💫Our teachers have had an excellent training day with Capturing Kids' Hearts. As a National Rising Star School, we've learned invaluable strategies and made exciting plans to engage our students' hearts and minds this school year. Together, we’re ready to lead and inspire our students to reach new heights! It’s going to be a fantastic year ahead! 💚🐉
#CapturingKidsHearts
#RisingStarSchool
#EveryDragonEveryDay
#FamilyofDragons
about 11 hours ago, Katlyn Williams
🏐 Good Luck to our Lady Dragons in tonight's home match-up against Lynn Camp. JV starts at 6 pm! #GoBigGreen! 🐉
about 14 hours ago, Megan Freyer
👟Good luck to our Cross Country team as they compete in the HC All Comers race this evening! Go Dragons!! 🐉
Special thanks to our HHS Journalism class for creating this graphic.
about 15 hours ago, Katlyn Williams
Learning comes alive at Harlan High! In Civics class, students rotated through various stations, taking notes on their interactive foldables while exploring how different governments function. Meanwhile, Life Skills students learned essential tasks like washing dishes and doing laundry. Everyone is all smiles as we wrap up another week. It’s always a great day to be a Dragon! 🐉
3 days ago, Katlyn Williams
Just a reminder: there will be NO SCHOOL for Harlan Independent Schools on Monday, September 1st, in honor of Labor Day, and Tuesday, September 2nd, for a teacher in-service day. 🐉
5 days ago, Megan Freyer
🏐 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🐉
6 days ago, Megan Freyer
🐉 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 🐉
7 days ago, Megan Freyer
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!
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8 days ago, Katlyn Williams
🐉👟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!
9 days ago, Andrew Williams
Save the date! 🐉
🏠HHS/HMS Open House will be on Monday, September 15th.
13 days ago, Katlyn Williams
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.
14 days ago, Katlyn Williams
🎓Seniors: Make plans to attend Senior Sunrise this Friday at the Green Dragon baseball field. #Classof2026
16 days ago, Megan Freyer
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
17 days ago, Katlyn Williams
⛳️ Congratulations to the Green Dragon golf team for their 2nd place finish in the Pine Mountain Golf Conference match. Yesterday's 2nd-place finish is the highest finish for Green Dragon golf in our history! The conference rankings:
1st place: Barbourville
2nd place: Harlan Independent
3rd place (tie): Harlan County & Bell County
4th place; Clay County
5th place: Corbin
Also, congratulations to senior Baylor Varner for placing 5th amongst the individual scorers! #GoBigGreen 🐉
21 days ago, Megan Freyer
📢Don’t miss out on Summer EBT support. If you haven’t received Summer EBT yet, there’s still time! Apply by August 15th. ☀️
The Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (SEBT) program helps reduce hunger and food insecurity by providing eligible school-aged children with benefits to buy groceries during the summer months when school meals aren’t available.
👦👧 Who’s Automatically Eligible?
If students are currently enrolled in SNAP, KTAP, Kinship Care, or certain income-based forms of Medicaid for at least one month since July 1, 2024, they should already be enrolled. However, kids not enrolled in these programs from households with incomes at or below the 185% poverty level are eligible but need to apply.
📝 Need to Apply?
If your student hasn’t received SNAP, KTAP, or Kinship Care since July 1, 2024, you’ll need to apply starting October 1, 2024 at:
https://KYSEBT.ky.gov/ or through
https://kynect.ky.gov/benefits/💳 How Benefits Are Received:
If you’re already receiving benefits, SEBT will be added to your existing EBT card. Otherwise, a new card will be mailed to you.
🛒 What Can You Buy?
Almost any grocery item—except hot, ready-to-eat foods. SEBT does not cover tobacco, alcohol, pet food, or non-food items.
Visit the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (
https://www.chfs.ky.gov/agencies/dcbs/dfs/pages/sebt.aspx) for more info!
23 days ago, Eric Greene
⛳️ Congratulations to the the Green Dragon golf team for their 2nd place finish at Wasioto Winds yesterday. The Green Dragons were one stroke from 1st place! A big shout-out to senior Baylor Varner and sophomore Caiden Jackson for tying for 1st place! Great job, Green! #FamilyofDragons 🐉
26 days ago, Megan Freyer
⛳️ Good luck to the Green Dragon golf team in tonight's match at Wasioto Winds in Pineville! #GoBigGreen 🐉
27 days ago, Megan Freyer
Harlan Elementary dismissal begins at 2:50 pm. Buses will exit before anyone exits the buildings.
Reminder for after-school pick up. Kindergarten pick up is the the purple line on Mound St. 1st and 2nd grade is the green line, Clover St., 3rd & 4th grade is the red line, you enter off of KY38. If your child has a sibling in 3rd or 4th grade, they will be picked up outback in the red line of traffic. Your child should have brought home a paper with their name on it in large print. Please place this paper on your dashboard in order to make identifying your vehicle easier and quicker. Thank you for being patient with us!
If you are picking up a middle/high school student, please do not enter downtown until after 3:05.
27 days ago, Tara Posey
📸 What an incredible time we had yesterday at the Harlan Independent Schools campus-wide block party! 🎒 Families had the chance to visit classrooms, meet teachers, and get excited for the year ahead. From games and music to food and fun, it was the perfect way to kick off the new school year and celebrate our amazing #FamilyofDragons. 🐉💚
Our first day of school for Elementary, Middle, and High School is TOMORROW, Wednesday, August 6th! We can’t wait to welcome all of our students back. Let’s make it a great year! #EveryDayEveryDragon
29 days ago, Eric Greene
📢 Important Policy Updates for the 2025–26 School Year at Harlan Independent Schools! 🐉
As we gear up for a new school year, please take a moment to review a few important policy changes:
District Staff/Student Communication
Beginning June 27, 2025, SB 181 requires that all school communication with students occur only through approved platforms including ParentSquare, district email, GoGuardian, Google Workspace, and Infinite Campus. Communication through texting, personal emails, and social media will no longer be allowed.
As a result of new Kentucky legislation, Harlan Middle/High School has made the following policy changes for the 2025-2026 school year.
Moment of Silence or Reflection
In accordance to KY Senate Bill 19, “at the commencement of the first class of each day in all public schools, there shall be a moment of silence or reflection of at least one (1) minute, but not to exceed two (2) minutes in duration,” during which “all pupils remain seated and silent and make no distracting display so that each pupil may, in the exercise of his or her individual choice, meditate, pray, or engage in any other silent activity which does not interfere with, distract from, or impede other pupils' exercise of individual choice.”
Personal Electronic Devices
In response to KY House Bill 208, and in an effort to maximize student engagement during instructional time while limiting distractions throughout the day, all personal electronic devices—including but not limited to cell phones, AirPods, earbuds, smartwatches, camera-equipped glasses, etc.—must remain turned off and out of sight from the start of the school day until the end of the school day. Parents may contact the office to leave messages for students as needed. Students will be permitted to use office phones in cases of emergency.
30 days ago, Eric Greene
