Pikeville Independent Schools

Good morning! We are beyond proud of our PHS Girls Basketball Team, as they are the 15th Region Champions, and will represent our district at Rupp Arena on Wednesday, March 11th, 2026. The game will begin at 6pm. In order to allow for completion of our bus routes in time to transport all organizations involved, and to allow time for those who plan to make the trip, Pikeville Independent Schools will dismiss at 1pm on Wednesday, March 11th, 2026. We wanted to let you know this morning to allow you to make plans for the day. We always appreciate your understanding and support for our students. We hope you have a safe and blessed day!

Good afternoon Panther Families! After much discussion concerning the split sessions for today’s contests, the schools districts, in consultation with the arena, have worked to try to address these concerns. As a result, the arena will not be cleared following the completion of the 15th Region Girls Championship game. We appreciate the collective willingness of the school districts across the region to work together to make this happen. This will apply to those who choose to remain in the arena following that game. Please keep in mind that there is no re-entry, so if you choose to leave the arena between games, you will be asked to pay to return. Based upon this agreement, the one request that we had as superintendents of the participating schools is that the lower arena be made available for the students and fans of the teams participating at the current time. Please assist us by sitting in the upper level or at the end of the arena when our team is not participating. This is the greatest challenge created by not clearing the arena, but we appreciate your assistance in making this happen to save our families. We appreciate the time, effort and resources that go into supporting kids throughout a school year, and always want to take that into consideration. We hope you enjoy the games, and we have an outstanding and positive environment tonight as we support the kids of the 15th region. We hope you have a safe and blessed evening!

Good morning! Please note that today was the scheduled Statewide Tornado Drill that coincides with the National Weather Service. This was only a drill. We have gotten some calls with concern, so we wanted to communicate that this was a statewide drill and no reason for concern. We hope you have a blessed day!

MARCH 17th, 2026 8:00AM Pre-Registration Links will be open on the Pikeville website at the link below. Appointments to turn in required paperwork and take a short tour through our Kindergarten & Pre-K areas. Document & Date requirements are listed on the website: http://pikeville.kyschools.us/enroll
Appointments sign-ups will be available at the end of the registration forms for paperwork to complete registration will be held:
March 19th:
*K-6th: 8:30am-2:00pm
*PK-6th: 4:00pm-6:30pm
March 20th:
*PK-6th 8:30am-2:00pm
March 23rd:
*K-6th 8:30am-2:00pm &
*4:00pm-6:30pm.

The CEDAR Coal Fair is an academic awards program for students in our area and is just around the corner! All students grades K-12 are invited to participate in this enriching opportunity that is centered around the SOAR (Shaping Our Appalachian Region) blueprint and the idea of Coal in Appalachia. See the flyer for more information! Follow the link to register for your school's CEDAR Fair before Friday, March 6. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGXsi74M-4UpjZswYgitMoomTCiOfTb4kR-kaS9N9XiT6JzQ/viewform?usp=header

Jeff is joined by Pikeville High School biology teacher Kelly Scott to talk about her students’ involvement in the University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health Healthy Way Program and the issue they chose to address locally — vaping in schools. Hear what they’ve learned and how they hope to make an impact in the community.

Then don’t miss the next episode, where the students join the Pawcast to share their experiences and research firsthand.

Watch or listen here: https://linktr.ee/pantherpawcast

Big Congratulations to three additional Creative Digital Arts State Semi-Finalist projects on their way to Rupp Arena for State Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP) Championship in April from Pikeville Elementary School! Returning State Champ Jenna Charles, Gabby Khater, Madilyn Darby, Polly Childers, and Emma Elliott!

Good morning! Pikeville Independent Schools will be on regular scheduled today, Tuesday, February 24th, 2026. Due to some flurries overnight that sporadically placed a light; dry cover of snow in a few of our side roads and higher elevations, we do have two route adjustments this morning. Bus 172 will only run Williams Hollow to the intersection of Rachel Drive this morning. Also, Bus 201 will NOT run Cedar Gap this morning. Students on Cedar Gap can meet the bus at Peachtree Drive. Thanks so much! If these two adjustments create issues for your child to arrive to school, please contact their school, and we will work to make arrangements. I hope you have a safe and blessed day!

Good morning! Due to slick and snow covered roads, as well as continuing snow, Pikeville Independent Schools will be CLOSED today, Monday, February 23rd, 2026. This will be a regular snow day. I hope you have a safe and blessed day!

Good luck to our Pikeville Archers today as they work toward state qualifying! Competing today in Perry and Pike County tournaments. Keep up the hard work!

Our FRYSC is excited to host a special "Night Out with Dad" on February 26th from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.! Please register using the QR code provided.

Congratulations to our Pikeville Elementary STLP Sphero Hero Robotics team and their State Qualification! #RoadtoRupp is heating up and we are excited to see these students compete at Rupp Arena in April!

Parent line students will be dismissed at approximately 12:40. We know the notice is short, so we will keep kids in our care whose parents take a few extra moments to arrive. Afternoon activities will not take place.

Good afternoon Panther Families! After speaking with NWS Jackson and local meteorologists, there is a heavy band of snow going to approach our area after 1pm. As a result, and out of an abundance of caution, we will dismiss PHS student drivers at 12:30 and buses will dismissed at 12:45. I'm sorry for the adjustment to the day, but we want to assure we provide the safest possible conditions for our students based upon the information we have available. We hope you have a safe and blessed afternoon.

Good evening everyone! It was awesome to have our students and staff back in our buildings today. We know there has been a lot of discussion about weather tomorrow. Based upon our conversation with NWS Jackson and another local meteorologist who is always willing to provide assistance, precipitation will arrive after we begin the school day, and temperatures will be above freezing beginning mid-morning and running throughout our school day. With the being the case, our plan is for Pikeville Independent Schools to be on a REGULAR SCHEDULE tomorrow, Friday, February 6th, 2026. We have a call scheduled tomorrow morning at 5am to assure the forecast and temperatures continue to be the same. If any adjustments are necessary to our plan, we will make that announcement by 5:30. We hope you have a safe and blessed evening!

Good morning Panther Families! After reevaluating our road conditions this morning, Pikeville Independent Schools will remain on a ONE HOUR DELAY today, Thursday, February 5th, 2026. Roads have dried significantly overnight, and with the help of the outstanding road crews who work long hours across our city and communities, we have seen significant clearing. As always please be safe driving across any spots that might have melted off of driveways or side roads. We will once again only run Williams Hollow to the intersection of Rachel Drive for the safety of the bus turnaround. Our parking lots have also dried significantly overnight, and we are salting them again as we speak. We cannot wait to see our students and staff back in our buildings today. I hope you have a safe and blessed day!