District News

At the March Board Meeting we recognized Mr. Brandon Williams with the Changing Lives Award. Brandon is with our custodial staff at Campbellsville Elementary School and is an asset to our district. Thank you Brandon for your hard work and dedication to our school!!

We are excited to announce our 2023 CU Excellence in Teaching Award recipients.

This award is given to teachers who are strengthening the field of education, displays leadership and dedication to the teaching profession. Each school has one person chosen each year and and they are voted on by their peers in our school district. Congratulations to these deserving and outstanding women!!

Campbellsville Elementary School

Leanna Cundiff || 18th year teaching (10 w/CISD) || Currently is the Library Media Specialist at Campbellsville Elementary School and has taught 2nd, 3rd and 6th grades previously

Campbellsville Middle School

Jordyn Burkhead || 4 years teaching at CISD || Teaches 7th and 8th Grade Science || CMS Academic Team Coach

Campbellsville High School

Jenny Despain || 27th Year in Education || B.S. in Elementary Education from CU || Masters in Moderate/Severe Disabilities from WKU || Rank I Educational Leadership from EKU

Saturday, February 18, 2023 CHS hosted Hoop for Breast Cancer, presented by KYWEAR, in honor of our own Tiarra Cecil. It was a really fun day of basketball and showing our support for Ms. Cecil. Thank you to everyone who played, helped plan the event, worked the event, came out to watch and those who sponsored the event. Keep Ms. Cecil in your prayers as she is battling this Cancer and needs our support. We love you Ms. Cecil so let’s beat this together!!

Visit our Facebook page for pictures from the event.

Sponsors:

Kentucky Farm Bureau
Jessie Insurance
Campbellsville First Baptist
McQueary Family Medicine
Chad & Julie Bell
Gaddco
High Maintenance Salon
KYWEAR

Mylee Bell, CHS Freshman, set the single season school record for most 3-point baskets made during the 2023-2024 season. Mylee was recognized on February 17th with a basketball showing this accomplishment from CHS Lady Basketball Coach Kyvin Goodin-Rogers.

At the February CISD Board Meeting Mrs. Katie Campbell was the recipient of the Change Award. Mrs. Campbell is a 7th Grade teacher at iEagle, school bus driver, volunteers with Beta and so many other things at our school. Thank you Mrs. Campbell for investing in our students each day!!

Campbellsville High School recognized the 50th anniversary of the 1973 CHS Boys Basketball Team that won the 5th region tournament and advanced to the Kentucky High School State Tournament. The Cheerleaders from that team were recognized as well. It was a fun night celebrating and reuniting all of these players and cheerleaders.

The following were the players and cheerleaders from that team:

(From the 1973 Picture)

First Row: Cheerleaders Debbie Ferrante, Debra Edwards, Debbie Carroll, Paula McCubbin, Gina Bohanon, Melinda Chastain, Kaye Litchfield

Second Row: Head Coach Jerry Parker, Dee Deener, Tootsie Johnson, Dennis Benningfield, Glenn Vance, Bryon Johnson, Jim Cox, Assistant Coach Danny Davis

Third Row: Jeff Mobley, Ricky Janes, Melvin Mills, Jeff McKinley, Larry Bright, Greg Mobley

Fourth Row: Brad Fain, Bobby Brockman, Ronnie White, David Rice, Chuck Willis

Cayton Lawhorn qualifies for the KHSAA Bowling Tournament that will be held in Louisville, Ky on February 12th. Cayton also received the CKMSAC 8th Grade Player of the Year Award on January 26 while helping the 8th Grade team win the CKMSAC Tournament against Green County.

During the 2023 Kentucky State Beta Convention held in Lexington, Ky Campbellsville Independent Schools had 2 candidates elected as Kentucky State Vice President Elects for the 2023 year. The Elementary Vice President Elect is Dane Gray. Dane is a 4th Grader at Campbellsville Elementary's iEagle Program. The Jr. Beta Vice President is Karsyn Smith who is a 7th Grader at Campbellsville Middle School's iEagle Program. 

