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K-12 PLTW, iLead Academy Complete Engineering PipelineAt the beginning of this school

year, the Carroll County School District’s Project Lead the Way (PLTW) pre-engineering curricu-lum ran from grades 6 – 11. Starting next school year, pre-engineering is expanding to include students in grades K – 12.

“We have completed the pipeline,” said Superin-

tendent Bill Hogan.

“Our students now have a contin-uous pre-engineering curriculum that will follow them from the time they enter kindergarten to the time that they graduate from Carroll County High School.”

PLTW is a pre-engineering curriculum that is moving into its fourth year at Carroll County Mid-dle School and Carroll County High School. Thanks to two grants

from the Bemis Company, Kathryn Winn Primary School and Cartmell Elementary School will be launch-ing the curriculum starting next school year.

Additionally, the iLead Acad-emy is also opening to provide an intensive, four-year program for students who wish to complete their entire high school education in a setting with a dedicated engi-

neering and technology emphasis. “We couldn’t have done this

without the help of people inside and outside of our school district,” Hogan said. “Dow Corning, North American Stainless, and the Bemis Company have each made big in-vestments. We think those invest-ments are going to pay off for our community and our students.”

The Business of School

Carroll County Schools Contact ListMona Kindoll, Chair, District 2 Representative............(502) 732-4021Carolyn Jones, Vice-Chair, District 4 Representative..(502) 732-6296Dru Maiden, District 1 Representative..........................(502) 732-5076Rob Spenneberg, District 3 Representative......................(502) 347-9713Vacant, District 5 Representative..............................................

Central Office(502) 732-7070

Bill Hogan, SuperintendentDoug Oak, Assistant Superintendent/Chief Academic OfficerLarry Curell, Chief Operations Officer/Director of Pupil PersonnelGerda Wise, Elementary Instructional SupervisorKathy Bieger, Director of Exceptional ChildrenJon Conrad, Chief Financial Officer

Other District Programs21st Century Learning Center, Sheila Chowning.(502) 732-6834Family Ties Resource Center, Robin Huesman..(502) 732-7008 Head Start, Pam McNeal.....................................(502) 732-7016 Maintenance, Buildings & Grounds, Dwayne Smith(502) 732-7104Migrant/ESL, Cheri Mann.....................................(502) 732-7090Youth Services Center, Tracey Reynolds...........(502) 732-9272Health Services, Carrie Smith..............................(502) 732-7075School Nutrition, Lisa Gault...............................(502) 732-9362School Psychologist, Julie Truckenmiller............(502) 732-7070Student Assistance, Jeaneen Crutcher................(502) 732-7075Technology, Cindy Johann..................................(502) 732-7105Transportation, Nadena MaHoney....................(502) 732-7099Grants/Public Relations, Carl Roberts...............(502) 732-7070

Board of Education

For those of us who work in the Carroll County School District, school is our business. Just like any other business, we strive to meet the needs of our customers, who, for us, are the children and the families of Carroll County.

I feel that the completion of our Project Lead the Way pre-engineering pipeline this year is a major achievement for us as a district and as a com-munity. As a school system, we listened to what parents and the business community were tell-ing us, so several years ago, we started implementing Project Lead the Way in our schools. Starting next year, that imple-mentation phase is over.

A student who enters kinder-garten this fall will be exposed to pre-engineering curriculum from the first day of school. That is a radical change from where we were as a school sys-

tem ten years ago. Our K-12 pre-engineering

pipeline shows not only that we are committed to Science, Tech-nology, Engineering and Math-ematics (STEM) instruction but that we are also committed to listening to our customers: stu-dents, parents, industry leaders and community members. We are offering cutting-edge STEM instruction right here in Carroll County, and that is our business as a school district.

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Superintendent Bill Hogan

Above: Advanced Placement Environmental Science students collect water samples at Hidden River Cave in Horse Cave, Ky.Below: Police Chief Willhoite explains crime scene basics to students in a principles of biomedical science class.

The Carroll County School District has once again earned top-ten honors in the small-district category of the Center for Digital Ed-ucation and National School Boards Association’s Digital School Districts Survey. The survey is open to all school districts in the United States.

According to a press re-lease from the Center for Digital Education, “The sur-vey recognizes exemplary school boards’ and districts’ use of technology to govern their district, communicate with students, parents and community and improve the learning environment and district operations.”

This makes the fourth year that the district has placed in the top ten.

“We use the Digital School Districts Survey to continually challenge our-selves to improve in the ar-eas of technology and com-munication,” said Cindy Johann, District Technology Coordinator for the district. “Keeping up with changing communication and tech-nology trends is an ongoing process, and the survey gives us a way to gauge our prog-ress.”

