Our first #LauderdaleProud feature is Drayton Hawkins Sr.!
Drayton Hawkins is a 1991 graduate of Ripley High School. He earned degrees from Tennessee State University and Trevecca Nazarene University. He is currently pursuing his Doctor of Education at Trevecca.
Drayton is currently the Executive Principal at Oak Ridge High School in East TN. He enjoys being able to impact the lives of young people and to help them achieve more than they expected.
Keeping making Lauderdale Proud, Drayton!
Parents/Families,
Due to the possibility of inclement weather, all afternoon activities (athletics and AllCorps/LEAPS tutoring) are canceled for today, January 18th, 2023.
LCS ALUMNI - SHOW HOW YOU ARE #LAUDERDALEPROUD!
Lauderdale County Schools has many graduates who have gone to pursue incredible opportunities and careers. LCS wants to highlight your accomplishments and inspire our students to be #LauderdaleProud. If you would like to be featured as a #LauderdaleProud Graduate, please complete the form below.
https://forms.gle/eRQHnWG6jaJv1JXn8
LCS Releases 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 School Calendars
During the January meeting, the LCS School Board approved the calendars for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years. By approving the next two school calendars, employees and families have more advanced notice on breaks and other important school events. From this point forward, the School Board will approve a calendar each year, but it will be two years in advance.
2023-2024 School Calendar: https://5il.co/1mvl5
2024-2025 School Calendar: https://5il.co/1mvl6
As another semester of learning begins, we ask our families and community to join us in ensuring our students attend and remain at #schooleveryday.
Missing 2 days of instructional time each month means that students miss out on 10% of the learning opportunities presented to them. Our faculties and staff are ready to welcome our students back on Monday, January 9th!
Happy New Year! As a reminder, students are on Winter Break for the remainder of this week. Classes resume on Monday, January 9th. We look forward to another great semester!
Congratulations to Ripley High School's Dana Parmenter for completing the 2022 WestTeach program! WestTeach is comprised of K-12 teachers who seek to serve as leaders while remaining classrom teachers. #LauderdaleLeads
https://twitter.com/WestStar20/status/1602847784343838721?s=20&t=h_n7F3boWV_TGGtgYvBgOg
We are proud of Superintendent Shawn Kimble for representing Lauderdale County and West Tennessee during SCORE's State of Education in Tennessee event. #LauderdaleLeads
https://twitter.com/SCORE4Schools/status/1603415738810830848?s=20&t=LkoMeHzpQyv0TL0rg4K2fA
Job shadowing opportunities provide students with valuable, real-world insight into the future roles they seek. @Ripley High School’s Jobs for Tennessee Graduates (JTG) students recently shadowed businesses and government offices in downtown Ripley. Learn more about this valuable opportunity below!
https://www.jobsfortngrads.org/blog/ripleydowntownjobshadow?utm_source=Jobs+for+Tennessee+Graduates&utm_campaign=f502ae921e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_12_08_04_43&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-f502ae921e-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
Lauderdale County Families, please read the following update regarding Parent Portal access.
https://5il.co/1lmun
Thanksgiving Feast brought lots of smilies to RPS today!
Lauderdale County Schools' Strong Start Summer Bridge Program for 9th graders was recently featured by Education Strategy Group. Check out the article for more on this innovative program!
https://edstrategy.org/momentum-metrics-innovation-spotlight-starting-9th-grade-on-track/
Good morning!
Phone service has been restored to all school and district offices. In the event that you need to contact an entity, please use the traditional phone number. Thanks and have a great day!
Good morning!
Our statewide phone provider, ENA, is currently experiencing an outage. In the event that you need to reach RPS, please call 731-413-1970. We will notify everyone when our traditional numbers are back in service.
Thanks and have a great day!
RPS wishes you a safe and happy Halloween!
Exciting news! We've partnered with @Ready4K to offer an evidence-based #parenting curriculum to #families at no cost to them. They'll receive text messages with fun facts and easy tips to help their #children learn and grow. Check out the attached flyers for more details!
Homestyle Christmas 2022 is BACK! Be sure to save the date for this year's event! Ice skating, Santa, train rides, cookie decorating and so much more!
Ripley Primary School celebrates Drug Free Week. Tuesday was Celebrate like a Rock Star and Sheriff Brian Kelley and Chief Deputy Garrison Taylor stopped by classes and posed with our Rock Stars.
Second graders in Miss April York's, Miss Shelly Ogden's and Miss Trina Smith's classes learned about how they could send their parents to the Ripley Fire Department and get two fire detectors for their houses if they did not already have some.
RPS PARENTS:
Cherrydale Fundraiser Items will be here tomorrow, Oct. 13th!! If your child sold items, and you did not have the items sent to your home, please come by the school tomorrow from 12:00pm until 5:30pm, to pick up your items.