Both of these candidates had a campaign speech and skit that was presented during the 2023 Kentucky State Beta Convention and both skits placed top 5 in the state. Dane's Campaign Skit placed second and Karsyn's Campaign Skit placed 4th. Both Dane and Karsyn will be attending the National Beta Convention (Louisville, Ky) in June and will run for National Vice President and both will have their skits accompany them as well. 

Campbellsville also has the presiding 2022 Jr. Beta State and National Vice President 7th Grader Laney Price. Her term will end in June 2022 as the new Vice Presidents assume office.

Visit our Facebook Page to see the Campaign Speeches, skits and so much more from the Ky State Beta Convention.

All three of our Campbellsville Independent Schools competed in the Kentucky State Beta Convention during the week of January 15th - January 20th. All three schools were VERY successful including awards, State VP nominations and State Beta Sponsors. The conference was held in Lexington, Kentucky. The following are all of awards, recognitions and nominations that each school received during the conference. All three schools qualify to attend the National Beta Conference in Louisville, Kentucky in June 2023!

Visit our Facebook Page to see the Campaign Speeches, skits and so much more from the Ky State Beta Convention.

CES Award Recipients
Dane Gray // Kentucky Elementary Beta VP Elect

Paige Cook // Elementary Kentucky State Sponsor
1st Place // Lillian Merriweather // Creative Writing
1st Place // Remi Pettet // Language Arts
1st Place // Grant Howard, Bentley Wilhoite, Owen Thompson, Jackson Williams, Alex Dalton // Club Trading Pin
2nd Place (4th Grade) // Zaylin Johnson // Spanish
2nd Place // Lainey Cook // Sculpture
2nd Place // Remi Pettet // Speech
2nd Place // Campaign Skit
3rd Place // Kaiyden Vancleave // Digital Art
4th Place (4th Grade) // Lucia Oliver // Language Arts
4th Place // Ava Muncie // Pottery
4th Place // Landry Brown, Alex Dalton, Phoenix Lawler, Arpan Shah, and Ayden Stagner // Engineering

CMS Award Recipients
Karsyn Smith // Kentucky Jr. Beta VP Elect

Lainey Price // Presiding Kentucky Beta VP
First Place // CMS Group Talent
First Place // Lilly Coots // Poetry 
First Place // Lilly Coots // Solo, Duo, Trio Vocalist
First Place // Samantha Willis // Science 8th Grade
First Place // Aubrey Allen // Spelling Bee
First Place // Aubrey Allen // Language Arts 6th Grade
Second Place // Kaleigh Wilhoite // B&W Photo
Second Place // Aubrey Novak, Olivia Knoblauch, Delaney Staton // Portfolio
Second Place // Tye Rhodes // Technology
Second Place // Aubrey Allen // Speech
Third Place // Grif Thomas (Not Pic) // Sculpture
Third Place // CMS Campaign Skit 
Fourth Place // Griffin Howard, Cayton Lawhorn, Lanigan Price, Luke Adkins, Chase Milby, Dax Gray // Trading Pin
Fifth Place // Maddie Call, Aubreigh Knifley, Lillie Judd, Calii Milby // Service Learning Showcase
Fifth Place Musicology // Sophia Santos, Aliy Dunn, Tye Rhodes, Jody Mallory
Gold Key Award: CMS + Sponsors 
Premier Performers // Lilly Coots, Sophia Santos, Aliy Dunn, Calii Milby

CHS Award Recipients

1st Place // Hand Drawn Anime Division II // Karlie Cox
2nd Place // Service Learning // Karlie Cox & Angelica Seng
2nd Place // Black & White Photography Division I // Ivy Lawler
3rd Place // Digital Art Division I // Ivy Lawler
3rd Place // Apparel Design // Club Award
4th Place // Color Photography Division II // Blake Settle

During the January Board meeting the virtual walkthrough of the new middle school was revealed. This new building will begin construction in the current location of the existing middle school in the Summer of 2023!! We are so excited to show this sneak peak of what is coming.