Much of the survey fo-cuses on the ways in which

a school district delivers in-formation to its communi-ty. Traditional print media, such as newspapers, are a key piece of communica-tion efforts; however, read-ing trends have changed and continue to change. In order to ensure that all stakehold-ers stay informed, a school district must use multiple communication channels.

“The Digital Schools Sur-vey puts a premium on trans-parency in communication,” Johann said. “On that note, one area in which we excel is our school district website. By giving the community an easy way to access school re-cords, such as school board minutes, we are increasing the flow of information from us to the community.”

The Carroll County School District’s website can be accessed online at Car-roll.KySchools.Us.

Social media is another area that the survey empha-sizes. The Carroll County School District maintains ac-tive social media accounts on Twitter (@CarrollSchoolsK) and Facebook (facebook.com/CarrollSchoolsK).

“Our social media activ-ity puts us ahead of many other districts,” Johann said. “However, I think that our

new communications app really put us another step ahead this year.”

The district’s free com-munications app is available for download for both Ap-ple and Android devices at CCSchoolsApp.com. One of the main goals of the app is to give students, parents and community members a di-rect line of communication to everyone in the school district. School board mem-bers and Superintendent Bill Hogan have communication links on the app’s main page; additionally, employees in the district can be reached through a “Contacts” tool that organizes employees by building and allows users to search by name and/or job description.

All of the communication and technology efforts of the school district rest on an un-derlying infrastructure that is run by Johann and her staff.

According to the press release, the National School Boards Association is an ad-vocate for public education and a supporter of equity and excellence in public schools. The Center for Digital Edu-cation is a research and ad-visory institute that focuses on education and technology trends and policy.

Carroll Co. Child Development Center619 Ninth St.Carrollton, KY 41008Phone: (502) 732-7016 Fax: (502) 732-7101Director, Gerda Wise; Coordinator, Pam McNeal

Kathryn Winn Primary School907 Hawkins St.Carrollton, KY 41008Phone: (502) 732-7090 Fax: (502) 732-7091Donna Monroe, Principal; Jamie Wilson, Assistant Principal; Kelly Massie, Counselor; Robin Smith, Instructional Coach

Cartmell Elementary School1708 Highland Ave.Carrollton, KY 41008Phone: (502) 732-7085 Fax: (502) 732-7100Jonica Ray, Principal; Jeannie Rohrer, Assistant Principal; Lee Dillon, Counselor; Krista Chatham, Instructional Coach

Carroll County Middle School408 Fifth St.Carrollton, KY 41008Phone: (502) 732-7080 Fax: (502) 732-7107Dana Oak, Principal; Tina Wilson, Assistant Principal; Beth Wallace, Counselor; Jeff Fremin, Instructional Coach; Ashley Bowling, Athletic Director

Carroll County High School1706 Highland Ave.Carrollton, KY 41008Phone: (502) 732-7075 Fax: (502) 732-7012Thomas Stephens, Principal; Mark Willhoite, Assistant Principal; Sheree Richter, Guidance Counselor; Valerie Washburn, Instructional Coach; Paul Stone, Athletic Director

Carroll Co. Alternative Learning Center519 Park Ave.Carrollton, KY 41008Phone: (502) 732-7112 Fax: (502) 732-7113Ed Nelson, Principal, Tammy Welch, School Social Worker

Carroll Co. Area Technology Center1704 Highland Ave.Carrollton, KY 41008Phone: (502) 732-4479 Fax: (502) 732-4837Tony Jury, Principal

District earns top-ten digital honors

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Five counties create iLead Academy, pre-engineering pipelineStarting this August, Carroll

County will play host to some of the region’s strongest math and science students. With the launch of the iL-ead Academy, Carroll, Gallatin, Hen-ry, Owen and Trimble County school systems will each send five to six students for a full-day, full-year pro-gram of studies with an emphasis on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

“We are taking individualized, personalized instruction to a whole new level,” said Bill Hogan, superin-tendent of the Carroll County School District. “By working together, the five school districts are creating something that could not exist in-dependently. We are creating an ad-vanced manufacturing and engineer-ing pipeline that starts right here.”

The academy will be located in Carroll County in a renovated space in the Kroger shopping center, where a Kawasaki store did business in the past. The space will be completely remodeled, with two classrooms, a common learning area and sliding glass walls to allow instructors flex-ibility for large-scale projects.

The first cohort of iLead Academy students will be comprised of fresh-men from the five districts. A second cohort will be added the next year, bringing the total number of students in the academy to 60. After the sec-ond year, students will attend Jeffer-son Community and Technical Col-lege full-time, possibly earning an associate’s by the end of their senior year, while their academy spots will be filled by incoming freshmen.

