Community Involvement
The Cincinnati Public School District belongs to the Cincinnati community, and the district welcomes the community's involvement, partnership and generous donation of time and resources. A thriving school district and a prosperous community go hand in hand, and Cincinnati Public Schools is working hard to earn and keep the Cincinnati community's support.
CPS' administration places high priority on community involvement and actively seeks input to fully involve the community in its schools.
Helping Hands
Examples of community activity in our schools include:
- Sam's Club gave 10 lucky teachers from William H. Taft Elementary School gift cards worth $100 each as a way of thanking the entire staff for all they do on behalf of Cincinnati's students. All teachers at the school were entered into a drawing for the gift cards.
- David Falk, head chef at NADA restaurant, invited 115 students from Winton Hills Academy to a special luncheon he prepared in their honor after they passed both the reading and math Ohio Achievement Tests. Chef Falk has been hosting these luncheons for Winton Hills students for the last several years.
- The Islamic Association of Cincinnati and Macy's donated $2,000 worth of school supplies to the students of Hays-Porter School — enough for the entire year, according to Principal Nedria McClain. The supplies were presented to students during a special assembly.
- The Green Acres Arts Center will sponsor 36 field trips for Oyler School students to experience fine arts programming. Every grade level will be treated to four trips to the arts center during the 2009-10 school year. The effort is among the many benefits Oyler’s community learning center partners have been able to offer the students
- Fifth Third Bank donated $3,500 to Shroder High School to purchase incentives that will encourage students to excel academically. Fifth Third has been an active partner for Shroder since the school's move in 2007 to its Madisonville campus. The partnership has provided job shadowing experiences, mentors, school supplies and numerous other benefits.
- Dozens of volunteers helped the staff of Roselawn Condon School beautify the school's two interior courtyards as part of the Go Cincinnati effort organized by Crossroads Church, which mobilizes thousands of volunteers to do hundreds of service projects throughout the city on a single day. The volunteers helped plant flowers and spread mulch.
- University Hospital offers students a chance to "work" in various departments around the hospital and gain valuable experiences. They are treated as University Hospital associates, complete with orientation, ID Badge, embroidered lab coat and parking privileges. The Explorers are paired with hospital ambassadors who serve as mentors. Students from Withrow University, Hughes Center, Winton Hills and Walnut Hills have participated.
- The boys and girls basketball teams of Rockdale and South Avondale have brand new uniforms thanks to the Center for Closing the Health Gap's Do Right! health awareness initiative. Do Right! encourages students to eat right, move right and live right. The uniforms were purchased to support the students' participation in healthy habits, every day.
- Employees of Western & Southern Financial Group built six bikes as part of a team-building activity and will donate them to Hoffman-Parham students selected through a contest. Custom-fit helmets will be donated by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
- The Exxon/Mobil Educational Alliance has provided $500 mini-grants to dozens of CPS schools to support academic programs. Among the recipients are Sayler Park, William H. Taft, Clark Montessori, Gilbert A. Dater, Western Hills Design Technology, Western Hills University, Withrow University, Covedale, Shroder, Hoffman-Parham, Dater Montessori, Westwood, Winton Hills and Cheviot.
- The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati gave a two-year, $200,000 grant to Hughes Center to develop and open a school-based health center. The center initially will offer primary medical care to Hughes Center’s students. It will be staffed by a physician’s assistant and an administrative assistant.
- Give Back Cincinnati treated 75 West Side Montessori students to an afternoon of fun at Scallywag Tag, a laser tag arena. The trip was organized to reward the students for their community service projects, which are part of the Montessori program.
