Education

Can't win if you don't enter - green grants available for schools

Jan 19, 2011 at 03:23 pm by admin

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 19, 2011) – The Kentucky Green and Healthy Schools (KGHS) program is offering $800 grants to K-12 schools completing student-led energy efficiency p.... Read More

Pondering Progress

Jan 19, 2011 at 03:01 pm by admin

The Graves County Board of Education recently held a retreat with district principals one day and with other administrators on a second day. The purpose was to inform and upda.... Read More

“Where do we go from here?”

Jan 14, 2011 at 04:08 pm by admin

That’s the question that was posed to students and guests at a reception held at the Hickman County High School Library.  Falcon Academy and the Four Rivers Scholar.... Read More

Pop culture icon and well-known economist, Ben Stein, to appear at Murray State

Jan 14, 2011 at 02:56 pm by admin

Stein joins list of international and national figures to keynote MSU Presidential Lecture Series MURRAY, Ky. — The 2011 Murray State University Presidential Lecture Se.... Read More

TVA Helps Graves County Students Take LEAD

Jan 11, 2011 at 11:00 am by admin

Tennessee Valley Authority’s Valley Relations Director Nancy Mitchell presented a $3,000 check to Graves County High School’s LEAD Academy. LEAD stands for Leaders.... Read More

KHS Accepting Nominations for 2011 History Teacher of the Year

Jan 11, 2011 at 10:53 am by admin

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 10,  2011)— The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS), in partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History, HISTORY and Preserve.... Read More

Schools face 2% state funding cut

Jan 07, 2011 at 08:46 am by admin

Commissioner of Education Terry Holliday sent an email out Thursday morning informing school boards across the state that their budgets would take a 2% hit. With the state bud.... Read More

School board member scores high on ACT

Jan 07, 2011 at 08:38 am by admin

Graves County Board of Education member Kelsey Colley was honored Thursday evening for her score of 35 out of 36 possible points on the ACT exam. Colley, a high school senior,.... Read More

Sedalia Elementary honored

Jan 06, 2011 at 09:28 pm by admin

Sedalia Elementary School was lit up Thursday evening. Every parking space was taken. Cars were parked on the grass around the school and along the shoulder of the rural Grave.... Read More

Graves County Freshman selected for National Jr. Hi Honor Choir

Jan 03, 2011 at 02:16 pm by admin

Graves County High School freshman Olivia Gregorowicz recently was selected to be a part of the American Choral Directors’ Association’s National Junior High Honor.... Read More

Murray State MBA program enjoys enrollment record

Dec 17, 2010 at 04:04 pm by admin

MURRAY, Ky. — The fall semester 2010 marked the highest enrollment ever for the Murray State University college of business master of business administration (MBA) degre.... Read More

What is the spirit of Christmas about?

Dec 17, 2010 at 03:55 pm by admin

What is the spirit of Christmas about? For a group of Paducah Middle seventh grade students, the question became real as they considered practical ways they could serve the co.... Read More

PTHS students attend Senior Beta Convention

Dec 17, 2010 at 02:52 pm by admin

PTHS sophomores Margaret Hines and Meredith Morris won first place for the creation of a homemade pillow at the 70th Annual Kentucky Senior Beta Club Convention in Louisville,.... Read More

Kiwanis donates shoes to Paducah school children

Dec 16, 2010 at 04:29 pm by admin

Shoes are a basic necessity that most of us take for granted, but South Paducah Kiwanis member Tom Emerson knows from experience that not every child in Paducah has adequate f.... Read More

GRAVES NATIONAL HONOR ORCHESTRA PARTICIPANT –

Dec 14, 2010 at 02:12 pm by admin

GRAVES NATIONAL HONOR ORCHESTRA PARTICIPANT – Graves County High School senior bassist Clay Burgess has been named to the 2011 National Honor Orchestra, sponsored by Mus.... Read More