At the academy, students will com-plete their entire high school curricu-lum: general education requirements as well as STEM classes. Project Lead the Way (PLTW) will be used as the

pre-engineering curriculum. PLTW provides curriculum and support to school districts so that students have access to hands-on, problem-based learning. Students are encouraged to apply skills and knowledge acquired in math and science classes. The pro-gram’s curriculum has been designed not only by educators but also by engineering professionals. Students who graduate from the program study engineering and technology at more than five times the average rate of students as a whole.

“After four years in the iLead Academy, students will be prepared to pursue high-demand careers in en-gineering and technology,” Hogan said. “Additionally, they will have a network of like-minded peers who they can call on in the future. These are students who are going to go on to be leaders in STEM fields.”

The Ohio Valley Educational Co-operative will manage the program, which will have two full-time staff members on-site.

The instructional day for students will begin at 9:00 a.m., once students from Gallatin, Henry, Owen, and Trimble arrive by bus. After general education and PLTW classes, stu-dents will be bused to the Carroll County Area Technology Center for hands-on technical classes. Students will eat lunch at Carroll County High School before returning to the acade-my to finish out the day with general education classes.

“This is a great development for our community and our region,” Hogan said. “Not only does Carroll County have a new Jefferson Com-munity and Technical College cam-pus on the horizon, but we also have a cutting-edge engineering academy starting up as well.”

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Above: Superintendents from the five iLead counties gathered with OVEC officials for Lt. Governor Crit Luallen’s announcement of the program.

Photo courtesy of the Kentucky School Boards Association.

Below: Carroll County High School and Carroll County Middle School PLTW students work together on a circuit board.

Bemis grants help launch Winn, Cartmell PLTW programsThanks to two grants from the Be-

mis Company, starting next school year, elementary students in the Car-roll County School District will begin learning the principles of engineering on their first day of kindergarten.

The two $7,500 grants will pay for Project Lead The Way (PLTW) modules for Kathryn Winn Prima-ry School and Cartmell Elementary School students. This PLTW expan-sion means that the district now has an established K-12 pre-engineer-ing pipeline. Both Carroll County Middle School and Carroll County High School are in their third year of PLTW engineering and biomedical science programs.

“Studies have shown that students as early as second grade are deciding whether they like math and science,” said Mark Harrell, Director of School Engagement for Project Lead The Way. “We want students to have the full picture before they decide.”

The goal of PLTW is to expose students to math and science in a project-based fashion so that they stay excited throughout their school career. The PLTW curriculum gives students an opportunity to apply the math and science that they learn to solve real-world problems.

“The elementary modules help students understand that the world around them is designed by engi-neers,” Harrell said. “Students need to understand that math, science and problem solving are what keeps America on top. Engineers are a big part of this.”

Each elementary PLTW module contains ten hours of instruction. Winn and Cartmell will each run two modules per elementary grade, so K-5 students will receive 20 total hours of PLTW instruction over the

course of the year as part of their sci-ence curriculum.

“With new science standards ar-riving, teachers have to teach engi-neering concepts,” Harrell said. “By its nature, engineering is multidis-ciplinary. This means that what you learn in English class can and will be used in an engineering class. If an en-gineer or a STEM professional can’t communicate, they aren’t going to get very far. PLTW gives teachers a way to show students the importance of utilizing every tool that they have to solve problems.”

The PLTW modules introduce elementary students to engineering concepts in an age-appropriate, fun manner. The first kindergarten mod-ule, Exploring Design, introduces students to the concept of design and the way that engineers influence their lives. Students also work in groups to build model structures in order to learn design principles. By fifth grade, students are exploring automa-tion, robotics and the programming that influences how robots operate.

“PLTW is hands-on,” Harrell said. “There are always problems that need to be solved. PLTW teaches students how to solve problems using the de-sign process, which can be used out-side of engineering and design fields as well. Also, employability skills are a big part of this. No matter what career you go in to, you have to be able to solve problems and work on a team. Those employability and soft skills are as important as the engi-neering part of this.”

For more information on Project Lead The Way in the Carroll County School District, contact Assistant Su-perintendent Doug Oak at 502-732-7070.

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Below: Carroll County High School and Carroll County Middle School PLTW students work together on a circuit board.

Above: An elementary student studies the fundamentals of programming a robot.Below: Cartmell Elementary School’s Student Technology Leadership Program team presents their award-winning apps at a Board of Education meeting.

The June 18 meeting of the Car-roll County Board of Education will be anything but regular. A large part of the meeting will celebrate the 50-year anniversary of the July 1, 1965, merger between the city and coun-ty schools, which led to the current arrangement of the Carroll County School District.

The event will take place at 5:00 p.m. on June 18 in the Carroll Coun-ty High School library.

