All JCPS schools and buildings will open and operate as normal on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. Our crews tested the water and air quality at all of our schools and buildings today and everything came back normal. Louisville Metro Government officials have also informed us that it is safe to reopen schools. Our thoughts remain with all those affected by Tuesday’s tragic plane crash.

about 4 hours ago, Jefferson County Public Schools
Dear JCPS families,

We appreciate your understanding as our schools and buildings are closed today while the city has implemented a necessary shelter-in-place due to last night’s tragic plane crash.

Today, our teams are checking the air and water quality at all of our schools and buildings. We are doing these checks out of an abundance of caution, as the safety of our students and staff is our top priority.

If you and your family need food assistance today, please reach out to Dare to Care Food Bank:
Website: DaretoCare.org
Phone: (502) 966-3821

We know situations like what happened last night impact our students in different ways. Every JCPS school has a mental health team that is available to talk with students about how they are feeling. If your child would like support when we return to class, please reach out to their school.

As a reminder, we provide important updates via text, email, JCPS social media platforms, the JCPS app, our website, and local media.

Thank you for your continued support of our students and staff.

about 10 hours ago, JCPS Communications
JCPS UPDATE in blue letters on a white background with JCPS logo underneath
All JCPS schools and buildings are closed on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. All athletics and extracurricular activities are also canceled. Employees will telecommute.
about 21 hours ago, Jefferson County Public Schools
❤️ IMMEDIATE CALL FOR SUPPORT | We are partnering with Dare to Care Food Bank to collect donations at all JCPS schools starting today, Tuesday, November 4th.

How you can help:

🥫 Drop off non-perishable food at any JCPS location.
💰 Make a monetary donation to Dare to Care at: bit.ly/4hGClRK
Your contribution is vital in supporting our students and bridging this gap for our neighbors. Thank you for your support!

Learn more here: https://www.jefferson.kyschools.us/article/2525545
1 day ago, JCPS Communications
JCPS and Dare to Care Launch Community Food Drive. Every JCPS School is now a Dare to Care donation collection site. How you can help: Drop off non-perishable food at any JCPS school. Make a monetary donation at bit.ly/4hGCIRK
APPLICATION PERIOD | The 2026-27 School Application Period is officially open to families through Dec. 19. If your student is entering kindergarten (those who will be 5 on or before Aug. 1, 2026) or has never attended a JCPS school, you must first register online to get your access key. If you need assistance, call 502-485-6250 during business hours.

Learn more: https://www.jefferson.kyschools.us/article/2523492
2 days ago, JCPS Communications
Application Period: All students entering kindergarten and those new to JCPS are required to apply from November 3 through December 19, 2025.
Application Period: All students entering kindergarten and those new to JCPS are required to apply from November 3 through December 19, 2025.
Application Period: All students entering kindergarten and those new to JCPS are required to apply from November 3 through December 19, 2025.
Application Period: All students entering kindergarten and those new to JCPS are required to apply from November 3 through December 19, 2025.
Application Period: All students entering kindergarten and those new to JCPS are required to apply from November 3 through December 19, 2025.
Application Period: All students entering kindergarten and those new to JCPS are required to apply from November 3 through December 19, 2025.
Application Period: All students entering kindergarten and those new to JCPS are required to apply from November 3 through December 19, 2025.
REMINDER | There is no school for students on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. This is a professional development day for school staff.
5 days ago, JCPS Communications
Reminder: No School for Students Monday, Nov. 3, 2025
FREE AI PANEL FEATURING JCPS TECH LEADER | JCPS Chief Information Officer Eric Satterly will join a panel discussion on AI ROI: From Theory to Practice as part of the Menard Family Lecture Series at the University of Louisville College of Business. This free program is open to all and will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 4:30 p.m.

Learn more: https://events.louisville.edu/event/ai-roi-from-theory-to-practice
6 days ago, JCPS Communications
Flyer titled “AI ROI: From Theory to Practice” promoting a Menard Family Lecture Series event hosted by the University of Louisville College of Business. The event takes place Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at 4:30 p.m. in the College of Business. The flyer features four speaker headshots: Jeff Guan, Moderator and Associate Dean of Programs at UofL College of Business; Joshua Howard, AI Program Lead at Heaven Hill Brands; Eric Satterly, Chief Information Officer at JCPS; and Todd Schmiedeler, Founder/CEO of Thumbprint Consulting. The description explains that the panel will discuss how artificial intelligence has transformed business, offering real examples of AI adoption and practical guidance for professionals preparing for the AI-driven job market. Text notes: “This program is free and open to all. Registration not required.” The bottom section includes the Center for Free Enterprise logo, University of Louisville College of Business branding, social media icons, and a QR code. The background features a dark abstract network pattern.
🎉 CONGRATULATIONS | Several JCPS schools are among the best in Kentucky, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings of elementary and middle schools.

