Students at Villa Madonna Academy created a fabric memorial in honor of the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the U.S. Sophomores and juniors researched the people who died that day twenty years ago. The goal of the assignment was to enforce the idea that the people who died are not just […]
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KY Department of Education to provide $100 incentive for public school vaccinated employees
Kentucky Department of Education Commissioner, Jason Glass. The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) will use up to $8.8 million in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds to provide reimbursements to districts that have rewarded and acknowledged the time, energy and effort staff members took to get vaccinated. Merk & Gile Injury Attorney. 526 York […]
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Beechwood, Boone Educators Win Teacher of the Year Honors
Kentucky’s 2022 Elementary School Teacher of the Year and Middle School Teacher of the Year are educators from Northern Kentucky schools. The Elementary School Teacher of the Year is Beechwood Elementary second-grade teacher Ashley Ritchie of the Beechwood Independent School District, and the Middle School Teacher of the Year is Hallie Booth, an eighth-grade teacher […]
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NKY students in Camp Give grant more than $5K to local nonprofits
Brighton Center youth witness their own power to give back to community. Over the summer, 12 students participating in Brighton Center’s Youth Leadership Development program were given the opportunity to realize their own time, talent, and treasure in improving the community around them through Camp Give Northern Kentucky. Camp Give by Magnified Giving is a […]
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Northern Kentucky Students Grant More than $5,000 to Local Nonprofits
Over the summer, twelve students participating in Brighton Center’s Youth Leadership Development program were given the opportunity to realize their own time, talent, and treasure in improving the community around them through Camp Give Northern Kentucky. Camp Give by Magnified Giving is a summer service-learning program with the mission to inspire the next generation of […]
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Marching Band Competition Returns to Beechwood this Weekend
The Beechwood Festival of Bands marks the return of competitive marching band events in nearly two years, the school announced. Beechwood will host its event on Saturday, September 11, welcoming ten bands from across the state. In addition to Beechwood, Northern Kentucky high school bands participating include Ryle, Campbell Co., Dixie Heights, and Lloyd, while […]
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High School Senior Designs Winning Logo for Taste of Newport
The logo for this year’s Taste of Newport is set thanks to a winning design by Newport High School senior Drake Ward. The Taste of Newport event runs all month long and kicked off last week. Instead of the typical street fair from years past, this year’s Taste of Newport includes restaurants participating digitally. The […]
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Diocese of Covington Schools to Require Masks Starting Tuesday
Schools within the Diocese of Covington will have required masking starting Tuesday, Superintendent of Schools Kendra McGuire wrote in a letter to parents on Friday. The decision follows a legal victory for some families at St. Joseph School in Cold Spring who went to court to protest Governor Andy Beshear’s mask mandate for all schools […]
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NKU Joins Program to Make Educational Resources More Accessible
Northern Kentucky University has been selected to participate in the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Institute on Open Educational Resources. NKU is the only university in the Commonwealth joining the year-long program designed to help institutions adopt accessible and affordable instructional materials. Open educational resources are classroom materials such as textbooks or single […]