Education

The new guidance from Murray State continues to encourage voluntary COVID-19 vaccinations as the “best defense” against COVID-19. The university is hosting a series of on-campus COVID-19 vaccination clinics in the next couple of months.

The district announced its coronavirus policies for the upcoming school year as health officials nationwide express growing concerns about a surge in COVID-19 cases, including the highly contagious Delta variant. 

Participants are encouraged to go to a school to pray the evening of Aug. 4.

Christian County Public Schools will announce plans related to COVID-19 and mask recommendations on Tuesday, spokesman John Rittenhouse told Hoptown Chronicle.

Mancell Elam returns to Christian County after serving as principal at Fulton County High School.

The projects are slated at Pembroke and South Christian elementary schools.

Postponed last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, the summit will be Saturday, July 31, at Christian County Middle School.

The program, part of Educators Rising Kentucky initiative, will give students a chance to explore a teaching career.

Major updates are planned at the Curris Center, Lovett Auditorium, Wrather Hall, Carr Hall, Racer Arena and Waterfield Library.

Quinn Miller will begin his junior year at the academy on the campus of Western Kentucky University.

Established in 1983, the program has a mission to broaden Kentucky’s next generation of civic and economic leaders.

John Walsh, who is currently an assistant principal at Pembroke Elementary School, will become headmaster at HCA in July.