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Seventh graders’ project wins them a spot in international competition

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Friday, April 27th, 2012, 6:00am
Seventh graders’ project wins them a spot in international competition

 

UNION TOWNSHIP, CLERMONT COUNTY, OH (FOX19) - A local Destination Imagination team from West Clermont Schools, The Destinators, banded together to make a difference in their community. Six local 7th graders chose to participate in D.I.’s Project Outreach, a community service competition challenging kids to find a need, take a stand, and make a difference.

This group of kids is passionate about the arts in education and was saddened by the recent school board cuts in the West Clermont district that took away all art programs for elementary school kids.

They partnered with Second Story, a local start up arts center, and hosted a free community art event called Be ARTrageous to give kids the opportunity to participate in various forms of art as well as helped jump start Second Story's class sign ups.

The event was a huge success. Over 300 people came and many kids signed up for continuing art classes at Second Story.

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Clermont 4-H Youth Leadership Program builds leadership skills

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Thursday, April 5th, 2012, 12:07am
Clermont 4-H Youth Leadership Program builds leadership skills

BATAVIA, OH (FOX19) - All Clermont County high school juniors have the opportunity to participate in the post secondary education “LOOK to Clermont Youth Leadership Program”. 

The program, offered by Ohio State University (OSU) Extension Clermont, is designed to sharpen, enhance, and develop personal and team leadership skills, while providing experiential learning in community subjects such as government, infrastructure, health and human services, safety, and justice.  The program is modeled after the LEAD Clermont Adult Leadership Program sponsored by the Clermont County Chamber of Commerce.

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Kids learn about the environment in Earth Hour activities

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Sunday, April 1st, 2012, 8:00pm
Kids learn about the environment in Earth Hour activities

ANDERSON TOWNSHIP, HAMILTON COUNTY, OH (FOX19) - Kids from the Goddard School in Anderson Township learned about the earth and the environment in a series of activities preceding Saturday evening's Earth Hour.
On Friday more than 100 students were there to turn off the lights (except for emergency lighting) for an hour from 10-11 a.m., part of the national Earth Hour activities.  Throughout the week, kids participate din other learning activities.  They made musical instruments of recyclable materials, and they were visited by Allison Tait, a Cincinnati Parks naturalist from California Woods, who talked about ways to care for the environment and the animals.

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Loveland names new high school principal

Submitted by kkinley, Neighborhood Reporter
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012, 2:28pm
Loveland names new high school principal

LOVELAND,OH (FOX19) - After an extensive search, the Loveland City School District Board of Education has named Mr. Christopher Kloesz as the next Principal of Loveland High School for the 2012-13 school year. Kloesz is currently the Assistant Principal at LHS—a role he assumed in July of 2011.  He will be replacing Dr. Molly Moorhead who is retiring at the end of this school year. The Board approved a two-year contract for Kloesz at its March 6, 2012 work session.

Kloesz, 41, is in his eleventh year as a public school educator and began his educational career as an English teacher at Loveland High School (2001-2002). He has also worked as an English/Language Arts teacher at Sycamore High School, and as an Assistant Principal at Lakota East High School. Prior to his decision to embark upon a career in education, Kloesz served five years, active duty, in the U.S. Coast Guard (1994-1999).   

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Six teens win the Overture Awards

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012, 6:17pm
Six teens win the Overture Awards

 

CINCINNATI (FOX19) - The Cincinnati Arts Association has announced the winners of its 2012 Overture Awards Scholarship Competition, held on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at the Aronoff Center’s Jarson-Kaplan Theater.  The competition annually awards $2,500 scholarships to six area students for post-secondary education, with 18 runners-up each winning $500 scholarships.

Students are nominated by their schools to compete in one of six disciplines: Creative Writing, Dance, Instrumental Music, Theater, Visual Art or Vocal Music.  The scholarship program is the largest of its kind in the United States and was developed to recognize, encourage and reward excellence in the arts among Tri-state students in grades 9-12. There are three levels of competition: Regional, Semi-Final and Final.

2012 OVERTURE AWARDS SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

CREATIVE WRITING:  Hannalee Goldman – Sycamore High School, grade 11 

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Three local high school teams advance in mock trial competition

Submitted by kkinley, Neighborhood Reporter
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012, 11:25am
Three local high school teams advance in mock trial competition

High School mock trial teams from Reading, Sycamore, and Indian Hill have advanced from the local regional mock trial competition to the state mock trial competition that will be held in Columbus, Ohio on March 7-10.  One winner from that competition will represent the state at the national high school mock trial competition to be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico.   

Clermont County hosted one of the nine regional competitions which were held on Friday, Feb. 24.  In order to advance to the regional competition, teams had to win two trials in the district competition which was held on Friday, Feb. 3. 

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Fort Thomas Schools starts Summer Theatre Program for high school students from all over

Submitted by Richard Todd, Reporter
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012, 8:58pm
Fort Thomas Schools starts Summer Theatre Program for high school students from all over

FORT THOMAS, KY (FOX19) - Fort Thomas Independent Schools’ Community Theatre program will add a summer theatre program this year for high school students in the Greater Cincinnati area.  Jason Burgess, teacher and theatre director at Highlands High School, will coordinate the program. “This is an idea that I have been playing around with over the last couple of years and am now pulling the trigger on,” says Burgess.  

This summer theatre program for high school students is called the Commonwealth Artists Summer Theatre or ‘CAST’.

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