NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, Jan. 12, 2015 — Gabrielle Manion, a resident of Bardstown, and a member of the class of 2018, has been named to the Dean’s List at Providence College for the Fall 2014 semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must achieve at least a 3.55 grade […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, 11 p.m. — Two new members joined the Nelson County Board of Education Thursday evening at its monthly working session.Cox’s Creek resident Diane Breeding and David Norman of New Haven, representing the county’s 4th and 1st districts respectively, were officially sworn-in as […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, 7 p.m. — The Nelson County Board of Education unanimously approved its Comprehensive District Improvement Plan (CDIP) for 2014-15 at its meeting Tuesday evening. Tim Beck, director of elementary schools, and Kim Brown, director of secondary schools, reviewed the final portions of […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, 10:45 p.m. — In reflecting on 36 years of serving on the Nelson County Board of Education, Frank Hall is quick to credit the contributions of others for the school district’s three-and-a-half decades of educational progress. “It takes a team to get […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014 — With a goal of improving student achievement across the district, the Bardstown Independent Board of Education approved the district’s 2014-15 Comprehensive District Improvement Plan (CDIP) at its meeting Tuesday afternoon. Cara Blackmon, the district’s director of curriculum, instruction and assessment, told […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014 — On Tuesday the Bardstown Independent Board of Education approved an application for a grant from the WHAS Crusade for Children that will be used to create a multi-sensory “Snoezelen” room designed for children with Autism or other learning disability who may […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014 — Students, family members and even alumni of the Bardstown school district who wish to show their school spirit can do so now with a few clicks of a mouse. Thanks to the Bardstown Middle School PTA, anyone can now find hats, […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014 — When the “Smile Kentucky!” program visited Nelson County High School this fall, the group of University of Louisville dental student received assistance from Nelson County High School students in Karen Bain and Madison Johnson’s class. “Smile Kentucky!” is a program that provides free […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Friday, Dec. 5, 2014 — Nine Elizabethtown Community and Technical students — including two from Nelson County — were awarded scholarships for the 2014-2015 school year through the college’s STEM Stars program. The STEM Stars program was introduced to recruit students with an ACT of 25 or higher […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, 8:55 p.m. — Nelson County Schools need to do a better job of promoting themselves to parents and potential students. That was the message Frank Hall, the outgoing chairman of the Nelson County Board of Education, had for his fellow board members […]
