


🌟 BAIRD AWARDS | Congratulations to more than 40 extraordinary JCPS educators who were honored at the 2025 Baird Excellence Awards! The awards ceremony, sponsored by Baird, recognizes outstanding teaching and leadership performance from educators across the district.
See the full list of winners and learn more: https://bit.ly/Baird2025
Photo credit: Marvin Young for Baird


See the full list of winners and learn more: https://bit.ly/Baird2025
Photo credit: Marvin Young for Baird


🌟 GROW WITH US AT JCPS | Looking for your next career opportunity? Join us on Oct. 17 to explore the many career paths at JCPS and learn how you can make the difference in the lives of students and families.
🥟 Back by delicious demand! Con Ají y Café will be rolling in again with their irresistible arepas and empanadas, so come hungry and ready to fuel up while you explore your future at the JCPS. Cash and card accepted.
Apply for open positions online at jcps.me/careers.
Job Fair Details:
📆 Friday, Oct. 17, 2025
⏰ 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
📍 JCPS Center for Professional Learning (CPL), 3903 Atkinson Square Drive, Louisville, 40218
📢 TAG A FRIEND who’s job hunting!
#WeAreJCPS







Our next Community Conversation is on Thursday, Sept. 4, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Academy @ Shawnee.

💬 Got questions? Ideas? Feedback? This is your chance to be heard and help shape the future of our schools face-to-face with Dr. Yearwood.
The next forum is this evening, Aug. 26 at Jeffersontown High School. Forums are open to all!
Let’s keep building stronger schools together! 💙📚

✅ NOW HIRING | Are you bilingual? Passionate about education? We're hiring bilingual instructors and instructional assistants for Early Childhood Education (ECH) and Exceptional Child Education (ECE). Your skills can open doors, spark confidence, and change lives.
If you have applied for one of these positions, you may be eligible for a screening at our upcoming job fair. For consideration, fill out the form NO LATER THAN AUG. 29: https://forms.gle/ftensY7ukmivDv536
📝 If you haven't applied for one of these positions and want to be considered for a screening, apply now: https://bit.ly/4nGvCcT
Job Fair Details:
🗓️ Friday, September 5, 2025
⏰ 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
📍 JCPS Center for Professional Learning (CPL), 3903 Atkinson Square Drive, Louisville, 40218
📢 TAG A FRIEND who’s job hunting!
Grow With JCPS. Build A Future Where You Belong.


💬 Got questions? Ideas? Feedback? This is your chance to be heard and help shape the future of our schools face-to-face with Dr. Yearwood.
The next forum is Saturday, Aug. 16 at Louisville Male High School. Forums are open to all!
Let’s keep building stronger schools together! 💙📚 #WeAreJCPS

💬 Got questions? Ideas? Feedback? This is your chance to be heard and help shape the future of our schools face-to-face with Dr. Yearwood.
The next forum is this evening at Valley High School. Forums are open to all!
Let’s keep building stronger schools together! 💙📚



📸 Don’t forget to share your back-to-school moments with us on social media using #JCPSFirstDay!


Deep breaths, big smiles—it’s the first day of school!
🎉 Advice: Hugs, photos, and maybe a tissue or two. You’ve got this.
😂 Funny Thought: Your child may cry. You may cry. The teacher may cry. It’s tradition.
Be sure to share those 1st day photos below!

Outfit laid out? Lunch packed? Alarm set?
📝 Advice: Make a checklist now. Future you will be grateful when chaos hits tomorrow morning.
😂 Funny Thought: Your child will want a different outfit at 6:30 am. Be strong.

Gently reintroduce your child to the concept of thinking.
📚 Advice: Do a puzzle. Read a book. Anything that doesn't involve a YouTube videos counts.
😂 Funny Thought: “Do I have to learn stuff again?” – A real quote from someone we know.





Car riders, this one’s for you.
🚗 Advice: Practice opening the car door quickly and exiting like a mission from NASA. Bonus points for smooth backpack grab. And don’t forget to practice that last-minute “I love you” before the door opens—because car line waits for no one.

Can your child carry it? Can they zip it? Does it have last year’s sandwich inside?
🎒 Advice: Do a backpack clean-out and refill now.
😂 Funny Thought: If the backpack stands up on its own… you’re too late.