Food allergies are scary. Wilson Elementary sixth-grader Lake Ille wants to make them less scary and better understood. He’s taking that message to Washington on September 30th when he’ll join eighty other students in giving a presentation to Congress.
Lake has a severe peanut allergy. His personal experiences and concern for himself and other [...]
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Posted on September 21st, 2009 in Schools
Only six schools in the nation received the Phoebe Apperson-Hearst National PTA Family-School Partnership Award of Excellence, and Wilson Elementary School was one of them.
Wilson was recognized for “Collaborating with Community.” Principal Dr. Ann Roberts accepted the award on behalf of her staff. “They did it all,” she said. Work on the award application [...]
Posted on September 21st, 2009 in Schools
How do you keep an award-winning school district on top, even as enrollment and expenses rise, as buildings crumble and as the anti-tax crowd cries like a bunch of kindergartners at the very idea of spending money on something as wasteful as education?
Those are the tough issues facing the Forest Hills Board of Education. [...]
Posted on September 14th, 2009 in Schools
Should kindergarteners go to school all day? A new Ohio law requires all-day kindergarten beginning in the 2010 school year. Right now, Forest Hills only offers half-day. More than two-thirds of Ohio schools have full-day kindergarten, and more than half of Cincinnati-area schools offer it.
Here’s a question from Around Anderson reader Michael:
My four-year-old daughter is [...]
Posted on August 25th, 2009 in Schools
Another summer has come and gone. Tuesday morning (8/25), scenes like this one played out all around Anderson as Forest Hills Schools students went back to class to begin the 2009 school year:
Emma arrived home safe, happy and excited about all of her new experiences. Good luck to all of the students around Anderson!
Posted on August 20th, 2009 in Schools
The Forest Hills School District again earned an Excellent with Distinction rating from the Ohio Department of Education based on state achievement test scores, attendance, and graduation rates.
The district has been rated Excellent with Distinction or Excellent for nine consecutive years. “Our students, staff, parents and communities are to be commended for this outstanding achievement,” [...]
Posted on August 20th, 2009 in Schools
Students and parents around Anderson once again start the school year with renewed concerns about one of the most-feared communicable diseases of childhood:
On a more positive note, Forest Hills School teachers and administrators are excited to kick off the new school year, which officially begins with the first day of classes next Tuesday (8/25). [...]
Forest Hills is losing mo’ money. With the new Ohio state budget approved in Columbus, school districts across the state are learning about their losses.
According to formulas used to calculate funding for each district, Forest Hills Schools will lose 1% of it state funding in the 2009-10 school year. It’s worse for 2010-11 with a [...]
Adam Forsthoefel’s star is rising. He graduated from McNicholas High School with honors this spring, and he’s heading to Ohio University in the fall. That would be plenty for most young men, but Adam is also gaining fame with his music. Adam plays electric guitar. His signature song is The Star-Spangled Banner, which he plays [...]
On my first visit to the Guardian Angels Festival a few years ago, I was walking past the casino tent. The beer was flowing, and as I made my way through the packed midway, I heard Ozzy Osbourne singing “Crazy Train” loud over the sound system. It was then I knew - Catholics do have a [...]
