Wishing the best of luck to all of our students taking AP and KSA exams! 📚✏️
You’ve put in the hard work, stayed focused, and now it’s your time to shine. Believe in yourself and give it your all—we’re proud of you!
Remember to get plenty of rest this week, eat a good breakfast, and take your time on each question.
You’ve got this! 💪✨
You’ve put in the hard work, stayed focused, and now it’s your time to shine. Believe in yourself and give it your all—we’re proud of you!
Remember to get plenty of rest this week, eat a good breakfast, and take your time on each question.
You’ve got this! 💪✨
We want to hear from YOU! 🌞
As we plan for this year’s Summer Feed Program, your input is incredibly important to help us better serve our community’s children ages 2 to grade senior in high school.
Please take a moment to complete this short survey:
👉 https://forms.gle/kVGPPKtDrwzc1L5k9
Your feedback will help us approximate participation and allow us to maximize your program experience this summer.
Thank you for taking the time to make a difference in our community! 💙
As we plan for this year’s Summer Feed Program, your input is incredibly important to help us better serve our community’s children ages 2 to grade senior in high school.
Please take a moment to complete this short survey:
👉 https://forms.gle/kVGPPKtDrwzc1L5k9
Your feedback will help us approximate participation and allow us to maximize your program experience this summer.
Thank you for taking the time to make a difference in our community! 💙
🍎💙 It’s Teacher Appreciation Week! 💙🍎
Shoutout to our amazing teachers who show up every day and make a real difference for our students. We see you, we appreciate you, and we’re so lucky to have you at Paintsville Independent!
Take a minute this week to thank a teacher who’s made an impact! 🙌 #TeacherAppreciationWeek
Shoutout to our amazing teachers who show up every day and make a real difference for our students. We see you, we appreciate you, and we’re so lucky to have you at Paintsville Independent!
Take a minute this week to thank a teacher who’s made an impact! 🙌 #TeacherAppreciationWeek
We had a great SPARK Transition Team meeting this week at Paintsville High School
Our team—made up of educators, families, and community partners—came together to review our current transition practices and identify priorities to better support students as they prepare for life after high school.
This work is focused on strengthening opportunities in employment, postsecondary education, and independent living for our students.
Appreciate everyone who took the time to be part of the conversation. Looking forward to continuing this work as we move into developing our action plan.
#Paintsville #SPARK #StudentSuccess #Transition360
In order to have a smooth roll-out of the safer two-way communication between parents, students, teachers, coaches, and administrators, please download the Paintsville Independent Schools app.
Parents: Log in with your email address or phone number of file in parent portal.
Teachers, Administrators, and Students: Log in with Single-Sign-On Google using your school email address.
!IMPORTANT STEP! Enable notifications by clicking MORE in the bottom right corner, then click the settings GEAR in the upper right corner, then click NOTIFICATION PREFERENCES, and toggle ON everything in the list (groups, messages, & announcements).
Parents: Log in with your email address or phone number of file in parent portal.
Teachers, Administrators, and Students: Log in with Single-Sign-On Google using your school email address.
!IMPORTANT STEP! Enable notifications by clicking MORE in the bottom right corner, then click the settings GEAR in the upper right corner, then click NOTIFICATION PREFERENCES, and toggle ON everything in the list (groups, messages, & announcements).
Today we celebrate School Lunch Hero Day!
We extend our heartfelt thanks to all of our incredible cafeteria staff who work tirelessly to serve nutritious meals and care for our students each day. Your kindness and hard work do not go unnoticed—you play a vital role in supporting student success.
Thank you for all you do for our Tiger family!
#SchoolLunchHeroDay #PaintsvillePride
We extend our heartfelt thanks to all of our incredible cafeteria staff who work tirelessly to serve nutritious meals and care for our students each day. Your kindness and hard work do not go unnoticed—you play a vital role in supporting student success.
Thank you for all you do for our Tiger family!
#SchoolLunchHeroDay #PaintsvillePride
Today we recognize School Principal Day and the important role school leaders play in supporting students and their colleagues.
