The Kenton County School District (KCSD) and Cincinnati State Technical and Community College have teamed up to offer opportunities for fifteen high school juniors interested in pursuing careers in aviation maintenance technology and to become certified drone pilots in the process. Earlier this week, KCSD Superintendent Dr. Henry Webb joined Cincinnati State President Dr. Monica […]
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NKY Middle School Wants Students to Stop Barking and Wearing Collars
A Northern Kentucky school posted to social media to alert parents of students dressing like dogs and barking at each other. Camp Ernst Middle School, part of Boone County Schools and located in Burlington, posted that educators there have made observations “regarding some behaviors and trends we are noticing that are different from prior years.” […]
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Gateway, NKU Join Miami, Cinci State in “Moon Shot for Equity”
Four local institutions of higher education joined a national initiative designed to close equity gaps within regional cohorts of two- and four-year colleges and universities by the year 2030. Northern Kentucky University and Gateway Community & Technical College joined with Miami University and Cincinnati State Technical and Community College in announcing their joining the “Moon […]
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NKY Education Programs Receive Funding from Duke Energy
The Duke Energy Foundation announced $217,500 in grants for education programs across the Cincinnati region including four in Northern Kentucky. Most of the funding for the 16 local grantees is aimed at reversing academic declines due to recent in-person learning gaps among K-12 students across Greater Cincinnati, a news release said. This includes the common […]
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New Building, Largest-Ever Capital Campaign Underway at Thomas More
Thomas More University is celebrating its first one hundred years and is working actively to prepare for its next century. The university announced its Second Century Campaign during a campus event on Monday afternoon in which President Joseph Chillo and other Thomas More leaders and fundraisers addressed a crowd of supporters and students. While the […]
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Op-Ed: Why I Support a Mask Mandate for Schools
The following op-ed is written by Brian Garner, a city commissioner in Union I’ve lived in Northern Kentucky since I was 3 years old. I love this area and I love our community. I’ve had more conversations than I ever dreamed over the last 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic discussing the balance of public […]
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KDE to Reimburse Public Schools for Incentives for Vaccinated Employees
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) will use up to $8.8 million in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds to provide reimbursements to districts that have rewarded and acknowledged the time, energy and effort staff members took to get vaccinated, the department announced on Friday. All full- and part-time employees of public school districts […]
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Covington Latin School Receives Cognia Accreditation
Covington Latin School received the Cognia education accreditation, awarded only to schools that demonstrate the highest of educational standards by providing students with the plethora of opportunities knowledge brings, a news release said. Cognia is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that accredits primary and secondary schools throughout the United States and internationally, making them the largest […]
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Villa Students Pay Tribute to 9/11 Victims
Students at Villa Madonna Academy created a fabric memorial in honor of the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the U.S. Sophomores and juniors researched the people who died that day twenty years ago. The goal of the assignment was to enforce the idea that the people who died are not just […]
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Marching Band Competition Returns to Beechwood this Weekend
The Beechwood Festival of Bands marks the return of competitive marching band events in nearly two years, the school announced. Beechwood will host its event on Saturday, September 11, welcoming ten bands from across the state. In addition to Beechwood, Northern Kentucky high school bands participating include Ryle, Campbell Co., Dixie Heights, and Lloyd, while […]