FAYE DANIEL CREWS, longtime health occupations teacher at Woodford County High School and director of the band’s flag corps, is one of the educators being honored on pole banners in downtown Versailles and Midway because they embody and carry on a “Legacy of Excellence” in Woodford County Public Schools. Former WCHS Band Director Nat Carter remembered her as “Mom for the whole school” in a 2020 interview with the Sun. (Photo by Bob Vlach)
A LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE in Woodford County Public Schools is being celebrated on pole banners in downtown Versailles and Midway this month. A new school year for students began Aug. 13. (Photo by Bob Vlach)
By Bob Vlach
Woodford Sun Staff
Woodford County Public Schools (WCPS) is partnering with the cities of Versailles and Midway to honor individuals who embody and carry on a “Legacy of Excellence” in WCPS.
The pole banners (also called flags) honoring individuals for their contributions to the Legacy of Excellence in WCPS were sponsored by families and community members, according to WCPS Superintendent Lori Jones.
She said the new logo and motto for WCPS are also featured on other banners being hung in downtown Versailles and Midway as part of the Legacy of Excellence initiative, serving as a launch for the new logo and motto.
The project honoring “heroes” who have invested in WCPS came out of the school district’s strategic visioning process, Jones said. “The Legacy of Excellence. Future of Opportunity” motto encapsulates what WCPS is working to accomplish for the community through our new strategic vision, she added.
“Part of that vision and part of that motto,” said Jones, “truly is about the people who have contributed to this Legacy of Excellence … really, as long as our school system has been around.”
Ruggles Sign, which manufactured the pole banners at cost, has been “an incredible partner” in the project, Jones said. She said both cities were receptive to partnering with WCPS on this initiative, honoring 19 individuals in Versailles and five more in Midway during August when students return to school.
“I think it’s a great initiative,” said Midway Mayor Grayson Vandegrift. He said the downtown banner project is also an opportunity to plant a seed in students: “Everything we do matters, and what are you going to leave behind in the end?”