Last night, Garrard County High School hosted their annual Senior Awards ceremony! The graduating Class of 2023 is an exceptional group of students, and it was a great night celebrating their accomplishments! Thank you to our students, families, community partners, and staff for joining us! #gcsproud
Check back on GCHS page for the full album of photos!
Thank you Whitaker Bank for the donuts this morning!
This is a District Wide Art Show with the High School Senior Shows and High School & Jazz Band performing on Monday. Seal of Arts Excellence Awards will be given to Seniors that night.
Garrard County High School would like to welcome our new 2023-24 Assistant Principal, Mrs. Liz Turner! Mrs. Turner says, "I am so excited and grateful for the opportunity to continue to serve the best students and staff in the state! I feel fortunate for the chance to make an impact in a new way in a place that I truly believe in."
Garrard County High School would like to welcome our new English teacher, Mrs. Kourtney Taylor. We are excited to have you join our staff in the fall! #gchsproud
A message from Mrs. Taylor:
My name is Kourtney Taylor and I’ve been teaching for five years. I got my undergraduate at EKU and working on my masters at WGU. I am a proud nerd. I read and collect comic books, play DND, and build LEGO. I love my family, my husband, my dog, Watson and I’m looking forward to my journey at GCHS!
Garrard County High School would like to welcome our new Special Education Teacher, Mrs. Carly Short! We are excited to have you join our staff in the fall! #gchsproud
A message from Mrs. Short:
Hello! I’m Carly Short and I cannot wait to join Garrard County High School’s staff for the upcoming school year! My husband and I, and our two boys, Charlie and Rhye Tyler, have been living in the area for several years and are glad to be welcomed into Garrard County’s school system! I am excited to meet all the wonderful staff and students and hope to bring a sense of community and collaboration to the district- see you soon, Lions!
The KY High School All State Art Competition was held this past weekend at the Hellmann Creative Center in Covington, KY. Congratulations to Jillian Long on receiving Honorable Mention in Sculpture and Abigail Keith on being awarded first place in Fiber Arts and Textiles.
Congratulations to the following students for earning the KHSAA Triple Threat Award. The Triple Threat Award is presented to student-athletes who compete in a KHSAA sport or sport-activity across all three seasons for 2022-2023.
Garrard County High School recently hosted their Ghost Out Program. A guest, dressed as the Grim Reaper, stalked the hallways of the Garrard County High School and selected fourteen “victims”. These “victims” represented the average number of people killed in alcohol or drug-related crashes during the school day and were declared “deceased”. A memorial service was conducted for the fourteen “victims” during the afternoon assembly, with the students of GCHS in attendance.
Thank you to our Garrard County Youth Services Center, Garrard County, Davis Shepherd, ASAP (Agency Substance Abuse Policy), MADD (Mother Against Drunk Drives), GCHS TATU Club (Teens Against Tobacco Use), Garrard County Coroner’s Office, Garrard County Sheriff’s Office, Lancaster Police Department, Kentucky Office of Highway Safety and First Responders for working together to address drug and alcohol abuse among our young people today. #gcsproud
Congratulations to Ms. Baleigh Lawson, our Garrard County High School Teacher of the Year! Ms. Lawson's dedication to our students and passion for teaching is truly inspiring. Thank you for making a positive impact on our school community! #gchsproud
Congratulations to Ethan Cooper for signing with Emmanuel College, an NCAA Division II School, in Franklin Springs, Georgia. The Emanuel Lions play in the Conference Carolinas. Ethan plans on pursuing a degree in business or medical field.
The Garrard County Youth Services Center, Garrard County, David Shepherd, ASAP (Agency Substance Abuse Policy), MADD (Mother Against Drunk Drives), GCHS TATU Club (Teens Against Tobacco Use), Garrard County Coroner’s Office, Garrard County Sheriff’s Office, Lancaster Police Department, Kentucky Office of Highway Safety and First Responders are working together to address drug and alcohol abuse among our young people today. Garrard County High School will host the GHOST OUT program tomorrow, April 28th, 2023. This is an emotional and powerful program with a strong impact on students and should deter drug and alcohol use with teen drivers.
Thank you to Judge Executive for proclaiming April 24th-28th as Ghost Out Week, and for calling upon our citizens to work to lessen the instances of drug and alcohol use among teen drivers.
The Garrard County School District is requesting proposals from mental health agencies to provide school based mental health services within the district. Applicants must be able to provide services for all schools and students PK-12 in the Garrard County School District.
Applications are due May 5th, 2023 by 4:00PM.
Providers submitting an RFP must be in “Good Standing” with Kentucky Department of Social Services (DSS) or be a Federally Qualified Health Provider if coming from a different jurisdiction than the State of Kentucky.
Click the link below to access the application.
https://5il.co/1t88j
The 3rd Grade students at Paint Lick Elementary and Lancaster Elementary have pen pals at Garrard County High School through the JAG classes, and received their second letter this week!✍️✉️
Every other week, the students exchange letters with their pen pals. The high school students created videos to pair with their letters to the 3rd graders! The PLE and LES students have been so excited this week to read their letters, watch their personalized video and respond to the high school students! #gchsproud #pleproud #lesproud
Don't forget to join our GCHS Project Graduation Online Auction page! The auction will close April 28th! Pick up of items will be April 30th at GCHS Cafeteria. Click the link below to join and start bidding!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/239651021789883/?ref=share_group_link
GEAR UP Student Impact Team attended their annual Leadership Conference at Eastern Kentucky University. This year students participated in leadership development workshops led by Cool Speak, one of the nations leading youth engagement companies for students, parents and educators. Students learned to understand their own capacity to make a change, develop a positive self worth and access their core beliefs and understand the importance of knowledge and how to access information.
🔉MANDATORY FOR ALL GARRARD STUDENTS🔉
Online Registration is now open for all Garrard County students. Parents and families must complete the annual update by May 3rd, 2023 through Infinite Campus-Parent Portal. Please see attached image for step by step instructions.
Mrs. Hoskins' AP Language and Composition class recently had a guest speaker visit and present on the Kentucky Innocence Project. Erin McQuerry (GCHS class of 2016), a law student at UK, spoke to the students about wrongful conviction and the work of the KIP to exonerate innocent individuals who have been wrongfully convicted. The students in AP Lang are currently reading the text Just Mercy and completing a nine-week research project related to the text. It is always great seeing alumni returning to GCHS to impact student learning! #gchsproud
Today, Garrard County Schools welcomed their first ever district Special Olympics event! Students competed in numerous events, including cornhole, egg races, soccer, baseball, bocce ball, etc. We want to say thank you to our GCS Special Olympics Peer Ambassadors who are our leaders with and without intellectual disabilities who strive for inclusion for all, who have been advocates and have dedicated their time to training and playing together-creating friendship and understanding!
Enjoy a quick snapshot of our day- more photos to come! #gcsproud #specialolympics
Don't forget about Curriculum Night tonight! Drop in anytime between 5:30PM and 7:00PM to learn about student curriculum, connect with our staff and engage in our students' learning! Food will be sponsored by Gear Up. We hope to see you there! #gchsproud
