Congratulations to the Bates Elementary Basketball team for bringing home the championship!🎉 These kids fought hard for an undefeated season! I’m so proud to be a bear! 🐻💙 #AmazingBates @MsJWesterman Sara Nethery

We love our Bear Care Team! Check out all of the services our team has to offer: Bates Elementary School Website! sites.google.com/jefferson.kysc…

Congratulations on maintaining your NBCT! #wearejcps #jpcspdl

So proud of our 🐻s! 🤍💙🤍💙

Giving our students the stage to fight for social justice is one of the most powerful things I have done as an educator! We want students of all abilities and all cultures to feel seen and play TOGETHER! Bates Elementary Dr. Brian Yearwood JCPS Diversity, Equity, and Poverty Department KY Derby Festival #justicefest #wearejcps

Congratulations 4th grader Reese B to represented PGA Jr. League presenting the championship trophy at PGA Championship at ValhallaGolf on Sunday. JCPS BatesCounselors Sara Nethery Gina Ziegler, Ed.S

Kindergarten graduation was precious today! #AmazingBates Sara Nethery Gina Ziegler, Ed.S Nikki Stivers Peters Bates Elementary

😎🎒JCPS Backpack League is off to a great start!! We are honored to host thousands of students at our JCPS schools & through our community partner sites w/Evolve502 to provide wraparound services & joyful spaces to learn literacy & math this summer! 🎒😎 #ROWTogether

Week 1 @JCPSBackpackLg Bates Elementary rocking it out under the sea! I love the boys from DuBois Academy teaching our students The Leader in Me Shalonda Foster Sara Nethery

#FlashbackFriday Bates Backpack League was a blast! Big shoutout to the Site Coordinators Sara Nethery Adrianne Tytus, Ed.S. Melanie Page-Hayden along w/ all the staff & Ss. A few pics from Field Day & Coral Reef/Neon Day & during our Spirit Week #BatesBPL24

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Starting off the year with JCPS Admin Kick-off this morning, and celebrating our very own AP of the YEAR Gina Ziegler ! 🥳 I work with the BEST! 💙 #AmazingBates Sara Nethery BatesCounselors

As we are gearing up for Back to school, I am SO thankful for the support of my community partners! Thank you so much to @southeastchrist and Jtown PD for donating backpacks and school supplies to Bates Elementary! #AmazingBates Sara Nethery Dr. Gwen Goffner FRYSC JCPS

We had a wonderful turn out at tonight at the Bates Elementary kindergarten cook out! Excited for a great year with all of our new littles! #AmazingBates Gina Ziegler, Ed.S Dr. Gwen Goffner FRYSC JCPS

I spy some former Bates Bears!!!! Go do great things!!!

I am thrilled to have the opportunity to join the special areas team! Building Futures is going to be a class where students learn to use their voice, build community, grow in leadership, and find their genius. #amazingbates #bestschoolyear Bates Elementary

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We were able to share JCPS JCLA equity-centered leadership pipeline work with NASBE at their national conference today. Thank you Spalding University/JCPS Aspiring Leaders LaVonya D. Jones Sara Nethery Principal Garrett Olmsted North Faith Stroud Dr. Marty Pollio for participating on the panel.

THIS Dr. De'Nay Speaks @JCPS_CAO She won’t tell it but I will!! Sara Nethery is not just a leader, she is perfection💙A special needs bus wasn’t available for a field trip Solution? Cancel? Leave our 2 kids back? Nope! She got trained to drive a van to take them to the play! 🙌🏽