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May 15, 7:00 p.m.Special Public Board Meeting, Budget Hearing
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May 12-16Advanced Placement Exams, Week II
May 17, 8:30 a.m.SCPA New Student Auditions
May 19, 5:00 p.m.Oyler High School Graduation
May 19, 7:00 p.m.Board of Education Meeting
May 22, 10:30 a.m.Bond Hill Dedication
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May 22, 4:00-7:00 p.m.Supplier Diversity Workshop "Strategic Thinking Applied to Your Construction Business"
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May 30, 3:00 p.m.Time Warner Cable Broadcast
"2008 Supplier Diversity Awards" (Channels 15/22)
2007-08 Public Library Programs See Complete District Calendar Hawkins Educator of the Year AnnouncedWestern & Southern honored Dr. Kimya Moyo with the 2008 Dr. Lawrence C. Hawkins Educator of the Year Award. Moyo teaches math at Woodward Career Technical and was chosen for her on-going commitment to her students and her innovative approach to education.
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State Awards Grant for "STEM" High SchoolA planning grant totaling $596,770 was awarded by the State of Ohio to create an innovative high school to promote excellence in the highly sought skill areas known as STEM — Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
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Students’ Weather Questions on Channel 5As part of the “Math & Science: Just Everyday Stuff” Campaign connected to the GE Foundation grant, CPS 4th-graders are posing questions each weekday to Meteorologist Eric Green, and a CPS student also will be highlighted each week during May as the “Student Meteorologist of the Week.” Watch WLWT, Channel 5, at about 6:45 a.m.
Summer OpportuntiesSummer is a time to have fun, but it's also a good idea for parents to continue fostering their children's learning. Children who don't read over the summer can fall behind in reading skills as much as a grade level! Check out some of these summer educational activities:
Camp Invention (July 14-18)
CPS Is Creating "Green" SchoolsCPS is growing green and healthy schools as part of its ten-year Facilities Master Plan. CET developed a video, featuring Superintendent Rosa Blackwell and Facilities Director Mike Burson, about the benefits of these environmentally friendly buildings.
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CPS Earns National Attention on CNNCNN’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight” visited Withrow University to find out how CPS turned its once struggling high schools into crown jewels.
CPS Praised in Education WeekIn an Education Week article titled "How Cincinnati Turned Its Schools Around," Joe Nathan describes some of CPS' significant changes and offers them as examples to other districts. He called the district's progress in boosting student achievement "historic."
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"Cincinnati Public Schools offers excellent academic programs, small classes, highly qualified teachers, and after-school programs to prepare our students for college and careers."
Superintendent Rosa Blackwell