PHS English Department members Charlene Martin, Dawn McNew, and Johnathon McKenzie—along with Principal Chester McCoy—are hard at work internalizing their 10–12th grade instructional units with Audrey Harper from EPIC. Great things are ahead for our students!
Today, Paintsville Elementary’s 3rd–5th grade teachers, along with Reading Recovery teacher Tammie Matijasic, participated in unit internalization training with our long-term professional development partner, Kristy Brackin from Epic.
Paintsville's 6th-8th grade English teachers, along with principal Chester McCoy, are working with our long-term professional development partner, Audrey Harper with EPIC, to internalize instructional units. Unit internalization is an important step in ensuring high-quality instruction—it allows teachers to deeply understand the learning goals, essential questions, and assessments within a unit before teaching it. By internalizing units, teachers can plan intentionally, anticipate student needs, and deliver instruction that is more focused, engaging, and aligned to standards.
🇺🇸 Happy Veterans Day 🇺🇸
Today, Paintsville Independent Schools proudly honors and thanks all who have served in the United States Armed Forces. Your courage, sacrifice, and dedication protect the freedoms we cherish every day.
We are especially grateful for the veterans within our school community — staff, families, and alumni — who have selflessly served our country. 💙❤️
Thank you for your service and sacrifice.
#VeteransDay #ThankYouVeterans #PaintsvilleTigers
Today, Paintsville Independent Schools proudly honors and thanks all who have served in the United States Armed Forces. Your courage, sacrifice, and dedication protect the freedoms we cherish every day.
We are especially grateful for the veterans within our school community — staff, families, and alumni — who have selflessly served our country. 💙❤️
Thank you for your service and sacrifice.
#VeteransDay #ThankYouVeterans #PaintsvilleTigers
Public release of school-wide data such as color ratings will be on November 19th! Until then, you can take a look at how your child performed on state assessments by the end of the week!
Click here for info on the state assessments your child completed back in May. https://bit.ly/KSAinfo
Click here for info on the state assessments your child completed back in May. https://bit.ly/KSAinfo
🇺🇸 Happy Veterans Day 🇺🇸
Today, Paintsville Independent Schools proudly honors and thanks all who have served in the United States Armed Forces. Your courage, sacrifice, and dedication protect the freedoms we cherish every day.
We are especially grateful for the veterans within our school community — staff, families, and alumni — who have selflessly served our country. 💙❤️
Thank you for your service and sacrifice.
#VeteransDay #ThankYouVeterans #PaintsvilleTigers
Today, Paintsville Independent Schools proudly honors and thanks all who have served in the United States Armed Forces. Your courage, sacrifice, and dedication protect the freedoms we cherish every day.
We are especially grateful for the veterans within our school community — staff, families, and alumni — who have selflessly served our country. 💙❤️
Thank you for your service and sacrifice.
#VeteransDay #ThankYouVeterans #PaintsvilleTigers
🇺🇸 Happy Veterans Day 🇺🇸
Today, Paintsville Independent Schools proudly honors and thanks all who have served in the United States Armed Forces. Your courage, sacrifice, and dedication protect the freedoms we cherish every day.
We are especially grateful for the veterans within our school community — staff, families, and alumni — who have selflessly served our country. 💙❤️
Thank you for your service and sacrifice.
#VeteransDay #ThankYouVeterans #PaintsvilleTigers
Today, Paintsville Independent Schools proudly honors and thanks all who have served in the United States Armed Forces. Your courage, sacrifice, and dedication protect the freedoms we cherish every day.
We are especially grateful for the veterans within our school community — staff, families, and alumni — who have selflessly served our country. 💙❤️
Thank you for your service and sacrifice.
