There is a Family Resource Center located on site. Bluegrass Avenue 485-8264 Hazelwood is one of only a few schools in the country to be chosen as a pilot for the Child Development Project, a program that teaches children to become a caring community of learners. Students learn to make good behavior choices. The program also stresses family involvement in learning. Hazelwood is a Health Promotion School of Excellence, and a participant in the Comprehensive School Health Education Project.
Students also participate in art, music, computer, and science classes to balance their education.
Technology is a major emphasis at Hazelwood, where each classroom has Internet capacity, and teachers are trained to help students be successful with technology. Hazelwood is a School-Based Decision Making school. Johnsontown Road is the first school in Kentucky and the seventh school in the nation to be designated a Microsociety school. The school also emphasizes communication skills, science and mathematics, technology, and an introduction to government. Parents can join faculty and staff members in making decisions for the school as part of the School-Based Decision Making Council.