In a recent published 2022 Niche.com rankings, Harlan Independent School District is ranked as the No. 1 Public School District in Kentucky with the Best Teachers.
Harlan Independent School District was also ranked #3 for the Best Place to Teach in Kentucky. The district was awarded an Overall Niche Grade of A and ranked #12 out of the 167 K-12 public school districts across the Commonwealth.
As reported by Niche.com, each school of Harlan Independent schools achieved top or upper placements in “Best Public Schools in Kentucky”:
• Harlan Elementary School: No. 11 (out of 708 public elementary schools)
• Harlan Middle/High School: No. 33 (out of 247 public high schools)
• Harlan Independent School District: No. 12 (out of 167 K-12 KY public school districts)
Check out the story here: https://www.harlan-ind.k12.ky.us/article/570481
Harlan Elementary student’s are “Too Cool” for drugs! They wore sunglasses and enjoyed free snow cones!🕶🍧
Harlan Elementary kicked off “Red Ribbon Week” with their favorite color or tye-dye! “Color our world drug free!”
Congratulations to Nina Simms and Janae Simms! They won the door prize for the parent google classroom workshop this evening at Harlan Elementary! Door prize and snacks provided by FRYSC.
Harlan Elementary 21st Century will be hosting a night for parents to learn more about google classroom. It will be held October 19, at 6:00p.m. in the elementary library. You may bring your own device or use the ones provided on site. If you have any questions contact Christa Stringer, 21st Century Coordinator at 573-8700, option 2.
Harlan Elementary students in Mr. Roy’s 3rd grade math use a variety of ways to solve problems. Differentiated seating, whole brain, concrete and semi-concrete are just a few strategies shown here. 📚🧮 #familyofdragons
Harlan Elementary 4th grade students worked on subtracting multi-digit numbers using concrete and semi-concrete strategies to re-group in Mrs. Crow’s class.
Harlan Elementary Fourth grade students of the month for September. Congratulations Kasyn Combs, Brayden Clark and Abigail Shepherd! 🎉🎉🎉
Harlan Elementary Third grade students of the month for September. Congratulations Brayln Pace, Shelbee Fee and Mark Whitaker! 🎉🎉🎉
Harlan Elementary Second grade students of the month for September. Congratulations Blakely Snelling, Shane Worthington and Emily Tolliver! 🎉🎉🎉
Harlan Elementary First grade students of the month for September. Congratulations Dixie Ava over and Grayson Frazier! 🎉🎉
Harlan Elementary Kindergarten Students of the Month for September. Congratulations to Layton Barker, Kristie Engle and Greyson Whitaker 🥳🎉💚
Harlan Elementary Cross Country team completed their season at Lynn Camp, October 3. The girls team finished 13th Region Runners Up in their first season! They are coached by Erin Alred and Ann Lindsey.
Harlan Elementary Kindergarten students of the month for September. Congratulations Haleigh Nolan-Fultz, Greyson Whitaker, Kristie Engle and Layton Barker! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Harlan Elementary will be celebrating “Red Ribbon Week” October 25-29. Students will learn about the importance of staying “Drug Free!” They will also be bringing home a flyer with each days theme listed. 🚭🚔🙅🏼♀️🙅🏼♂️ #DragonsAgainstDrugs
Harlan Elementary Kindergarten students of the month for September. Congratulations Haleigh Nolan-Fultz, Greyson Whitaker, Kristie Engle and Layton Barker! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Students at Harlan Elementary have been working on a design for an effective assembly line in Mrs. Stapleton’s Science class. This week the will be analyzing their data from their trials. 🚗🚙🚕 #teamwork
📗Harlan Elementary Families enjoyed Family Literacy Night Tuesday! The book fair will continue 8:00-3:00pm through Friday! 💚📚
Harlan Independent Schools is honored to have been selected to participate in the Kentucky Family Friendly Schools Learning Network! Through this work we commit to lifting up family engagement as a primary strategy to improve student learning! https://prichardcommittee.org/58-kentucky-schools-selected-for-learning-network-that-aims-to-build-capacity-for-family-engagement/
The Book Fair will be at Harlan Elementary School, October 4th-8th📚