🌟 Greathouse Shryock Elementary named #1 elementary school in Kentucky!
🌟 J. Graham Brown School ranked #2 among Kentucky middle schools!

🔗 See other elementary and middle schools named among the top 25 in the state: https://www.jefferson.kyschools.us/article/2515056
7 days ago, JCPS Communications
U.S. News & World Report Best Elementary Schools and Best Middle Schools Rnakings
🎨🏃‍♀️ COLOR RUN FUN | Check out these colorful memories from the Crosby Middle School Color Run last month! Students, families, and staff came together for a bright and joy-filled day to support the Crosby PTSA.

Events like this show the amazing community spirit across our schools. Thank you to everyone who helped make it such a success!
8 days ago, JCPS Communications
Crosby Middle School Color Run.
Crosby Middle School Color Run.
Crosby Middle School Color Run.
Crosby Middle School Color Run.
🍦 SWEET SUCCESS | What started as an early-morning hello turned into an ice cream celebration for a Blake Elementary School 4th grade class! Blake student Kingston met one of our JCPS police officers at a local gas station before school. The officer visited Kingston's class the next day and made a promise: good grades + good conduct = an ice cream party. The 4th graders at Blake Elementary delivered—and last week, JCPS police did too! 💙
9 days ago, JCPS Communications
JCPS police officers host an ice cream party for Blake Elementary fourth-grade students.
JCPS police officers host an ice cream party for Blake Elementary fourth-grade students.
JCPS police officers host an ice cream party for Blake Elementary fourth-grade students.
JCPS police officers host an ice cream party for Blake Elementary fourth-grade students.
✅ REMINDER | The JCPS Showcase of Schools is tomorrow! Don’t forget, you can park your car hassle-free and hop on one of our free shuttles that will take you to and from the event.
12 days ago, JCPS Communications
2025 Showcase of Schools Flyer
2025 Showcase of Schools Showcase Shuttles flyer.
2025 Showcase of Schools Shuttle schedule flyer
🌟 SPOTLIGHT ON STUDENT RELATIONS 🌟 | “It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.”

Inside JCPS Student Relations, compassion and second chances drive the work. Meet the team helping students and families navigate tough transitions—and reminding them that one setback doesn’t define their story. 💙

🔗STORY: https://jefferson.kyschools.us/article/2500889
14 days ago, JCPS Communications
Our Mission, Our People. Department Spotlight—Student Relations. Meet the people and processes that power our district. Photo of Tenesha Marshall.
ONE DAY ONLY | We want to see you on Saturday at the 2025 JCPS Showcase of Schools! Don’t miss your only chance to talk with officials from every JCPS school before the application period opens. Families, please bring your Choices Books with you to reference during the event.
16 days ago, JCPS Communications
Showcase of Schools flyer
Showcase of Schools flyer
Showcase of Schools flyer
Showcase of Schools flyer
Showcase of Schools flyer
Showcase of Schools flyer
Showcase of Schools flyer

🏃‍♂️ FROM JCPS RUNNER ➡️ OLYMPIC MEDALIST ➡️ RACE NAMESAKE | Olympic bronze medalist and proud duPont Manual High School alum Yared Nuguse returned to Louisville this week for the 2nd Annual Yared Nuguse Cross Country Championships, watching JCPS students compete on the same course he once ran. Talk about full circle! 🌟

19 days ago, JCPS Communications
Yared Nuguse poses for a picture with students.
Yared Nuguse poses for a picture with students.
Yared Nuguse signs a shoe for a student.
✨ FULL CIRCLE MOMENT ✨ | Mady Searcy knew she wanted to teach way back in kindergarten at Trunnell Elementary School. Years later, she became one of the first teaching pathway students in the Academies of Louisville at Pleasure Ridge Park High School. Today, she’s living that dream as a first-year teacher at Eisenhower Elementary—right here in the community that helped raise her.

📺 Learn more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cROqrewWQqw 🍎💛
20 days ago, JCPS Communications
Mady
JOIN US NEXT WEEK | JCPS will hold two Community Information Sessions regarding proposed boundary adjustments impacting Echo Trail Middle School. The sessions will take place on Monday, Oct. 20, from 6 to 7 p.m., in the Eastern High School auditorium, and on Tuesday, Oct. 21, from 6 to 7 p.m., in the Eastern High School multipurpose room. Monday's event will be live-streamed on the JCPS YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNsPBGn59pNSN5LdsCtUbQQ
21 days ago, JCPS Communications
Flyer titled “Community Information Sessions: Echo Trail Middle School Proposed Boundary Changes.” Two sessions are listed. Session 1: Monday, Oct. 20, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m., Eastern High School Auditorium. Session 2: Tuesday, Oct. 21, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m., Eastern High School Multipurpose Room. Location for both sessions: Eastern High School, 12400 Old Shelbyville Road, Louisville, KY 40243. Text at the bottom reads: “Can’t attend? Watch LIVE on Monday, Oct. 20! JCPS YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@jcpsky.” JCPS logo appears at the bottom left.
🧡 STAND UP AGAINST BULLYING 🧡 | Show your support for Bullying Prevention in JCPS by rocking ORANGE on Wednesdays this month!

