The Gatton Academy's News Archive

May 6th, 2015

On Wednesday (May 6), The Gatton Academy and WKU announced a gift from Carol Martin “Bill” Gatton to expand Florence Schneider Hall.

Apr 20th, 2015

The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky has been named to The Washington Post’s list of top-performing schools with elite students for the seventh consecutive year.

Apr 9th, 2015

Sr. Vir Patel earned the Secondary Student Technology Award, alumnus William Roach-Barrette earned the Post-Secondary Student Technology Award, and The Gatton Academy earned the Secondary Educational Institution Technology Award along with the LaRue Co.

Apr 8th, 2015

Meredith Bickett, India Blasser, Sam Booth and Rena Ryumae earned National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) scholarships for the summer of 2015.

Apr 8th, 2015

The Class of 2016, took the ACT in March and the scores have now been reported. The juniors recorded an average ACT composite score of a 31.77 on the March test, which is an increase of 1.22 points from their previous average.

Apr 3rd, 2015

Erin Burba, a senior from Paducah, and Amanda White, a junior from Louisville, were recognized at the Louisville Regional Science and Engineering Fair. Rena Ryumae, a senior from Union, won awards at the Science and Engineering Fair of Northern Kentucky.

Mar 17th, 2015

The selected students represent 39 counties from the Commonwealth of Kentucky and scored an average composite of 30.82 on the ACT and 30.58 on the mathematics portion of the exam.

Mar 13th, 2015

Seniors Brian Carlson, Ben Guthrie, Paul Hudson, Ben Riley and junior Rohan Deshpande were members of the winning team that will now advance to the National Science Bowl, which will take place in Washington, D.C. on April 30-May 4.

Feb 13th, 2015

The 2014-2015 National Merit Finalists from The Gatton Academy are Meredith Bickett, Andrew Brown, Benjamin Guthrie, Cameron Hubbard, Dimitri Leggas, John Meyers III, NaKeya Owens, Valerie Richmond, Benjamin Riley, Rena Ryumae and William Walters.

Feb 11th, 2015

Dr. Lynette Breedlove joined school leaders and experts from across the country at a 2-day summit to identify solutions to close the excellence gap.