📢 TONIGHT | JCPS will host one more Community Conversations forum with Superintendent Dr. Brian Yearwood. All are welcome to attend this evening, Sept. 4, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Academy @ Shawnee!
COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS | We had another great community forum Tuesday night at Jeffersontown High School! Thank you to everyone who has joined these events to hear from Dr. Brian Yearwood. The superintendent has enjoyed listening, learning, and getting to know you.
Our next Community Conversation is on Thursday, Sept. 4, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Academy @ Shawnee.
Our next Community Conversation is on Thursday, Sept. 4, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Academy @ Shawnee.
✅ COMMUNITY CONVERSATION TODAY | Superintendent Dr. Brian Yearwood is hitting the road for Community Conversations, a series of open forums at JCPS high schools!
💬 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! 💙📚
💬 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.
✅ COMMUNITY CONVERSATION TOMORROW | Superintendent Dr. Brian Yearwood is hitting the road for Community Conversations, a series of open forums at JCPS high schools!
💬 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 Saturday, Aug. 16 at Louisville Male High School. Forums are open to all!
Let’s keep building stronger schools together! 💙📚 #WeAreJCPS
✅ COMMUNITY CONVERSATION TONIGHT | Superintendent Dr. Brian Yearwood is hitting the road for Community Conversations, a series of open forums at JCPS high schools!
💬 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! 💙📚
💬 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! 💙📚
✅ SAVE THE DATE | The 2025 Showcase of Schools will take place on Oct. 25 at the Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center! All JCPS schools in one place for one day only!
🎒📚 WELCOME BACK, JCPS | The first day of school is here, and we’re so excited to kick off another amazing year of learning and growth. We can’t wait to see all the bright, smiling faces in our classrooms today!
📸 Don’t forget to share your back-to-school moments with us on social media using #JCPSFirstDay!
📸 Don’t forget to share your back-to-school moments with us on social media using #JCPSFirstDay!
📅 Day 1: It’s Go Time, Wildcats! 🐾
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!
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!
📅 Day 2: Night Before Checklist
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.
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.
📅 Day 3: Brain Warm-Up
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.
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.
🎉 WELCOME BACK, TEACHERS 👩🏫 | JCPS teachers returned to their classrooms today ahead of students' first day of school on Thursday, Aug. 7! We're excited to see classrooms come to life again with energy, creativity, and care.
📅 Day 4: Car Line Confidential
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.
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.
📅 Day 5: Backpack Bootcamp
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.
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.
📅 Day 6: Lunchbox Legends
What’s in the lunchbox this year?
🥪 Advice: Try packing a lunch or two this week. Practice opening all of the items in those pizza Lunchables (PLEASE)
😂 Funny Thought: Your child will either eat nothing or everything and still be “starving.”
What’s in the lunchbox this year?
🥪 Advice: Try packing a lunch or two this week. Practice opening all of the items in those pizza Lunchables (PLEASE)
😂 Funny Thought: Your child will either eat nothing or everything and still be “starving.”
📅 Day 7: Practice Makes Perfect (Sort Of)
Start practicing your morning routine!
⏰ Advice: Set alarms, pick outfits, do a test run. Bonus points if someone cries—just like the real thing!
😂 Funny Thought: It’s not real until someone can’t find their shoe and blames the dog.
Start practicing your morning routine!
⏰ Advice: Set alarms, pick outfits, do a test run. Bonus points if someone cries—just like the real thing!
😂 Funny Thought: It’s not real until someone can’t find their shoe and blames the dog.
📅 Day 8: The School Supply Safari
Sharpen those pencils! Double check those lists!
✏️ Advice: let your child help pack their supplies—it builds excitement for the first day
😂 Funny Thought: The amount of joy a child gets from a new folder is directly proportional to how fast they’ll lose it.
Sharpen those pencils! Double check those lists!
✏️ Advice: let your child help pack their supplies—it builds excitement for the first day
😂 Funny Thought: The amount of joy a child gets from a new folder is directly proportional to how fast they’ll lose it.
📅 Day 9: Closet Clean-Out Challenge
Time to check those drawers and closets. Do shoes still fit? Are last year’s pants now capris?
👟 Advice: Try on ALL the clothes now to avoid the “nothing fits” meltdown on Day 1.
😂 Funny Thought: How did they grow three inches this summer?
Time to check those drawers and closets. Do shoes still fit? Are last year’s pants now capris?
👟 Advice: Try on ALL the clothes now to avoid the “nothing fits” meltdown on Day 1.
😂 Funny Thought: How did they grow three inches this summer?
📅 Day 10: The Countdown Begins!
Only 10 more days until backpacks, bus rides, and brainpower!
🧠 Advice: Start moving bedtime earlier—unless you want sleepy kiddos at breakfast.
😂 Funny Thought: Your child’s summer bedtime was...whenever. School bedtime is 8:30. Good luck.
Only 10 more days until backpacks, bus rides, and brainpower!
🧠 Advice: Start moving bedtime earlier—unless you want sleepy kiddos at breakfast.
😂 Funny Thought: Your child’s summer bedtime was...whenever. School bedtime is 8:30. Good luck.
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