While the entire community, as always, is invited to attend the board meeting, special invitations have been sent to former superintendents.

The current organization of the Carroll County School District, with its single county high school and area technology center, one middle school and two elementary schools, is the culmination of a long, color-ful history that began with an 1867 act of the Kentucky State Legisla-ture, which established a system of schools in the county.

In the early days, schools were spread throughout the county, with local trustees in charge of manag-ing and evaluating the education that students received. According to Justine Tandy Campbell’s “Histo-ry of the Carroll County Schools,” “At one time there were as many as thirty-two rural elementary dis-trict schools, as well as Independent High Schools at Carrollton, Sanders, Ghent, and Worthville, and two year high schools at English and Locust.”

The transition from a sprawling system of small school buildings to the current system was expedited by Mother Nature and demographics. Floods, fires and dwindling atten-dance at the more rural schools were part of a decades-long trend toward

consolidation. Campbell’s history reports that

“Final consolidation of all schools in the county came about at a meet-ing in 1936, when the Carroll Coun-ty School Board met with Mr. L.N. Taylor of the Kentucky Department of Education, and members of the Ghent Independent Board of Ed-ucation. At this meeting the coun-

ty board issued an invitation to the Ghent District to merge with the Carroll County System. The Ghent Board agreed.” While this was a major step toward consolidation, the Carrollton city schools were still independent under the Carrollton In-dependent Board of Education.

On June 9, 1965, the Carrollton Independent Board of Education and

the Carroll County Board of educa-tion met in joint-session in order to vote on consolidation. Gex O. Wil-liams, E.S. Weaver and Fred Oney were board members representing the Carrollton Independent Board of Education. Ellis B. O’Neal, Gene Raisor, Woodson Robertson, Don Taylor and Lester Tomlinson were board members representing the Carroll County Board of Education.

Both boards passed the motion, setting the official date of consoli-dation as July 1, 1965.

Campbell’s history explains that the newly-consolidated school sys-tem consisted of four schools: Ninth Street Elementary (grades 1 – 6), Ghent Elementary (grades 1 – 6), U.S. 42 Elementary (grades 1 – 8) and Carroll County High (grades 9 – 12). Shortly thereafter, plans were developed for a new high school and a vocational school, both of which were occupied by the end of 1969. The old high school was torn down (except for the gymnasium) and con-verted into a middle school.

“It’s important for us as a school family and community to celebrate this important milestone,” said Su-perintendent Bill Hogan. “Many people have sacrificed and contrib-uted over the years to our school district, and this celebration is a way that we can remember their work.”

The June 18 celebration at Carroll County High School will include re-freshments, a video slideshow, his-torical documents and pictures of the district’s past.

Everyone is invited to come out to celebrate this school district and community milestone at 5:00 p.m. on June 18 in the Carroll County High School library.

District to celebrate 50th anniversary at June 18 BOE meeting

Superintendents of

The Carroll County School District

July 1965 – June 1974: Robert B. Ison

July 1974 – June 1976: Roland C. Haun

July 1976 – June 1978: Douglas Freddy Bickers

July 1978 – Aug. 1989: Harry W. Day

Dec. 1989 – June 1990: James B. Edwards (Interim)

July 1990 – June 1992: Leonard McCoy

July 1992 – Feb. 1993: Tom Buchanan (Interim)

March 1993 – July 1996: Woody J. Barwick

July 1996 – Aug. 1996: Tom Buchanan (Interim)

Aug. 1996 – April 1997: Victor Johnson

April 1997 – June 2001: Robert B. Biggin, Jr.

July 2001 – June 2008: Carroll Yager

July 2008 – June 2014: Lisa James

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Above: Superintendent Douglas Freddy Bickers,1977.

Right: A group of seniors exits Carroll County High School, mid-1970s.

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Left: 1974 Central Of-fice and BOE: (Stand-ing, left to right) Mr. Sebastain, Assistant Superintendent; Mr. Ison, Superintendent; Mr. Sapp, Mr. Stark (Seated, left to right) Mr. Tomlinson, Mr. Tay-lor and Mr. King.

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Above: Superintendent Douglas Freddy Bickers,1977.

Above: Dedication of Kathryn Winn Elementary, 1985.

Below: The Locust School, year unknown.

Right: A group of seniors exits Carroll County High School, mid-1970s.

For more information on our transition to a tobacco-free campus, visit our website at http://CCSTobaccofree.com, follow us on Twitter (@Car-rollSchoolsK), or speak with an administrator.

July 1: Tobacco-Free School District

8May 2015, The LinkPRIDE — PASSION — PURPOSE

The students and staff of Carroll County Schools would like to remind you that, starting on July 1, 2015, all buildings and grounds in the district will be 100% tobacco-free.