Clark 3rd grader Justin West is recognized as honorary team manager before the PTHS vs. Chicago Brooks basketball game on January 26. West was winner of an honorary team manager auction item at the Clark Carnival.

The Clark Junior Beta Club will be participating in the Empty Bowls Project this year. The Empty Bowls Project is a community wide effort that raises money for the hungry in the area. Clark’s part of the project will be to glaze bowls that will be baked in a kiln. These will be used as serving containers for the fund raising meal at the Convention Center on February 23rd.

The club will be glazing bowls on Wednesday, February 6 during their regular monthly meeting.

Dear Parents and Guardians of Paducah Public Schools,

We are shocked and saddened by the tragic events that transpired at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14. Our thoughts are with all those affected, and we are grateful for the bravery of staff, parents and community partners who reacted immediately to protect the children.

We recognize the impact that events like this can have on each of us—our children, staff, families and friends.  We want to assure you that all of us who work for Paducah Public Schools understand that providing students a safe place to go to school is the most important aspect of our work.  Please know that as a district we are making every effort to be prepared for an emergency and have our faculty, staff, and students ready to respond if a disaster occurs.

You can see information about current district-wide measures here. You can see a chart that shows safety measures that are in place at each of the district buildlings here.

You can  resources for helping your children cope with these events on the district web page.

We want to ask our entire school community to renew its efforts to help us keep our children and schools safe. If you have any questions or concerns please call or e-mail Director of Pupil Personnel  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or District Security Coordinator  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it at (270) 444-5600.

Downtown Kiwanis Club members presented a bike to 2nd grader Terran Gourieux (l) and 4th grader Gavin Travis (r), the Clark "Read to Ride" winners for the fall 2012 semester.

The Kiwanis Club donated a bicycle, helmet, and lock to Clark, McNabb, and Morgan elementary schools as part of the "Read to Ride" program. To qualify to win the bike, students took Accelerated Reader quizzes. The students' names were placed in the drawing for each AR quiz that was passed during the fall semester.

Clark Elementary parents and students joined with Murray State University students recently for "Math Out of the Bag". The evening program is designed to show  how parents can help develop their child's math skills using math related story books and hands-on manipulatives.

This is the third year Murray State University has partnered with Clark School, Clark’s Title I program and KIDS Company I Family Resource Center for the program.

Murray State education majors from the Paducah campus of MSU led math centers for the evening. The math centers  focused on basic math skills, such as money, measurement, place value, shapes, and telling time.  Each math skill was paired with a math-related story book.  Students who attended were allowed to select a book and matching manipulative to take and use at home as practice and review of that skill.

You can see pictures from Math Out of the Bag here.