Administration

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Gretchen Wetzel

Executive Director

Office: 270.809.6978

   gretchen.wetzel@wkec.org              

Sean Caldwell

Chief Financial Officer

Office: 270.809.4228

sean.caldwell@wkec.org              

Katrina Carr

Director of Finance

Office: 270.809.6969  katrina.carr@wkec.org              

Jennifer Hale

Executive Assistant

Office: 270.809.6978  jennifer.hale@wkec.org              

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Henderson County

 

Britney Smith is a 2005 graduate of

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and the Executive Director at Habitat for Humanity. " I know how much support this community and my teachers gave me, and I hopefully want to be able to provide some of that support now.”https://smore.com/nxm8t #tellingourstoryKY

Christian County Schools  

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It's Inauguration Day & the man behind the inauguration ceremony is HHS graduate Eugene Poole! Eugene works in the Office of the Capitol Architect & handles some of the most important projects for our country! Let's hear it HHS Class of '78! #tellingourstoryKY

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Hopkins County

We are excited to take part in the statewide #TellingOurStoryKy campaign that will showcase stories of public education! To learn more, go to https://hopkins.kyschools.us/domain/1408 #TeamHopkins

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Union County

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We are celebrating National School Counseling Week! Our Union County Middle School Guidance Counselors Mendi Wyatt and Abby Mason know there is power in public education!

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Crittenden County

CCHS freshman Cutter Singleton had the opportunity of a lifetime recently when he joined one of the newest inductees of the Grand Ole Opry, Rhonda Vincent, at The Orange Blossom Opry in Florida. Read more at :

https://docs.google.com/.../1osr6IrJau3XSEcrT4XWf.../edit...

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Murray Independent

"The power of public schools is evident in the relationships that evolve between students, faculty and staff.” Jim Baurer.

MISD Facilities Director, Jim Baurer, attended a small Illinois Public school system (grade school 1-8) and high school (9-12). There were only 42 in his senior class. A highlight for Baurer was the annual pancake and sausage supper fundraiser. Held each year beginning at noon and running until late evening, with specialty booths and a full meal.  The event was attended by students, faculty, staff, parents, as well as volunteers. “This was the major fundraiser event for our grade school and was very successful each year. Everyone worked together to make this event an ongoing success.”

Baurer said the most important aspect of his public education was the opportunity to become friends and work with students from a variety of backgrounds. 

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Fulton Independent

The Family Connection, Fulton Independent’s FRYSC, teamed up with Title One family engagement to give a book and a stuffed Bulldog to every student in grades K-3.  The program encourages students to read to their Bulldogs at home.  In addition, parents who send in photos of their children reading to the puppies are entered into a drawing for small prizes. 

 

“They (Scholastic) encourage reading to pets, so I thought ‘Let’s give our kids a pet of their own’,”  said Tracy Pulley, FRYSC Director. 

 

Ms. Pulley had $1000 and 90 students to cover. She found a community partner, Evans Drug of Fulton, who helped the district buy the stuffed animals at a wholesale price.  Students and parents have responded well to the program. One grandparent sent in a video of her granddaughter reading to her bulldog; many sent photos of their children reading in the car, on the couch, in bed. Parent, Julie Boyd, said her kindergartener couldn't wait to "come home and warm up her dog and look at her book!"

 

“(The stuffed Bulldogs) serve as both comfort objects and reading inspiration,” said Pulley. “The Bulldogs can be warmed in a microwave and they smell like lavender. In a stressful school year, they’re perfect.”