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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Winners named in annual Kiwanis Spelling Bee
It took 13 rounds to crown Hamilton’s champion for the 34th annual Bob Dole Spelling Bee, sponsored by the Lindenwald Kiwanis club.
Sixth grade spelling champions from each of Hamilton’s public and parochial elementary schools competed Tuesday night.
First place winner was Allie Browning from St. Peter in Chains School. She won a $175 prize. Second place and $125 went to Michaela Fowler of Bridgeport Elementary. Connor Alexander from St. Joseph Consolidated School took home the $75 third place. All winners and building champions also took home a trophy.
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TweetRoss Middle School names Spelling Bee qualifier
After winning the Ross Middle School spelling bee contest, eighth grader Darian Bolin has qualified as one of the spellers who will participate in the WCPO-TV Region II Spelling Bee on Feb. 25 at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati. He will compete against 60 other spellers.
The spellers needed to attain a score of at least a 37 out of 50 questions on the online semifinals test. The champion of the Spelling Bee will compete in Washington, D.C. in the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
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TweetBrookwood school bowls for garden supplies
Students and staff at Brookwood Elementary School will hold a bowling party to raise money for vegetable and flower gardens at their school, 4 to 6:30 p.m. Feb. 19 at Columbia Lanes, 954 Pyramid Hill Blvd.
Cost is $12 per person and includes three games and shoe rental. There will be a bake sale, live music and door prizes. Proceeds will buy materials to create raised-bed vegetable gardens and a butterfly garden.
For more information, call (513) 868-5590.
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TweetBig Blue Theatre performs Shakespeare, abridged
The Hamilton High School theater department’s winter play will be an evening of William Shakespeare with the presentation of one-act versions of “Hamlet” and “A Comedy of Errors.”
Performances are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 17 and 18, and 2 p.m. Sunday Feb. 19.
Tickets are $10 general admission, $8 students/seniors. For information, call (513) 868-7700.
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TweetOhio students need more AP challenges, says state superintendent
This today from the Ohio Department of Education:
Ohio continues to make modest gains in the number of students taking and passing rigorous Advanced Placement exams but it still trails the national average and neighboring states, according to data released today by the College Board.
In the Ohio public school class of 2011, 24,585 high school seniors took at least one AP exam and 15,453 scored 3 or higher at any point in high school. The numbers are up slightly from 2010, when 23,040 seniors took an AP test and 14,323 earned a 3 or higher.
The Advanced Placement Program, established by the College Board, allows high school students to take college-level coursework. Students take comprehensive examinations in subject areas of their choosing. Most universities require a score of 3 or better, on a 5-point scale, to earn credit for a college-level course.
“Despite being encouraged by the slight gains we are making in Ohio in regards to student participation - we must do more,” said Stan Heffner, superintendent of public instruction. “We must continue to promote AP course offerings and provide our students with more opportunities to jumpstart their college careers.”
While Ohio continues to make progress, the state’s percentage of high school seniors earning AP college credit is 12.8 percent, below the national average of 18.1 percent. Of particular concern is a growing achievement gap: just 2.9 percent of 2011 African-American high school graduates in Ohio earned AP college credit.
“We have students who deserve the opportunity to participate in AP offerings, regardless of what part of the state they live in or where they go to school,” Heffner said. “If we want Ohio students to succeed in a global environment, we must increase access to challenging and rigorous courses, including AP classes.”
The Ohio Department of Education has dedicated a full-time AP coordinator under Ohio’s Race to the Top (RttT) grant. Efforts include building connections among the state’s AP teachers, enhancing professional development, launching new AP courses at selected high schools and creating other strategies to increase AP participation.
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