Education

Emma B. Ward Elementary School recently hosted a Family Literacy Night car show last Thursday evening, complete with box car parade, vintage vehicles and a “drive-in” movie in the gym.
Students in kindergarten through fifth grade created their own cardboard cars and voted on the best classic cars, brought by adult volunteers.
Third grader Carson Grimes, who created a flame-emblazoned vehicle, won best in show.

School board reports personnel action for March, April
The Anderson County school board reported the following personnel action on March 25.

Employed
Christen Casey as a student bus monitor.
Rita Frick as a substitute custodian.
Lauren Heustis as a substitute teacher.
Leah Mager as a student after school childcare worker.
Donald Monroe as a substitute custodian.
Leatisha Pogioli as a substitute paraeducator.
Angela Slone as a substitute paraeducator and substitute after school daycare worker.

Delegates to the 141st KEA Delegate Assembly elected Lisa Petrey-Kirk to a three-year term as vice president of the 42,000-member Kentucky Education Association, according to a press release.
Petrey-Kirk, a 1983 graduate of Eastern Kentucky University and a National Board Certified Teacher, has taught all of her 26 years at Anderson County Middle School.

Braden Kyle Peyton, son of Brian and Holly Peyton of Lawrenceburg, recently became a member of Phi Sigma Theta National Honor Society at the University of Kentucky, according to a news release.
Phi Sigma Theta is a national honor society dedicated to recognizing and rewarding academic achievement in undergraduates at intuitions of higher learning, according to a news release.