Jenkins Independent Schools

Jenkins Independent School District (JISD) Community: We are pleased to announce the first day of school for Jenkins Independent will be August 2nd for staff, with students beginn...

Jenkins Independent School District understands the importance of in-person instruction and our goal is to provide in-person instruction for all students. We plan to use ARP ESSER...

Jenkins Middle High School is happy to announce Wendy Madden-Rutherford as our new principal! Mrs. Rutherford received her Bachelor's and first Master's degree in Element...

Jenkins Band Director Jenny Collins and some of her students attended the AIM Music Summer Academy at UPIKE. Students attended classes that included Large Ensemble, Small Ensemble,...

On Wednesday, June 30th, Superintendent Damian Johnson was visited by former Jenkins student Johnny Ray Lawson and his daughter Rhonda Lawson Ervin. Mr. Lawson left school in the ...

NASP World Tournament in Myrtle Beach is now in the books. Kimber Collins, 5th grader from Jenkins Independent competed in 3 archery tournaments in 2 days to bring home the World C...

The Appalachia Institute of Music will be holding its annual Summer Institute of the campus of UPIKE coming up next week on July 5-9. If you are interested in learning a musical i...

Congratulations to Celica Loots and Savannah Mullins. These two young ladies took and passed their state board licensing exam for certified nursing assistant! Because of their ha...

Jenkins Independent student Kimber Collins has traveled to Myrtle Beach to complete in the National Archery in the Schools Program world tournament. While there, she participated ...

Jenkins Independent School honored two teachers at their May Board of Education meeting. Leslie Burke and Cathy Rose were presented with awards for their service to Jenkins Indepe...

Everyone 12 years and older is now eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine. If you would be interested in getting the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for your student at school please complete...

Jenkins Independent is beyond thrilled to report that 5th grader Kimber Collins placed 1st in the NATION in the elementary division of the National Archery in the Schools Program (...

K-PREP testing is here! All students in grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, and 11 need to be at school by 7:50 am on Monday, April 26 for testing. This includes both virtual and in-perso...

Makala Stambaugh, senior at JMHS, has received the Presidential Scholarship at the University of Kentucky! This award is based on Makala’s GPA and ACT score. This scholarship is ...

Mrs. Sally Hubbard's Progressive Pro Science II class recently concluded their mousetrap car project. This project is a classic physics challenge: build a vehicle that can travel...

Jenkins Independent is the only high school in Kentucky to offer a program specifically in corrections! https://www.kyforward.com/rural-eastern-ky-high-school-vocational-education...

Jacob Estep, 12 year old son of Jerry and Tammy Estep, of Jenkins, has won the Regional Science and Engineering Fair! The Regional Science Fair was hosted virtually this year on S...

NASP State Archery Tournament is officially in the books. With a score of 264, 5th grader Kimber Collins placed 9th out of 305 archers in the elementary girls division. Top 10 in t...

We are proud to announce that 5th grader Kourtlyn Bell placed 1st in Arts & Humanities at KAAC Regional competition. Kourtlyn competed against students from all elementary schools...

Thank you to Chris Anderson for the wonderful article!