Olive Hill Elementary

Subject Line: 🏅 Olympic Challenge – Help Our School Win GOLD!   Our school is participating in a lifesaving challenge, and we need your help to earn a Gold, Silver, or Bronze medal! Every family’s involvement truly makes a difference. We are competing against other schools in our area to have the most families complete Finn’s Mission. The winning school will receive an extra $100 to purchase new PE equipment! All you need to do is: Sign up for our school's Kids Heart Challenge program Complete Finn’s Mission to learn Hands‑Only CPR -earn your lifesaver cape and an entry into the 2027 Super Bowl ticket raffle. We would be honored to earn the Gold Medal in lifesaving—and we cannot do it without you. Thank you for supporting our school and helping spread this important mission! 

📖 Library Lunch is always a fave! January Beanstack Challenge winners were celebrated well this week. Keep up the good work Bulldogs! (Special shoutout to Mrs. Stevens for her hard work in these challenges)

Subject: Olive Hill Elementary School, Join the team and save lives! 💝



Join us TODAY!



Olive Hill Elementary School families,

We’ve officially launched Kids Heart Challenge with the American Heart Association - let’s rally to change lives and be heart heroes for kids!


Through Finn’s Mission, you’ll learn the lifesaving skill of Hands-Only CPR and how to recognize a stroke. Here are the next steps to take today:

Sign Up for Kids Heart Challenge by downloading the free “AHA Schools” app for Apple or Android or by clicking HERE.
How to Register American Heart Association | Kids Heart Challenge | How to Register
Be a hero: Send 10 texts TODAY to help save lives.
Complete Finn’s Mission: Learn Hands-Only CPR, earn your lifesavers cape and be entered to win two Super Bowl tickets! Learn How


By signing up and raising funds, you can help us earn gift certificates for physical activity and recess equipment to support the health & wellness of our school community.



I can’t wait to see our school create a community of lifesavers this year.

Help us celebrate our School Resource Officer, Officer Branham, during School Resource Appreciation Day!

🐾 Ending our FRYSC Appreciation Week with celebrating our Mrs. Donna and allowing you to get to know her better. Years in Education: 28 years Years as FRYSC Director: 7 Favorite part of the job: Connecting the students and families with the resources they need to thrive and seeing the relief on a parent's face when a burden is lifted. The smiles and hugs from the students makes everyday special. One Thing to Know About My Job:  We connect families with resources that promote development, stability, and growth, while also creating and hosting programming that supports learning, wellness, and success. Favorite School Activity: Mini School, Inchy the Bookworm, Drama Camp, Veterans Day Assembly, Strollin' Thru Storytime events, Down on the Farm and giving books to every student. Drink of Choice:  🧀 Favorite Snack:  - Reese Cup or Hershey Bar 🎨 Favorite Color:  - Blue 📚 Favorite Hobby: Reading 🌙 Morning or Night:  Morning 🎶 Fun Fact: I can milk a cow, even with long nails. I am a good navigator with paper maps (long before GPS). When I’m Not at School: I love spending quality time with my family and I love to travel especially to the beach. 💭 If I Had Another Career: Travel Planner ✨ Favorite Quote:   "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel,".  Maya Angelou 💙 My Hope for Students: That every child feels seen, supported, and empowered to reach their full potential regardless of the obstacles in their way. My hope is that every student discovers the unique strengths within themselves and that they believe in the beauty of their own dreams and realize they have the power to create their own bright future.  Thank you Mrs. Donna for your hardwork and dedication.

✨ Exciting Partnership at Olive Hill Elementary! ✨ Olive Hill Elementary School is thrilled to partner with Morehead State University’s Teaching Program! Dr. Nettleton’s students will be working alongside our special education teachers, gaining first-hand experience in our classrooms while assisting, learning, and—most importantly—building meaningful relationships with our students. This collaboration provides invaluable real-world learning for future educators and extra support for our students, creating a true win-win. We are incredibly grateful for this partnership and excited for all that it will bring! Our OHES special education teachers are eager for this collaboration and excited to be back in session! 🎉📚

❤️ It seemed fitting that today we could feel the love being together, and our preschoolers were definitely feeling the love reading: The Day it Rained Hearts.

