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L.E.A.P.ing to learn

2010-06-29T13:38:44-04:00

Aaron Jones stood beside magician Paul Smith Tuesday helping him perform a magic trick. Each time Smith asked Jones a question, the boy would nod, a head tilt that was accompanied by squeaky-wheel sound effects.

Cornerstone Christian hires new principal

2010-06-29T13:37:23-04:00

Cornerstone Christian School hired a new principal on June 15 and is in the process of completing its move to London.

South Laurel High School receives nationwide honor

2010-06-24T13:37:40-04:00

South Laurel High School has received a national High Schools That Work Gold Achievement Award, an honor that is given to schools whose leaders and teachers are improving school practices and raising student achievement.

South student earns state FFA post

2010-06-22T13:41:43-04:00

South Laurel High School senior James Gaines has been named vice president of the Kentucky River Region of the Future Farmers of America.

Gifted and talented

2010-06-21T09:40:41-04:00

Dawson Bowling sat in class Wednesday working on a homemade, Titanic-themed board game. With his face just inches from the poster board, the Johnson Elementary student was the picture of focus.

A master musician

2010-06-17T14:26:40-04:00

Mark A. Felts has an ear for music and an eye for talent, and so does Somerset’s Master Musicians Festival.

They did it: Nearly 600 Laurel County seniors graduate

2010-06-17T14:07:01-04:00

The melody of “Pomp and Circumstance” echoed across the county as the final act of the 2010 school year — graduation — took place Saturday.

Reading is goal of schools grant

2010-06-10T14:47:03-04:00

Celebration was in the air at the G.C. Garland Building Monday when educators were officially awarded a $1.5 million literacy grant by the Elgin Foundation.

South students receive nationwide music honor

2010-06-07T09:01:57-04:00

The voices of Beth Collett, Shelbie Cooper and Jordan Allen will take them far this summer — a nine-hour drive to Washington, D.C., to be exact. The South Laurel High School students have been accepted in the Music Educators National Conference National Honor Choir, a distinction only given to about 80 students nationwide.

South Laurel brings down the house with ‘Grease’

2010-06-03T15:01:01-04:00

“Grease” was the word at South Laurel High School last week, as 67 students staged the beloved musical.