Henderson County Schools Connect
September, 2017
Inspire- Message from HCS Superintendent Marganna Stanley
It is with great pleasure we welcome the 2017-18 school year. We have had an extraordinary first few weeks of school. Our enrollment for the first 10 days of school has been close to 7,000 students district-wide. We welcomed new students and new staff members this year, and we welcomed a new word into our Henderson County School's vocabulary. That word is “inspire.”
Over the summer, administrators, teachers, and staff had the opportunity to select one word that would be their driving force for the year. No goals. No wish lists. Just one word.
One Word to create clarity, power, passion and life-change. After selecting
individual words, everyone had the opportunity to select and vote for one word
to represent Henderson County Schools for the 2017-18 school year. After voting
at convocation day, the word that selected was inspire. Will this new word
replace our mission and core values? The answer is no. We will continue to come together with a common mission: to provide an extraordinary educational opportunity for every student.
Our core values will remain the same. Adding "inspire" to our vocabulary will help us to focus even more on our core values and mission. Our goal is to inspire, to create a feeling, especially a positive one, in our students.
This year, as every year, we commit ourselves to providing the best educational experience possible for our students and to strengthen relationships with our families and community. We expect 2017-2018 to be an extraordinary and inspiring school year.
September is Attendance Awareness Month.
High Attendance Day in Kentucky is on Wednesday, September 20.
Let's work together to have a High Attendance Day in Henderson County Schools on September 20th.
Ident-a-Kid Complete Campus Security Solution (CCSS) Visitor Management System
Henderson County Schools has implemented Ident-a-Kid Complete Campus Security Solution (CCSS) Visitor Management System for the 2017-18 school year through funding from a Safe Schools grant.
All schools in the district will be able to track visitors and volunteers entering and exiting the building. Visitors first produce their driver’s license or identification card for positive ID and then utilize the touch screen to enter their reason for visiting and destination. The system performs a sex offender check against the National Sex Offender Registry; and then for cleared visitors, prints a badge with the visitor’s name, date/time and destination. Upon exiting the building, visitors will sign out in the same manner.
Please be patient with us as we start the process of implementing this new system. Please remember to bring your identification when visiting any school in the
Henderson County district.
Thank you for helping us keep our students safe.
ACT State Testing Report for HCHS Juniors Assessed March 2017
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For additional information about volunteering with Henderson County Schools, contact Public Relations Officer Cindy Williams at 270-831-8729 or cindy.williams@henderson.kyschools.us.
Extraordinary Spotlight
The Extraordinary HCS spotlight for September is the Henderson County High School Colonel's Cookin' Crazies Farm to School Team.
The team won the regional competition and competed at state finals with their featured dish, a vegetable pasta salad with lemon baked chicken.
Team members include: Italia Blasser, De'Asia Clements, Anyjah Courtney, Gracie Morphew, and Travona Posey. The team coach is Ginny Johnson, HCHS Family Consumer Science Teacher and team sponsor is Charlotte Baumgartner, HCS Director of Child Nutrition.
Investing in Excellence
NEW DATE!!! Let's Glow Crazy 5k Fun Run
Saturday, Oct 28, 2017, 04:00 PM
Henderson County High School, Zion Road, Henderson, KY, United States
First Day of School Fun! #hcsfirstday
Chromebook 1:1 for North & South Middle School Students
Henderson County Schools has a five year plan to introduce additional technology into classroom instruction by the year 2020.
The Eclipse Extraordinaire
Save the Date
September 15th - Mid-Terms issued
September 18th - Board of Education Meeting
September 28th - Rotary Field Day
October 9th,13th - Fall Break
Connect with Henderson County Schools
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Email: megan.mortis@henderson.kyschools.us
Website: www.henderson.kyschools.us
Location: 1805 2nd Street, Henderson, KY, United States
Phone: 270-831-5000
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