PPS parents and students: We will be in school tomorrow (Friday, February 3). Please prepare accordingly. Let's finish the week with momentum!
Postponement:
Paducah Middle 8th Grade parents, the informational session on selecting classes for 9th grade that was scheduled for Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 5:30 PM in the Paducah Middle School Cafeteria has been postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date.
Paducah Public Schools will be closed on Thursday, February 2. There will be no in-person instruction; it will be an NTI Day. While schools will be closed, students are expected to follow their school's NTI Day plan and complete their assignments as provided to them by their teachers. Expect that school will be in session on Friday. Stay warm, and stay safe!
Paducah Public Schools will be closed on Wednesday, February 1.
There will be no in-person instruction; it will be an NTI Day. While schools will be closed, students are expected to follow their school's NTI Day plan and complete their assignments as provided to them by their teachers.
Stay warm, and stay safe!
The PTHS Homecoming Ceremony will be held between the varsity girls and boys games at approximately 7:00 PM on Friday, February 3, at Dinning Gymnasium. The start time will depend on when the PTHS Girls vs. McCracken County game concludes.
Here's the schedule:
6:00 PM PTHS Girls Varsity vs. McCracken
7:00 PM (approx) Basketball Homecoming Ceremony
7:30 PM (approx) PTHS Boys Varsity vs. McCracken
The PTHS Girls Basketball vs. Crittenden County game scheduled for tonight is canceled due to poor road conditions.
The PTHS Boys Basketball at Murray game scheduled for tonight is canceled due to poor road conditions.
Paducah Public Schools will be closed on Tuesday, Jan. 31.
There will be no in-person instruction; it will be an NTI day. While schools will be closed, students are expected to follow their school's NTI Day plan and complete their assignments as provided to them by their teachers.
Stay warm, and stay safe!
Our Tornado Wrestling Team traveled to Campbellsville for the 2A State Dual Championship. On the way to the finals the team defeated Boyd County, Wayne County, and Harrison County.
We faced #1 seed Johnson Central in the finals and they came to battle. It went down to the last match with an overtime takedown and the Tornado wrestlers emerged triumphant! It was truly a team effort!
Final Score: Tilghman 34 - Johnson Central 30
All activities and practices for Paducah Public Schools that are scheduled for 4:30 PM or later today have been canceled due to potential icy weather.
A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for southern portions of the Quad State from 3:00 PM this afternoon through 9:00 AM Tuesday. The primary concern will be icing due to freezing rain and the resultant travel problems.
The PTHS Girls Basketball Freshmen/JV games vs. Graves County that were scheduled for tonight have been canceled due to the possibility of inclement weather.
We were honored to have the Paducah Ambassadors visit the Paducah Innovation Hub for a tour. Thank you for representing our city!
The Paducah Board of Education will have its regular meeting at the Paducah Innovation Hub on Monday, January 23 at 5:00 PM.
There will be a public hearing regarding the proposed 2023-2024 School Calendar at 5 pm Monday, January 23, 2023.
The regular meeting of the Paducah Board of Education will immediately follow the hearing.
Both will be held at the Paducah Innovation Hub, 500 South 25th Street, Paducah.
Click the link to download the regular meeting agenda: https://5il.co/1nkie
Click the link to download the special calendar meeting agenda:
https://5il.co/1nkig
Here's what you need to know for tonight's Paducah Tilghman at McCracken County basketball games.
> Girls play at 6:00 PM Boys game starts at 7:30 PM
> Gates will open 1 hour before game time
> Cost of admission is $5.00 per ticket + GoFan fee.
> No Food or Drinks or Outside Containers
> McCracken County utilizes GoFan for all ticket sales for athletic events-
NO CASH SALES
> There will be card readers at each gate if needed for those that do not want to purchase on their mobile device
Buy tickets at GoFan here:
https://gofan.co/app/events/754420?schoolId=KY13133
Paducah Middle principal Geco Ross received the Community Service Award from the Paducah-McCracken County NAACP at Sunday's Fredricka Hargrove MLK Essay and Poster Celebration 2023. Congratulations, Mr. Ross!
Tilghman’s acapella group, Prime Rib, sang the National Anthem at the Paducah/McCracken County NAACP Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration March on January 16.
Paducah Tilghman High School received a upgrade to its HVAC system this past summer as part of a Guaranteed Energy Savings Project (GESP) that was executed by Ascendant Facility Partners. Here's a link to a project overview by Ascendant that gets into the nuts and bolts the GESP.
https://ascendantfacilitypartners.com/employee-spotlight/project-overview-paducah-tilghman-high-school/
We appreciate what Chad Jezik, our director of operations, had to say about the ultimate goal of the project:
“The point of working with a GESC like Ascendant Facility Partners isn’t just to save money. The energy savings we achieve will allow the district to spend more money on its students. All their work on our facility is meant to free up resources that would otherwise be allocated to operations, which don’t immediately impact our kids. We don’t want to be efficient to save money; we want to be efficient so we have an abundance of time and energy for our young people.”
Our congratulations to the PTHS Football players selected to the 2022 All Purchase Football Team:
#6 JT Adams, LB
#71 Tomago Daniels, OL
#55 Layton Davis, DL
#72 Melvin Puckett, OL
#7 Malachi Rider, RB
Thanks for all your efforts on the field and in the classroom!
Paducah Public Schools' transportation department is seeking a Transportation/Maintenance Data Assistant. This is a full-time position that starts at $15.30 per hour. For more information, follow the link: https://paducah.tedk12.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=3665
Eight students from Morgan Elementary submitted poems to the American Library of Poetry Contest. Each of their pieces were selected to be included in the organization's annual publication. These students were the only ones represented from the state of Kentucky. Congratulations to our students and to Mr. Jared Frazier, who created and led the group!
Photo caption, l to r: Alijah Nance, Naziyah Vaughn, Maliyah Shannon, Terrionce Wilson, Emma Benitez, Ma'Leiah Hill, and Nevaeh Cole Taylor. (not pictured- Destiney Nanney).
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Paducah Head Start was given the WKCTC Guarantee Community Connections Service Award to at the ceremony at WKCTC. Family Resource Centers at all Paducah City schools and the Purchase Area Technical Center received an award as well. Paducah Head Start Preschool director Kristy Lewis, McNabb Elementary principal Teresa Spann, and McNabb Elementary Family Resource Center director Toya Benberry attended the award ceremony.
