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ECTC students get expanded mental health options with new partnership

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Elizabethtown Community and Technical College has entered into an agreement with Spalding University to help with the mental health of students.

Chief Student Affairs Officer Dale Buckles says that Spalding University reached out to the college, asking ECTC to partner with their doctoral program in psychological counseling. ECTC accepted, and Spaulding’s students will be used as an online counseling service for Elizabethtown students. Buckles says this is necessary, due to the increase in mental health issues among college students over the last five to ten years.

Chief Student Affairs Officer Dale Buckles

The program will allow for nearly immediate service, and will all be done via telehealth, meaning students will not have to make the drive to Louisville. The service is available now, and more information can be found on the Elizabethtown Community and Technical College website.

19 years later: September 11th

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Today marks 19 years since the terrorist attacks of September 11th.

4 flights were hijacked that morning, with two crashing into the towers of the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon, and one in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. All told, 2,977 people died, and more than 6,000 were injured. The attack was the world’s largest and the deadliest on American soil since the bombing of Pearl Harbor. At today’s annual commemoration at Ground Zero, a recording names will be played instead of live, in-person readings, in an effort to reduce the size of crowds amidst the pandemic.

Community still set to hold annual tractor ride

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Though there was some concern about the event this year, organizers say the annual Louis Croiser Tractor Ride will still take place this Sunday.

Organizer Glenn Harrington says that while there is no entry fee to participate in the ride, donations will be accepted to benefit the Louis Croiser Memorial Scholarship fund. Croiser was the former fire chief in Cecilia before passing from esophageal cancer in 2008.

Preparations in place for EIS in-person return

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Elizabethtown Independent School District is preparing for the return of students into the classroom. Curriculum and Instruction Coordinator Jessica Turner says that the beginning of preparing for a return to the classroom includes giving teachers extra support in unprecedented times. 

In addition, she says that the teachers are taking on more than just one type of learning with many students. 

Turner notes that the spring NTI learning will be looked at and used as a learning experience, and says that she believes that teachers will do their very best to provide the best possible learning experience for students.

Schools in the district will be adhering to a strict cleaning policy, as well as policies regarding masking and social distancing.