This week, parents and teachers will have the opportunity to vote for candidates for Dunbar’s governing body, but many in the Dunbar community don’t know what that governing body is or what it does. All...

Under Kentucky’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution guidelines, some students may be eligible for a vaccine. Kentucky is currently in Phase 1c of its distribution plan. In this phase, designated essential...

On Thursday, members of the Kentucky legislature’s Senate Education Committee attempted to remove the teacher and student non-voting members from the Kentucky Board of Education. The Board of Education...

Fayette County Public Schools announced on Feb. 23 that students in all grades will be able to return to the school building within the next month.  After announcing on Feb. 16 that students in grades...

After weeks of cold and snowy weather, FCPS decided to cancel school on Tuesday. Meal services were also canceled.  The snow day delayed the start of in-person classes for many students, as FCPS...

Most students have found online learning difficult, to say the least. But for homeless students, the challenges are much greater.  “If you are living in the elements, it's kind of hard to have access...

Valentine's Day is the perfect time to show friends and family you love them with a small gift.

If you're trying to be more environmentally friendly, the best thing to do is to reduce the amount of plastic you use. But if you need to use plastic jugs like this one, be sure to recycle them when you're...

In a letter to parents on Tuesday, FCPS acting superintendent Marlene Helm said that students in grades K-2 will likely be able to return to school in two weeks, on Feb. 16.  The board made the decision...

Keeping track of your goals in an agenda or calendar can help you stick to your resolutions.

On Wed., Jan. 20, Joseph Biden was sworn in as the United State’s 46th president, and Kamala Harris became the nation’s first female vice president.  Biden Chief Justice John Roberts administered...

The switch from December to January is often a period for reflection and retrospection.

I’ll be honest, I didn’t have high hopes for Olivia Rodrigo’s musical career. Knowing nothing more than that she starred in Disney’s “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series,” I assumed...

On Friday, a few dozen families gathered outside the FCPS building on Main Street to honor Superintendent Manny Caulk after his recent death.  Attendees held flameless candles, laid flowers at...

Fayette County Superintendent Emmanuel “Manny” Caulk passed away on Friday, school board chairwoman Stephanie Spires wrote in an email.  Caulk became Fayette Superintendent after working in Portland,...

When Dunbar transitioned to remote learning last spring, classes were asynchronous and grades were fixed, giving students flexibility as to when (and whether) they did their schoolwork.  This semester,...

Three days after Fayette County public schools asked students to choose between in-person and online learning during the spring semester, FCPS Superintendent Manny Caulk announced that all FCPS schools...

If and when students do return to the school building, they will be expected to wash their hands and sanitize their belongings frequently.

On the evening of Nov. 4, President-Elect Joe Biden continued to pull ahead in the polls, Principal Mike Hale of Winburn Middle School took to Facebook.  In a post that has since been deleted, Hale wrote,...

As of Oct. 27, young voters, identified as being from ages 18 to 29, are coming out in record numbers. More than 7 million young people have already voted in the 2020 election, either early or absentee,...

Normally, most Kentuckians vote in-person on Election Day, with a few sending in absentee ballots. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, voters this year had a third choice: voting early in-person. Senior...

Although senior Nancy Zhang voted for the first time in this election, she’s believed in the power of the youth vote for a while. “I feel like young people make up a huge portion of the population,...

On the national stage, many elections took days to be decided, as states like Pennsylvania and Nevada continued to count mail-in ballots. It was only on Saturday, Nov. 7, that media organizations like...

A Halloween haunted trail with many jumps and scares.

This week, we look back on this year's Spooky Skurry, hear student opinions on NTI, and dive into a world of coffee and community with A Cup of Common Wealth!

While the Common Application can seem scary, these tips can help reduce stress.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses have had to get creative with how they handle customers and in-person business interactions. In a city with over 500 restaurants and a state with the most fast-food...

Online services like meditation apps and virtual therapy can help students struggling with isolation.