We acknowledge Chester McCoy, Principal of Paintsville High School, and Kristy Frazier, Principal of Paintsville Elementary, for their service to our schools. Being a principal comes with many challenges, and we appreciate the time and effort it takes to lead each day.
Thank you for your work and dedication to Paintsville’s students and schools.
#SchoolPrincipalDay #PaintsvillePride
We acknowledge Chester McCoy, Principal of Paintsville High School, and Kristy Frazier, Principal of Paintsville Elementary, for their service to our schools. Being a principal comes with many challenges, and we appreciate the time and effort it takes to lead each day.
Thank you for your work and dedication to Paintsville’s students and schools.
#SchoolPrincipalDay #PaintsvillePride
🥪🍕Here are our May lunch menus for each school! 🍔🥗
📚💙 Another great benefit of our KYCL25 grant—our Community Book Club! 💙📚
Join us for our next meeting on May 7 at 6:00 PM in the PHS Library. We’ll be discussing A Dark Room in Glitterball City by David Domine.
Didn’t grab a free copy? No problem—you can check it out for free on Hoopla or Libby with your Johnson County Public Library card!
Come hang out, enjoy some snacks, and take advantage of free child care. We’d love to see you there! 💙
Join us for our next meeting on May 7 at 6:00 PM in the PHS Library. We’ll be discussing A Dark Room in Glitterball City by David Domine.
Didn’t grab a free copy? No problem—you can check it out for free on Hoopla or Libby with your Johnson County Public Library card!
Come hang out, enjoy some snacks, and take advantage of free child care. We’d love to see you there! 💙
📚💙 More books headed home! 💙📚
Thanks to our KY Comprehensive Literacy Grant (KYCL25), all of our pre-K-12th grade students are bringing home another round of books!
Reading at home helps build vocabulary, boost imagination, and grow confidence—and even a few minutes a day can make a big difference.
Take some time to read together and enjoy these new books! 📖💙
📚✏️ KSA Testing is coming up! ✏️📚
Next week, May 4–8, students at Paintsville Elementary and Paintsville High will be participating in KSA testing.
Students in grades 3–8 and 10–11, please remember to:
🔹 Bring your fully charged Chromebook each day
🔹 Get a good night’s sleep
🔹 Eat a healthy breakfast
We know you’ve worked hard—now it’s time to show what you know! 💙
Next week, May 4–8, students at Paintsville Elementary and Paintsville High will be participating in KSA testing.
Students in grades 3–8 and 10–11, please remember to:
🔹 Bring your fully charged Chromebook each day
🔹 Get a good night’s sleep
🔹 Eat a healthy breakfast
We know you’ve worked hard—now it’s time to show what you know! 💙
Tomorrow at 5:00 PM, parents/guardians will receive a text message and email from Apptegy inviting them to enroll in “Rooms.” This is not a scam.
The Paintsville Independent Schools app is powered by Apptegy and includes “Rooms,” a secure and trackable platform where teachers, coaches, students, and parents can communicate with one another.
When you receive the message from Apptegy, please complete the setup process. If you do not receive a text or email, please update your contact information in Infinite Campus.
To get a head start, you may download the “Paintsville Independent Schools” app from the app store and enable all notifications. The app icon is shown in the photo.
The Paintsville Independent Schools app is powered by Apptegy and includes “Rooms,” a secure and trackable platform where teachers, coaches, students, and parents can communicate with one another.
When you receive the message from Apptegy, please complete the setup process. If you do not receive a text or email, please update your contact information in Infinite Campus.
To get a head start, you may download the “Paintsville Independent Schools” app from the app store and enable all notifications. The app icon is shown in the photo.
Happy Administrative Professionals Day! 🎉
Today we celebrate the incredible individuals who keep everything running smoothly behind the scenes. Your organization, dedication, and attention to detail make a difference every single day—and your impact never goes unnoticed.
Thank you for all that you do to support our work and our success. We appreciate you more than words can say!
#AdministrativeProfessionalsDay #Gratitude #Teamwork
Today we celebrate the incredible individuals who keep everything running smoothly behind the scenes. Your organization, dedication, and attention to detail make a difference every single day—and your impact never goes unnoticed.
