🎉🏆 Paintsville Elementary Awards Day — Wednesday, May 20 🎉🏆
We’re so proud of our students! Join us at Sipp Theater as we celebrate academic and athletic achievements.
• 3rd & 4th grades: 9:00 AM
• 5th & 6th grades: 10:30 AM
Parents and family are welcome to attend — no RSVP needed. Please arrive 10–15 minutes early for seating and parking. We can’t wait to recognize our students’ hard work — see you there! #PaintsvillePride
EXCITING NEWS! Make sure to get your name and your children's names (ages 2 to 12th grade) on the list for the Summer Feeding program so we can prepare summer reading book packs for your family!
Add names here: https://forms.gle/5Yq19Tf6tAQhqEeeA
Add names here: https://forms.gle/5Yq19Tf6tAQhqEeeA
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! 💙
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).
The May lunch menu is here!
Adults, you have one more day to complete the online safety challenge that allows your child to win a prize at school! Click here for the challenge!
https://cybersafeschool.org/kyjohnpaint?fbclid=IwdGRleARgunRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeS8COej1Ll113AyJU7s9Z40Zkk5cgw-1PVvRT-3436rkU3t5YOiHg5EaaPiY_aem_U1kApC1wLfcBI8-uf-DrBA
This week in STEAM, students are learning that winds (tornadoes, hurricanes, etc) could be strong enough to make it "rain" objects or even animals! This link is a slideshow of students' art relating to these strong winds. Who knows what wind might pick up?
https://www.artsonia.com/artshow/74670/113972
https://www.artsonia.com/artshow/74670/113972
📚💙 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! 💙
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, 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, 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.
📸 Class picture prints are here!
Capture this year’s memories with an 8x10 print:
• $10 for a single pose
• $15 for both poses
Don’t miss out—order yours today! 📝
Our June 4th Community Book Club Selection is "Bluegrass: A True Story of Murder in Kentucky!"
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.
📚 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 #PESReads #MeetTheAuthor
Yearbooks are available for pre-sale! They will be shipped in the summer and times will be posted for pickup.
https://link.entourageyearbooks.com/my/PaintsvilleElementary
https://link.entourageyearbooks.com/my/PaintsvilleElementary
April lunch menu!
Paintsville Independent is proud to highlight 5th grade science teacher Regina Tackett for her dedication to high-quality science instruction! Mrs. Tackett recently attended PIMSER’s OpenSciEd professional learning session for elementary teachers held at Sullivan College in Lexington.
OpenSciEd is known for its focus on student-driven, phenomenon-based learning that engages students in real-world problem solving and scientific thinking. Through this training, Mrs. Tackett is bringing back new strategies and resources to further strengthen hands-on, inquiry-based science experiences in her classroom.
We appreciate her commitment to continuous learning and to providing our students with meaningful, engaging science instruction!
Paintsville Elementary was fortunate to spend two days learning alongside EPIC’s PD provider, Kristy Brackin, as she worked with our K–5 ELA teachers on unit internalizations.
Through this focused work, teachers dug deeply into standards, unpacked texts, and collaboratively planned for high-quality instruction that will directly impact student learning. The level of engagement and collaboration was evident in every session.
We are grateful for Kristy’s expertise and support as we continue strengthening Tier 1 instruction and ensuring meaningful learning experiences for all students. #PESPride #HighQualityInstruction
Meet the author at our April Community Book Club meeting!!
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Spuddies and Kona Ice are setup in the lane!
Math Night is ready for families to stop by anytime between 4:00 and 6:00!
Hope to see you soon!
Mark your calendars—exciting events are coming up at Paintsville Elementary! 📅✨
🌸 Spring Break: March 30 – April 3
🎒 April 16: New Kindergarten Open House
📝 May 4–8: State Testing
🏃 May 14: Field Day (All Grades)
🗳️ May 19: No School (Election Day)
🏅 May 20: 3rd–6th Awards Day
🎓 May 21: Head Start & Kindergarten Graduation
🎉 May 22: Last Day of School
We’re looking forward to a fun and busy season—hope to see everyone there! 💙 #UpcomingEvents #SchoolCommunity #PaintsvilleElementary
🌺 Math Night Luau 🌺
Join us for a fun and FREE evening of math, games, and island vibes at Paintsville Elementary!
📅 March 19th
⏰ 4:00–6:00 PM
🍔 Food trucks will be on site with delicious options available for purchase, with proceeds supporting our PTO.
Bring the whole family and enjoy a night of learning and fun—luau style! 🌴
