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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 ...
Edgewood Schools to receive $2.6M in leftover funds
The Edgewood City School District is slated to receive about $2.6 million in leftover construction funds from its new high school, which opened in August 2012.Randy Stiver, Edgewood treasurer, said there were about $5.5 million in leftover funds from construction of the 215,000-square-foot facility. Because the construction project was a ...
New strategies emphasize OAA tests
It’s testing season in Ohio schools, and for more than 7,100 students in Hamilton and Middletown that means added pressure as the state-mandated tests are increasingly tied to the funding formula for public schools and as of the 2013-14 school year will count for half of teacher evaluations.School districts are ...
Bengals coach speaks about program in Middletown schools
Hundreds of Middletown residents have the opportunity to hear Cincinnati Bengals Head Coach Marvin Lewis speak about the impact his program — “Learning is Cool” — is having on Middletown students.Lewis will speak during a complimentary lunch at noon May 1 at the Middletown Area Senior Center.The lecture by Lewis ...
Edgewood takes modern spin on ‘Godspell’
Edgewood High School senior Clancey Butts said he might just shed a tear during his final performance on the Edgewood stage. A month shy of graduation, Butts will take the stage this weekend in the role of Jesus in the school’s production of “Godspell.” He’s performed in the high school’s ...
New report card system tougher on schools
An advance look at Ohio’s new A-F report card system, slated to be rolled out in August, shows many school districts score poorly in areas such as closing achievement gaps between students — one of the new graded measures.The Ohio Department of Education released a simulation of the new report ...
Hamilton schools adds technology coach positions
In preparation of upcoming digital changes in Hamilton City Schools, two teachers within the district will soon take on the role of full-time technology instructional coaches. Zach Vander Veen, director of technology, said the district has posted an internal job listing for two instructional coaches of technology. He hopes to ...
Online auction supports Badin
Badin High School is hosting its first-ever virtual auction. iBid for Badin, an online auction launching Tuesday, will feature all the usual “Badin favorites,” — including naming rights for the circle drive and front row student parking. A total of 26 auction items will also include photography and prom packages, ...
Flying Pig Marathon officials review procedures
The Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon will go on as scheduled, but additional precautions will be taken to ensure the safety and security of participants, volunteers and spectators, officials said. “First and foremost, our thoughts and prayers go out to the staff, participants, volunteers, spectators and first responders of the Boston ...
Residents with local ties describe scene in Boston
The mood across Boston is one of both relief and anger, according to one Butler County native now living in the city.John Whittlesey, originally from Monroe, said he’s lived in Boston for 18 years. His home is three blocks from explosion sites that shook the finish line of Monday’s Boston ...
Atrium, Edgewood Schools to partner on Trenton medical office building
A medical office building will be built in Trenton on the campus of Edgewood City Schools, in partnership with Atrium Medical Center, expanding medical services in the city.The school district and the Middletown hospital announced the partnership Thursday.Plans are to build a 14,000 square-foot building at 5005 Trenton Oxford Road/Ohio ...
Chili CEO lends insight to Miami Middletown students
The CEO of Gold Star Chili said it was during his time as a student at Miami University Middletown that “a light switch went on” for him.Mike Rohrkemper, a native of Middletown and graduate of Bishop Fenwick High School, spent Thursday afternoon at MUM to take part in the annual ...
Middletown teachers have stronger voice in evaluations
A new program is putting more power into the hands of teachers within Middletown City Schools.The program Peer Assistance and Review (PAR), launching in the 2013-14 school year, will change the way first-year teachers are evaluated.The school district hired two of its teachers to take on new roles as “consulting ...
Area districts receive millions less in GOP school funding plan
Four Butler County school districts that would have seen double-digit increases — Middletown, Fairfield, Lakota and Monroe — under Gov. John Kasich’s K-12 school funding formula will instead receive 6 percent increases for both fiscal year 2014 and 2015 under a new plan by House Republicans.And while those districts would ...
Butler County residents running in Boston Marathon describe hectic scene
Several Butler County residents who competed Monday in the Boston Marathon described a hectic scene following explosions near the finish line.Carrie Apling, 37, of Liberty Twp. said she was 200 feet from the explosions as they occurred.“It was pretty scary as soon as the first explosion went off,” Apling said. ...
Program opens international study to high schools
Ten high school students from Hamilton will travel abroad this summer during the second year of a new international study program created by a local philanthropist.The Harry Wilks Study Center — in the Villa Vergiliana of Naples, Italy — is within a historic building that houses various educational groups and ...
Fenwick students dig ‘talons’ into service work
It may only take 45 minutes, but an activity by students and staff at Bishop Fenwick High School is helping to feed hundreds of homeless people. A new program, “Talon Thursdays,” is in its third week at the Catholic school, said Jeffrey Dufresne, a campus minister. He said the service ...
Middletown students committing fewer crimes at high school
School officials credit a 77 percent drop in student arrests at Middletown High School to an improvement in school climate and attitudes. The high school — with about 1,760 students — recorded 223 arrests during the 2008-09 school year, ranging from assaults and thefts to truancy and smoking violations. The ...
Work detail helps students avoid court
A work detail for students caught committing crimes has helped Middletown High School cut back on juvenile citations while keeping the building and campus cleaner.Officer Philip Salm, the school resource officer, said it was during the 2010-11 school year that he created a work program for students to complete service ...
Memorial sign memorializes fallen soldier
On the seventh anniversary of his death, Army Sgt. First Class Gregory S. Rogers was immortalized through a roadside memorial sign.About 50 people attended a ceremony Tuesday — led by Carolyn Coley, wife of state Sen. Bill Coley, R-Liberty Twp. — to dedicate a portion of Ohio 42 at Butler ...
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