Jefferson County Public Schools

A former teacher, assistant principal and current principal at Slaughter Elementary School has been named the new principal at the school she attended as a child - Brandeis Eleme...

The girls' track and field team at duPont Manual High School has dominated Class 3A. The Crimsons are looking to win their fourth straight outdoor state title, sending the class o...

Last year, McKenzie Sweasy wanted to play softball for Waggener High School, but the school didn't have a team and had yet to field a softball team since 2019. This year, that dro...

The Academy @ Shawnee baseball team started the 2024 season red-hot. The Golden Eagles won their first five games, the most wins the program has had in a single season this centur...

Up to 50 adults who want to be teachers will have the opportunity to get their master’s degree in teaching in just one year under a new agreement between Bellarmine University and...

Louisville Male High School softball is off to a strong start this season, largely, thanks to the Bulldog's ability to hit home runs. The Bulldogs have three players in the top 50...

After Fern Creek High School's Film Club's first feature film, "A Perfect Blemish" won Best Narrative Feature during the Gary International Black Film Festival, the club began wor...

Students’ reward is to “buy” books April 9, 2024—Four Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) elementary schools are installing new vending machines. No, the machines aren’t fil...

Monique Brooks Roberts is a professional violinist and graduate of Louisville Male High School. Monique has played with the likes of Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross and Lady Gaga, but...

A seventh grader at Meyzeek Middle School had an idea: teach his fellow students about stocks and the stock market. That's when he created the Stock Market Club at Meyzeek. The cl...

JCPS has more than 19,000 multilingual learners, many of them new to America. But with a shortage of translators for them, Fairdale, Seneca and other JCPS high schools are placing...

As part of a state project, students at Bowen Elementary created "Cool Down" sensory kits for classrooms last year. The items in the kits help kids deal with anxiety or high stres...

Christina’s CommUNITY Cues features engagement strategies for the classroom March 25, 2024—A new book co-authored by a Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) employee and her d...

Valley High School and Conway Middle School are known for having one of the best chess teams in the nation. While both programs want to add another national title to their trophy ...

Seventeen seniors from Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) have been awarded the 2024 Vogt Educational & Leadership Scholarship, which recognizes students for their academic ac...

Quick recall team’s first time win sparks victory March 12, 2024—Noe Middle School is the winner of the 2024 Governor’s Cup for middle schools. The finals of the statewide acad...

Electrical pathway students see opportunities GEA offers March 12, 2024—What would it be like to work at GE Appliances? A group of Pleasure Ridge Park High School (PRP) student...

Academies of Louisville student helps build water system Fern Creek High School junior Keegan Lerch was in his element. In the tiny Honduran village of Puentesita, with a goal ...

The Foster Traditional Academy Drill Team shows students how to lead a group March 6, 2024 - Foster Traditional Academy first-grade teacher Brittany Fears thought it would be a...

duPont Manual Dallana Orantes-Herrate won her first state title March 4, 2024 - duPont Manual junior Dallana Orantes-Herrate recently became a regional and Kentucky High School...