Visit our Facebook page to watch the video walkthrough at: https://www.facebook.com/CampbellsvilleIndependentSchools

At the January Board meeting the CISD Board Members were sworn in by Judge Executive Barry Smith. We want to thank our amazing board members for all of their hard work and all they do for our school district! January is also School Board Appreciation Month so we celebrated that with them too!!

Congratulations to the following students on being named to the Campbellsville University Honor Band!! The event will be held on February 24th and 25th. Great Job!!

Zach Akin || Saxophone
Kayden Birdwell || Flute
Conner Rinehart || Euphonium
Allison Sumners || Percussion

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO Deondre Weathers (aka Little Man) on being named Player of the Year in Class A, District 2!! Deondre helped lead the Eagles to a District Championship this year. Great job on an amazing season and we look forward to watching Deondre next year in his Senior year!!

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Coach Dale Estes on being named Coach of the Year in Class A, District 2!! Coach Estes became the winningest coach this season with 64+ wins to pass CHS Athletic Hall of Fame Coach Perry Thomas. Coach Estes lead the Eagles to a District Championship and a 7-4 record this year. We Eagles are proud to have you as the leader of our Football Program!!

We are so excited to announce that our own Mrs. JoAnn Harris, CMS/CHS Art Teacher, has been recognized as one of the 2022 Kentucky Art Education Association Art Educators of the Year!! Mrs. Harris is receiving this award for her achievements as Campbellsville Middle School Art Teacher. Each year, the KyAEA members, associates/affiliates and community members nominate the candidates they feel are most deserving of the Art Educator of the year awards sponsored by the organization by providing specific reasoning for each and every nomination written. It is a huge honor to be considered and nominated.

The KyAEA motto is “Leading a child to greatness through art” and each one of these individuals fully embody the epitome of what a solid arts education is meant to be and do for our Kentucky students.

This year the KYAEA Conference was at Northern Kentucky University which provides arts relevant professional development, community building and an opportunity to grow and share ideas with others from around the state. Art Educator of the Year winners were honored at the Awards Gala on Friday evening, October 21st in the NKU Art Galleries alongside their colleagues, friends, families, and administration with handmade metal trophies fabricated by artist and educator, Cayce Davenport.

Way to go Mrs. JoAnn Harris!!!

We want to congratulate Shaiden Calhoun (8th Grade) and Les Colvin (7th Grade) on being named Region Player of the Year by the Middle School Football Association!

We want to give a HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to our CHS Marching Band on their recent success at the Kentucky Marching Band Championships! The Marching Band competed at Eastern Kentucky University and qualified for the State Finals for the first time in 24 YEARS!!! The Eagles placed 6th in Class 1A and was a nice finish to an amazing Marching Band season. Great job to all of the band members and Mrs. Arnett for all of your hard work each and every week. You all represented Campbellsville Schools in an amazing way and thank you to all of the parents and supporters who have committed so much time to helping these students succeed.

We want to CONGRATULATE the STUDENTS AND TEACHERS on our recently released KSA State Test scores from last Spring. Campbellsville High School ranked #1 in our Region of 16 schools in the KSA State Test!! CHS also ranks in the top 10% in the state of Kentucky with a rank of 22 out of 230 schools!!! Principal Weston Jones and staff celebrated the results with a surprise announcement for the students today. Our students are more than a test score and we always challenge our students to compete in the class room and all walks of life. Thank you so much to the teachers for pushing our students to be the best they can and thank you students for understanding the assignment!! IT’S A GREAT DAY TO BE AN EAGLE!!

Campbellsville High School would like to recognize Coach LeeAnn Durham on her 50th career win, which took place on September 29, 2022. Coach Durham has an overall record of 51-35 during her 3 years of coaching the CHS Eagles. She is the winningest Volleyball Coach in Campbellsville High School history and we are so thankful to have her leadership for these young ladies. We can’t wait to see what is in store for our Volleyball program and to celebrate many more wins to come!!

