Education

 SHEPHERDSVILLE - Bullitt Lick Middle School sixth graders have a reason to smile thanks to a little help from their friends in the Making Smiles Happen Oral Health Surveillance Initiative.

Making Smiles Happen, co-sponsored by Delta Dental, Kentucky Youth Advocates and the University of Louisville School of Dentistry, is a statewide project hoping to collect vital dental data to better understand and improve health.

 MOUNT WASHINGTON -- For the past 18 years, kids have dreamed about going to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. They grew up wondering how butterbeer tastes, what it’d be like to travel through fireplaces and whether they’d be in Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw or Slytherin houses. 

For the past three years, Bullitt East High has brought the magic of the Houses program to the school.

 Bullitt County Public Schools’ District Safe Schools Coordinator Sarah Hardin was named Partner of the Year by Partners in Prevention (PIP) during the organization’s annual Member Appreciation Luncheon.

“I received a very-warm hearted speech from last year’s recipient, Megan Hatter, as she presented the award,” Hardin said. “I was very surprised as there are many hard-working members that contribute to the sustainability of the coalition.”

 Grants totaling $17,856.19 were distributed to schools from the Bullitt County Foundation for Excellence in Public Education.

The funds were approved by the Bullitt County Board of Education at its November meeting.

The Bullitt County Area Technology Center is the largest recipient with $5,493. Masonry teacher Floyd Light successfully applied for $3,753 to purchase a masonry table saw while Principal Angela Binkley secured $1,740 for the Career Builders curriculum.