Education

Eighth-grade students at Campbellsville and Taylor County middle schools recently got a dose of reality.

The students attended Reality Town, a project where students select careers, have a monthly income and try to balance their checkbook account while stopping at booths to pay their monthly bills and unexpected expenses.

The goal of the experience is to show the students good money managing skills.

CMS hosted Reality Town this year.

Taylor County Assistant Superintendent Susan Kilby presented the district improvement plan to Taylor County School Board members at its regular meeting last Tuesday.

Kilby said the Kentucky Department of Education has implemented some major changes in how the improvement plan must be drafted, which made the process more complicated and time-consuming in years past.

"This had to be completed by Feb. 1 and in the system, and then in March, they had a meeting to tell us how to do it," Kilby said.

Campbellsville University recently hosted the Central Kentucky Keyboard Hymn Festival for the second time since its inauguration last year.

Participating students represented eight surrounding counties, including Taylor, Green, Adair, Hardin, Nelson, LaRue, Hart and Metcalfe, in piano and organ categories.

Dr. Wes Golightly, a piano instructor at Kentucky Christian University; Diana Aubrey, independent music teacher from Hodgenville; and Dr. William Budai, a piano instructor at CU, were the adjudicators.

Taylor County High School students recently competed at the All-State Caveland Regional Art Competition at the Elizabethtown Community College and took home many awards.

Students who place first in any category advance to All-State Competition in Covington this month.