Education

Thanks to the Shelby County Area Technology Center, Shelby County students may get more help in preparing for college.

Susan Wiley, the Area Technology Center's principal, has offered Shelby County Public Schools a chance to partner to hire a College Coach through the Kentucky College Coaches AmeriCorps Program.

The Shelby County School board will consider approval at Thursday's meeting.

You can see the anti-drug video starring local middle and high school students starting today at a movie theater in Shelbyville.

This 90-minute video, titled The New Cool, will feature 16 students from East and West middle schools and Shelby County High School denouncing drugs and alcohol and promoting a healthy lifestyle.

Elizabeth Lafferty of Shelby Prevention, helped the students with the video and took them to an International Drug Prevention Conference in Louisville.

The Shelby County Board of Education honored Shelby County's newest National Board Certified teachers at last Thursday's meeting.

Seven teachers joined Shelby County's ranks with the new certification. The new National Board teachers are: Elizabeth Bland - Clear Creek Elementary; Rebekah Meredith - Painted Stone Elementary; Angela Chambers, April Manning, Jenna Richardson and Anita White - Simpsonville Elementary; and Sarah Smith - Southside Elementary.

Don't worry, the SCHS rocket didn't blast off Tuesday, although it did take a trip through town.

The rocket, which is actually an authentic Air Force rocket, was lifted off its stand at the school by a crane and placed onto a flat bed truck and taken to a local body shop to be repainted. As befitting its status as a community icon, the rocket was escorted by sheriff's deputies from Rocket Lane to Hi Tech Body Shop on Henry Clay Street.