Thank you for all that you do to support our work and our success. We appreciate you more than words can say!
#AdministrativeProfessionalsDay #Gratitude #Teamwork
It’s National Volunteer Recognition Week (April 20–24, 2026)! 🙌
This week, we celebrate the incredible volunteers who give their time and energy to make a difference in our communities. Your service creates lasting impact and inspires others to step up and serve.
Thank you for being the hands and feet of positive change. We appreciate you today and every day!
#VolunteerRecognitionWeek #ThankYouVolunteers #CommunityStrong
This week, we celebrate the incredible volunteers who give their time and energy to make a difference in our communities. Your service creates lasting impact and inspires others to step up and serve.
Thank you for being the hands and feet of positive change. We appreciate you today and every day!
#VolunteerRecognitionWeek #ThankYouVolunteers #CommunityStrong
Last night at the regular monthly board meeting, the Paintsville Independent Board of Education honored our 8th grade students who either met the PSAT 8/9 math benchmark or improved their PSAT 8/9 math score by 70 points or more from their 7th grade score.
Each of these students will receive a $50 incentive check in their names next month as part of our 6th–8th grade math teachers’ participation in the Access to Algebra Program.
The students recognized were: Gunner Blanton, Addison Caudill, Benjamin Caudill, Jackson Conley, Brandon Cortes, Graham Cox, Julius Crum, Scarlett Dennis, Vienna Duong, Aldon Gannon, Brason Gipson, Brody Greene, Toriana Hall, Jayden Jude, John Kimbler, Haileigh Meadows, Carson Music, Mason Reed, Wyatt Slone, Seth Stambaugh, and Zaiden Tackett.
We are proud of these students for their hard work and academic growth. Congratulations to each of them on this outstanding achievement.
Not all students are pictured.
Each of these students will receive a $50 incentive check in their names next month as part of our 6th–8th grade math teachers’ participation in the Access to Algebra Program.
The students recognized were: Gunner Blanton, Addison Caudill, Benjamin Caudill, Jackson Conley, Brandon Cortes, Graham Cox, Julius Crum, Scarlett Dennis, Vienna Duong, Aldon Gannon, Brason Gipson, Brody Greene, Toriana Hall, Jayden Jude, John Kimbler, Haileigh Meadows, Carson Music, Mason Reed, Wyatt Slone, Seth Stambaugh, and Zaiden Tackett.
We are proud of these students for their hard work and academic growth. Congratulations to each of them on this outstanding achievement.
Not all students are pictured.
Our June 4th Community Book Club Selection is "Bluegrass: A True Story of Murder in Kentucky!" All are welcome to participate!
Request your FREE copy here and we will email when it is available for pickup: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfaMwyU_47JtdP8sDU4ITMrkA-pFtinCKpTrzvTjmo_mUJLuA/viewform?usp=dialog
A shocking investigation into a true crime that tore a town apart—the violent murder of a young coed in Kentucky, the innocent boy who was jailed for the crime, and a small Southern community filled with haunting, unforgettable characters.
Katie Autry was a foster child from a tiny village in Kentucky; a little awkward, but always with the biggest smile on her high school cheerleading squad. In September 2002, she matriculated as a freshman at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, majoring in the dental program. She worked days at the smoothie shop, nights at the local strip club, and fell in love with a football player who wouldn’t date her. On the morning of May 4, 2003, Katie Autry was raped, stabbed, sprayed with hairspray, and set on fire in her own dormitory room.
In telling the true story of this shocking crime, William Van Meter describes the devastation of not one but three families. Two young men are jailed for the crime: DNA evidence places Stephen Soules, an unemployed, mixed-race high school dropout, at the scene; and Lucas Goodrum, a twenty-one-year-old pot dealer with an ex-wife, a girlfriend still in high school, and a history of domestic abuse, is held by an ever-changing confession. The friends of the suspects and the foster and birth families of the victim form complex and warring social nets that are cast across town. And a small southern community, populated by eccentrics of every socioeconomic class, from dirt-poor to millionaire, responds to the horror.