🗓️ Mark your calendars:

🔸 Oct. 15, 2025
🔸 Oct. 22, 2025 – Unity Day 2025! 💪
🔸 Oct. 29, 2025

Pick one day or go all in every Wednesday!

📸 Snap some pics and share your school spirit:

👉 Email them to jcps.bullyingprevention@jefferson.kyschools.us
👉 Post them on your school’s social media and tag us!

Let’s fill JCPS with kindness, unity, and ORANGE! 🧡
22 days ago, JCPS Communications
Wear Orange Wednesday
CATCH A RIDE | A free shuttle service will be available from eight JCPS schools across the city to the 2025 Showcase of Schools. Join us on Oct. 25 and discover where you belong!
23 days ago, JCPS Communications
Flyer for Jefferson County Public Schools 2025 Showcase of Schools. Event takes place Saturday, October 25, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center. Tagline reads: “All JCPS Schools in One Place for One Day Only.” A red banner says “Showcase Shuttles.” Below it lists JCPS Showcase pick-up and drop-off locations: Ballard High, Blue Lick Elementary, Cane Run Elementary, Hudson Middle (W. Muhammad Ali), Male High, Mill Creek Elementary, Perry Elementary, and Southern High. Note states: “The last bus leaves Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center at 1 p.m. No kids under the age of 3 or strollers will be allowed on JCPS buses transporting families to the 2025 Showcase of Schools.” A QR code at the bottom reads, “Scan the QR code to see the shuttle schedule.” The JCPS logo appears in the lower right corner along with a red bus illustration.
Jefferson County Public Schools 2025 Showcase of Schools shuttle schedule for Saturday, October 25, 2025. The top banner is blue with the event title and two yellow school buses. Four red boxes on the left list shuttle groups and their paired schools: Hudson (W. Muhammad Ali) and Perry Cane Run and Mill Creek Blue Lick and Southern Ballard and Male Each group has the same shuttle times: 9:00 a.m. – School 9:30 a.m. – Norton SLC 10:00 a.m. – School 10:30 a.m. – Norton SLC 11:00 a.m. – School 11:30 a.m. – Norton SLC 12:00 p.m. – School 12:30 p.m.–1:00 p.m. – Norton SLC Final Pickup The background features an image of a school bus and students boarding. The JCPS logo appears in the lower right corner.
Flyer for Jefferson County Public Schools 2025 Showcase of Schools. Event takes place Saturday, October 25, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center. Tagline reads: “All JCPS Schools in One Place for One Day Only.” A red banner says “Showcase Shuttles.” Below it lists JCPS Showcase pick-up and drop-off locations: Ballard High, Blue Lick Elementary, Cane Run Elementary, Hudson Middle (W. Muhammad Ali), Male High, Mill Creek Elementary, Perry Elementary, and Southern High. Note states: “The last bus leaves Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center at 1 p.m. No kids under the age of 3 or strollers will be allowed on JCPS buses transporting families to the 2025 Showcase of Schools.” A QR code at the bottom reads, “Scan the QR code to see the shuttle schedule.” The JCPS logo appears in the lower right corner along with a red bus illustration.
Flyer for Jefferson County Public Schools 2025 Showcase of Schools. Event takes place Saturday, October 25, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center. Tagline reads: “All JCPS Schools in One Place for One Day Only.” A red banner says “Showcase Shuttles.” Below it lists JCPS Showcase pick-up and drop-off locations: Ballard High, Blue Lick Elementary, Cane Run Elementary, Hudson Middle (W. Muhammad Ali), Male High, Mill Creek Elementary, Perry Elementary, and Southern High. Note states: “The last bus leaves Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center at 1 p.m. No kids under the age of 3 or strollers will be allowed on JCPS buses transporting families to the 2025 Showcase of Schools.” A QR code at the bottom reads, “Scan the QR code to see the shuttle schedule.” The JCPS logo appears in the lower right corner along with a red bus illustration.
Flyer for Jefferson County Public Schools 2025 Showcase of Schools. Event takes place Saturday, October 25, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center. Tagline reads: “All JCPS Schools in One Place for One Day Only.” A red banner says “Showcase Shuttles.” Below it lists JCPS Showcase pick-up and drop-off locations: Ballard High, Blue Lick Elementary, Cane Run Elementary, Hudson Middle (W. Muhammad Ali), Male High, Mill Creek Elementary, Perry Elementary, and Southern High. Note states: “The last bus leaves Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center at 1 p.m. No kids under the age of 3 or strollers will be allowed on JCPS buses transporting families to the 2025 Showcase of Schools.” A QR code at the bottom reads, “Scan the QR code to see the shuttle schedule.” The JCPS logo appears in the lower right corner along with a red bus illustration.
Flyer for Jefferson County Public Schools 2025 Showcase of Schools. Event takes place Saturday, October 25, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center. Tagline reads: “All JCPS Schools in One Place for One Day Only.” A red banner says “Showcase Shuttles.” Below it lists JCPS Showcase pick-up and drop-off locations: Ballard High, Blue Lick Elementary, Cane Run Elementary, Hudson Middle (W. Muhammad Ali), Male High, Mill Creek Elementary, Perry Elementary, and Southern High. Note states: “The last bus leaves Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center at 1 p.m. No kids under the age of 3 or strollers will be allowed on JCPS buses transporting families to the 2025 Showcase of Schools.” A QR code at the bottom reads, “Scan the QR code to see the shuttle schedule.” The JCPS logo appears in the lower right corner along with a red bus illustration.
Flyer for Jefferson County Public Schools 2025 Showcase of Schools. Event takes place Saturday, October 25, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center. Tagline reads: “All JCPS Schools in One Place for One Day Only.” A red banner says “Showcase Shuttles.” Below it lists JCPS Showcase pick-up and drop-off locations: Ballard High, Blue Lick Elementary, Cane Run Elementary, Hudson Middle (W. Muhammad Ali), Male High, Mill Creek Elementary, Perry Elementary, and Southern High. Note states: “The last bus leaves Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center at 1 p.m. No kids under the age of 3 or strollers will be allowed on JCPS buses transporting families to the 2025 Showcase of Schools.” A QR code at the bottom reads, “Scan the QR code to see the shuttle schedule.” The JCPS logo appears in the lower right corner along with a red bus illustration.
Flyer for Jefferson County Public Schools 2025 Showcase of Schools. Event takes place Saturday, October 25, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center. Tagline reads: “All JCPS Schools in One Place for One Day Only.” A red banner says “Showcase Shuttles.” Below it lists JCPS Showcase pick-up and drop-off locations: Ballard High, Blue Lick Elementary, Cane Run Elementary, Hudson Middle (W. Muhammad Ali), Male High, Mill Creek Elementary, Perry Elementary, and Southern High. Note states: “The last bus leaves Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center at 1 p.m. No kids under the age of 3 or strollers will be allowed on JCPS buses transporting families to the 2025 Showcase of Schools.” A QR code at the bottom reads, “Scan the QR code to see the shuttle schedule.” The JCPS logo appears in the lower right corner along with a red bus illustration.
🌟 EXPLORE AMBASSADORS | JCPS middle school student leaders came together today to learn, connect, and grow at the Explore Ambassadors Conference! 💪 From career exploration to community service and leadership, these students are ready to make an impact at their schools and beyond.

