Franklin County Schools

🎉 Congratulations to Our Talented Students for Qualifying for State STLP! 🎉 We are incredibly proud to announce that several of our WHHS students have qualified for the State Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP) competition! Their hard work, creativity, and dedication have truly paid off. Let's celebrate their amazing achievements: ⭐ Varshitha Ramesh - Screencapture: "Create Voice Overs Instantly with CapCut's Text to Speech Feature" ⭐ Varshitha Ramesh - Infographic: "The Water Crisis" ⭐ Breckon Reichert - Digital Photography: "The Haven of Peace" ⭐ Malleshwar Suresh - Digital Music Composition: "Tutankhamun's Rise" Each of these projects showcases the incredible talent and innovation of our students. We can't wait to see them shine at the state level! 🌟 The State Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP) Championship is scheduled to take place on April 22, 2025. It's going to be an exciting event where students from across Kentucky will showcase their innovative projects and compete for top honors. Please join us in congratulating Varshitha, Breckon, and Malleshwar on their outstanding accomplishments. Best of luck at the state competition! 🎉👏

Bondurant Middle School students made an impressive debut at the Regional Science Olympiad Tournament, held at Bluegrass Community and Technical College in Lexington on March 1st. Competing for the first time, they surprised many veteran teams with their outstanding performance. The students secured top positions in multiple events, outperforming participants from eight other middle schools. Anatomy and Physiology 1st Prize: Tanav Gudapati, Meera Patel Code Busters 1st Prize: Tanav Gudapati, Connor McCoin, Vishal Paluri Crime Busters 1st Prize: Tanav Gudapati, Saanvi Kasala Disease Detectives 1st Prize: Aishwarya Lingampeta, Saanvi Kasala Dynamic Planet 1st Prize: Aishwarya Lingampeta Ecology 2nd Prize: Tanav Gudapati, Aishwarya Lingampeta Metric Mastery 1st Prize: Tanav Gudapati, Meera Patel Microbe Mission 1st Prize: Aishwarya Lingampeta, Meera Patel Potions and Poisons 1st Prize: Saanvi Kasala, Meera Patel Scrambler 3rd Prize: Vishal Paluri, Ayaan Shaik These students will now advance to the Kentucky State Science Olympiad Tournament, which will be held at the University of Kentucky on April 5, 2025. Robbie Roberts, the BMS academic coach, added, "This was an event some of the team parents wanted their children to participate in, and Mrs. Tope stepped up and agreed to be their coach for these events and share her knowledge, expertise, and time. Thank you, Mrs. Tope, for helping to expand their academic competition opportunities!" Congratulations to all the students for their remarkable achievements! 🎉 We are so proud of our Braves and Mrs. Tope! #FCSYes | #OneTeamFCS

Our Spring screening dates for the 2025-2026 school year are April 25th, May 9th, and May 20th, 2025. Once the screening is complete, families are informed if their child is eligible to receive interventions in an area of concern or if the family is eligible based on household income, pending income verification. You can schedule an appointment using this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfiw9G76A5xWHJBZbnnNflU2ekZNuODNWvJXR-hRMreUjyZQA/viewform If you are the parent or guardian of a 3 or 4-year-old child that you believe could be at risk for educational failure, please schedule a screening using this form. Please email Stephanie Emberton or call 502-695-6700 for questions. #FCSYes | #OneTeamFCS

Our WHHS Wolverines are on the ROAD to STATE! 🛣️💚 Please help us shout a huge congratulations to the members of the Western Hills Academic Team. WHHS advanced to the State Finals in many areas this past Saturday at the Governor’s Cup Regional competition. The competition was held at Mercer County High School. The Quick Recall Team punched a ticket to state by making it to the championship match for the fourth time in four seasons, falling just short of reigning state champions Dunbar in a very close matchup. Members of Quick Recall include: Holland Riddell, Nathan Carpenter, Manas Garla, Ethan Applegate, Aziz Smaoui, Maribelle Hayden, Adrian Bennett, Malleshwar Suresh, Mery Jaminet, and Maeher Joshi. Additionally, many Wolverines advanced to state in individual tests: 🥇Malleshwar Suresh in Math (🌟4th) 🥇Holland Riddell in Language Arts (🌟1st) and Arts and Humanities (3rd) 🥇Nathan Carpenter in Social Studies (🌟3rd) 🥇Ethan Applegate in Language Arts (🌟2nd) and Arts and Humanities (4th) 🥇Varshitha Ramesh in Science (3rd) and Written Composition (4th) 🥇Nico Harmon in Written Composition (5th) 🌟Indicates top 10 in state qualification! Please help us wish these students luck as they prepare for the state finals in Louisville next month! Congratulations, Wolverines. We are so proud of you.

