GLASGOW, Ky. — A Barren County teacher is being called a hometown hero for the months of work he's spent working on a project for one of his students.

Earlier this week, Red Cross Elementary fourth-grader Jackson Farmer received a custom 3D-printed prosthetic hand designed by his STEAM lab teacher, Scott Johnson.

Johnson, who is also Kentucky's 2025 elementary school teacher of the year , has been working on the prosthetic for the last year after a conversation with Jackson's mom, Barren County Schools wrote on Facebook.

The project, named the "Jackson 1 Beta Hand," is based on the Phoenix Unlimbited V2 hand, with guidance and feedback from educators across the globe through the E-Nable community.

Credit: Barren County Schools Jackson Farmer smiles wearing the 3D-printed prosthetic

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