Recently, Coach Dale Estes became the winningest coach in Campbellsville High School history! Coach Estes passed, CHS Hall of Fame, Coach Perry Thomas who had 63 wins during his time as CHS Head Coach. Coach Estes now has 64 wins and counting as the Head Coach of the CHS Eagles. AMAZING JOB Coach Estes - keep those wins coming!!

Coach Estes has also won 2 Class 1A Region Championships as Head Coach of the Eagles (2017 and 2018).

Campbellsville Elementary School is proud to announce that we received the State Recognition of Fidelity of Positive Behavior Inventions and Supports (PBIS) for schools during the 2021-2022 school year! This award was given for our outstanding efforts to improve climate and culture through the implementation of PBIS. Out of 141 schools that applied, CES received the Bronze Recognition award. CES also received a banner and decal through the PBIS program. We hope to add many more decals to our banner in the future. The banner was presented by Karen Bush from KDE and received by Guidance Counselor, Donna White and CES Assistant Principal, Jessica Lile. Great job CES on this award!

On September 28th CMS/CHS FCA participated in annual 'See You at the Pole' in as part of the Global Week of Student Prayer. We had an amazing turnout and heard a great devotion from Coach Kearny. Thank you to everyone who came out on this chilly Fall morning. We hope to see you at the next FCA meeting!

Each year the Homeplace on Green River hosts all third grade students from the county for Food For America. This field trip is filled with hay rides, petting zoos, food tasting and most importantly learning about agriculture and where food comes from that we eat each day. Our Ag/FFA had the opportunity to participate and help these children learn more about all things agriculture.

Recently our faculty and staff showcased their creative talents from photography, paintings, quilts and so many other types of art. This first time event was held at Primrose on Main and turned out to be an amazing evening. Thank you to Mrs. Harris for heading the Pop-Up Art Exhibit and allowing us to display our district's creativity.

iEagle Celebrated Grandparent's Day in a big way. The students baked brownies for the grandparents, created cards and had a little art project when they arrived. Thank you to all of the grandparents for coming and supporting your grandchildren, the turnout was AMAZING. These children really appreciate you and loved showing you around their school. Visit our Facebook Page for more pictures.

CIS Volleyball Feeder Program wrapped up their 6 week Volleyball Camp recently. The girls were visited by the CU Tiger Volleyball team and showed them some of the things they have learned at camp. This camp was for 2nd - 5th Eagle graders who were interested in volleyball. These young ladies learned basic fundamentals of volleyball such as passing, setting, how to play with 6 girls on the court, rotating and just how the game is played in general. Many of these girls have never touched a volleyball but now have developed a love for the game. This is the first year for our volleyball feeder program for the Campbellsville School District and it has been a huge success so far! The camp and feeder program is led by coaches Amber Johnson, Tesa Novak and Shaniqua Cowherd - thank you ladies for your dedication and commitment to these young girls!! We can't wait to see how these ladies develop their skills and hope to see them on the court someday soon!

CHS FFA hosted their First Annual Rodeo and it was a huge success. This was lead by Mrs. Arnett, FFA and Ag teacher, and presented by Taylor County Farm Bureau. The rodeo was a fun time for the community and had a sell out crowd. We look forward to doing it again next year! A HUGE thank you to everyone who attended or helped make this rodeo possible. Visit our Facebook Page for more pictures.

We are excited to announce our friends at iGo Motors will be donating a preowned vehicle ($7,000 value) to one JUNIOR OR SENIOR student at Campbellsville High School this year! The drawing will be held live on the radio at 99.9 The Big Dawg at the end of the school year.

