The Webster Weekly for September 4th

Posted Date: 09/04/26 (12:23 PM)

🌟 95.28% 🌟

WHAT A STRONG START! Webster County families helped us kick off the 2026–27 school year with a 95.28% attendance rate!

👏 Thank you, Webster County families, for helping our students start the school year strong! 👏 Let's keep the momentum going! AttendanceMatters!

📚 Let’s Make Every Day Count! 📚

The Kentucky Directors of Pupil Personnel have designated Wednesday, September 9, as High Attendance Day—a day dedicated to highlighting the importance of students being present, engaged, and ready to learn each day. High Attendance Day kicks off Attendance Awareness Month.

Each school day is an opportunity to learn, grow, connect, and succeed. Studies have shown that showing up for class has a huge impact on academic success. Let’s make September 9 a great day to show up and shine! 🌟

The Kentucky Department of Education’s “You Belong! Attendance Matters” campaign provides tips and resources for families, educators, and communities to support consistent attendance.

Attendance Works: https://awareness.attendanceworks.org/
KDE Attendance Matters: https://www.education.ky.gov/.../Chronic-Absenteeism.aspx

Your presence powers our progress! 💪 Attendance Matters!

2026 America's Healthiest Schools Recognition

The Alliance for a Healthier Generation has announced its annual list of America’s Healthiest Schools, recognizing 1,376 schools in 35 states and Washington, DC. for their work to support student, staff, and family well‑being.

Supported by Kaiser Permanente and Kohl’s Cares, Healthier Generation’s annual award program recognizes schools for implementing best practices in areas like nutrition, physical activity, school health services, staff well‑being, and family engagement.

This year, 200 schools earned All‑Star status for meeting criteria across all nine topic areas. States with the most awardees include California (283), Texas (199), South Carolina (143), and Kentucky (142).

Congratulations to our awardees! 🎉

For Implementing the School Wellness Policy: Clay Elementary, Dixon Elementary, Providence Elementary, WCHS
For Implementing the School Wellness Policy & Bolstering Physical Education and Activity: WCMS
For Cultivating Staff Well-Being: Sebree Elementary

📚 A BOOK. EVERY MONTH. RIGHT TO YOUR DOOR. ❤️

Did you know that Webster County children from birth through age 5 can receive a FREE, age-appropriate book every month through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library?

It’s more than a book—it’s an opportunity to build a home library, encourage a love of reading, and help our youngest learners get ready for kindergarten.

Dolly Parton had a simple but powerful vision: put books into children's hands and homes. We are grateful that her dream has reached Webster County, Kentucky, and we're proud to be part of it!

Webster County partnered with the Imagination Library in 2008. Today, 385 Webster County children receive books, and 1,223 children have already graduated from the program!

Is your child enrolled? If not, now is a great time to sign up!

👉 Enroll online

👉 Mail the completed enrollment form to Rachel Gooch, Providence ELS, 470 S. Broadway, Providence, KY 42450.

Thank you, Dolly, for believing that every child deserves a book. 📖 🫶

Congratulations!

Congratulations to the WCHS FFA sentinel Hannah Clark on her reserve grand champion cow-calf pair! Thank you, WCHS FFA, for sharing!

Dixon Park - Family Night Event on September 19th

Strong Roots. Safe Schools.

The Kentucky Center for School Safety (KCSS) is excited to announce that the theme for Kentucky Safe Schools Week is "Strong Roots. Safe Schools," scheduled for September 14-18, 2026. This year's theme highlights the need for ongoing vigilance and proactive steps to keep learning environments secure across the Commonwealth.

This week focuses on helping schools strengthen their safety initiatives through targeted activities and discussions. The goal is to raise awareness of various aspects of school safety and empower students, teachers, parents, guardians, and the wider community to take proactive steps to create a safe and nurturing learning environment for everyone.

➡️ You can help us by completing the KY Safe Schools Week pledge and watching the KCSS state pledge data map to check our district's data.

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District Reminders

9/4 - Midterm for the 1st Nine Weeks
9/7 - No School - Labor Day Holiday
9/8 - WC Board of Education Work Session at 5:00 PM
9/9 KY High Attendance Day
9/10 WC Board of Education Special Called Board Meeting
9/14 - 18 KY Safe Schools Week
9/15 Maroon 5 Day; National IT Professional Day
9/19 Dixon Park Family Night, 7-10 PM

Labor Day Holiday - All schools & offices are closed on Monday, September 7th.