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Badin students earn millions in scholarship offers
Fifteen graduating seniors at Badin High School have joined a prestigious group of achieving students at the school.The seventh annual $100,000 Scholarship Signing Day was held Tuesday in an all-school ceremony.“These students have made the most of their classroom opportunities, and they are to be highly commended,” said Principal Brian ...
Voters approve JEMS levy
Voters in northwest Warren County have shown their support for additional levy dollars for ambulance services, according to unofficial election results Tuesday.The Joint Emergency Medical Services (JEMS) district placed a 2.61-mill continuing levy on the ballot for equipment and operations to cover Carlisle and unincorporated areas of Franklin Twp.With all ...
Voters approve additional funds for Carlisle Schools
Voters in Carlisle have approved the school district’s attempt at spurring new levy dollars, according to unofficial final results from the Warren County Board of Elections.Carlisle Local Schools placed a 5-year, 5.9-mill emergency levy on the ballot for day-to-day operations.With all seven precincts counted, 2,125 votes have been cast on ...
2 sites identified for new middle school
Two potential sites for a new middle school in Middletown have been identified.School board members discussed the possibility for a new two-story middle school to be built alongside the high school on its 45-acre site on Breiel Boulevard, or building a new school on the 39-acre site at the former ...
School board to talk enrollment, master plan
Middletown school board members will hear updates today on a 10-year enrollment projection and the possibility for state funds to support facilities at the board of education meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the board office, 1515 Girard Ave.George Long, business manager, will detail the findings of a state-funded enrollment study ...
Record number at Flying Pig in tribute to Boston
A record number of runners completed weekend races at the 15th Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon. Iris Simpson Bush, executive director, said combined participation hit 34,000 — a record for the annual series of 5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon races. “The Flying Pig Marathon prepared for an additional number of ...
Record number at Flying Pig in tribute to Boston
A record number of runners completed weekend races at the 15th Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon. Iris Simpson Bush, executive director, said combined participation hit 34,000 — a record for the annual series of 5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon races. “The Flying Pig Marathon prepared for an additional number of ...
Hamilton family needs votes to win wheelchair accessible van
May marks the second annual National Mobility Awareness Month. The community has the opportunity to vote for Linden Elementary sixth-grader Jacob Strong to become a Local Hero and win a wheelchair accessible van.Jacob, 11, has cerebral palsy. He cannot walk and recently joined the Butler County Challenger Baseball League for ...
Students honor past teachers with essay contest
The annual scholarship program for students that also honors Middletown Schools employees yielded many kind words and tears during a ceremony Wednesday.The 17th Annual PTO Scholarship Banquet, held at Middletown High School, featured 11 graduating seniors reading winning essays of honor about a teacher or employee of the district who ...
Middletown Schools awarded $500K for Barnitz Stadium renovations
Efforts to renovate the 60-year-old Barnitz Stadium got a big financial boost Wednesday courtesy of a $500,000 grant from the Middletown Community Foundation.The half million dollar check — the foundation’s single-largest award ever — was presented to Middletown City Schools Superintendent Greg Rasmussen during the organization’s KNOWledge Series luncheon at ...
Hamilton senior joins medical research program
Three Butler County teens will be conducting biomedical research this summer alongside professionals at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Allison Peguero, a senior at Hamilton High School, and two Lakota West High School seniors, Pablo Alarcon Cabrera and Mainelys Castaneda-Ceballos, have been selected for the BRIMS (Biomedical Research Internship for ...
Bengals coach rallies Middletown students
Cincinnati Bengals Coach Marvin Lewis fielded questions from Middletown students Wednesday during an appearance at Highview 6th Grade Center.Lewis is in Middletown today to promote his program “Learning is Cool,” which is wrapping up its first year in Middletown schools with students in grades one through eight.“Everyone of us aspires ...
Hamilton City Schools moves summer school online
The Hamilton City School District is moving its summer school program to an online platform this year, officials said.The district has piloted a new system of online classes this year through software by Edgenuity, Inc. for students enrolled in HOPE, a credit recovery program, said Nancy Hulshult, assistant principal of ...
Middletown City Schools reduces administrative staff
The Middletown Board of Education has decided to reduce the school district’s staffing by eight administrative positions in anticipation of receiving $1 million less in federal funding next year.The district will save about $370,000 in annual salaries through the reduction in force, which was approved April 22 and will be ...
Middletown closer to receiving state facilities funding
The Middletown school district is moving up the ranks to receive more than $40 million in state funding for future building projects.George Long, business manager for Middletown City Schools, said the district’s master plan is currently being updated and will likely come before school board members for a vote on ...
Promotions, awards in Hamilton Schools
The Hamilton City School District will undergo several administrative changes as the 2012-13 school year comes to a close.Three promotions of current administrators were approved at the April 23 board of education meeting, effective Aug. 1.Terri Fitton, principal of Brookwood Elementary, will shift into the role of director of elementary ...
Schools focus on risks, abstinence in sex education
School officials in Hamilton and Middletown say their health curriculum wouldn’t have been affected by an amendment Ohio House republicans attempted to pass earlier this month.The proposal would have prohibited providing or distributing condoms or other contraceptives on school grounds and banned the teaching of “gateway sexual activity.”In a 76-19 ...
Forum delves into immigration issues
A regional forum on the issue of immigration reform was held Saturday, and organizers are hopeful it will become a series on the debated topic.Hosted by West Chester chapter of Organizing for Action — a non-profit, non-partisan group — the forum was meant to be conversational and informative at MidPointe ...
Botched burglary leads to police chase, cruiser getting hit
An observant neighbor helped stop a burglary in progress Friday that eventually led authorities on a chase of two suspects and resulted in a police cruiser getting rammed.Around 12:20 p.m. Friday, Hamilton police were called to a home in the 800 block of Armistead Drive after a neighbor reported a ...
Scholarship, award winners in Middletown Schools
A fifth-grade student at Rosa Parks Elementary, Josean Ortiz, was among 27 national semifinalists in the Third Annual National Challenge Future Chefs by Sodexo.The Middletown Journal first reported in March, that Ortiz had won the school’s cook-off event that featured the top five recipes from a total of 61 entries ...
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