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Spring PEAK Award

Newport Independent receives PEAK Award

Kentucky School Advocate

June 2018

Representatives from the Kentucky School Boards Association presented Newport Independent Schools with the 2018 Spring PEAK Award during a ceremony at the school. The district won the award for its Home Visit Program, in which the district’s teachers and staff visit all students at their home before the school year starts. For more on Newport’s Home Visit Program, click here.

KSBA President David Webster presents the PEAK Award to Newport Independent school board Chair Ramona Malone, who is also on KSBA’s Board of Directors, during a ceremony May 7 at Newport High School. Pictured are, from left, Newport Superintendent Kelly Middleton, Newport school board Vice Chair Julie Smith-Morrow, Malone, Webster, KSBA Executive Director Kerri Schelling and KSBA board member Jeanne Berger, who is a member of the Beechwood Independent school board.

Prior to the award presentation, Newport teachers, students and a parent spoke about the program and the impact it has on education in the district. Among the speakers were, from left, parent Jeff Scott, sixth-grade student Cohen Ward, and kindergarten teacher Katherine Rougraff.