#VeteransDay #ThankYouVeterans #PaintsvilleTigers
🎨🔬💡 Happy International STEAM Day! 💡🔬🎨
Today we celebrate our incredible STEAM teachers who inspire creativity and innovation every day! 🚀
Thank you for bringing science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics to life for our students through hands-on learning and problem solving! Your passion helps our Tigers dream big and think boldly! 💛💙
#InternationalSTEAMDay #STEAMEducation #PaintsvilleTigers #ThankATeacher
Today we celebrate our incredible STEAM teachers who inspire creativity and innovation every day! 🚀
Thank you for bringing science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics to life for our students through hands-on learning and problem solving! Your passion helps our Tigers dream big and think boldly! 💛💙
#InternationalSTEAMDay #STEAMEducation #PaintsvilleTigers #ThankATeacher
School-based mental health services are available through our community partners to support students.
📚✨ Principal Kristy Frazier and Reading Interventionist Tammie Matijasic are continuing their professional growth by attending Cognitive Coaching Days 5–6!
This week’s focus — Flexibility in Coaching for Human Uniqueness and Detecting the Cognitive Shift — is all about supporting teachers in deeper reflection and empowering them to think independently and creatively. 💡
We’re proud of their dedication to lifelong learning and their commitment to bringing powerful coaching strategies back to Paintsville Elementary! 💙 #PESPride #LifelongLearners #CognitiveCoaching
This week’s focus — Flexibility in Coaching for Human Uniqueness and Detecting the Cognitive Shift — is all about supporting teachers in deeper reflection and empowering them to think independently and creatively. 💡
We’re proud of their dedication to lifelong learning and their commitment to bringing powerful coaching strategies back to Paintsville Elementary! 💙 #PESPride #LifelongLearners #CognitiveCoaching
🌟 Happy National School Psychology Week! 🌟
This week, we’re celebrating Mr. Paul Baker, our dedicated School Psychologist at Paintsville Independent Schools! 💙
Mr. Baker plays an essential role in supporting the academic and emotional well-being of our students. His care expertise helps create a positive learning environment where every student can thrive.
Thank you, Mr. Baker, for all that you do to support our students each and every day! 👏💛💙
#SchoolPsychologyWeek #ThankYouMrBaker #PaintsvilleTigers
This week, we’re celebrating Mr. Paul Baker, our dedicated School Psychologist at Paintsville Independent Schools! 💙
Mr. Baker plays an essential role in supporting the academic and emotional well-being of our students. His care expertise helps create a positive learning environment where every student can thrive.
Thank you, Mr. Baker, for all that you do to support our students each and every day! 👏💛💙
#SchoolPsychologyWeek #ThankYouMrBaker #PaintsvilleTigers
Good luck, ladies!! 📣
Attention, friends!
November lunch menus for PHS and PES are here!
🎉 Happy Occupational Therapist Day! 🎉
Today, we are proud to celebrate Occupational Therapist Day by recognizing two incredible individuals who play a vital role in supporting our students’ success and independence.
🙌 A huge thank you to Curtis Marcum, our dedicated Occupational Therapist, and Erica Willis, his amazing assistant, for the care, encouragement, and expertise they provide every day. Their work helps our students grow in confidence, develop essential skills, and achieve their goals—both in and out of the classroom.
💙 We are grateful for their compassion, patience, and commitment to student support. Curtis and Erica, your impact is deeply felt within Paintsville Independent Schools, and today we celebrate YOU!
#OccupationalTherapyDay #ThankYouCurtisAndErica #TeamPaintsville #StudentSuccess
Today, we are proud to celebrate Occupational Therapist Day by recognizing two incredible individuals who play a vital role in supporting our students’ success and independence.
🙌 A huge thank you to Curtis Marcum, our dedicated Occupational Therapist, and Erica Willis, his amazing assistant, for the care, encouragement, and expertise they provide every day. Their work helps our students grow in confidence, develop essential skills, and achieve their goals—both in and out of the classroom.
💙 We are grateful for their compassion, patience, and commitment to student support. Curtis and Erica, your impact is deeply felt within Paintsville Independent Schools, and today we celebrate YOU!
