Eighth graders have taken on the role of activists and organized a Run For Freedom to bring attention that modern day slavery still exists.

Freshmen Career Readiness Center students Jamisen McCrary, Preston Trundy, Kyle Callahan and Zachary Fust earned Second Place during Regional Competition of the annual Kentucky Lt. Governor Entrepreneurship Challenge and will compete at Finals in Lexington on Saturday, April 28.

The new principal at Roby Elementary School is Tonya Hill.

Kendra Cox and her two year-old son Brayden took big steps toward independence by recently moving into the Family Scholar House on Cane Run Road in Louisville.

Gatton Academy Class of 2018 Senior Maggie Lewis put her Arabic skills to use during a recent trip to Qatar, a sovereign country in Western Asia.

Five high school juniors are enrolled this semester in the nation’s first Geospatial Class offered at Jefferson Community and Technical College’s Southwest Campus.

Primary and intermediate students who claimed victory in their respective school Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Challenge brought their skill sets to the district competition.

Bullitt East High School Director of Bands Trevor Ervin was honored with the 2018 Phi Beta Mu Young Bandmaster Award during the Kentucky Music Educators Annual Conference in March in Louisville.

Dr. Keith Davis was honored with the F. L. Dupree Outstanding Superintendent Award during the Kentucky School Board Association’s annual conference March 2 in Louisville.

With a unanimous vote of the Bullitt County Board of Education, Mr. Jesse Bacon has been selected among four finalists as the new superintendent beginning July 1, 2018.

Bullitt East High School senior Sean Woods is a National Merit Scholarship Finalist.

Conveying an in-depth knowledge of civics, students from Bullitt East High School and Eastside Middle School were honored at the Kentucky We the People event last month at the University of Louisville’s McConnell Center.