In a recent published 2022 Niche.com rankings, Harlan Independent School District is ranked as the No. 1 Public School District in Kentucky with the Best Teachers.
Harlan Independent School District was also ranked #3 for the Best Place to Teach in Kentucky. The district was awarded an Overall Niche Grade of A and ranked #12 out of the 167 K-12 public school districts across the Commonwealth.
As reported by Niche.com, each school of Harlan Independent schools achieved top or upper placements in “Best Public Schools in Kentucky”:
• Harlan Elementary School: No. 11 (out of 708 public elementary schools)
• Harlan Middle/High School: No. 33 (out of 247 public high schools)
• Harlan Independent School District: No. 12 (out of 167 K-12 KY public school districts)
Check out the story here: https://www.harlan-ind.k12.ky.us/article/570481
Harlan Elementary student’s are “Too Cool” for drugs! They wore sunglasses and enjoyed free snow cones!🕶🍧
Harlan Elementary kicked off “Red Ribbon Week” with their favorite color or tye-dye! “Color our world drug free!”
Beta Club invite letters were sent home today to those students eligible to join. Please return the completed form and dues to Mr. Saylor by Friday, November 12th. If you have any questions, please email tyler.saylor@harlanind.kyschools.us
A big SHOUT OUT to the Harlan High School Cross Country team for their amazing performance in today's Regional competition! 🏃♀️ The girls team placed 3rd in Region and will advance to the State meet next Saturday. 🏃Eighth-grader Dylan Cox placed 3rd individual (9th overall) and will also advance to State! Great job, Green Dragons! #HHSXC #StateBound 🐉
Mrs. Benson’s first grade students are working hard on their vocabulary this week!
Good luck to our HHS Marching Band in the KMEA State Quarterfinals in Bourbon County. The Green Dragons will compete Saturday at 7:30 pm. Good luck, Dragons! #gobiggreen #villainess
Tomorrow the HHS Cross Country team will travel to Wayne County to compete in Region. 🏃♀️We wish good luck to our runners: Mia Pace, Abbie Jones, Abigail Wynn, Chloe Schwenke, Ella Lisenbee, Willow Schwenke, and Dylan Cox.🏃♂️ #XC #gobiggreen 🐉
It's Game Day, Dragons! 🏈Tonight your Green Dragons travel to Pineville to compete in the Battle of 119. Game time is scheduled for 7:30 pm. Good luck, Dragons! 🐉 #GameDay #gobiggreen
Hey Green Dragons!!! Just a final reminder to bring canned goods for the Battle of 119 Canned Drive by noon tomorrow. Also, don't forget to make plans to stop by the Battle of 119 Tailgating tomorrow night sponsored by GEAR UP.
Congratulations to Nina Simms and Janae Simms! They won the door prize for the parent google classroom workshop this evening at Harlan Elementary! Door prize and snacks provided by FRYSC.
Harlan Elementary 21st Century will be hosting a night for parents to learn more about google classroom. It will be held October 19, at 6:00p.m. in the elementary library. You may bring your own device or use the ones provided on site. If you have any questions contact Christa Stringer, 21st Century Coordinator at 573-8700, option 2.
HMS Boys Basketball tryouts for 7/8 grade will be Monday, October 18 from 5:00-6:30 in the elementary gym. Tryouts for 5/6 grade will be Thursday, October 21 from 5:00-6:30 in the elementary gym.
Harlan Elementary students in Mr. Roy’s 3rd grade math use a variety of ways to solve problems. Differentiated seating, whole brain, concrete and semi-concrete are just a few strategies shown here. 📚🧮 #familyofdragons
Harlan Elementary 4th grade students worked on subtracting multi-digit numbers using concrete and semi-concrete strategies to re-group in Mrs. Crow’s class.
The Harlan Elementary School Cross Country team blasted out of the gate in their inaugural season with more than 40 runners participating during the 2021 campaign. The Dragons made quick work of establishing themselves as one of the top teams in the region.
Fielding as many as 40 runners at the start line, the Dragons enjoyed a strong supporting cast at each meet with all runners showing dramatic improvements in their times. The Dragons will follow up their successful season with an eye on capturing the 13th Region Championship in 2022 as nearly all runners will return to compete at the Elementary level next season.
Harlan Elementary Fourth grade students of the month for September. Congratulations Kasyn Combs, Brayden Clark and Abigail Shepherd! 🎉🎉🎉
Harlan Elementary Third grade students of the month for September. Congratulations Brayln Pace, Shelbee Fee and Mark Whitaker! 🎉🎉🎉
Harlan Elementary Second grade students of the month for September. Congratulations Blakely Snelling, Shane Worthington and Emily Tolliver! 🎉🎉🎉
Harlan Elementary First grade students of the month for September. Congratulations Dixie Ava over and Grayson Frazier! 🎉🎉