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Class of 2013: Show us your Cap & Gown Photos

Class of 2013: Show us your Cap & Gown Photos

(FOX19) - Congratulations Class of 2013...  you have finally made it to graduation and now show us your Cap & Gown!

We are putting together a photo slideshow of recent high school and college grads in their caps & gowns.

Please send your photo to community@fox19.com along with your name and the name of your school.

You will able to view your photo on FOX19 Community.

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Fort Thomas Schools starts Summer Theatre Program for high school students from all over

Fort Thomas Schools starts Summer Theatre Program for high school students from all over

FORT THOMAS, KY (FOX19) - Fort Thomas Independent Schools’ Community Theatre program will add a summer theatre program this year for high school students in the Greater Cincinnati area.  Jason Burgess, teacher and theatre director at Highlands High School, will coordinate the program. “This is an idea that I have been playing around with over the last couple of years and am now pulling the trigger on,” says Burgess.  

This summer theatre program for high school students is called the Commonwealth Artists Summer Theatre or ‘CAST’.

Middletown National Volunteer Week 2011

Middletown  National Volunteer Week 2011

MIDDLETOWN, OH (FOX19) - National Volunteer Week 2011, Celebrating People in Action, honors those who dedicate themselves to taking action and bettering their communities. It’s also about inspiring, recognizing and encouraging people to seek out imaginative ways to engage in their communities — to put themselves at the center of social change.

Sponsored by Points of Light Institute and HandsOn Network—the nation’s largest volunteer network—National Volunteer Week was established in 1974 and has grown exponentially each subsequent year, with literally thousands of volunteer projects and special events scheduled throughout the week. With the second year anniversary of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, the creation of the Volunteer Generation Fund and the resonant call to serve from the President, this year will be even more energizing and inspiring.

Throughout the week of April 10 -16 schools will celebrate their volunteers.

Huggins headlines annual sports awards

Huggins headlines annual sports awards

SHARONVILLE (FOX19) - Bob Huggins has been gone from UC for years now, but he's hardly been gone from Cincinnati.

The latest case in point: Huggins will be the guest speaker at the 5th annual Cincinnati Sports Professionals Network (CSPN) Awards Banquet May 9 at the Sharonville Convention Center.

The event pays tribute to athletes, sports professionals, businesses and events for their accomplishments in 2010.

Tickets, which include dinner and the program, cost $75 per person or $700 for a table of 10. Student tickets are also available for $35. FOR VIP, which includes a private reception with Coach Huggins & all award recipients before the event are $100/person or $900/table of 10.

Winton Woods Middle School Show Is Tribute to Michael Jackson

Winton Woods Middle School Show Is Tribute to Michael Jackson

FOREST PARK, OH (FOX19) - Rehearsal have begun for this year’s Winton Woods Middle School music show, MASSABILITY 2011: In Memory of Michael Jackson, which will take place in the school auditorium on Wednesday, March 23 and Thursday, March 24 at 7:30 p.m.

“Seventh and eighth grade students have been preparing after school and on weekends,” said Winton Woods Middle School choir director Janna Frank. The show will present renditions of: “I Want You Back,” “I’ll Be There,” “The Way You Make Me Feel,” “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You,” “Man In the Mirror,” “Human Nature,” “You Are Not Alone,” “Say Say Say,” “Smooth Criminal,” “Rockin’ Robin,” “We Are the World,” and “Thriller.” Feature soloists are Simone Anthony, Nick Purdin, Delaney Linedman, Aujah Taylor, Alex Kuhn, Anna Clark, Ryan Capla, Erezi Ikeneku, Kamiy Bomar, and Iziah McCoy.

Winton Woods Senior is Finalist in Coca-Cola Scholars Program

Winton Woods Senior is Finalist in Coca-Cola Scholars Program

FOREST PARK, OH (FOX19) - Winton Woods High School senior Corey Stewart has been selected as one of 250 finalists in the 2010-2011 Coca-Cola Scholars Program. Nearly 71,000 applicants and 2,100 semi-finalists participated in the program.

Stewart will be flown to Atlanta, Georgia for the Scholars Weekend on April 14-17, with airfare, meals, in-town transportation and accommodations provided by the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation. Personal interviews will be conducted that weekend, with two tiers of awards granted. Fifty finalists will be chosen as National Scholars and will receive renewable awards of $5,000 per year for four years of post-secondary study, a total award of $20,000. The remaining 200 finalists will be designated Regional Scholars and will receive four-year renewable award of $2,500 per year, a total of $10,000.

Winton Woods Middle School Announces Science Fair Winners

Winton Woods Middle School Announces Science Fair Winners

FOREST PARK, OH (FOX19) - Almost 350 students competed in Winton Woods Middle School’s recent science fair, which organizer and science teacher Brad Lanier said is one of the largest in the State of Ohio. Students competed in the categories of biological, consumer or physical/earth science.

“Judges had to select winners from dozens of exceptional projects in each of the three categories for both seventh and eighth grade,” said Lanier. In seventh grade the winners were Ryan Glardon in biological science for his experiment on lead contamination within the community and Jessica Weems in consumer science for her experiment on which brand of mascara lasts the longest.