Harlan High School

Students in Mrs. Luttrell's English II classes recently visited the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center in Cincinnati, OH. Sponsored by HHS GEAR-UP, the trip began by visiting Northern Kentucky University. Mrs. Luttrell's students have been studying Man's Inhumanity to Man through learning about the events and causes that led to the Holocaust. Visiting the museum allowed the students to experience stories of "courage, perseverance, loss, redemption...told by Holocaust survivors." Students explored characteristic strengths needed to become upstanders to injustice. Visiting the museum humanizes the horrific event of the Holocaust for students, and they will now be able to make connections to the events and atrocities of the Holocaust when reading Nobel prize winner Eli Wiesel's memoir Night.

This past week, the SKMA All-Festival Choir Festival was held in Corbin, KY. Congratulations to Ethan Farley, Jacob Baker, and Connor Witt. They auditioned several weeks ago and were able to participate in the SATB choir. The choir rehearsed for 3 days and gave their final concert in the Corbin Central Baptist Church. The guest conductor was Daniel Wesley. Mr. Wesley is the Director of Choirs at Lexington Christian Academy and the Artistic Director of the acclaimed Lexington Singers Children’’s Choir. This is Ms. Schraeder’s 51st year accompanying the SATB choir! 🎶🎶🐉

From the "Family of Dragons" we want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving Day. Of the many things to be grateful for today, we are especially thankful for our wonderful Green Dragon school community. Without our dedicated students and staff, the magic would not be possible!

🎶 Earlier this week, eight Green Dragons tried out for the SKMA All Festival honors band, and we are proud to say that all eight students made it! They traveled to Williamsburg High School and the University of the Cumberlands for three days of rehearsal and then performed in a concert last night. Congratulations! 🐉

🏀 Last Thursday, several of our Green Dragons were invited to WYMT to be interviewed for the DQ Roundball Preview. We are excited to see these Green Dragons and their teammates on the court this season! Go Big Green! 🐉

Just a reminder for Harlan High School students: Tonight is the Fall Ball in the HES gym from 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm. Tickets will be available at the door!

🎄The Harlan High School BETA Club was busy Wednesday night wrapping presents to give to students in the community. Volunteering is one of the key aspects of the BETA Club, and we are thankful for their investment in our school and community. #HHSBETA 🐉 #LetUsLeadByServingOthers

🐉Harlan High School UNITE Club has been working on its poster campaign to bring awareness to the choice to live an alcohol-free, drug-free, and tobacco-free lifestyle. Student work can be seen around the hallways of Harlan High School! #HarlanUNITE #HealthyLiving

🐉 HHS 9th graders attended the 4H “Reality Store” and experienced an eye-opening simulation of a month as an adult. Students were assigned salaries based on current GPAs and then had to use their projected monthly income to pay for housing, vehicles, childcare, utilities, and other bills, with the goal of ending the month debt-free. Thank you to 4H and the community volunteers who hosted this event!

🇺🇸 Ms. Maggard's 9th-grade Civics classes recently embarked on an enrichment trip to downtown Harlan with the help and leadership of our GEAR Up team! As part of their educational journey, our students had the incredible opportunity to visit our local courthouse and gain firsthand knowledge about the roles and responsibilities of the elected and appointed offices in Harlan County. By witnessing our courthouse's inner workings, they could better comprehend the importance and significance of the various positions that shape our community!

🦃🦃🦃 The cafeteria will be serving a Thanksgiving meal today!

🐉 On Tuesday night, Harlan High School inducted their newest members into the BETA Club. The Beta Club's purpose is to promote the ideals of academic achievement, character, service, and leadership. Congratulations, Green Dragons. #betaclub

HHS UNITE Club, Harlan FRYSC, and GEAR Up are working to stock Anne's Pantry! They need the help of our middle and high school students to help Anne's Pantry provide for people in need this holiday season. Students can bring in any canned food item; the donation amount will be tallied by grade. The grade that brings in the most canned items will receive a free pizza party during break! Middle school students can drop off canned goods for tallies in Jon Dickenson's room. High school students can give their donations to the GEAR Up rooms. Be sure to tell them which grade to record the donation!

‼️‼️‼️ There will be no 21st Century After School today!

Mr. Owens's health classes are studying the physical activity and nutrition unit. They previously learned about the F.I.T.T. Principle and its 5 main components: muscular endurance, muscular strength, cardiorespiratory endurance, flexibility, and body composition. They also reviewed how to make a workout/activity program. In the photos below, the students made their own workouts; they made the workouts in their group assignments of 3-5 kids. The learning goal of this lesson was to ensure that students have the skills to create and perform a program that will benefit their health. #healthyforlife

🎉Big news! We achieved the #KYFamilyFriendly Certification by the @prichardcom KY Collaborative Advisory Council! Here's to a stronger, more connected school community. Harlan Elementary ✅ Middle ✅ High ✅!! @prichardcom, @KyDeptofEd, @KYFamEngage

🐉 We are very EXCITED to announce that two Harlan High School Green Dragons are 2023/2024 NP² students! Maria Ball and Ethyn Carr were two of 50 students chosen by the Southeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center. The program works with students to prepare for the nursing program and prepare them to excel in their careers and studies! Help us congratulate these Green Dragons as they have made the final cut and worked hard on applications to be selected for this AMAZING program!! #morethanaschool

The Harlan High School BETA Club would like to introduce their new officers for the 2023-2024 school year: President: Evan Bargo Vice President: Ella Lisenbee Secretary: Jolena Nguyen Treasurer: Ava Nunez Historian: Kendyll Blanton Let us Lead by Serving Others. #betaclub

🎟 Tickets for Harlan High School's Fall Ball, a semi-formal dance, are on sale now! The dance will be held on November 18th from 7:30 to 10:30 at the Harlan Elementary gym. Please see Mrs. Freyer to buy your ticket!

🐉 Miranda Brock, a junior at Harlan High School, is beginning her community service project for HOBY and Rogers Scholars. She is collecting donations for the animal shelter. If you would like to help, there will be donation boxes at Sunshine School, HES, HMS, and HHS, as well as First Baptist Church of Baxter. Let's help Miranda with such a great cause! 🐈‍⬛ 💚 🐕