Franklin County School Community, The State Journal published a fantastic article today about our school calendar! We appreciate their efforts in keeping our community informed. There was a small typo in the article, so here’s a friendly reminder: 🔔 March 14th, 2025 is an FCS District Staff Day with no student attendance. 🔔 March 17th, 2025 our schools will be open and in session as a make-up day.

Sidewinders Drill Team 'Aims High' at Apollo High School Invitational ... Fly-Fight-Win! This past weekend, our amazing FCHS Drill team returned to Apollo High School in Owensboro, KY, for their Annual Drill Invitational and we're pleased to share they absolutely crushed it! 🏆 Just like we knew they would. 🏅 1st place in Advanced Color Guard 🏅 2nd place in First-Year Color Guard (up from 3rd last year!) 🏅 2nd, 5th, and 7th place in individual medals for First-Year Knockout SSGT Brown shared, "These young men and women worked incredibly hard to achieve these accomplishments. Despite last week's NTI days, they dedicated themselves to daily practice, training for two to three hours straight to hone their skills." We're so proud of our cadets and their dedication. MSgt and SSGT Brown are committed to making this program competitive, and with each competition, these cadets continue to prove their excellence. 💪 Let's give a huge shoutout to the Sidewinders for their fantastic achievements! #FCSYes | #OneTeamFCS

Franklin County Schools will have NTI Day #8 tomorrow, Thursday, February 20, 2025. ASP’s will be open. Stay safe! #FCSYes | #OneTeamFCS

We are thrilled to announce that we have one more National Merit Finalist! Please join us in congratulating Mahmood Ateyeh on this prestigious achievement. Mahmood is a current senior at the Gatton Academy, a residential program for gifted and talented high school juniors and seniors. Located on the campus of Western Kentucky University, the Gatton Academy focuses on advanced careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Students at Gatton engage in college-level coursework, conduct research with professors, and have opportunities to study abroad. Despite attending Gatton, Mahmood also remains enrolled at WHHS. This allows him to participate in extracurricular activities and events while benefiting from the advanced academic opportunities at Gatton We are very proud of you Mahmood! Congratulations, you continue to make us proud! #FCSYes | #OneTeamFCS

Happening Now! The 2025 1:1 scheduling season has arrived, and we are thrilled to continue this annual tradition. It all started in 2022 when counselors, support staff, and administrators gathered at WHHS for training on scheduling students for the upcoming school year. Having a dedicated team to mentor and guide our students in pursuing their goals truly makes a difference. What's especially exciting this year? Our rising seniors are the first group to experience 1:1 scheduling throughout their entire high school journey. Huge shoutout to all who make this happen: ⭐ Superintendent Mark Kopp: For his vision and advocacy for this important mission- Our superintendent is innovative and this is just one of the important things he's brought to our district. ⭐ Charles Lewis: Our Director of College and Career Readiness is the leader of organizing this event! ⭐ Our principals, administrators, & support staff: For their flexibility and willingness to participate. A VERY special thank you to our counselors at FCCTC, FCHS, & WHHS. ⭐ Aimee Wilson (FCCTC) ⭐ Morgan Wiley (FCHS) ⭐ Robin Lawhorn (FCHS) ⭐ Lacey Piersol (FCHS) ⭐ Matthew Dryden (WHHS) ⭐ Hannah Eubanks (WHHS) ⭐ Taylor Baker (WHHS) #FCSYes | #OneTeamFCS

It's National FFA Week! We're incredibly proud of our agriculture clubs and all they achieve. 🌾🚜 Please help us celebrate our FFA programs! #FCSYes | #OneTeamFCS

Please help us congratulate BMS 8th grader, Ayaan Shaik, for earning a spot at the upcoming state FPS competition. See the message below from BMS Academic Coach, Robbie Roberts: Ayaan Shaik (8th grade) recently competed in an FPS event called Scenario Performance. In this event, students get to choose one of the FPS topics from this season's list of topics, and then write and perform a 5 minute video. Ayaan chose the topic of Rising Sea Levels, and his video was titled "Meteorology Holocaster". We're proud to announce that we received word that Ayaan has placed in the top 2 students in the entire state of Kentucky, and his exact finish will be announced at the State Finals awards ceremony on March 17th at the Galt House in Louisville. The top 3 students in Scenario Performance from Kentucky will move on to the International FPS Competition which will be held this summer at Indiana University in Bloomington. Congratulations to Ayaan for an outstanding job! Other students who competed in Scenario Performance for Bondurant are: Meera Patel Nakshatra Vemula Arshia Shaik (Collins Lane 5th grader) I want to give a special shout out to coach Tammy Baker, who has done an amazing job growing our FPS program. FPS is an internationally recognized program, and Kentucky is recognized as the world leader in this prestigious competition. Click here to learn more: https://kaac.com/future-problem-solving/ Thank you, Coach Roberts and Coach Baker! Congratulations Ayaan! #FCSYes | #OneTeamFCS

