📣 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!

Torri L. Martin’s path to becoming a school principal didn’t begin with a teaching job right out of college. Instead, she worked in theater and led fundraising campaigns for non-profit organizations before settling on education as her calling. Now, she’s been named the new principal at Wilder Elementary School.
“I am so honored and excited to be chosen as the new principal of Wilder Elementary,” Martin said. “As a proud JCPS graduate, parent, teacher, and leader, I possess a deep understanding of the district's diverse student population and a proven track record of engaging, teaching, and leading them to success.”
Martin is currently the assistant principal at the Phoenix School of Discovery. She began her education career in 2013 as a math teacher at Stuart Middle School followed by teaching stints at Westport Middle and the J. Graham Brown schools. In the 2022-23 school year Martin was an academic instructional coach at duPont Manual High School before receiving a promotion to her current post at Phoenix. After a year in Jefferson County Public Schools’ principal internship program, 12 years in education and several years outside the school system, Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Schools Zone 3, Dr. Jessica Rosenthal, said Martin is ready for the top job at Wilder.
“Ms. Martin is a highly-visible leader with the energy and enthusiasm needed to keep up with the incredible Wildcat students, staff, and families,” Rosenthal said. “She is looking forward to being our students’ “biggest cheerleader” at their events and competitions. The community can expect transparency, honesty, responsiveness, and collaboration from Ms. Martin.”
Martin is a JCPS graduate with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia. She has three master’s degrees in Theatre, Middle School Mathematics and Instructional Leadership: Principal Preparation, from the University of Kentucky, University of Louisville and Spalding University, respectively. Martin was also a Jefferson County Leadership Academy participant that successfully completed Emerging Leaders, the Equity Leadership Cadre, the Success League Summer Residency Program, and the Principal Internship Program. Her first day on the job at Wilder will be July 1.
“I am passionate about ensuring every student at Wilder goes to Middle School at grade level, striving for the school to become a top performer in JCPS and the state, ultimately preparing students for wild success in their future endeavors,” Martin said.
Martin succeeds Bill Perkins who is retiring after 32 years in JCPS, 11 of them as principal at Wilder.

💬 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! 🙌

📢 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! 🙌

🚨 JCPS UPDATE | JCPS after-school activities are canceled today, Friday, May 16 due to expected inclement weather.

CLASSIFIED JOB FAIR | Join us this Friday, May 16 for a Classified Career Fair to learn more about open roles in our Nutrition Services, Security, Maintenance, Mechanic, Custodial, and Early Childhood divisions!

💬 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! 🙌

💉💙 HAPPY NATIONAL SCHOOL NURSES WEEK | To the compassionate, skilled professionals who keep our students healthy, safe, and ready to learn—thank you! Your care makes a difference every single day. 🏥🍎
We appreciate you this week and every week!

📝 FROM THE HEART | We invited JCPS seniors to write a letter to their favorite teacher. For #TeacherAppreciationWeek, we're sharing a few of the heartfelt responses. ❤️
"You have inspired me to continue on the path I'm on, so I can be a teacher like you one day."

💉💙 HAPPY NATIONAL SCHOOL NURSES WEEK | To the compassionate, skilled professionals who keep our students healthy, safe, and ready to learn—thank you! Your care makes a difference every single day. 🏥🍎
We appreciate you this week and every week!

📝 FROM THE HEART | We invited JCPS seniors to write a letter to their favorite teacher. For #TeacherAppreciationWeek, we're sharing a few of the heartfelt responses. ❤️
"You are an incredible teacher, and your impact reaches far beyond the years in your classroom."

💉💙 HAPPY NATIONAL SCHOOL NURSES WEEK | To the compassionate, skilled professionals who keep our students healthy, safe, and ready to learn—thank you! Your care makes a difference every single day. 🏥🍎
We appreciate you this week and every week!

💉💙 HAPPY NATIONAL SCHOOL NURSE DAY | To the compassionate, skilled professionals who keep our students healthy, safe, and ready to learn — thank you! Your care makes a difference every single day. 🏥🍎
We appreciate you!

💬 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! 🙌

💉💙 HAPPY NATIONAL SCHOOL NURSES WEEK | To the compassionate, skilled professionals who keep our students healthy, safe, and ready to learn — thank you! Your care makes a difference every single day. 🏥🍎
We appreciate you this week and every week!

The school transfer window is now open at https://bit.ly/4m2Jqhm. If you need in-person help submitting a transfer request, the Office of School Choice will be on-site at the JCPS Satellite Office (1107 South 17th Street) Wednesday, May 7th from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Families should enter through door #12 located on Gallagher Street.

🎉 TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK | To all of our amazing JCPS educators—thank you for showing up, lifting up, and going above and beyond every single day. You’re shaping futures, inspiring minds, and making magic happen. ✨
We see you. We celebrate you. We appreciate you this week and every week! ❤️

🎉 SUPERTEACHERS | JCPS teachers stocked up on FREE supplies today at the Clothing Assistance Program's Superteacher Event—grabbing everything from classroom essentials to tools that help build stronger connections with students and families! 💼🍎
And the best part? Even more teachers will get to “shop” the event Monday, just in time for #TeacherAppreciationWeek! 🙌






✅ Q&A FORUMS | The Jefferson County Board of Education invites the community—including JCPS employees—to open forums on May 20, 2025 to hear directly from the finalists in the JCPS Superintendent Search. Learn more about the search process: https://www.jefferson.kyschools.us/o/jcps/page/superintendent-search-2025

