Jonathan Kleppinger

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Name: Jonathan Kleppinger
Date registered: July 24, 2012

Biography

I grew up in Berea, Ky., and was home-schooled throughout my K-12 career before attending Eastern Kentucky University. I majored in psychology and minored in religion at EKU while also becoming involved with the school newspaper, The Eastern Progress, as a photographer, photo editor, copy editor, writer and columnist. I started work at The Jessamine Journal as a staff writer in October 2009 with the specific beat of covering education. I got married in January 2010 and graduated from EKU in May 2010 with a bachelor's degree in psychology. At The Journal, I added the responsibilities of features editor in April 2010 and of news designer in April 2012.

Latest posts

  1. West Jessamine High School SBDM calls special meeting to start principal-selection process — May 17, 2013
  2. Five scholarships given out to Jessamine Career and Technology Center students at awards night — May 17, 2013
  3. West Jessamine High School has paper-and-pencil tests; end-of-course exams still on for next week — May 17, 2013
  4. Three from Jessamine County among GSA Class of 2013 for summer program — May 17, 2013
  5. Nicholasville police investigating possible threat at East Jessamine High School — May 17, 2013

Most commented posts

  1. Jessamine County Board of Education elections — 3 comments
  2. East Jessamine’s “Jammin’ with the Jags” set for May 11 — 2 comments
  3. West Jessamine Middle School cheerleaders off to a fast start under new coach — 1 comment
  4. East Jessamine High School senior Nathaniel Hudson selected for Google computer-science summer institute — 1 comment
  5. 12 students in first class of Youth Leadership Jessamine — 1 comment

Author's posts listings

May 17

West Jessamine High School SBDM calls special meeting to start principal-selection process

The West Jessamine High School site-based decision-making (SBDM) council will host a special meeting at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, in the school’s office. The only item on the agenda is a discussion of the principal-selection process led by superintendent Lu Young. Ed Jones, who became principal of the school in 2007, had been suspended …

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May 17

Five scholarships given out to Jessamine Career and Technology Center students at awards night

Savannah Estepp, left, received a Jessamine County Hospice Charities Scholarship from Dennis King during the JCTC awards night Thursday, May 9. (Photo by Jonathan Kleppinger)

Five students received scholarships at the beginning of Jessamine Career and Technology Center’s annual awards night Thursday, May 9. Jackson C. Green received the $1,000 Tab Farthing Memorial Scholarship from Hall Environmental to study environmental science. Four students received $2,500 Jessamine County Hospice Charities Scholarships to study health-care careers: Sydney Kennedy, Alli Hopkins, Macy J. …

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May 17

West Jessamine High School has paper-and-pencil tests; end-of-course exams still on for next week

West Jessamine High School has received the paper-and-pencil end-of-course examinations that it will use in place of computerized testing that was suspended by the Kentucky Department of Education earlier this month after glitches in several states. The end-of-course examinations are a QualityCore product from ACT that are mandatory for students taking English II, algebra II, …

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May 17

Three from Jessamine County among GSA Class of 2013 for summer program

The Kentucky Center has announced the Governor’s School for the Arts (GSA) Class of 2013, and it includes three students from Jessamine County. GSA is a three-week summer experience in which high-school sophomores and juniors study in nine different arts disciplines: architecture, creative writing, dance, drama, instrumental music, musical theater, new media, visual art and …

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May 17

Nicholasville police investigating possible threat at East Jessamine High School

By Mike Moore mmoore@jessaminejournal.com There is a heavier police presence than normal at East Jessamine High School on Friday morning as officers were responding to a possible threat that was written on one of the girls’ bathroom walls. “Yesterday afternoon the SRO (school resource officer Billy King) was told that there was something written on …

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