Please help us congratulate our Bondurant Braves for a very successful weekend at the Region 10 Governor's Cup Championships this past weekend. Here's the message Coach Robbie Roberts shared with us: Bondurant captured the overall Region 10 Gov's Cup Championship this past Saturday as the host school for the competition. Region 10 includes 20 different middle schools in Franklin, Anderson, Woodford, Boyle, Mercer, Garrard, Jessamine, and Washington counties. The overall regional championship was the 7th out of the last 8 years for the Braves. In quick recall, BMS opened the day with a 37-5 win over North Washington. In the second round, the Braves defeated Boyle Co. by a score of 36-16, setting up a semifinals match with league rivals Woodford County. After falling behind by 7 points in the second half, BMS chipped away and pulled out a 32-29 victory that came down to the last 2 minutes of a high level match. The championship match was a rematch with Woodford, and in another thriller Bondurant pulled out a 31-27 victory to advance to the Gov's Cup State Finals. Members of the regional champion BMS quick recall team are: Aishwarya Lingampeta Tanav Gudapati Charlie Ross Meera Patel Harlow Stapleton Ayaan Shaik Vishal Paluri Campbell Goins Lilly Zeurcher Saanvi Kasala Nathan Bayes Alaric Martin Amity Bennett In the other team event, the BMS Future Problem Solving team finished 3rd to earn points towards the overall championship. In one of the toughest FPS regions in the state, BMS barely missed moving on to state competition. We're very proud of the FPS team coached by Tammy Baker, who will have multiple students moving on to state in individual competition. She's also done an outstanding job of coaching the Jr. Division FPS team to a 12th place finish in the state already this season. The future of FPS is very bright (no pun intended)! Members of the BMS FPS team are: Ayaan Shaik Meera Patel Nakshatra Vemula Alaric Martin In individual testing, the following students finished in the top 6 in the region to move on to State Gov's Cup: Math 1st place---Tanav Gudapati (top 10 score in the state) 3rd place---Aishwarya Lingampeta 5th place---Vishal Paluri Science 1st place (tie)---Aishwarya Lingampeta & Tanav Gudapati (top 10 scores in the state) 3rd place---Meera Patel (top 10 score in the state) Social Studies 2nd place--Campbell Goins Language Arts 3rd place---Vishal Paluri 4th place---Charlie Ross 5th place---Lilly Zeurcher Arts & Humanities 1st place---Charlie Ross 4th place---Harlow Stapleton Written Composition 2nd place---Harlow Stapleton 5th place---Saanvi Kasala When all point totals were tallied, Bondurant took home the overall Region 10 Championship with 54 total points, with Woodford Co. coming in 2nd with 34 points. I want to commend all of the students on the team for doing an outstanding job, with many battling illnesses over the course of the last week. Regional competition is a long, mentally draining day, but the Braves showed toughness and resolve to take home their 7th Regional Championship trophy in the last 8 years. I also want to take a moment to thank all of our volunteer officials throughout the day. One of my proudest moments as a coach is when I see all of the love and support from parents, teachers, and former BMS players who give their time and efforts to continue the tradition of excellence that is the Bondurant academic team. Those volunteers include: Susan Riddell---contest manager, who ran the competition all week and spent countless hours making the event run smoothly Tammy Baker---hosting multiple hours of Google Meets for FPS and composition graders Mark Overstreet---Chief Official John Bennett---Head Scorer Adam Johnson---moderator for quick recall matches Malleshwar Suresh, Ethan Applegate, Aziz Smaoui, Nathan Carpenter, Nico Harmon---quick recall buzzer operators and spotters Ethan & Lukas Benassi, Ritvika Kalavagunta---concession stand Carli Ingram---written composition grader Stella Pollard, Mitchell Letulle, Erin Ford & the entire FCS IT department---setting up guest wifi for all of the students to test over the week and answering my numerous tech questions to help make the competition run so smoothly Scott Rushing & Jordan Semones---volunteering time to come and help me work with the kids in math and social studies to prep for Gov's Cup and Mathcounts ...and last but certainly not least, a huge thank you to all of the parents who made the hospitality room and concession stand run so smoothly, made delicious food for the coaches and officials, volunteered as proctors, donated time and money and supplies, and for being willing to do anything I asked to make the competition possible for all of these amazing students. If I try to list everyone I will surely leave people out, so please know that I truly appreciate every single one of you for everything you do for the BMS academic team! Thank you, Coach Roberts, and congratulations Braves!