Here’s how to win and increase your chances of winning: If you have perfect attendance your name will go into the drawing 5 times, miss one day and you get 4 chances, miss 2 days you get 3 chances, miss 3 days you get 2 chances and if you are absent 4 days you will get one chance to win. The only absence that will not count against you is a school related function.

NOTE: The winning student may take any $7,000 car on the lot or they can use a $7,000 iGo Motors credit and add to it to purchase a higher amount, while paying the difference at their expense. The car shown in the picture is not the exact car that will be given away, that will depend on what is in stock at the time of the giveaway.

Saturday night, August 13th, the CMS Eagles honored the late, Marlon Hoskins, at the 1st Annual Marlon Hoskins Memorial Kickoff Classic. The event and turnout was great and the Eagles got a win for "Big Marlon", a man who poured his heart into so many football players, coaches and the entire community. Marlon's legacy will live on and we were proud to call him one of our own!!

Coach Milby and the Baseball Program recently sent off the 10U Cal Ripken All-Star team off to the Cal Ripken World Series. The team arrived by police escort from their practice and were greeted by family, friends, alumni and CISD students and staff. It was such a fun night getting to celebrate something no team from our community has ever experienced - represent our community of Campbellsville on the National stage. Good luck boys at the World Series. Thank you to all of our local officials and all-star supporters who came out tonight.

Earlier this Summer we were honored to be host to the First Lady and Governor Beshear’s Christmas in July Event. This event was to give back to the victims who were affected by the tornado that hit Taylor County this past Winter. These victims had their Christmas disrupted and this was a way to give a little Christmas cheer in July!

NOTE: Campbellsville High School was the host for this event but was not responsible for inviting specific families. We simply supported the First Lady and Governor Beshear by giving them a location for the event.

This Summer our Elementary and Middle School Junior BETA Clubs took their talents to Nashville Tennessee to compete at BETA Nationals. Our students did an amazing job and represented Campbellsville Independent Schools very well. Here is the list of awards that were received while at Nationals:

Campbellsville Middle School

State & National Vice President || Lainey Price

Collab Connection || 3rd Place || Dax Gray, Griffin Howard, Karsyn Smith, Tye Rhodes, Lannigan Price, Owen Skaggs & Willow Griffin

Technology || 5th Place || Tye Rhodes

Club Trading Pin || 6th Place || Rowan Petett & Kace Eastridge

Speech || 8th Place || Karsyn Smith

Musicology || Students were hand selected by the National Office to compete in a brand new competition coming next school year

Sophia Santos, Aily Dunn, Connor Coots & Tye Rhodes

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Campbellsville Elementary School

Sculpture || 4th Place || Grif Thomas

Speech || 6th Place || Aubry Allen

Friday the CISD gathered to close out the school year with our closing day lunch. We gathered to celebrate another amazing year, retirements and enjoyed a great meal! A special thank you to those who worked so hard grilling and preparing the sides for the meal - it was PERFECT!!

We also want to recognize a few of our staff that will be retiring this year. Thank you to these individuals for so many years of commitment and dedication to our school and students. You all have touched so many lives and we are so grateful for you all and glad you chose to be Eagles!!

Katie Wilkerson || 35 Years

Lois Lacy || 28 Years

Ruth Allen || 20 Years

Darlene Burris || 18 Years

THANK YOU!!!

Coach Davis currently serves as an Advisor for the Kentucky High School Coaches Association Executive Committee and has also served two terms as the organization's president. Has been a committee member for 20+ years and also serves as a member of the 5th Region Policy Board, a position he has held for over 20 years and currently is the organization’s treasurer. Coach Davis also serves on the Board for the Kentucky High School Athletic Directors Association as the 5th region representative, a position held for the last 6 years. He serves on the Board for the All A State Committee as the 5th region representative, a position held for the last 12 years. Coach Davis is a member of the 5th Region Athletic Directors Association since 2012; serving one term as president. Last, but not least, he has been a member of the 5th Region Basketball Coaches Association for over 25 years. Served as president for 8 years and currently serves as an Advisor for the organization.