Jefferson County Public Schools

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...

JCPS has strong showing with 112 projects submitted March 28, 2024—Bowen Elementary School won first place in the K-5 division at the Student Technology Leadership Program (STL...

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...

Deborah Thomas was in the first cohort at the Georgia Chaffee TAPP School back in 1973 and has a message for teen mothers who currently attend this special school - don't put your...

Since its inception in 2017, the Academies of Louisville have been producing success stories of students who learned a trade or skill in high school, got hands on experience worki...

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...

Teacher, coach, assistant principal ready to lead March 1, 2024—A veteran educator and participant in the Jefferson County Public Schools’ (JCPS) principal intern program has ...

The Bulldogs have two consecutive 20+ win seasons Feb. 29, 2024 - Fairdale High School senior Dalton Hicks accomplished a feat only two other boys' basketball players at the sc...

Will appear on Tamron Hall show March 1 By Juliann Morris Feb. 29, 2024—Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) Bus Driver Larry Farrish Jr.’s story about helping a student w...

Quel'Ron House is a Mr. Kentucky Basketball Finalist Feb. 27, 2024 - Seneca High School senior guard Quel'Ron House has made a name for himself around the city as a dominant s...