Muhlenberg County Public Schools

The Board of Education would like to thank the Muhlenberg County Baptist Association for donating 77 Christmas backpacks for students across the district.

On behalf of our five elementary Family Resource Centers, we want to thank the Rager family for donating their proceeds from their annual 'Lil Rager Memorial Poker Run to children for Christmas assistance. This is the 8th year for the event and it has raised over $80,000 in monetary and toy donations.

Several students who are a part of our Gifted and Talented Program across the district were recognized at the November board meeting due to their outstanding results in last year's assessments. These students as 6th graders last year scored at a high school level in one or more areas of assessment and were awarded the opportunity to attend Camp Discover, a weeklong summer camp on the campus of Western Kentucky University, during the summer of 2023. The following students received certificates of achievement although not all were able to attend the meeting: Landon Bletzinger, Autumn Dixon, Kent Ginsburg, Reece Harper, Whitney Jones, Nate Kessinger, Miller Mayes, Vince Sharp, and Miles Thomas. In addition to these students, two of our freshmen Gifted and Talented students received certificates of achievement for their outstanding scores on the ACT as 8th graders last year. Trace Harper received recognition from the TIP Kentucky Program at Western Kentucky University for meeting the high school benchmark in science on the ACT. Garrett Lambert received Grand Recognition from the TIP Kentucky Program at WKU for achieving well above benchmark in all four areas of the ACT which are English, reading, math, and science. Congratulations, students, and thank you to Ms. Sherrie Brown for your leadership with these Gifted and Talented individuals.

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

Here is November’s Gifted/Talented newsletter. Check out the wonderful things going on in our schools and a list of upcoming opportunities.

On Thursday, November 16th, State Representative, Rebecca Raymer, spent a day in Muhlenberg County visiting several of our schools in connection with the KASA Principal for a Day program. During the day, she was able to experience Ag Day with our 6th grade students, visit some classrooms, have a lunch conversation with school and district administrators, and observe an elementary school academic team match. It was a great opportunity for Representative Raymer to connect with some students and staff and see what a day of learning looks like in Muhlenberg County Public Schools. A big "Thank You" to Representative Raymer for spending the day with us and to our staff and students for welcoming her into our buildings and classrooms!

As schools across our district honor Veterans Day, we want to thank each and every veteran who has served our country! Thank you!

All Muhlenberg County Schools will be closed Tuesday, November 7, 2023, due to Election Day.

For the month of November, the district will focus on effective collaborators. Here's our first example of this in action...Members of the Greenville Fire Department stopped by South Middle this morning for a safety walk-through. While visiting, they took a few minutes to shoot some hoops with students.

The Career and Technical Education Department at MCHS hosted a fall advisory meeting last Wednesday. Engaged citizens throughout the county were invited to meet and hear from teachers in the following areas: Agriculture, Family and Consumer Sciences, Automotive, Electrical Assistant, Industrial Maintenance, Engineering, Health Sciences, Business, and Game Design and Development. One of the goals of this meeting is to help the CTE Department develop and expand current pathways as they relate to the variety of careers within our community. While the advisory meeting was taking place, Senior David Diese performed throughout student lunches in Mustang Café. Diese has self-taught himself to play the keyboard and shared that talent with the school.

Juniors and seniors from Mr. Blake Perkins' Psychology class at MCHS were asked to create a children's book that focused on primary age students and their abilities to handle emotions and social settings. As a class, they felt social and emotional learning was a vital part of a child's development and, therefore, focused their books on teaching important skills to handle emotions and social situations at school. Some of those high school students visited Longest Elementary and Bremen Elementary today to read those books to second graders. Check out these engaged citizens as they are actively learning in class.

Mrs. Mefford's Culinary Class at MCHS visited Muhlenberg South Elementary's first graders today. High school students helped first graders create spooky snacks and shared a few stories with them. Check out these engaged citizens...

The Board of Education recognized 17 outstanding teachers who achieved a rank change through the completion of the GRREC ED Rank Change Program at the October board meeting. The rank change program began in January 2021. Each of these teachers selected a content focus area for their 2-year professional growth journey and engaged in deep professional learning and action research in their current role. They presented a Capstone project that included a Problem of Practice, research, implementation, and impact data to earn their rank change. Congratulations to each of these teachers!

Here is October's Gifted and Talented Newsletter...

It's School Bus Safety Week! 🚌 Families, please take a moment to go over these important tips regarding bus safety with your children...

The Muhlenberg County High School Agriculture Department offered a Wildlife Resources class aimed at providing hunter education certification, which is legally required for hunting in Kentucky and other states. IHEA Hunter Education Instructors, Kentucky State Police, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, and shooting sports coaches covered a range of topics, including equipment knowledge, shooting skills, hunting techniques, safety, ethics, and wildlife conservation to ensure students complete firearm range certification.

All Muhlenberg County Schools will be closed October 9-13 for Fall Break.

Native of Muhlenberg County, Colonel Curtis W. King, visited Muhlenberg County High School on September 29, 2023 to speak to students about leadership, good citizenship, and pursuing life dreams and professional goals. Colonel Curtis W. King is the 45th Commandant of the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery School, Chief of Air Defense Artillery, and Deputy Commanding General of the Fires Center of Excellence and Fort Sill, Oklahoma. COL King has been nominated by the President for the rank of General and will soon be promoted. Following his information briefing with students, COL King received a capability briefing from the JROTC Mustang Battalion Command Team and Primary Staff. Upon completion of the capability brief, COL King participated in a High Intensity Workout (HIT) with cadets that consisted of a 50-yard slalom with an 80-pound sled drag, a 10-pound medicine ball over head throws with core truck throws for 50 yards and a Log Physical Fitness that consisted of overhead presses, curl ups, standing crunch and three 50-yard sprints. COL Curtis King graduated from Muhlenberg North High School in 1992 and graduated from the United States Military Academy in West Point with a Bachelor of Science Degree. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army in 1996. He also holds a Master of Science in Strategic Military Studies from the United States War College. COL King is married to the former Kimberly Wilcox, and they have three children.

Longest Elementary hosted a Celebration of Learning yesterday afternoon for all students and their families. Students shared in their classrooms all the wonderful things they have been learning over the past nine weeks. For more photos of the event including the Kindergarten Letter Fashion Show at the close of the evening, visit Longest Elementary's Facebook page.

It's October and our Judge Executive Mack McGehee has signed a proclamation inviting all citizens to duly note that it is "Muhlenberg Goes to College Month." Through the assistance of Muhlenberg Achieves, our high school seniors will be encouraged to submit at least one application to a college or institution of higher learning this month. "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." ~ Benjamin Franklin