🎨 ART THERAPY | Students from Minor Daniels Academy teamed up with UofL Health to create “Recovery: Progress not Perfection,” a mural unveiled earlier this year at The Commitment House. Guided by art therapy, the project empowered youth through creativity, healing, and teamwork.
🔗 Learn more: https://uoflhealth.org/news/jcps-students-unveil-mural-in-violence-prevention-project/
Photo credit: UofL Health
🎓 SPARKING A MOVEMENT | Dr. Marty Pollio reflects on how the Academies of Louisville began and how this transformative approach to education is changing lives.
🔗 STORY: https://www.aoflalliance.org/news/dr-marty-pollio-reflects-on-the-academies-of-louisville
🚨 TV FORM DUE TOMORROW | Tomorrow is the deadline for EVERY student to complete the Transportation Verification Form.
Please complete the form by the end of the day tomorrow, Friday, June 13: https://cloudapps.jefferson.kyschools.us/TransportationPortal
🩺 FREE CLINICS | Free Physical and Vaccine Clinics are underway for JCPS students! Check out sights from today's clinic at Valley High School!
Couldn't make it today? Join us at an upcoming clinic!
🗓️ June 9–20 | 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. | Various HS locations
For students without a regular doctor, no health insurance, or high-deductible insurance.
Pre-register now:
👉 https://bit.ly/JCPSclinics25
📞 Or call 502-485-3387
Can't attend? Other options available. See flyer for details!
🚍 BUS MONITOR JOB FAIR | Looking for a meaningful role that helps ensure the safety of students? Join us for a Bus Monitor Job Fair on June 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to learn more about the position and get application assistance!
🌟 FROM JCPS TO THE TONY AWARDS 🏆 | Huge congratulations to Youth Performing Arts School (YPAS) alum Nicole Scherzinger, who won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her stunning performance as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard!
Did you know this Broadway queen also walked the halls of Bowen Elementary and Meyzeek Middle School? Yep—her journey started right here in JCPS! 🎭
📸: Photos from DuPont Manual High School/Youth Performing Arts School's yearbook archives
📸: The 2025 Tony Awards (Photo Credit: CBS)
📚 WHO SAYS LIBRARIANS HAVE TO BE QUIET? | Not this week! More than 100 JCPS library media specialists are turning up the volume at their summer academy, featuring two days packed with inspiration, collaboration, and big ideas! They're diving into the future of literacy and exploring how AI is transforming the way we teach and learn.
🎭 CONGRATULATIONS 🎉 | Big congrats to the Youth Performing Arts School (YPAS) for shining at the inaugural Kentucky Performing Arts Bradley Awards on June 1!
Special shoutout to rising senior Kennedy Julian, named Best Actress in a Leading Role! 🌟 She’ll head to NYC to represent our region at the national Jimmy Awards—a first for Kentucky & Southern Indiana! The Jimmy Awards, now in its 16th year, is a nationally renowned competition where students spend 10 days learning from the best of the best on Broadway, culminating in an award ceremony on June 23!
📣 FREE PHYSICALS AND VACCINATIONS FOR JCPS STUDENTS
🩺 June 9 to 20 | 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. | Various HS locations
For students without a regular doctor, no health insurance, or high-deductible insurance.
Pre-register now:
👉 https://bit.ly/JCPSclinics25
📞 Or call 502-485-3387
Can't attend? Other options available. See flyer for details!
♜ CHECK MATE | Valley High School earned another national chess distinction! The Vikings took third in the nation in the U1200 category. Stuart Middle earned its first national honor, taking the 23rd rank in the U800 division. Grace M. James Academy of Excellence finished 17th in the U800 division. Congratulations to Valley High, Stuart Middle, and Grace James!
💬 HAPPY SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING MONTH | Shoutout to the incredible professionals supporting students with communication disorders. Your work empowers voices, builds confidence, and changes lives. ❤️
We’re grateful for everything you do—this month and always! 🙌
🎉 CONGRATULATIONS | Huge congrats to Meyzeek Middle's own Zachary Rara for finishing in the Top 20 at the Scripps National Spelling Bee! 🐝📚 He nailed some tough words before being stumped by “ketupa” — a new one for all of us! 😅
This year’s finish topped his performance in the national competition last year, and while Zachary said he was “a bit disappointed,” he knows it’s the experience that counts.
We’re beyond proud of you, Zachary! Your dedication and poise are inspiring! 🙌
🌎 One chapter ends, another begins. Liberty High School Class of 2025, you're ready! #JCPSgrad2025
CULTURAL PASS APP | The new Cultural Pass app is your digital passport to creativity! Cultural Pass offers young people ages 0-21 and their families in the Greater Louisville area access to over 50 arts and cultural activities FREE from May 31 to Aug. 10, 2025.
Register for updates and be the first to download the Cultural Pass app when it becomes available! https://culturalpass.app/
👔 CONFIDENCE, CLASS, COMMUNITY | During their 8th Grade Breakfast this morning, Olmsted Academy North students got a special lesson in tying neckties—just in time for their promotion ceremony today!
With the help of male mentors, community leaders, and fraternity brothers, the young men looked (and felt) ready to take on the world.
📢 Don't miss the JCPS Superintendent Finalist Community Forums TODAY, Tues, May 20th!
🗣️ Meet Ben Shuldiner & Dr. H. Brian Yearwood.
📍 Forum 1: 4-6 PM @ JCPS Center for Professional Learning (Live on JCBE YouTube)
📍 Forum 2: 7-9 PM @ Stopher Elementary
❓Submit Questions: https://forms.gle/aJbBWsGt6SoUXKB26
➡️ More Info & Feedback: https://bit.ly/434Nhmw
#WeAreJCPS
💬 HAPPY SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING MONTH | Shoutout to the incredible professionals supporting students with communication disorders. Your work empowers voices, builds confidence, and changes lives. ❤️
We’re grateful for everything you do—this month and always! 🙌
🎉 BIG NEWS! | Join us in giving a huge shoutout to TWO incredible JCPS educators who’ve been named Kentucky SHAPE State Teachers of the Year! 🏆
Congratulations to Nicole Sheffer (Fern Creek High School) and Karen Sweazy (Eisenhower Elementary School) on this major honor!
All JCPS after-school activities are canceled today, May 16, due to the expected storms.
🎓 CONGRATULATIONS 🎉 | Graduation season is officially underway! The Georgia Chaffee TAPP School celebrated its incredible Class of 2025 today. We’re proud beyond words—congrats, graduates!
