Paintsville Independent Schools

💙🐯 PAINTSVILLE FAMILIES — HELP SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS! 🐯💙 Turn your everyday grocery shopping into support for Paintsville Independent Schools through the Food City School Bucks Challenge! 🛒💰 Link your Food City ValuCard to our school, then simply shop as usual! It’s an easy way for our families, staff, friends, and community members to help our school earn a share of $800,000! 📲 Visit Food City School Bucks and link your ValuCard using: 🏫 School ID: 40160 Every shopping trip can make a difference. Link your card today and help us earn School Bucks for our Tigers! 🐯💙 Please SHARE and encourage grandparents, family members, friends, and community supporters to link their cards, too! #PaintsvilleTigers #SchoolBucksChallenge #FoodCitySchoolBucks #TigerPride #SupportOurSchools

💙🐯Enjoy your long weekend, Tigers! 💙🐯

🏁 Start your engines! Join us on September 16 for a chance to win a Tennessee trip that includes 4-day passes to NASCAR SpeedPark in Sevierville!

SPARK 360 Family Transition Night #2 will help students and families explore life after high school, including college, career, trade school, and military options.

📅 Wednesday, September 16, 2026
🕟 4:30–7:00 PM
🍽️ Free dinner provided

This event is for students in grades 6–12 with IEPs or 504 plans and their families.

👉 RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeIhrPRJ1xTgJKjBdh_3G29WEh_b4QjlIjMGUO1E5_Lwd2a8A/viewform

Location details will be shared with registered families.

Information for Students Experiencing Homelessness in Kentucky Schools

🧹🧹 It's a sweep! 🧹🧹 💙🐯🏈 Way to go Tigers💙🐯🏈

🎉 Grand prize alert! Join us on September 16 for a chance to win a trip to the Gatlinburg area!

SPARK 360 Family Transition Night #2 will help students and families explore life after high school, including college, career, trade school, and military options.

📅 Wednesday, September 16, 2026
🕟 4:30–7:00 PM
🍽️ Free dinner provided

This event is for students in grades 6–12 with IEPs or 504 plans and their families.

👉 RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeIhrPRJ1xTgJKjBdh_3G29WEh_b4QjlIjMGUO1E5_Lwd2a8A/viewform

🏐🐯 REGIONAL CHAMPS & STATE BOUND! 💙🤍 PAINTSVILLE VOLLEYBALL IS HEADED TO STATE! 🎉 Congratulations to our Lady Tigers on an exciting 26–24 victory over Shelby Valley to capture the All “A” Regional Championship! 🏆 We are so proud of these girls and coaches for representing Paintsville with heart, determination, and TIGER PRIDE! 💙🖤🤍 Next stop… STATE! 🚌🏐🏆 LET’S GO, LADY TIGERS! 🐯💙 #RegionalChamps #StateBound #PaintsvilleVolleyball #TigerPride

🏈🐯 TIGER VICTORIES! 💙🤍 What a day for Paintsville Football at the 2026 E.R. Hammonds Bowl in Letcher County! Our Tigers came ready to play and brought home TWO big wins! 💪🔥 🏈 5/6 Tigers: 38–14 🏈 7/8 Tigers: 30–0 Congratulations to our players and coaches on a great day of Tiger Football! Way to represent Paintsville! 💙🤍🖤 Shoutout to Rylan Nieman and Cason Childers on winning Player of the Game Awards! #TigerPride #PaintsvilleFootball #GoTigers

🏈🐯 Friday Mornings are Better with Tiger Football! 💙🤍 Our PHS Varsity Tiger Football players stopped by Paintsville Elementary Friday morning to greet our students and lend a helping hand at morning drop-off! They opened car doors, welcomed our Tiger Cubs, and helped start the day with plenty of Tiger spirit! 🐾 We love seeing our big Tigers supporting our little Tigers! 💙🏈 One school. One family. TIGER PRIDE! 🐯💙🤍

🎨🐯 Kindergarten Color Days are here! 🐯🎨 Join our Paintsville Tiger Kindergarteners as we learn and celebrate our colors! 💙💚🖤❤️🧡🤍🩷🤎💜 Each Color Day, students are encouraged to wear the color of the day and join in the fun! 🌈🐾 We can’t wait to see our Tiger Cubs fill the halls with COLOR! 🐯💙🤍 Color Days begin Friday, August 28th with BLUE...our favorite color and the best color! 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