📸 Big thank you to Marion C. Moore School media arts students and Academies of Louisville Ambassadors Tristan and Eva for taking these photos! #WeAreJCPS
27 days ago, JCPS Communications
Students pose for a picture and smile.
Students talk in a room.
Five adults sit on a stage while students sit in chairs in the audience.
Students do an activity where they cover their mouths.
Two adults present to a room of students.
👩‍🏫 ASPIRING TEACHER FAIR | Could teaching be your next career? Discover your path at the JCPS Aspiring Teacher Fair. Meet representatives from JCPS and Kentucky colleges and universities, explore programs, and learn about resources available to help you succeed.

🗓️ Friday, November 14, 2025
⏰ 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
📍 JCPS Center for Professional Learning (CPL), 3903 Atkinson Square Drive, Louisville, 40218
📢 TAG A FRIEND who’s job hunting!

This free event is your opportunity to take the first step toward an impactful career in education.

Register now: https://forms.gle/PJEHsDUJbD3xamTH9
28 days ago, JCPS Communications
Flyer for the Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) Aspiring Teacher Fair. The event is on November 14, 2025, from 12–4 PM at the Center for Professional Learning, 3903 Atkinson Square Drive, Louisville, KY 40218. The flyer invites college students, career changers, and others exploring teaching to learn about pathways to becoming certified teachers, meet university and program representatives face-to-face, and receive information about resources for future educators. The flyer includes photos of diverse smiling students and a teacher working with a young child. Partner universities and organizations shown at the bottom include: Asbury University, Bellarmine University, Campbellsville University, Eastern Kentucky University, Murray State University, Western Kentucky University, University of the Cumberlands, University of Louisville, Spalding University, IU Southeast, OVEC, and iteach. JCPS logo appears at the top left.