Last month, Main St. alumna Kennedy H. was featured on Columbus City Schools' City League Sports, the district's official sports show. Currently a sophomore at Centennial High School, Kennedy H. is among the greatest female basketball players in Columbus, making 1st Team All-City for the second year in a row. Click to listen to her discuss her love for basketball.
Read More"Columbus' [United Elementary State St.] is making sure its students feel confident heading into picture day this week. On Saturday, it hosted its second Celebration of Hair."
Our incredible United staff, families, and community of volunteers helped get 50 students looking and feeling their very best for picture day!
"Andrew Boy, who leads [...] United Schools [...] in Columbus, said, 'Since the addition of the QCSSF [Quality Community Schools Support Fund], we’ve been able to vastly improve teacher pay to attract and retain more effective, experienced staff, which allowed us to serve more students and deliver on our mission."
Read More"John Dues [...] delineates the knowledge and skills needed to apply Deming’s system of profound knowledge to improve student, teacher and school performance and outcomes.[...] This book is only for courageous educators who are not afraid of having their long-held beliefs challenged."
Read More"Kathryn Anstaett, the President and Chief Schools Officer of United Schools, said to support families, they are paying a company to assist with temporary, private transportation.
'I want to be clear that we are not directly funded to provide transportation,' Anstaett said. 'We are using funding that should be used in other ways. But we are using it to transport our kids because we can’t do anything for our students if they can’t get to school.'"
"Andy Boy, the founder and CEO of United Schools, said that to support families, they pay a company to assist with temporary, private transportation.
'It’s going to cost us about $50 a day per student to transport [...] Our board has courageously opened up about $300,000 out of our cash reserves to start to transport our students.'"
"'I really enjoy my experience; I'm having fun," said Sarey Williams, a 7th-grade musician [and Dana Ave. scholar!]."
Read MoreIn this six-part podcast series, United's John A. Dues reflects on how 4th graders in Jessica Cutler's classroom drove joy in learning.
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