CPS Families:
Please make sure that you have child care ready if school is canceled due to bad weather.
Check to make sure you are connected to ROOMS. This will be the way teachers communicate if there is an Non-Traditional Instruction Day.
Ensure that your child’s devices are ready, and that they have access to the necessary materials or online platforms to continue their learning from home, if needed.
Please reach out to your teacher if you have any questions.
UGLY SWEATER DAY!
We are Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree !
Rock out your favorite Christmas look!
GRINCH GREEN, CANDY CANE RED, OR SNOW WHITE!
LONG WINTER'S NAP!
Wear your PJ's!
SHINE BRIGHT!
This is a reminder that SCPS is IN SESSION on Friday, December 13th. The SCPS Board of Education amended the school calendar when school was canceled on September 27th due to inclement weather. December 13th is no longer a Defense of Learning Day. We will see you in school on Friday! Please visit our website to find the amended 2024 - 2025 calendar.
https://www.shelby.kyschools.us/page/2024-2025-school-calendar
During the Month of December we will have several dress down days. Below you will find a list with dates to help you prepare! Spirit/Holiday Dress Days: Dec. 6th- TEAM DAY Dec. 13th- Tree Topper Day- wear a Christmas hat, headband or accessory Dec. 16th- Holiday Glow Up!- wear something shiny or bright Dec. 17th- wear your favorite holiday pajamas Dec. 18th- wear candy cane red, Grinch green or Snow White Dec. 19th- We are Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree!- Rock out your favorite Christmas look! Dec. 20th- Ugly Sweater Day
TOMORROW NIGHT!
Fun Friday Dress!
See pictures of the parade, our exhibitions of learning, & help us celebrate Mr. Allen Phillips, SCPS Board Member who never missed a meeting during his 36 years of service to Shelby County Public Schools. https://scps.edurooms.com/engage/shelby-county-public-schools/newsletters/weekly-leadership-connection-47019
Please join us this Thursday for some family fun!
TEAM DAY!
December 6th!
ATC Hosts Blood Drive
Lucas Cannon Capitalizes on Second Chance Blood Donors Provided Him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfrUgvF_2tY
With all that Lucas Cannon has been through following a horrific farming accident when he was just a teenager – given just a 1-2% chance of survival and losing the entirety of his right leg – it’s a refreshing education in humility to hear him describe the responsibility he believes he owes to replenish the blood supply after using more than 150 units to preserve his life.
“That’s an incredible amount,” Lucas said. “Using that many units in that short span, it has to take a toll on the blood center.”
Lucas pointed to routine surgeries, cancer patients, organ transplants and other traumas that require blood on an everyday basis. The need for blood is constant, and it’s not lost on Lucas nearly 15 years removed from the life-changing trauma.
When, in 2009, Lucas accidentally knocked the family tractor into gear, throwing him to the ground and ultimately underneath the eight-ton four-wheeler – shattering half his pelvis and his right leg – it altered Lucas’ life, but it didn’t stop him.
“If it wasn’t for the selfless act of donating blood, I wouldn’t be here,” Lucas said. “I used so much of it, I don’t have my original blood in my body. I’m made up of however many people donated. It’s not mine anymore. It’s these other people who were kind enough to take a few minutes to save my life.”
At 30 years old, Lucas is thriving. He graduated high school less than two years after the accident, went off to college at Northern Kentucky University, competed all over the country for six years in the National Wheelchair Basketball Association, and is now working at the nationally renowned Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
“As weird as it sounds, I don’t think I would change anything,” Lucas said. “I think I’m a much better person going through what I went through. I am as successful as I thought I would be at 16 years old. Nothing’s held me back.”
Donations from people like you not only save Lucas' life, it gives them an opportunity to pursue their dreams.
All donors who give at this upcoming drive will receive a KBC thank you item for donating.
Please click the blue link below to sign up for this drive.
Shelby County ATC
Friday, 12/19/24 (8:30 -1:30)
230 Rocket Lane
Presentation Room
Shelbyville, KY 40065
Check out what's happening in Shelby County Public Schools.
https://scps.edurooms.com/engage/shelby-county-public-schools/newsletters/weekly-leadership-connection-45601
During the Month of December we will have several dress down days. Below you will find a list with dates to help you prepare!
Spirit/Holiday Dress Days:
Dec. 6th- TEAM DAY
Dec. 13th- Tree Topper Day- wear a Christmas hat, headband or accessory
Dec. 16th- Holiday Glow Up!- wear something shiny or bright
Dec. 17th- wear your favorite holiday pajamas
Dec. 18th- wear candy cane red, Grinch green or Snow White
Dec. 19th- We are Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree!- Rock out your favorite Christmas look!
Dec. 20th- Ugly Sweater Day
We are excited to invite you to our next Community Conversation on December 10th from 11:30 - 1:00 at Kentucky Farm Bureau! This is a wonderful opportunity for us to initiate conversation in Shelby County to build on local responses to the needs of students and families and improve academic outcomes through the Community Schools strategy.
Check out our weekly newsletter recapping the Inspired Learning, Leading, and Living in Shelby County. #weareshelbyinspired
https://scps.edurooms.com/engage/shelby-county-public-schools/newsletters/weekly-leadership-connection-44725
Coat Exchange and Thanksgiving Food Baskets
Happy November! For Thanksgiving, we would like to show our appreciation and gratitude for our students, families and staff. Please fill out this form if you'd like to recognize a member of our Painted Stone Community. Feel free to fill out as many as you'd like!
https://forms.gle/G9o5n2cMA3VmVbRD9