#OccupationalTherapyDay #ThankYouCurtisAndErica #TeamPaintsville #StudentSuccess
🔬🧅 Microscope Magic in Lesson 11! 🧫✨
Yesterday and today our 7th grade scientists got hands-on with Lesson 11 of OpenSciEd Unit 6.6: Cells & Systems, diving deep into the world of cells—literally!
Students made their own slide samples and used microscopes to examine red onion skin cells, getting an up-close look at:
✅ Cell walls
✅ Nuclei
✅ The building blocks of life!
Why does this matter? Because understanding how cells are structured helps us make sense of how body systems function—and how everything works together to keep us alive.
🧠 Big ideas: Structure, function, and the amazing complexity of even the simplest cells!
#OpenSciEd #MicroscopeLab #CellsAndSystems #NGSS #STEMLearning #MiddleSchoolScience #RedOnionCells #FutureScientists
Yesterday and today our 7th grade scientists got hands-on with Lesson 11 of OpenSciEd Unit 6.6: Cells & Systems, diving deep into the world of cells—literally!
Students made their own slide samples and used microscopes to examine red onion skin cells, getting an up-close look at:
✅ Cell walls
✅ Nuclei
✅ The building blocks of life!
Why does this matter? Because understanding how cells are structured helps us make sense of how body systems function—and how everything works together to keep us alive.
🧠 Big ideas: Structure, function, and the amazing complexity of even the simplest cells!
#OpenSciEd #MicroscopeLab #CellsAndSystems #NGSS #STEMLearning #MiddleSchoolScience #RedOnionCells #FutureScientists
Paintsville High School is now a national SAT test site, meaning you can now take the SAT at PHS on national testing dates! The SAT is a bring your own device exam (except personal chromebooks are not allowed). You can bring an iPad, MacBook, PHS school-managed chromebook, etc. The exam is 2 hours and 14 minutes long and composed of tests in English, math, and reading.
The next national testing date is November 8th and the deadline to register is THIS FRIDAY, October 24th. See Mrs. Baldwin for a fee waiver if you log in to your CollegeBoard account and don't see fee waivers automatically applied. Click the link below to register yourself.
Why take the SAT? Check the article below!
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/plan-for-college/apply-to-college/sat?excmpid=mtg841-st-1-m10171-mt&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
The next national testing date is November 8th and the deadline to register is THIS FRIDAY, October 24th. See Mrs. Baldwin for a fee waiver if you log in to your CollegeBoard account and don't see fee waivers automatically applied. Click the link below to register yourself.
Why take the SAT? Check the article below!
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/plan-for-college/apply-to-college/sat?excmpid=mtg841-st-1-m10171-mt&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
🚌 National School Bus Safety Week 🚌
This week we join schools across the nation in recognizing National School Bus Safety Week (October 20–24, 2025).
Our school bus drivers play a vital role in keeping students safe each and every day. We encourage students, families, and the community to review safe riding and driving practices that help ensure all children arrive at school and home safely.
🚍 Always stop when the red lights are flashing.
🚸 Watch for students entering and exiting the bus.
✅ Talk to your child about safe behavior while riding.
Let’s work together to keep our Tigers safe on the road! 💙🐅
#SchoolBusSafety #PISD #TigerPride
This week we join schools across the nation in recognizing National School Bus Safety Week (October 20–24, 2025).
Our school bus drivers play a vital role in keeping students safe each and every day. We encourage students, families, and the community to review safe riding and driving practices that help ensure all children arrive at school and home safely.
🚍 Always stop when the red lights are flashing.
🚸 Watch for students entering and exiting the bus.
✅ Talk to your child about safe behavior while riding.
Let’s work together to keep our Tigers safe on the road! 💙🐅
#SchoolBusSafety #PISD #TigerPride
Mrs. Madison Newsome’s 8th grade scientists are using the OpenSciEd Bird Breeder Simulation to explore selective breeding! Students are experimenting to produce specific traits for the birds in their virtual cages.
Mrs. Madison Newsome’s 8th grade scientists are using the OpenSciEd Bird Breeder Simulation to explore selective breeding! Students are experimenting to produce specific traits for the birds in their virtual cages.
