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CPS Fifth Quarter Gets National Attention!

James H. Shelton III, US Assistant Deputy Secretary of Education for Innovation and Improvement visited Pleasant Hill Academy on Friday, June 26, for a “Listening and Learning Tour” of Cincinnati Public Schools’ innovative Fifth Quarter Summer Learning Program. Rolonda Smith, Executive Director and Leonard Dean, PLI graduate/LSDMC member participated in the luncheon and round table discussion on parent involvement and transparency in the district.

America’s Promise Dropout Summit

Parent Leadership Institute graduates Angelica Kennedy & Leonard Dean facilitated the Parent Process breakout sessions at the recent Dropout Summit at Cincinnati State on June 25^th. The summit was a call to action. It’s critical that parents partner with school personnel to ensure their students graduate, transition into college or move on into a career track. Dropout Prevention is everyone’s busines!

The PPSGC Region Meeting was a huge success!

Cincinnati welcomed members from Mississippi, Waco, Houston, Indiana and Columbus. We would like to thank our sponsors for partnering with us to make this a successful skill building weekend:

Parents for Public Schools National

Cincinnati Business Committee

Ohio Parent Information Resource Center

Turner Construction Company

University of Cincinnati CECH PASS

PLI Fellows

PPSGC will hold its next state PLI in Columbiana County this fall. This will be our first rural PLI in Ohio! Our PLI graduates in Columbus and Cleveland are busy implementing their projects in the northern part of the state. Kim Castaneda’s “Tuesday Read II” project is really taking off. She is collaborating with community partners to extend her resources for the program. The goal of the program is to increase parent participation and reading scores by six percent on the Ohio Achievement Test (OAT) for 6^th graders at Eastgate School by June 2010.

GEARUP

A big thank you to all of the parents that came out for the GEARUP kickoff cookouts! Families of the 5^th, 6^th & 7^th grade students from all 31 GEARUP schools were invited to one of our five cookouts. Thanks also to AWL, Mt. Airy, Pleasant Ridge, Roberts and Douglass Schools for hosting the events.

Families enjoyed a great JTM cookout while meeting their GEARUP staff members and learning about how we will help guide their students step-by-step to college. Congratulations to our door prize winning families who enjoyed $60 Kroger gift cards and other prizes donated by the Cincinnati Museum Center, Newport Aquarium, Larosa’s and Scallywag Tag.

Many wonderful volunteers signed up to be GEARUP parent champions at the cookouts, but we still need more! Our GEARUP parent champions will work to spread the word about GEARUP events and activities to other parents in their student’s grade. Parent champions will work with the GEARUP Parent Involvement Specialist, Kathleen Bates to address the needs and concerns of GEARUP parents and generate ideas and activities to get every parent more involved with their child’s education.

If you would like to become a GEARUP parent champion call Kathleen at 751-5437. The time commitment is up to you and we will have a variety of volunteer activites to choose from.

Be on the lookout for information about GEARUP's week long summer day camps coming this July. Each week will feature a different theme and students can attend as many camps as they wold like. All GEARUP students are eligible and the cost is -FREE!.

Questions or comments – call Kathleen 751-5437.

Thank you for supporting your child’s education

For more information: http://www.uc.edu/gearup/

State Superintendent's Parent Advisory Council

Congratulations Marcia Futel!

Marcia, one of our PLI Fellows, has been selected as a new member of the State Superintendent's Parent Advisory Council.

PLI Conference Call

The Ohio Parent Information Resource Center and PPSGC kicked off the first PLI conference call during the local Parent Leadership Institute. Calls came in from Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland. The purpose of the conference call is to connect PLI graduates with resources across the state of Ohio. We are excited about offering this new opportunity to our PLI graduates.

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		Latest News! Did you know... CPS Fifth Quarter Gets National Attention! James H. Shelton III, US Assistant Deputy Secretary of Education for Innovation and Improvement visited Pleasant Hill Academy on Friday, June 26, for a “Listening and Learning Tour” of Cincinnati Public Schools’ innovative Fifth Quarter Summer Learning Program. Rolonda Smith, Executive Director and Leonard Dean, PLI graduate/LSDMC member participated in the luncheon and round table discussion on parent involvement and transparency in the district. America’s Promise Dropout Summit Parent Leadership Institute graduates Angelica Kennedy & Leonard Dean facilitated the Parent Process breakout sessions at the recent Dropout Summit at Cincinnati State on June 25^th. The summit was a call to action. It’s critical that parents partner with school personnel to ensure their students graduate, transition into college or move on into a career track. Dropout Prevention is everyone’s busines! The PPSGC Region Meeting was a huge success! Cincinnati welcomed members from Mississippi, Waco, Houston, Indiana and Columbus. We would like to thank our sponsors for partnering with us to make this a successful skill building weekend: Parents for Public Schools National Cincinnati Business Committee Ohio Parent Information Resource Center Turner Construction Company University of Cincinnati CECH PASS PLI Fellows PPSGC will hold its next state PLI in Columbiana County this fall. This will be our first rural PLI in Ohio! Our PLI graduates in Columbus and Cleveland are busy implementing their projects in the northern part of the state. Kim Castaneda’s “Tuesday Read II” project is really taking off. She is collaborating with community partners to extend her resources for the program. The goal of the program is to increase parent participation and reading scores by six percent on the Ohio Achievement Test (OAT) for 6^th graders at Eastgate School by June 2010. GEARUP A big thank you to all of the parents that came out for the GEARUP kickoff cookouts! Families of the 5^th, 6^th & 7^th grade students from all 31 GEARUP schools were invited to one of our five cookouts. Thanks also to AWL, Mt. Airy, Pleasant Ridge, Roberts and Douglass Schools for hosting the events. Families enjoyed a great JTM cookout while meeting their GEARUP staff members and learning about how we will help guide their students step-by-step to college. Congratulations to our door prize winning families who enjoyed $60 Kroger gift cards and other prizes donated by the Cincinnati Museum Center, Newport Aquarium, Larosa’s and Scallywag Tag. Many wonderful volunteers signed up to be GEARUP parent champions at the cookouts, but we still need more! Our GEARUP parent champions will work to spread the word about GEARUP events and activities to other parents in their student’s grade. Parent champions will work with the GEARUP Parent Involvement Specialist, Kathleen Bates to address the needs and concerns of GEARUP parents and generate ideas and activities to get every parent more involved with their child’s education. If you would like to become a GEARUP parent champion call Kathleen at 751-5437. The time commitment is up to you and we will have a variety of volunteer activites to choose from. Be on the lookout for information about GEARUP's week long summer day camps coming this July. Each week will feature a different theme and students can attend as many camps as they wold like. All GEARUP students are eligible and the cost is -FREE!. Questions or comments – call Kathleen 751-5437. Thank you for supporting your child’s education For more information: http://www.uc.edu/gearup/ State Superintendent's Parent Advisory Council Congratulations Marcia Futel! Marcia, one of our PLI Fellows, has been selected as a new member of the State Superintendent's Parent Advisory Council. PLI Conference Call The Ohio Parent Information Resource Center and PPSGC kicked off the first PLI conference call during the local Parent Leadership Institute. Calls came in from Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland. The purpose of the conference call is to connect PLI graduates with resources across the state of Ohio. We are excited about offering this new opportunity to our PLI graduates. Find out more on the News page