Learn what winter activities have been happening in Shelby County, as well as help us honor Mr. Allen Phillips as he retires from 30+ years of service as a board member. Watch now!
https://youtu.be/YGYwBemL27E
This is a reminder that SCPS is IN SESSION on Friday, December 13th. The SCPS Board of Education amended the school calendar when school was canceled on September 27th due to inclement weather. December 13th is no longer a Defense of Learning Day. We will see you in school on Friday! Please visit our website to find the amended 2024 - 2025 calendar.
https://www.shelby.kyschools.us/page/2024-2025-school-calendar
See pictures of the parade, our exhibitions of learning, & help us celebrate Mr. Allen Phillips, SCPS Board Member who never missed a meeting during his 36 years of service to Shelby County Public Schools. https://scps.edurooms.com/engage/shelby-county-public-schools/newsletters/weekly-leadership-connection-47019
It's Computer Science Week! Shout out to all our Tech Support Teams! #WeAreShelbyInspired💻
It's Pearl Harbor Day. #WeAreShelbyInspired
Dr. Matthews shares plans for enhancing school building safety, upcoming Inspired student events, and pays tribute to Mrs. Emily Swindler, who leaves a legacy of the love of learning for Shelby County.
https://youtu.be/MEFcKFAaQRk
ATC Hosts Blood Drive
Lucas Cannon Capitalizes on Second Chance Blood Donors Provided Him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfrUgvF_2tY
With all that Lucas Cannon has been through following a horrific farming accident when he was just a teenager – given just a 1-2% chance of survival and losing the entirety of his right leg – it’s a refreshing education in humility to hear him describe the responsibility he believes he owes to replenish the blood supply after using more than 150 units to preserve his life.
“That’s an incredible amount,” Lucas said. “Using that many units in that short span, it has to take a toll on the blood center.”
Lucas pointed to routine surgeries, cancer patients, organ transplants and other traumas that require blood on an everyday basis. The need for blood is constant, and it’s not lost on Lucas nearly 15 years removed from the life-changing trauma.
When, in 2009, Lucas accidentally knocked the family tractor into gear, throwing him to the ground and ultimately underneath the eight-ton four-wheeler – shattering half his pelvis and his right leg – it altered Lucas’ life, but it didn’t stop him.
“If it wasn’t for the selfless act of donating blood, I wouldn’t be here,” Lucas said. “I used so much of it, I don’t have my original blood in my body. I’m made up of however many people donated. It’s not mine anymore. It’s these other people who were kind enough to take a few minutes to save my life.”
At 30 years old, Lucas is thriving. He graduated high school less than two years after the accident, went off to college at Northern Kentucky University, competed all over the country for six years in the National Wheelchair Basketball Association, and is now working at the nationally renowned Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
“As weird as it sounds, I don’t think I would change anything,” Lucas said. “I think I’m a much better person going through what I went through. I am as successful as I thought I would be at 16 years old. Nothing’s held me back.”
Donations from people like you not only save Lucas' life, it gives them an opportunity to pursue their dreams.
All donors who give at this upcoming drive will receive a KBC thank you item for donating.
Please click the blue link below to sign up for this drive.
Shelby County ATC
Friday, 12/19/24 (8:30 -1:30)
230 Rocket Lane
Presentation Room
Shelbyville, KY 40065
Check out what's happening in Shelby County Public Schools.
https://scps.edurooms.com/engage/shelby-county-public-schools/newsletters/weekly-leadership-connection-45601
Happy Special Education Day!#WeAreShelbyInspired🍎
Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy time with your loved ones, and have a nice break! #WeAreShelbyInspired🦃
The recap arrives early this week! Have a great Thanksgiving break and we'll see you back on Monday.
https://youtu.be/ajZDcXqz8ks
Watch now to hear our plans as colder weather approaches, and about all the cool things going on as we get ready for Thanksgiving Break next week.
https://youtu.be/yqG5AC0U-rA
It's Substitute Educators Day! We appreciate all of our substitutes in SCPS. #WeAreShelbyInspired
We are excited to invite you to our next Community Conversation on December 10th from 11:30 - 1:00 at Kentucky Farm Bureau! This is a wonderful opportunity for us to initiate conversation in Shelby County to build on local responses to the needs of students and families and improve academic outcomes through the Community Schools strategy.
Happy First Day of Winter!! Stay warm! #WeAreShelbyInspired❄️
It's Education Support Professionals Day! #WeAreShelbyInspired
Check out our weekly newsletter recapping the Inspired Learning, Leading, and Living in Shelby County. #weareshelbyinspired
https://scps.edurooms.com/engage/shelby-county-public-schools/newsletters/weekly-leadership-connection-44725
Happy American Education Week! It is celebrated during November 17th through the 21st. #WeAreShelbyInspired🍎
Watch below for some further thoughts and information for the superintendent about how we're moving forward after this week. Have an excellent weekend!
https://youtu.be/R8oXKg9wQ18
Mrs. Erin Dennis has been selected to serve on the Reading and Writing Standards and Assessment Review Committee (RC). The American Institutes of Research will facilitate a team of teachers, higher education leaders, and business and community members to review the Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Reading and Writing and the assessment blueprint.
Mrs. Dennis is a Teaching and Learning Pathway instructor at both Collins High School and Shelby County High School.