🛍️🌼 SHOP & SUPPORT PHS VARSITY CHEER! 🌼📣 Join us Friday, August 28th from 10:00 AM–3:00 PM in the PES Aux Gym for the White Daisy Boutique Fundraiser benefiting PHS Varsity Cheer! 💙🤍 Come shop, find some cute new favorites, and support our cheerleaders! 🛍️🐯📣 📍 Please use the side ramp entrance to the Aux Gym. Open to the public — we hope to see you there! 💙🤍

🎓 Day 4—our final day in our assessment series—focuses on summative assessments!

Summative assessments measure what students have learned at the end of a specific period of instruction. Examples include unit exams, semester tests, and the end-of-year Kentucky Summative Assessments (KSA).

The results help teachers and families understand student achievement, celebrate growth, and plan for future learning! 🌟

What happens after high school—and are you ready for what changes? 🎓➡️

College, work, training, adult services… there’s a lot for students and families to figure out. SPARK 360 Family Transition Night #2 is designed to help.

📅 Wednesday, September 16
🕟 4:30–7:00 PM
🍽️ Free dinner provided

Students will take part in interactive activities while families learn more about post-high-school pathways, supports, and next steps.

For students in grades 6–12 with IEPs or 504 plans and their families.

👉 RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeIhrPRJ1xTgJKjBdh_3G29WEh_b4QjlIjMGUO1E5_Lwd2a8A/viewform

Location details will be shared with registered families.

🐯💙 Paintsville Independent Schools Opening Day 2026! 💙🐯 Our Tiger Family is back together and ready for an incredible new school year! 📚✨ Opening Day 2026 was a wonderful opportunity to reconnect, celebrate our district, and prepare for the students who will soon fill our halls! We’re excited for a year filled with learning, growth, teamwork, and Tiger Pride! 💙🤍 Here’s to a GREAT 2026–2027 school year! 🐯🎉 One School. One Family. Tiger Pride!

🏈📣 Calling All K–2 Tigers! 🐯💙 It’s time to get in on the fun! Paintsville Elementary Flag Football & Tiny Tigers Cheer sign-ups are here for our Kindergarten, 1st & 2nd grade students! 📝 Sign-up forms will be sent home with students on MONDAY! Whether your little Tiger wants to hit the field or cheer from the sidelines, we can’t wait for an exciting season! 🏈📣 💙🐯GO TIGERS🐯💙

🐯💙 Stay in the Know, Tiger Families! 💙🐯 We’ve put together our Paintsville Elementary Monthly Planner to help our Tiger families stay up-to-date on all the exciting things happening at PES! 📅✨ From school events and special days to athletics, fundraisers, testing, and more—we hope this planner makes it easier to keep track of our busy Tiger calendar! 📌 Please remember: Dates and events are subject to change. As changes or additions are made, we will do our best to keep the planner updated and share the latest information with our families. 💙 Save it • Screenshot it • Stay in the know!💙

🚗💙 Drop-Off & Pick-Up Reminder for Tiger Families! 🐯 As we begin a new school year, please take a few minutes to review our Paintsville Elementary drop-off and pick-up procedures. Following the designated traffic flow, drop-off/pick-up locations, and parking areas helps us keep every Tiger safe and traffic moving smoothly. Please be patient, stay in your vehicle while in the pickup/drop-off lines, follow staff directions, and do not park in designated traffic flow areas. Thank you for working together to make arrival and dismissal safe, quick, and organized! 💙🤍 One School. One Family. Tiger Pride! 🐯💙

🚌💙 Transportation Reminder for Tiger Families! 🐯 Thank you for planning ahead and helping us get every Tiger home safely! 💙🤍🐯

📈 Day 3 of our assessment series focuses on interim assessments!

Interim assessments—such as MAP Growth—are given at specific points during the school year such as fall, winter, and spring to measure progress and identify learning trends. The results help teachers adjust instruction, set meaningful goals, and celebrate your child’s growth along the way! 🌟