Edmonson County High

The ECHS football team is the recipient of the Russell Athletic “Fight Like Dylan Award.”  This award grants $50,000 for uniforms and equipment to the ECHS football team in memory of Jacob Irwin.  Jacob, a beloved team member, student, and classmate, lost his battle with cancer this past July.  Edmonson County is grateful to have the opportunity to honor this remarkable young man through recieving this award. Our football team will be recognized at Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl on January 3, 2012.

Amber Hagan 9
Caroline Moody 10
Lydia Basham 10
Jacob Tobias 11
Rachel Grey 12

The Edmonson County High Agriculture department has been recognized by the FFA State Advisor as being one of the top 10 of all Ad Ed programs statewide in the percentage of students scoring either proficient or distinguished on the reading portion of the 2010-2011 KCCT test!   Way to go Ag students!!!!!

ECHS sophomores made great gains on PLAN scores.  The PLAN test is part of a three part series of tests given in 8th, 10th, and 11th grades.  All three tests are part of ACT’s EPAS system designed to determine college readiness.  EXPLORE is given in 8th, PLAN is given in the 10th grade, and ACT is administered in the 11th grade.   Our school recieved the scores from ACT on Friday and we are very pleased to announce tremendous improvement.

The Kentucky Department of Education released the 2010/2011 test data Tuesday, September 27.  The Edmonson County School System is one of 22 out of 175 public school districts to make AYP (adequate yearly progress) this year!  We were one of 11 school districts to make AYP and have all schools in the District make AYP! Of those 11 school districts to make AYP and have all schools make AYP, we were the only County School District to make AYP!!!

ECHS as a school made great gains in state test scores achieving AYP for the first time.   The percent of students scoring proficient and distinguished jumped 21.69% in Mathematics, 19.49 % in Reading, 16.49% in Science, and 20.3% in Social Studies.  These gains, coupled with tremendous gains on ACT scores, reflect the hard work of our students and faculty.  We are focused on school improvement and are working to continue to improve student learning.  We appreciate the support of our community in this endeavor and hope that you will work with us to help your children make a successful transition into adulthood.  We can do this through partnerships between school and home that celebrate accomplishments, teach the value of education, and encourage our students to do their best.

Major changes in instruction and assessment are underway in high schools across Kentucky.  Senate Bill 1 passed the state legislature in 2009 ushering in a new age of accountabilty for Kentucky Schools.  Kentucky was the first to adopt the new Common Core Standards which provide a framework for much more rigorous instruction.  End of year state assessments have been replaced with course-end exams in key content areas.  This year Biology, English II, U.S. History and Algebra II students will take comprehensive exams the last two weeks of school.  These exams count 10% of the student’s final grade this year, 15% next year and 20% the following year.  The State of Kentucky purchased ACT’s Quality Core program for these classes.  In addition to the course-end exams, sophomores and juniors will be administered an on-demand writing test in the spring.  Senate Bill 1 also requires the high schools conduct internal audits called Program Reviews in the areas of Writing, Practical Living/Career Studies, and Arts & Humanities.  These changes are part of a nationwide effort to reform public education by providing a more challenging curriculum for students.