Students who will turn 18 prior to Nov. 3 can register to vote at GoVoteKY.com. Those who have already registered to vote can confirm their registration and update their address on the same site. There...

In an email to FCPS families on Wednesday, Superintendent Manny Caulk revealed that a delay in “data entry” led to underreporting of COVID-19 cases on the state’s “COVID-19 Current Incidence Rate”...

This week, we discuss club and school announcements along with a short message about Ruth Bader Ginsburg.   Music | Sappheiros - Lights fanlink.to/QY3

The tragic passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an especially severe blow to the Jewish community. The death of the first Jewish woman to serve on the Supreme Court coincided with Erev Rosh Hashanah,...

On the evening of Sept. 14, a group of around 50 parents and children gathered outside the office of Fayette County Public Schools to protest Fayette County’s virtual learning policy. The protest...

In a message sent to students and families on Aug. 10, Principal Betsy Rains explained the structure and schedule for non-traditional instruction this school year. On Aug. 17, she sent another message...

When the FCPS School Board announced plans to start the school year virtually, many Dunbar teachers said that they were already expecting the announcement.  “Since the numbers were going up so dramatically...

The abrupt transition to online learning in March was a hectic one: teachers choosing between seemingly dozens of online platforms, administrators scrambling to put together some kind of schedule, everyone...

As many students take to the streets to protest police violence, two Dunbar graduates have taken a different approach: addressing how racism impacts school systems. Kaden Gaylord and Olivia Geveden,...

The world is in the midst of history in the making. Americans and others across the globe are collectively using their voices to attempt to right the wrongs that have persisted for centuries. Time and...

Elizabeth Moore, a junior at Henry Clay, woke up sick on the morning of March 10.  “I had a GI bug and was throwing up the night before,” she said. “We thought it might pass and I would be able...

Teen smoking is not a new problem, and over the years, proof of addiction has been heavily documented. According to the Center of Disease Control, in 1988 around three-fourths of people who were considered...

It’s hard to find the perfect film to get you through the panic and boredom of quarantine season. Typically perennial teen favorites like Clueless or Mean Girls remind me too much of the school I’m...

Most of us are familiar with the concept of leap years, but unless you're an astronomer. Mr. Scot Gill, a Dunbar science teacher helps students understand the reason why we add a day every four years. "Day...

Burgers are widely recognized as the quintessential American food. And what better time to eat them than summer? ‘Tis the season of cookouts and grills, after all. A new Lexington event, however,...

The new semester can be full of surprises with difficult classes and unpredictable weather. But University of Kentucky students returning to campus after winter break found one more surprise: they’d...

This week we covered the importance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, as well as a guest speaker, hosted at Dunbar by Leaders in the Making. We also took a look at PLD's Orchestra and finally, we checked...

You see Carl, Antoinne, and Ricky every morning. They’re a fixture of school life, yet many students probably don’t even know their names. Carl Beatty, Antoinne Priddy, and Ricky Kirby, alongside...

Four instruments, one conductor, and sheet music on an open stage with a full crowd. They’re surrounded by many musicians playing melodic, classical music, and the way it bounces off the walls make the...

Applying to college requires you to be familiar with numerous websites, from the Common App to FAFSA.

Around the city, kids of all ages are gearing up for the holiday which is being celebrated on Nov. 2 this year. Halloween means different things to different age groups from adorable toddlers dressed up...

For many years, I thought of Election Day as nothing more than a day off from school. I’d sleep in late, watch TV or YouTube videos all day, and let my parents tell me whether our government had been...

The Paul Laurence Dunbar Library is quite literally the core of Dunbar, located in the center of the building. Librarian Mrs. Summer Perry and library assistant Mrs. Hazel Compton are the friendly faces...

Walk through Dunbar’s jam-packed halls and you’ll see them arranged in endless lines, fairly identical, seemingly immobile. No, not the students--the lockers. Lockers are such a quintessential...