Metcalfe County Schools

07/08/2025

🏐A big weekend for Volleyball at MCHS🏐

07/08/2025

~MCHS Virtual Registration Info~

07/07/2025

🏀🏈🥎🎾🏐Save the Date: Sports physicals are coming up on July 22!

07/07/2025

Remember, our Summer Feeding Program continues every Monday throughout July.

Meal pickups are **TODAY**, behind Metcalfe County Middle School, from 3 pm to 5 pm.

***If you were assigned a number, please bring it with you.

Upcoming Dates:
🍎July 14
🍎July 21
🍎July 28

07/02/2025

Remember, our FREE Clothing Giveaway is underway through Thursday, July 3, at the Metcalfe County High School Gym from 8am-2pm.

(Park in front of the high school or middle school and enter through the gym lobby.)

***Clothes available for students of all ages.***

07/02/2025

She really does feed our community! Congratulations, Ms. Beth on a well-deserved honor, and thank you for always going above and beyond to support our students, staff, and families!

For two decades, Beth Miller has been a steadfast presence in Metcalfe County Schools—first as a student of the district she now serves, and for the last 20 years as the director of food services.

06/29/2025

Congratulations to MCES 5th grader, Payton Morgan!

Wow!! Payton Morgan just made history today at the 2025 National Beta Convention!

For the first time ever there was a tie for National Vice President - and a runoff election ensued.

While Payton didn’t come out on top, we are all so proud of her. Thank you, Payton, for representing Metcalfe County and the entire state of Kentucky!

Congratulations and best wishes to National VP winner Everett Hollandsworth.

06/28/2025

Best of luck to Raye and Madi!

06/28/2025

Best of luck to MCES 5th grader, Payton Morgan, as she runs for Vice President at the 2025 National Beta Convention in Florida!

06/25/2025

~Starts Monday~

Save the Date for our FREE Clothing Giveaway!

***It is earlier and at a new location.***

Monday, June 30 - Thursday, July 3
Metcalfe County High School Gym
8am-2pm

(Park in front of the high school or middle school and enter through the gym lobby.)

***Clothes available for students of all ages.***

06/20/2025

June 20, 2025

Dear Hornet Families,

As many of you are aware, effective June 27, 2025, a new law, Senate Bill 181, passed during the 2025 legislative session, requires school boards to adopt a traceable communication system that “shall be the exclusive means for school district employees and volunteers to communicate electronically with students.”

Metcalfe County Schools will use Finalsite Chat and district email to communicate with students. These are secure communication platforms that meet the requirements of the new law.

Teachers, coaches, and other school personnel will no longer be permitted to use personal email, text, or social media to contact students.

Over the next few weeks, staff will be training on how to use Finalsite Chat, which will be accessed through the Metcalfe County Schools app. In the meantime, we are asking all of our Hornet families to download the Metcalfe County School District app from the Apple App Store or Google Play. We will send out more information once the chat function is activated.

Family members (parents, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, aunts, uncles, or grandparents) and legal guardians who are employees or volunteers are exempt when communicating with their own children. Not all family members fall under the exceptions. Cousins and in-laws, for instance, would be subject to the restrictions.

The bill allows a parent or guardian to submit written consent for an employee or volunteer to communicate with their student outside of the traceable system. A consent form must be completed for each employee or volunteer whom the family wishes to exempt from the requirement. These forms will be available at the front office of each school starting Monday, June 23, 2025. A parent or guardian must complete the waiver(s) in person at the school their child or children attend.

Although the law does not prohibit social media connections, school staff are not permitted to use social media to message students directly. In fact, we are encouraging staff to remove current Metcalfe County students from their personal social media accounts to avoid confusion. The district will continue to use social media to share one-way communication, information, news, and announcements.

While this change may require some adjustment, please be assured that Metcalfe County Schools is committed to a smooth and supportive transition.

Thank you,

Josh Hurt, Superintendent
Metcalfe County Schools

For more information and to view a sample waiver form, please visit our website: www.metcalfeschools.com

-Click here for a link to SB 181, KRS 160.145
https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=56522

-Click here for KSBA Frequently Asked Questions.
https://filecabinet7.eschoolview.com/1365B58C-F95F-4E75-94BB-A29D9A94F1C7/6647366c-0288-4eed-8b64-6edf175d1f68.pdf

-Click here for information about Finalsite Chat.
https://www.finalsitesupport.com/hc/en-us/articles/28233925047693-Chat-for-teachers-Get-started-with-Finalsite-Chat

06/20/2025

🏐Notice about tomorrow's Volleyball Youth Camp - it will be 9am-noon only.

Announcement - tomorrow’s Youth Camp will be morning session only. Please adjust your calendars if attending.