🏆You can't hide that Bulldog pride! District results: Quick Recall 2nd place FPS 2nd place Science 4th place Emery King Language arts 2nd place Jonathan Foltz Arts/Humanities 1st Jonathan Foltz These students will compete at regionals. We are so proud of all of our Academic Team for their hard work and achievements. Thank you to our Academic Coaches for their dedication and support.🐾

Our SBDM regular meeting for this evening has been rescheduled for next Monday ,February 16th, as a special session at 4:30 p.m..

🐾It is FRYSC appreciation week, help us to honor and celebrate our Mrs. Donna! (More to come) We want to show our appreciation for all the amazing FRYSC employees in our district, as we know Carter County has the best!

💃🕺 Get your dancing shoes ready. Our annual Valentines Day dance is still on! ❤️

Today is NTI Day #10. Students should be prepared to return completed work for days 6-10. (Some students may have returned day 6 already)

🎉 January Beanstack Winners! 🎉
Way to go, Olive Hill Elementary Bulldogs! 🐾📚
We are so proud of our students who logged reading minutes and made reading a priority during January. Your dedication and love for books truly paid off!
👏 Congratulations to all of our January Beanstack winners!
A big thank-you to our families and teachers for supporting reading at home and at school—you make a difference every day.
Let’s keep those pages turning, Bulldogs! 📖💙
#OliveHillElementary #BulldogPride #Beanstack #ReadersAreLeaders #ReadingRocks

📝Tomorrow will be NTI Day #9. Hopefully, we are one day closer to reuniting the Bulldog Family! Teachers will be available during the day tomorrow and will be reaching out. We sure hope to see you soon!

Due to the weather system that has moved in and the projected temperature for Saturday, our District Academic Competition will be postponed. An updated schedule will be sent out to academic team students and families at a later time. The competition may need to occur over a few evenings, but will be determined after the inclement weather has cleared.

❄️ Do you want to build a snowman?... Since today is a Traditional Snow Day and tomorrow will be as well, we are excited to know what you are into. Feel free to post a picture on our Facebook thread, or send a photo to your teacher(s) via Apptegy (CCSD Connect) or through email. We miss seeing you Bulldog Family! 🐾

⛸️ Mrs. Minor said, "If you can't beat them, join them!". Tomorrow is another Traditional Snow Day. Stay safe and warm, Bulldog families! 🧊

❄️📚 SNOW DAY STATUS: STILL SNOWED IN 📚❄️ If we’re going to be stuck inside anyway, we might as well travel by book. February’s Beanstack Reading Challenge is the perfect way to turn snow days into read-a-thon days. Grab a blanket, grab a snack, grab a book—and log those minutes! Let’s see how many pages our school can conquer before we finally see the inside of the building again ⛄️👀 Winners from January’s Challenge will be announced as soon as Mrs. Stevens can access her teacher account on her library computer (unfortunately she doesn’t have access to this on her phone)

This week is National School Counseling Week and we want to celebrate our very own: Mrs. Carter! 🐾 National School Counseling Week – Fun Facts! 🐾 💗 Years in Education: 10 💗 Years as a School Counselor: 1 🐶 Favorite Part of the Job: Connecting with every child in our Bulldog family and building strong relationships—especially with students who need it most 🎒 One Thing to Know About My Job: No two days are ever planned, and I love the surprise of each day 🎉 Favorite School Activity: Theme days! ☕ Drink of Choice: Coffee 🧀 Favorite Snack: Cheez-Its 🎨 Favorite Color: Pink 📚 Favorite Hobby: Reading (all the genres!) 🌙 Morning or Night: Night owl 🎶 Fun Fact: I love bluegrass music 🏡 When I’m Not at School: Reading and working alongside my husband 💭 If I Had Another Career: Speech Pathologist ✨ Favorite Quote: “And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.” — 1 Corinthians 13:13 💙 My Hope for Students: That they always know they are loved, that I want good things for them, and that even on hard days, there’s always something good to look forward to 🐾💙🐾 Carter County Schools are blessed with an amazing group of School Counselors and we want to thank each of them! Happy National School Counseling Week!

⛸️ Hopefully, we are skating ourselves back into better weather soon. As you know, tomorrow is a Traditional Snow Day. While it can be hard to be indoors for longer periods, it is a great time to dig into hobbies, puzzles, books (don't forget our Beanstack challenge), and games.❄️