📚📚 Join us at Harlan Middle School for Open House on Tuesday, September 12th from 3:30-5:30 pm! We look forward to seeing all of our parents! 🐉🐉🐉
🏃🏃♀️ MEET DAY! 🐉 Good luck to the Green Dragon Cross Country team in today's meet at Harlan County. #GoBigGreen
🏐 GAMEDAY! 🐉 Good Luck to the Harlan Lady Dragons, who travel to Williamsburg to take on the Lady Yellow Jackets! Go Big Green! #familyofdragons
We are getting close to our pre-COVID attendance rate for our district. With nearly a 2% increase from month one last year, our students are showing up and showing out for 2023-2024 at Harlan Independent. Our District Goal is 95% for the year and together we can make it! Attendance is the first step to a successful school year. Let's make September even better! #FamilyofDragons #GrowingStrongerTogether #MoreThanASchool
🏈 GAMEDAY! The Green Dragons hit the road tonight to take on Pike County Central. Kick-off time is set for 7:30 p.m. Good luck, Green! #familyofdragons🐉
🐉 Harlan Middle/High School is now accepting nominations for a minority parent representative for the Site Base Council. Any minority parent/guardian of a student in grades 5-12 may be nominated, and self-nominations are accepted. Please submit nominations by September 6 to Mrs. Adams in Harlan FRYSC (606-573-8700, option 6 or cecilia.adams@harlanind.kyschools.us ). Voting will take place September 7 & 8. Questions? Contact Mr. Lawson at HHS.
🏈 It's GAMEDAY, Dragon fans!!! Tonight, our Green Dragons host the Clay County Tigers in the first home game of the season! Come out and cheer on the Green Dragons. Kick-off is set for 8:00 pm. #familyofdragons 🐉
🏈 Harlan fans: Tomorrow night's kick-off for the football game against Clay County has been pushed back to 8:00 p.m. due to heat. 🐉
🐉 Please join us in welcoming the newest addition to Harlan High School, Dakota Owens! Dakota will be joining HMS and HHS this year as our Health and PE teacher.
"My name is Dakota Owens and I am from Big Stone Gap, Virginia. I went to Alice Lloyd College and ran Track and Field and I graduated with my BS in Kinesiology. My favorite hobbies are weightlifting and running. I wanted to become a teacher to inspire kids to live a healthy lifestyle."
🐉🐉🐉 Please join us in welcoming the newest addition to Harlan High School, Heather Galloway! Heather will be joining HHS this year as a Technology and Business Teacher.
"Hello, Dragons!! I am Heather Galloway and I’m thrilled to be your new high school Business teacher. I have been teaching in Harlan County for 13 years. I received my bachelor's, teaching certification, master's, and Rank 1 all from Union College. I’ve been a resident of Letcher County for over 20 years, with my family - husband Merrill, daughter Allee and son Cruz. I am honored to be a part of the Dragon family and can’t wait to see what the future holds for the awesome students at Harlan Independent. Their academic achievement and success are a top priority of mine. My door will always be open for students, parents, and staff. I’m excited about this school year."
🏐 Join us tonight for the home opener for the Lady Dragon Volleyball team. The Lady Dragons will host Middlesboro with JV starting at 6:00 pm and varsity following. Good luck, ladies! #GoBigGreen 🐉
Harlan 21cclc Teen Club starts back Monday! Parents can get a registration paper from the office or go online to www.bgcappalachia.club/htc to register their child. It's going to be a very rewarding and enriching year for the students in Harlan Middle and High School!
Ms. Fox and HHS Journalism are selling copies of the 2022-2023 yearbooks. If you forgot to get yours last year, now is the perfect time to buy your copy of the Black Diamond! 🐉 See Ms. Fox to get yours today!
🏐 Good luck to the Lady Dragons tonight as they travel to Pineville to begin the season! #gobiggreen 🐉
Sunshine Preschool sees steady growth & is expanding staffing resources to accommodate new students. In addition to adding full-time certified teaching staff during the 22-23 school year, the Board of Education recently approved an additional teaching position for 23-24.
Harlan Independent Board Approves $5.6M Athletic Project!
An investment of $5,695,000 to construct a new field house, track, and natural turf football field will begin soon. The project is scheduled to be completed in June of 2024 and not impact the current football schedule.
🐉 21st Century Teen Club starts back August 21st! If you're wanting more information about this free after school tutoring and enrichment program, please email miranda.jeffers@harlanind.kyschools.us. This program services 5th-12th graders in Harlan Middle School.
🏈 Ready for some Green Dragon football? Come out this Friday and watch the Green Dragons as they host Twin Springs H.S. in their first home scrimmage. Scrimmage is set for 6:00 pm. Adult admission is $5, and remember, all Green Dragon students are free! 🐉 #gobiggreen
What a great day to be a Green Dragon! Our staff, faculty, and administration are eagerly awaiting our students for another remarkable journey.
Harlan Independent Students Return:
Wednesday, August 9th
#ShowUp&ShowOut
#FamilyofDragons
🐉 Come join us on Central Street for the 2023 Harlan Independent Schools Back-to-School Block Party from 5:00 to 7:00 pm! 🐉
