Harlan High School

🐉Harlan High School had a great race yesterday in Somerset! Harper Carmical finished 5th @ 22:38.22 for the girls. She is working hard towards her goal for another State appearance.  The Harlan boys team had some major gains! They all finished under 24 minutes! We are knocking seconds and sometimes minutes off each race and continue to perform. Dalton Halcomb, Cooper Thomas, and Garrett Wilder had huge PR's today! Leading the boys was Dalton Halcomb. Dalton finally reached under 20, at 19:56.68. Cooper Thomas keeps pushing towards his goal of "sub-20". His PR today was 20:41.63. And Garrett Wilder, our Senior boy, has grown so much over this season. He has cut minutes off his time every week! He finished with a PR of 21:27.82. We are so proud of all of our runners. As we head into the end of our season, we believe that our team is peaking at the right time. We can't wait to see how they show up in a few weeks at region. 🐉🐉🌟 Girls Harper Carmical (5th)- 22:38.22 Gwen Toll- 31:03.46 Salena Amro-43:17.27 Boys: Dalton Halcomb- 19:56.68 Cooper Thomas- 20:41.63 Gibson Wilder- 20:53.74 Garrett Wilder-21:27.82 Cruz Galloway-23:35.97 Xavier Farley- 23:51.32

🎃 HHS has chosen its October leaders for the Clash of Classes Challenge. Congratulations to the following Green Dragons and good luck in leading your class to victory! October's prize is popcorn and a movie! 🍿🎥 Good luck, Dragons!

🐉 Congratulations to the Junior class for winning the September Clash of Classes challenges. This week, the Juniors will be awarded their Picnic in the Park.

🐉 Race Day! 🐉 Let’s cheer on our Varsity Cross Country team as they compete in the Somerset Invitational today—best of luck, Dragons!

🏈 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🐉

HHS SENIORS: Get college $$$ ready! 🎓 Bring a parent and join us at FAFSA Help Night @ Moonbow Tipple Coffee & Sweets Oct 9th • 3–5 PM. See you there!

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

🇺🇸 In Ms. Maggard’s civics class, students experienced another vibrant learning opportunity by creating black out poetry from the 27 grievances in the Declaration of Independence. This engaging activity allowed students to dive deeply into the historical context while channeling their inner creativity! By carefully selecting words and phrases to craft original poems, students connected personally with the colonists’ complaints against British rule, making history come alive in a fresh and meaningful way!

Harlan High School students recently had the opportunity to experience the Arrive Alive impaired driving simulator, sponsored by UNITE, to raise awareness about the dangers of distracted and impaired driving. 🚗🚦 #ArriveAlive #SafeDriving #DragonsMakeSmartChoices

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.

Congratulations to our HHS Marching Band for placing 4th in Class A and 9th overall in the Pulaski County Invitational! Way to go, marching Dragons!! 🐉🎶

☕️ 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.

🐉 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!

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!

🐉 Our Juniors in Mrs. Huebner’s Math Concepts class turned test prep into an interactive scavenger hunt today to review their Circles Unit study guide. What an awesome way to learn—Mrs. Huebner’s vibrant, hands-on lessons keep math fun and engaging. Good luck on tomorrow’s test, Dragons—you’ve got this!

⛳️ Good luck to the Green Dragon golf team in the regional match today at the London Country Club! #GoBigGreen 🐉