As a reminder, substitute teachers must have completed 60 college credits.
If you have any questions about being a substitute in DCPS next year email:hr@daviess.kyschools.us
Email hr@daviess.kyschools.us with any questions.
You can use the link below to apply today:
Calling all educators, this one is for you! We are excited to host our Together in Wellness conference on Wednesday, July 22nd, at Apollo High School! Breakout sessions include topics on physical, financial, nutritional, family, and mental health and wellness. Registration is free for DCPS staff, and registration prices for other districts can be found in the registration link.
To register yourself or your school, use the link below:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-V2r5Umo8-i2tlhMx_AReCBm6arXxqaMdHYFMM2vcVuHDrg/viewform
The DCPS Transportation and Food Service Departments will host an Open Interview event on Wednesday, June 10th, beginning at 11 AM. Open positions include: Bus Monitors, Bus Drivers, and Food Service Assistants. Visit the AHS Cafeteria on Wednesday to see all the positions that are open and how you can begin working Together for Kids!
From 10AM-2PM, the community is invited to:
-Test drive a school bus
-Talk with the Transportation Department about benefits, hours, schedules, and more
-Learn more about joining the Transportation Department
Menu is subject to change
Together, we’re breaking the stigma and spreading support. 💚
As a reminder, all DCPS schools will be closed this Tuesday, May 19, for Election Day.
There will be a variety of booths with free food vendors, games, prizes and more!
The Governor’s School for the Arts provides three weeks of intensive instruction for promising young high school students in nine different arts disciplines: architecture and design, creative writing, dance, drama, film and photography, instrumental music, musical theatre, visual art, and vocal music.
According to the GSA website, these students will be immersed in a rigorous schedule of daily seminars, master classes, lectures, hands-on workshops, and field trips. While each student specializes in one art form, all students participate in structured, interdisciplinary arts experiences designed to familiarize them with the joys and challenges of specialties other than their own.
The student selected to attend GSA is:
Vocal Music:
●Mariam Abaskharoun, Daviess County High School
The Governor’s Scholars Program is a residential summer program for Kentucky’s most outstanding students as they complete their junior year of high school. This program provides academic and leadership growth in a challenging, non-traditional experience that balances a strong liberal arts program with a full co-curricular and residential life experience. According to the GSP website, the program’s mission is to enhance Kentucky’s next generation of civic and economic leaders, engaging over 1,000 students each summer.
DCPS students who will attend GSP are:
From Apollo High School:
●Sadie Mae Bellows
●Adsion Brown
●Jozie Gerkin
●Blakeley Wethington
From Daviess County High School:
●Noah Basham
●Lina Berhane
●Connor Dennison
●Savannah Lane
●Raelee Leeper
The students selected to attend from DCPS are:
•Krystal Sosh, Apollo High School
•Elizabeth Grimes, Apollo High School
•Keya Patel, Daviess County High School
Students will complete their junior and senior years of high school living in Florence Schneider Hall on Western Kentucky University’s campus. At the end of their two-year course of study, students will graduate from high school with a minimum of 60 college credit hours.
Three Daviess County Public Schools juniors have been accepted to attend the Murray State University Commonwealth Honors Academy.
Per the MSU CHA website, the Commonwealth Honors Academy is a three-week academic enrichment experience held every June on Murray State University’s main campus in Murray, KY. Students live and learn with their peers and teachers from the area as they take college-level honors courses, take field trips that enrich classroom experiences, attend speakers and listen to professional artists perform and talk about their work, and participate in social and personal growth seminars.
Graduates complete and receive credit for three hours of college-level courses and can earn a 4-year full tuition scholarship to Murray State University. Each student will be assigned to an Interdisciplinary Humanities and Fine Arts course and to one elective in Business, Science, Education, Health Sciences, Humanities and Fine Arts, Social Science, Communications, or Engineering.
Accepted students are:
●Zoe Behl, Daviess County High School
●Benjamin Higdon, Daviess County High School
●Sophie O’Bryan, Apollo High School
The student selected to attend from DCPS is:
•Thomas Rager, Apollo High School
Students will complete their junior and senior years of high school living in Craft Tower on Morehead State University’s campus. At the end of their two-year course of study, students will graduate from high school with a minimum of 60 college credit hours.
According to the Governor’s School for Entrepreneurs website, GSE identifies and enables Kentucky high school students to become the Commonwealth’s next generation of entrepreneurs. Through a three-week residential experience at the University of Kentucky Gatton College, GSE participants are equipped with the tools and skills to create and build their own businesses, are introduced to Kentucky's most successful entrepreneurs and fastest-growing businesses, and are matched with complementary, skilled peers to develop business plans and product or service prototypes. The annual GSE intensive program culminates in a pitch competition attended by a large audience representing Kentucky's entrepreneurial ecosystem.
The students accepted are:
●Luka Skibba, Daviess County High School
●LaDainian November, Apollo High School
