James E. Farmer Elementary School

Highlights:

• Offers inquiry-based activities for all grades, using the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-funded outdoor classroom areas on campus
• Students and teachers use advanced technology in every classroom.
• Offers the integration of the arts and humanities in all content areas across the curriculum
• Provides extensive use of community resources as classroom extensions for all core content in kindergarten through grade five
• Provides artist-in-residence programming for curriculum enrichment through partnerships with the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, Brightside, and Stage One
• Offers instruction by award-winning master teachers who have earned National Board Certification and endorsements in technology as well as in gifted-and- talented education
• Offers the Tap into Fitness! nutrition and physical education program, provided by a full-time physical education (PE)/practical living teacherChild Enrichment Program (CEP) will also be available. The principal will be selecting staff in spring, 2007.

Slogan: A mind is not an empty vessel to be filled, but a fire to be ignited. —Plutarch