Check out this great story from Ryan Mooney-Bullock, Green Learning Station program manager for the Civic Garden Center, about students engaged in the Sustainability in Action program.
Starting this month, six Cincinnati Public Schools are taking a step to improve their schools' environmental impact. Read more...
Submitted by Tracy Power, resource coordinator, Roberts Paideia Academy
Students in grades 6-8 in the CincyAfterSchool program at Roberts Paideia Academy have been working with fine-art photographer David Rosenthal on a project to give old fashions new life through photography.
Each student created a body of photographs and a finished outfit fabricated from pre-existing garments, which they altered and embellished with additional elements to create new fashions.
The students' creations will be on display at the CPS Education Center at 2651 Burnet Avenue in Corryville beginning Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012.
Nearly 1,000 students will hit the ice at the U.S. Bank Ice Rink on Fountain Square this winter, thanks to School Skates. First Student, the exlusive provider of school transportation services to Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS), is partnering with CPS, YMCA-led CincyAfterSchool and Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC) to give the students an opportunity to participate in one of the city's most popular winter atractions.
Joe Wilmers, a school social worker at Winton Hills Academy, will receive the Assistance League of Greater Cincinnati's National Operation School Bell Award for his support of the Operation School Bell program, which provides uniforms for students in need. He will be formally recognized on February 9 at a business luncheon at the Millennium Hotel.
Congratulations Mr. Wilmer!
Submitted by Bryna Bass of Children, Inc.
With support from Keep Cincinnati Beautiful, the students of Pleasant Hill Academy recently took to the streets of College Hill to clean up the community. Working along with neighborhood residents, the students cleaned up debris in the Crawford Park area. In addition, they will join efforts to turn the former site of Pleasant Hill Academy into a neighborhood park complete with a vegetable garden, butterfly garden and nature trail. Through service learning initiatives like this, students are learning about the impact they can make and are taking ownership of community improvements.
Great job, Pleasant Hill!
Clark Montessori Jr. and Sr. High Music Department is one of the winners of the "Glee Give a Note Contest" presented by 20th Century Fox Television, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, and the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and its new Give a Note Foundation. The "Glee Give a Note" campaign, which started over three months ago, will distribute $1 million to 73 schools nationwide in grants ranging from $10,000 to $50,000 to help save struggling music programs. Clark Montessori won the grand prize of $50,000.
"We are all so excited and just can't believe it," said Chris Weber, orchestra teacher. "With so many great entries, we are honored to be chosen."
Clark's students were among thousands across the country who created submissions in video form during an open call for entries in September. In October, the eligible entries were posted on www.gleegiveanote.com and put up for public vote for one month. During this time, students launched a massive grassroots campaign to win votes. A panel composed of NAfME members conducted a final round of judging and, together with the public vote, determined the winning programs.
To see a list of all the winning schools and view the submissions, visit www.GleeGiveANote.com.
Rockdale Academy's students will get ongoing lessons in financial management thanks to the launch of the school's new PNC Student Bank, which teaches the value of saving, how compound interest works and the basics of personal finance. The lessons are delivered through fun, first-hand experiences in operating a retail bank, including role-playing opportunties as a bank teller.
The program is funded through a grant from The PNC Foundation to The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County and United Way's Success By 6.
During the launch of the PNC Student Bank, students were visited by characters from Sesame Street. Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind Sesame Street, produced a multimedia bilingual financial education activity kit which will be part of the overall financial education strategy.
Teams of students from several Cincinnati Public Schools competed in the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP), a national Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education initiative that gives students the ability to design and propose real experiments to fly in low Earth orbit aboard the International Space Station. The students’ experiments assessed the impact of microgravity, or weightlessness, on a physical, chemical or biological system.
The teams presented their proposed experiments during a special Awards Ceremony and Family Event at the Cincinnati Museum Center. Three teams -- Quebec Heights, Cincinnati Gifted Academy Black Team and Cincinnati Gifted Academy Red Team -- emerged as finalists, and their proposals have been sent to NASA for a final review.
Participating schools included:
Pictured (l-r) Erica Hollingsworth (sister), Angela Campbell-Harris (advisor) and Whitney Hollingsworth
Congratulations to Whitney Hillingsworth, a senior at Western Hills University High School who is among only 80 students nationwide to earn a $10,000 scholarship from Nordstrom. Nordstrom sent representatives from Chicago to surprise Whitney with the scholarship award and bring gifts to her and her classmates.
