAMEDAY, Dragon fans, and our Green Dragons are playing at HOME tonight! The Green Dragons are hosting the Middlesboro Yellow Jackets in the First Priority Bowl, with kick-off set for 7:30 pm. Wear your green and white and come out and cheer on our team! #GoBigGreen🐉

Join us for the First Priority Bowl tailgate tonight from 6:00 pm until game time! Let’s Go, Dragons!!! 🐉🐉

🤠 Attendance pays off! 🤑 Congratulations to Kindergarten student Waylyn Hensley for winning the Harlan Elementary Momma's & Cowboy's tickets! All boys who had perfect attendance the month of August were put into a drawing to win free tickets! 🎫 🎉🐴🏜️🌵

Harlan Independent High School students are hosting their first annual Car Show/Drive-In on Saturday, October 4th, starting at 4:30 pm in the back parking lot of the High School.

There will be a concession set up - brought to you by The Dragon's Kitchen, along with the debut of Harlan Scoops - offering delicious rolled ice cream with your choice of toppings. Harlan students have teamed up with J & J Creamery for their fabulous recipes.

Everyone is welcome. Admission for the movie is always free; however, donations are much appreciated.

Proceeds raised will be going towards the Senior Class Trip in the spring.

🐉 Race Day🐉 Join us in wishing our Cross Country team the best of luck as they compete in the Middleboro All-Comers today!

☕️ Today we celebrated National Coffee Day in a special way!


Superintendent Jennifer Parsons provided coffee for all Harlan Independent employees this morning as a small gesture of appreciation.

It’s just one way to say thank you for the dedication, preparation, and hard work our staff pour into making Harlan Independent a great place to learn and work every single day. 💚🐉

#EveryDayEveryDragon #FamilyofDragons #NationalCoffeeDay

Congratulations to our cross-country team on another successful race! Congratulations to the following students that placed in top 10 in the Bob Howard Memorial/ Area 9 meet this weekend: Varsity Girls: 🐉Harper Carmical: 7th place Area 9  Varsity Boys: 🐉Tanner Daniels: 1st Place Area 9 - Runner of the year 💫Boys team - Runner Up Bob Howard Invitational and Area 9 Middle School: 💫Zoe Lawson (PR Time 12:45.32) - 2nd place Area 9 🐉Priscilla Stewart - 3rd place Area 9 💫Cora Jones - 5th place Area 9 🐉Josephine Toll - 7th place Area 9 Elementary Girls: ✨Julianne Miller: 1st place - Runner of the year 🐉MJ Taylor: 4th place Area 9 💫Girls Team - Close 2nd place (2 points from first) Elementary Boys:  🐉Braxton Sizemore: 3rd place Area 9 💫Trenton Turner: 5th place Area 9 🐉Kash Bailey: 8th place Area 9 💫Ben Toll: 9th Place Area 9 ✨Boys Team - First Place for Bob Howard and Area 9

Little Cheerleaders, This One’s for YOU! 🎀 Come join the HHS Cheer Little Girl Mini Camp for a night of fun and cheer! 💚🖤 📅 Date: October 4 🕓 Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM 📍 HHS Gym For just $40, your cheerleader gets: ✅ Camp with the HHS Cheerleaders ✅ A snack ✅ T-shirt & poms ✅ Learn a Thriller dance to perform at halftime on Halloween night! 🎃 Registration here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScpUDvQL5r3IbxBMssDWVIqfbW1tRdPBrhwkiEZ8DEOF0pbnA/viewform **For those that have already registered, please notice the time change. It is now in the morning on October 4th.

🏈 Football Gameday 🏈 It's GAMEDAY at Joe Gilley!! The Dragons will take on Perry County Central this afternoon!! Check out the schedule below for all events and times!!

✅ 3/4 Grade Football Game - 2:30 PM
✅ 5/6 Grade Football Game - 4:00 PM
✅ 8th Grade Night
✅ 7/8 Grade Football Game - 6:00 PM

🐉 Race Day!! 🐉 ✨Please join us in wishing our Cross Country team the best of luck as they compete in Area 9 Championship at Harlan County this morning. Good luck! Go Dragons!

🏀 GAMEDAY!! ⛹️‍♀️ Join us in wishing the HES and HMS Lady Dragons the best of luck as they travel to Corbin this evening to take on the Lady Redhounds. Tonight will wrap up the season for both of these teams!! Tip-off for the 3/4 grade game will begin at 6:00 PM, with a 5/6 grade game to follow. #GOBIGGREEN

🇺🇸 See you at the pole at Harlan Elementary this morning! This is a global event that takes place around the world. This is a day to pray for grace, peace, justice, and mercy in our schools! 🥰

Our Cross Country team continues to do amazing things! High School: Tanner Daniels: He ran in Louisville this weekend at the Trinity / Valkyrie Invitational. He had a personal PR day running the 5K in 15:46! 💫 Girls:  Harper Carmical had another season PR! 22:16! ✨ Boys: Our Varsity boys team finished under 23 minutes, and everyone hit their season PR! Leading the pack was Gibson Wilder at 20:51! 🐉🐉 Middle School: Girls: Zoe Lawson placed 11th in the middle school race.⭐️ Elementary: Girls:  Rayleigh Hoskins Placed 4th in the 1st grade group💚 The 2nd-3rd-grade girls were ready to race! They took home the first-place team trophy!  MJ Taylor: 2nd🏆 Lucy Miller: 4th 🏆 Shelby Parsons: 11th 🏆 Boys:  Tyler White placed 1st for the first grade group, Ryder Bailey 2nd, Jason Mills 7th🐉 Emmett Alred placed 7th for the 2nd-3rd grade group.💫 The 4th-5th-grade boys took home the first-place trophy. Braxton Sizemore placed 8th, and Ben Toll Placed 10th✨ We are so proud of our students!

REMINDER FOR HARLAN ELEMENTARY FAMILIES! No Dragons Beyond the Bell this week! (DBB)

🎉🎉🐲 Congratulations to our Fourth grade students of the month for August! 💪🏼🥳