Browse past news stories for Shawnee High School in Louisville, KY.

• Mark Story: UK a comfortable fit for Miss Basketball (Lexington Herald-Leader)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 11:18:44 pm
  Kentucky women's basketball hasn't had much success on the court against archrival Louisvi
• JCPS Board Approves New Assignment Plan (WLKY Louisville)
  posted on September 30, 2009 at 04:16:57 am
  Jefferson County Public Schools board members voted to approve recommendations to the student assignment plan for middle and high school students.
• Who is Dianna Brewer-Jackson? Elmira board member ignites emotion (Elmira Star-Gazette)
  posted on September 26, 2009 at 11:53:06 pm
  Dianna Brewer-Jackson seems to crave the spotlight. She'll storm out of a meeting and then stop for questions in front of the TV cameras. She'll call a press conference to say, essentially, what she's said before.
• Education foundation seeks nominations (The Shawnee News-Star)
  posted on September 24, 2009 at 02:55:47 pm
  The Shawnee Educational Foundation is soliciting nominations for its annual Hall of Fame award. Recipients will be recognized at the Hall of Fame banquet in February. Deadline for receipt of nominations is Oct. 16, according to Kellie Steele, president of the Shawnee Educational Foundation.
• Teen Sentenced For 2008 Slaying (WLKY Louisville)
  posted on September 18, 2009 at 08:09:18 pm
  A Louisville teen was sentenced Friday for the death of a police detective's cousin.
• Elmore to leave school board next year (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on September 14, 2009 at 03:12:06 am
  Ann Elmore, the lone black member of the Jefferson County Board of Education, said Sunday that she will retire when her term expires at the end of 2010.
• MSD debunks myths after massive flooding (FOX 41 Louisville)
  posted on August 20, 2009 at 01:55:47 am
  Metropolitan Sewer District cautions, "We were overwhelmed."
• Louisville residents continue to clean-up after major flood (FOX 41 Louisville)
  posted on August 16, 2009 at 12:33:58 am
  Federal help is on the way for thousands of people affected by flash flooding nearly two weeks ago.
• Savage, Ohr grind it out at Olde Stone, share Kentucky Open lead (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on August 13, 2009 at 02:42:31 am
  The brutal conditions on The Club at Olde Stone golf course have been the story through two rounds of the PowerBilt Kentucky Open. Now someone is going to have to master the same tough course for 18 more holes to claim the title in the 90th annual event.
• It’s ‘hoops’ in the family (The Shawnee News-Star)
  posted on August 11, 2009 at 02:50:24 pm
  Shawnee resident Jerry Havens’ legacy as a basketball coach is living on in more ways than one. Besides the former Shawnee High School Wolves coach’s service with the Oklahoma Coaches Association’s board, his sons have followed in their father’s footsteps and are themselves hoops coaches.
• Forcht named to Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors (Corbin News Journal)
  posted on August 5, 2009 at 11:16:55 am
  The founder and CEO of Forcht Group of Kentucky has been elected to one of Kentucky's most highly regarding business organizations. Terry E. Forcht was voted in late last month as one of the newest members to the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.
• Event focuses on safe, healthy return to school (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on July 31, 2009 at 06:44:12 pm
  A "Safe and Healthy Return to School" event will be featured from 2 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the Northwest Neighborhood Place at Shawnee High School, 4018 W. Main St.
• Jackson, Wilson are upstart Kentucky All-Stars (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on June 13, 2009 at 01:55:53 am
  Indiana's boys have won 19 of the past 22 games in the high school basketball all-star series against Kentucky. The Hoosiers' roster tops out with three 6-foot-9 guys and is dotted with players headed to Indiana University, Purdue, Louisville and North Carolina State.
• Some Students May Be Changing Schools (WLKY Louisville)
  posted on May 12, 2009 at 04:06:22 pm
  The school board has voted to change its assignment plan for middle and high school students.
• Abramson gives students a hand (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on April 17, 2009 at 09:00:54 am
  Students from area public and private schools were nominated by guidance counselors and administrators for a wide range of accomplishments that included volunteer work, extracurricular activities and overcoming hardship, as well as academic success.
• New Student Assignment Plan Appears Closer To Reality (WLKY Louisville)
  posted on April 14, 2009 at 02:02:33 am
  The long discussed Jefferson County Public Schools student assignment plan appears to be closer to reality after a meeting revealed some details of the new plan.
• Get Gallopaloozin'! (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on April 10, 2009 at 08:36:47 am
  More than 120 horses have been trotted out at Churchill Downs for the running of the Gallopalooza 2009 display of life-size fiberglass horses and foals. The sculptures are being previewed today and tomorrow at the track before being placed on the streets of Louisville and Southern Indiana.
• Board backs K-12 magnet at Shawnee (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on March 24, 2009 at 08:49:46 am
  The Jefferson County Board of Education has agreed to support a district plan to revive Shawnee High School by turning it into a K-12 magnet school.
• School board agrees to convert Shawnee to K-12 (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on March 24, 2009 at 12:38:31 am
  The Jefferson County school board has agreed to support a district plan to revive Shawnee High School by turning it into a K-12 magnet school.
• K-12 magnet program considered for Shawnee High (Louisville Courier-Journal)
  posted on March 15, 2009 at 09:01:17 am
  Shawnee High School has struggled for years with poor test scores, teacher turnover and discipline -- while its enrollment has dwindled to 480 students. In response, district officials are quietly devising a radical alternative -- turn Shawnee into the district's second citywide K-12 magnet-program school. The other is the Brown School.