Paint Lick Elementary School

10/02/2026

A great morning for our PLE Grandparents!🧡

10/02/2026

Calendar Reminder: Fall Break⬇️

Fall Break Reminder📢🗓️
There will be no school for students or staff October 5–9 for Fall Break. Enjoy the break, GCS families! We’ll see everyone back on Monday, October 12.

09/29/2026

Mrs. Burton’s Art Students made clay farm animals and mosaics designed with seeds and beans last week to celebrate All in for Ag Education!

Look at these adorable creations!

09/28/2026

🌾🐾 Thank You for an Amazing All in for Ag Education Week at PLE! 🐾🌾

We are so grateful to everyone who helped make Ag Week such a fun and educational experience for our Panthers!

A special thank-you to our guest readers and presenters: Rachel Ball, Miss Kentucky Regan Earlywine, Jonathan Aldridge, Chris Smith, Lindsay Harvey, Scott Barnes, Chris Thorne, Roy Noe, Lucy Meade, Travis Valentour, and Daycrest Farms.

Thank you to Kathy Simpson with the Garrard County Conservation District and Casey Byrd and Kayla Lunsford with UK Cooperative Extension Services for providing wonderful Ag Education lessons!

Our students also loved meeting our special animal guests—thank you to Easton McCollum’s family, Titus Harvey of Harvey Farms, Townes Ray’s family of A Touch of Fluff and Small Stuff, and Dorthy Keene for sharing their animals with us! 🐴🐄🐓🐑

We were also honored to welcome Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell for a special Ag Week assembly.

And a BIG thank-you to our librarian, Katherine McMullen, for planning and organizing this entire week! Her hard work made these special experiences possible.

We are so thankful for everyone who helped us celebrate the important role agriculture plays in our community! 🌾💚🐾

09/27/2026

📚🐾 PLE Book Fair Shopping Schedule! 🐾📚

Our Book Fair is officially here, Panthers! We’re excited for our students to shop, explore, and find their next great read! 📖

Please check the schedule below for your child’s shopping day. And don’t forget—we’ll be open late Thursday evening for our Grand Moments Event!

💳 Don’t want to send cash? You can use Scholastic eWallet!

We can’t wait to see what our Panthers discover! 💙📚🐾

09/24/2026

Great job to our impressive Preschool program!👏

09/24/2026

September’s Board Report⬇️

September Board Report📢

Our monthly Board Reports continue with a look at the September Board of Education meeting, including important updates, recognitions, presentations, decisions, and discussions from across Garrard County Schools.

These monthly snapshots are designed to keep our families and community informed about the work happening across GCS and the decisions that support our students and staff.

Click below to view the September report and stay connected with the work of the Garrard County Board of Education.

https://www.garrard.kyschools.us/o/garrard/page/board-meeting-report-copy

09/23/2026

📚🐾 Our Scholastic Book Fair is Coming! 🐾📚

The countdown is on! We’re just ONE WEEK away from our PLE Scholastic Book Fair!

📅 September 28 – October 2

Get ready to discover new books, find old favorites, and grow your home library! Students will shop during their normal library time or during our Grand Moments Event Thursday evening.

We can’t wait to see our Panthers get excited about reading! 📖🐾✨

09/22/2026

A GREAT day at PLE!👏🧡

09/20/2026

Panthers Families: Reminder that this week we will be participating in the GCHS Homecoming dress up days. Check out the PLE specific days below!