The Capital Flyer Archery Tournament was held this weekend at FCHS. High School Team Achievements: 🏹WHHS came in 1st place. 🏹FCHS came in 3rd place. Middle School Team Achievements: 🏹Bondurant (BMS) 2nd Place 🏹Elkhorn (EMS) 3rd Place Elementary Team Achievements: 🏹Westridge (WRE) 1st Place 🏹 Peaks Mill (PME) 2nd Place 🏹Collins Lane (CLE) 3rd Place 🏹Elkhorn Elementary (EES) 5th Place 🏹Hearn (HES) 6th Place Individual Achievements: 🏹Angelica Benavides (FCHS) shot her personal best of 292 and secured 1st place overall. 🏹Eliza Pierce (EMS) shot her personal best of 290 and achieved 2nd place overall. 🏹Jayden Purvis (FCHS) shot his best at 287. 🏹Eli Carrier (WHHS) also shot 287. Both boys tied for 2nd place overall in the boys' division. 🏹Triston Whitehead (PME) shot 271, his personal best, securing him first in the elementary division. 🏹Caroline Simpson (CLE) shot 257, her personal best, securing 2nd place overall in the elementary division. 🏹Kelci Kirkpatrick (BPE) shot 252, her personal best, securing 4th place overall in the elementary division. 🏹Ngun Iang (WRE) shot 249, also her personal best, securing 6th place overall in the elementary division. 📸 Picture Credits: Kellynn Thompson + Our School archery pages! #FCSyes | #OneTeamFCS Congratulations to all of our archers!

Today, Tuesday February 18, 2025 will be NTI Day #6 in Franklin County Schools. Schools will be closed. ASP's will be open. Stay safe!

Important Notice: School in Session Tomorrow We plan to have school in session tomorrow. However, due to flood waters, the following locations will be inaccessible for our buses: • Big Eddy • Travis Circle • River Valley (no turn around) • Johnson Road (only up to Johnson Drive) • Snavely • Indian Gap • Stoney Creek • Still House • Lewis Ferry • McDonalds Ferry • Swallofield If your child is impacted by the flood waters and lives in any of these areas, their absence will be excused. #FCSYes | #OneTeamFCS

2/15/2025 Happy National School Resource Officer Appreciation Day! Today, we celebrate and honor the incredible School Resource Officers (SROs) who work tirelessly to keep our schools safe and foster positive relationships within our communities. Their dedication, bravery, and commitment to our students and staff make a significant difference every day. Let's take a moment to thank our SROs for their hard work and unwavering support. Your efforts do not go unnoticed, and we are truly grateful for everything you do. #FCSYes | #OneTeamFCS

Last week, the amazing Magic Mark swooped in to sprinkle some enchantment on the students at ELV! They were buzzing with excitement as he dazzled them with jaw-dropping tricks. And guess what? A few lucky eagles even got to join in on the magic madness! 🪄✨

10.31. 2024 Students Enjoy Halloween Reading Event at ELV Library Frankfort, KY – The ELV Library was transformed into a magical wonderland on Halloween as students gathered for a special reading event during the annual book fair. Dressed as their favorite superheroes and princesses, the young readers immersed themselves in the enchanting world of books. The event featured a variety of activities, including storytelling sessions, costume parades, and interactive reading corners. Students had the opportunity to explore new books, meet their favorite characters, and participate in fun-filled games and crafts. The ELV Library continues to be a hub of learning and creativity, inspiring young minds to explore the world through books.

2.14.2025 Superintendent Mark Kopp had the opportunity to meet with Congressman James Comer today. The meeting, hosted by the Kentucky Association of School Administrators (KASA) in Frankfort, brought together many of our area's superintendents. They engaged in discussions about current legislative actions and funding for public schools, advocating for the needs of our educational institutions. We extend our gratitude to Congressman Comer for his continued support of public education. #FCSYes | #OneTeamFCS

🎙️ New Podcast Episode Alert! 🎙️ Ever wondered how young leaders balance school, entrepreneurship, and community service? Meet Elle Bevington and Stephen Lemon, our star student board members from Franklin County High School and Western Hills High School! ✨ Elle Bevington: Senior, class president, and entrepreneur running her own gift shop, Neat Down South. From an empty corner of her parents’ dealership to a bustling shop full of school spirit wear and last-minute treasures! 🍴 Stephen Lemon: Junior, dual-enrollment student, and culinary enthusiast sharing his adventures on YouTube as Chef Lemonhead. Tune in to hear about his favorite steak sandwich and how his channel fuels his passion for cooking! Join us for a lively chat where they reveal their secrets to juggling it all and making a real impact in their schools. From student leadership and entrepreneurial endeavors to personal growth, this episode promises a hearty serving of inspiration straight from the lives of two of Franklin County's brightest young minds. 🎧 Listen now and get inspired by how they're bridging the gap between students and the Board of Education, ensuring every student voice is heard! Listen on Buzz Sprout or on your favorite podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2230503/episodes/16598738-empowering-student-voices-with-elle-bevington-and-stephen-lemon #FCSYes | #OneTeamFCS