School News & Features
Interested in girls' soccer at NCHS?
Any eighth-grade or incoming freshmen girls to Nelson County High School who are interested in playing soccer in the fall or being involved with the NCHS girls’ soccer boosters should contact Fran Brown at 502-827-3382 or Joan Mattingly at 502-827-1420 or Linda Vittitoe at 502-639-5620.
New Gallery: Christmas at New Haven School
Some 310 K-5 students plus staff members were involved in the school's Christmas Program.
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Yellow Jacket center recognized for quality
The Yellow Jacket Day Care Center at Boston School has earned a Level Three award through the “Stars for Kids Now” program, Kentucky’s childcare quality rating system.
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District offers MealpayPlus service
The Nelson County School District is happy to announce the availability of MealpayPlus, an online or telephone-based system families can use to purchase and monitor students’ cafeteria meals.
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County well represented in All-State Choir
Nineteen talented singers from Bardstown and Nelson County, including 13 from Bloomfield, were selected to participate in the Kentucky Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association All-State Choir.
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KSBA names Dr. Lantz Kentucky's
2010 Outstanding Superintendent
For nearly 14 years, no item has been too great or small to escape the attention of Nelson County Schools Superintendent Jan Lantz if it can be used to improve her school district.
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Students selected for All-District Bands
Five students from Nelson County High School, four from Old Kentucky Home Middle School and three from Bloomfield Middle School have earned seats in the Fourth District Band Director's Association All-District Bands.
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Welcome to Nelson County, Kentucky
The Nelson County School District encompasses all of Nelson County, almost 423 square miles of terrain located in Central Kentucky approximately 35 miles south of Louisville and 60 miles southwest of Lexington. Interstate 65 is 15 miles from Bardstown, the Nelson County seat. The Martha Layne Collins Bluegrass Parkway bisects the county.
One of Kentucky's fastest growing counties, Nelson County's population estimate in 2006 was 42,102, an increase of 12.3 percent over the 2000 count. The economy is based mostly on manufacturing, agriculture, tourism and service industry jobs.
Historical figures associated with the county include theologian Thomas Merton, composer Stephen Collins Foster, steamboat inventor John Fitch, surgeon Walter Brashear, outlaw Jesse James, Catholic Bishop Benedict J. Flaget, humanitarian Mother Catherine Spalding and French King Louis Philippe.
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