Sunshine Preschool

Harlan Independent School District will have a Veterans Day Celebration on Thursday, November 11th at 9:15 AM in the High School gymnasium. We would like to invite any Veteran in your family to attend as we recognize them during our program.

We are currently experiencing technical issues with the phone service for the Harlan Independent School District. We are working with our vendors to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. We appreciate your patience.

The Harlan Independent School District will be adding another resource to their toolbox in the fight to help students and families recover from the impact of the coronavirus. Tapping grant funds from the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund, Harlan FRYSC will receive $100,000 to implement additional mental health counseling services across the district.

Harlan Independent School District will have a Veteran's Day Program on November 11, 2021. As part of the program, the district will be recognizing any Veteran related to a student or staff member of Harlan Independent School District. If you would like to recognize a family member in the video, please complete the form below and also submit a picture via email of the Veteran from when he/she served or a current picture of the Veteran to megan.freyer@harlanind.kyschools.us If you submitted a photograph last year, your veteran will automatically be included in the video. If you would like to remove last year's submission, please email Megan Freyer with your request. Please have all forms and photos sent in by NOVEMBER 8, 2021. https://forms.gle/3XAtt7xhQjXkjhXF7

Just a reminder for Sunshine families: Tomorrow night, October 28th, Sunshine School will be hosting their 🍁Fall Festival and 📚Book Fair. Come join the fun from 5:00 to 7:00 pm.

In a recent published 2022 Niche.com rankings, Harlan Independent School District is ranked as the No. 1 Public School District in Kentucky with the Best Teachers. Harlan Independent School District was also ranked #3 for the Best Place to Teach in Kentucky. The district was awarded an Overall Niche Grade of A and ranked #12 out of the 167 K-12 public school districts across the Commonwealth. As reported by Niche.com, each school of Harlan Independent schools achieved top or upper placements in “Best Public Schools in Kentucky”: • Harlan Elementary School: No. 11 (out of 708 public elementary schools) • Harlan Middle/High School: No. 33 (out of 247 public high schools) • Harlan Independent School District: No. 12 (out of 167 K-12 KY public school districts) Check out the story here: https://www.harlan-ind.k12.ky.us/article/570481

Upcoming events this week!

Sunshine School students enjoyed a visit to Hillview Stables this week.

Sunshine School students enjoyed a visit to Hillview Stables this week.

Just a reminder that next week is Fall Break and our Pumpkin Patch has been rescheduled for Oct 20th AM classes and Oct 21st for PM classes!

This week Mrs. Brock's class began a unit on fairytales, connecting the fairytales to the letter of the week which was D, the students read stories about dragons. Students read the story Dragons Love Tacos. The class used tally marks to show which taco toppings they love best. Just like the dragons in the story spicy salsa was the least favorite topping. On Thursday students celebrated all they had learned with a taco party and chance to dress like a dragon.

Learning about apples

Look for important notes coming home today with some exciting events for your Sunshine friends!

Ms. Sue's class is decorating our halls learning all about themselves

The HHS First Priority Club would like to invite you to join them in front of the High School tomorrow morning at 7:45 am for the annual See You at the Pole event. Come and pray for the students, faculty, and school community. #familyofdragons #firstpriority

Friendly Friday Reminder: Classes begin at 8:00 am and 11:30 am, please be on time, classroom routines are very important to our preschool students. Please be patient in our pick up line and do not pass other cars. We are working hard to keep our kids safe. If you need extra time to help your child out of their seat or get ready you may use our parking lot and walk them to the door. If you are in a hurry you may also use the parking lot to get them in faster. We are off to a great start in preschool this year! Thank you for your help and support. ☀️💚🚙☺️

The HHS Cheerleaders would like to invite any girl who attended the Little Girl Cheer Camp this summer to join them on the sidelines Friday night during the first half of the football game. The game starts at 7:30 pm.

The primary focus of the Harlan Independent School District is to provide our school community and specifically school aged students with high-quality educational experiences. The District Mission and Vision Statements are deeply rooted in the fundamental principles that the developmental needs of students are critically connected to a healthy, vibrant school experience. We remain focused on achieving that mission through in-person learning for our students. After 18 months of adjusting to different learning models, our district has grown stronger in remarkable ways. However, we have learned there is no substitute equal to in-person learning for schools and families. The dynamics of personal, face-to-face interactions inside classrooms, hallways, cafeterias, and extra-curricular events cannot be ignored. After nearly 4 weeks of successfully holding in-person learning, the Harlan Independent Board of Education has endorsed our School Operations Plan that will allow us to continue to operate under the current parameters of required masking for students, staff, and visitors while inside school buildings. We will monitor local and school conditions on an on-going basis and make necessary adjustments as needed. At this time, the Harlan Independent School District has a total of 7 positives student cases, which is less than 1% of the student population. #FamilyofDragons #ExcellenceinEducation

Ms. Sue's class is learning "All About Me." Today are they are making self portraits.

Come out tonight and support the Harlan Middle School Lady Dragons for 8th Grade Night and their game against Lynn Camp! 8th grade night will begin at 5:30! Good luck Lady Dragons 🐉🐉🐉!