With the keen eye of a talented young journalist returning to his southern roots, Van Meter paints a vivid portrait of the town, the characters who fill it, and the simmering class conflicts that made an injustice like this not only possible, but inevitable. Like Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Bluegrass is redolent with atmosphere, dark tension, and lush landscapes.
Request your FREE copy here and we will email when it is available for pickup: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfaMwyU_47JtdP8sDU4ITMrkA-pFtinCKpTrzvTjmo_mUJLuA/viewform?usp=dialog
A shocking investigation into a true crime that tore a town apart—the violent murder of a young coed in Kentucky, the innocent boy who was jailed for the crime, and a small Southern community filled with haunting, unforgettable characters.
Katie Autry was a foster child from a tiny village in Kentucky; a little awkward, but always with the biggest smile on her high school cheerleading squad. In September 2002, she matriculated as a freshman at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, majoring in the dental program. She worked days at the smoothie shop, nights at the local strip club, and fell in love with a football player who wouldn’t date her. On the morning of May 4, 2003, Katie Autry was raped, stabbed, sprayed with hairspray, and set on fire in her own dormitory room.
In telling the true story of this shocking crime, William Van Meter describes the devastation of not one but three families. Two young men are jailed for the crime: DNA evidence places Stephen Soules, an unemployed, mixed-race high school dropout, at the scene; and Lucas Goodrum, a twenty-one-year-old pot dealer with an ex-wife, a girlfriend still in high school, and a history of domestic abuse, is held by an ever-changing confession. The friends of the suspects and the foster and birth families of the victim form complex and warring social nets that are cast across town. And a small southern community, populated by eccentrics of every socioeconomic class, from dirt-poor to millionaire, responds to the horror.
With the keen eye of a talented young journalist returning to his southern roots, Van Meter paints a vivid portrait of the town, the characters who fill it, and the simmering class conflicts that made an injustice like this not only possible, but inevitable. Like Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Bluegrass is redolent with atmosphere, dark tension, and lush landscapes.
Author Wes Browne joined our Community Book Club to discuss his novel They All Fall the Same, and it was an incredible evening! We loved hearing behind-the-scenes insights about the Easter eggs hidden throughout the book, as well as his thoughts on the characters and setting.
We especially loved that he stayed afterward to sign each book and leave a personal note—such a meaningful touch that made the night even more special!
📚 Join Us for Community Book Club! 📚 We’re excited to invite everyone to our Community Book Club meeting tomorrow at 6:00 PM in the PHS Library! This month’s selection, They All Fall the Same, will spark great conversation—and we’re taking it to the next level… ✨ We will have the incredible opportunity to meet the author, Wes Browne, in person! ✨ Come ready to discuss, ask questions, and enjoy an evening celebrating reading and community. We hope to see you there! #CommunityBookClub #PHSReads #MeetTheAuthor
Paintsville Independent Schools have the most amazing assistant principals!
Paintsville High - Dawn Kinner
Paintsville Elementary - Sherri Woods
Because Paintsville High School uses Dave Ramsey’s Personal Finance curriculum, our school community has access to FREE live online financial courses!
Take advantage of this great opportunity to build your financial knowledge and skills.
👉 Click here to view this month’s course offerings and register:
https://events.zoom.us/ev/AiwVtJdhvPpcpGYJzGCnSYfFU6EVm9r1GkWhdYVlgbyWENAoKGg3~AsTVxipKKbNiyjBNhPkyR1PYt2oE9T9H4PcIZjtXSkp1jFrIevz11kJCOA
Feel free to share with family and friends!
Take advantage of this great opportunity to build your financial knowledge and skills.
👉 Click here to view this month’s course offerings and register:
https://events.zoom.us/ev/AiwVtJdhvPpcpGYJzGCnSYfFU6EVm9r1GkWhdYVlgbyWENAoKGg3~AsTVxipKKbNiyjBNhPkyR1PYt2oE9T9H4PcIZjtXSkp1jFrIevz11kJCOA
Feel free to share with family and friends!
