Allyson Jones. Contributed photo Congratulations to Allyson Jones, Third Grade Teacher at Woodfill Elementary, who was just named a “Teacher of Excellence.” Mrs. Jones was nominated by Principal Keith Faust, parents, students, and teaching staff from Woodfill for The Cincinnati Christian University Teacher of Excellence Award. The teachers nominated for this award were judged on […]
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Woodfill Elementary Hosting Weekly Church Services
If you’ve driven past Woodfill Elementary on a recent Sunday morning, you might have taken notice of the parking lot. That’s because it’s probably been near full. Since late 2013, Fort Thomas Independent Schools (FTIS) has been renting Woodfill Elementary’s cafetorium space, as well as classroom space as needed, to Movement Church, a new regional, […]
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No Blue Ribbon for Fort Thomas Schools This Year… Because They’ve Earned (Almost) All They Can Already
Last Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education announced the 2013 cohort of National Blue Ribbon Award winners. In Northern Kentucky, only two schools received the award this year: Mann Elementary of the Boone County School District and Beechwood HS of Beechwood Independent. Fort Thomas Independent was absent from this year’s award-winners, but that might be because all but […]
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Woodfill Big Top Festival This Weekend
by Kara Gebhart Uhl When my husband and I moved to Fort Thomas in 2005, we heard Woodfill Elementary’s Big Top Festival—a combination of music, and distant adult chatter and children’s laughter—before we ever saw it. We lived on Grant Street then, behind the school. It sounded fun, but at the time we considered it […]
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FTEF Awards Grants
This year all 5 schools in the Fort Thomas Independent School District will have over $56,000 in additional funds to purchase new technology and supplies due to the Fort Thomas Foundation Foundation’s teacher grant program. This amount represents the most monies awarded by the Foundation in its history. Since 2001, the Foundation has awarded over […]
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Rain Dampens Ft. Thomas Couples’ Retirement (Guest Post by Ben Petracco)
Editor’s Note: Before we get to Ben’s article, I just wanted to point out that FTM will be covering council meetings going forward. With a stable of talented and competent writers at our disposal, Darrin and I don’t have to be everywhere at once. With that, this week Jessica is compiling a list of noteworthy […]
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3000 Words Worth
That’s what 3 pictures are worth, right? It’s pretty neat to see what types of posts “move the dial” as far as page views, types of stories, etc. Another cool feature that blogger allows you to view is where people are who read the site. Obviously, most are in Fort Thomas and Northern Kentucky, but […]
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Fort Thomas News to Start Your Week
A few updates from things we have posted on Facebook or Twitter or perhaps we failed to mention in the past couple weeks: 1. Fort Thomas tax rates are going up again. In what is an annual rite of passage council voted to increase tax rates by 4% for the upcoming fiscal year. The city […]
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Woodfill Boosters Golf Outing
If you’ve been by Woodfill Elementary lately, you’ve probably noticed the amazing transformation to one of the most state of the art elementary schools in the state. Next Saturday, you can get your chance to add to the school’s forward momentum. The Woodfill Boosters is holding the annual Golf Outing Saturday, May 21 at Flagg […]
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Woodfill Being Demolished at 8AM Wednesday
With the nice new wing nearly completed that runs perpendicular to Fort Thomas Ave it is time to make way for the wing that runs paralell to the Avenue. The demolition of these remaining buildings (originally built in 1922 and 1950’s) will occur in the morning to make way for the construction of the rest […]