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Miami student athletes set new GPA record

Submitted by kkinley, Neighborhood Reporter
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013, 11:10am
Miami student athletes set new GPA record

OXFORD, OH (FOX19) - For a fourth consecutive semester, Miami University's student-athletes recorded an all-time best cumulative grade-point average. This spring’s cumulative GPA was 3.238.

Miami's student-athletes also graduate at a rate above most of their peers. 

Miami’s student-athletes’ graduation success rate (GSR), including students who enroll or transfer to Miami and graduate within 6 years, is 91%, nine percent higher than the national rate.

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Pajama Day at Fairfield East Elementary School honors memory of fellow student

Submitted by kkinley, Neighborhood Reporter
Friday, May 10th, 2013, 1:18pm
Pajama Day at Fairfield East Elementary School honors memory of fellow student

FAIRFIELD, OH (FOX19) - Students at Fairfield East Elementary School are honoring the memory of a student who lost her battle with brain cancer this year.

Sarah Nelson  passed away in March from brain cancer. This past February, Sarah decided to go to North Elementary principal Mrs. Stacy, and propose a fundraising event for DIPG.

The event would allow students to wear pajamas to school for a donation of one dollar. During that first Pajama Day, FFN students and staff raised over $700.00.

May happens to be not only Brain Tumor Awareness month but Sarah’s birthday month as well.

A fellow 3rd grade student had the idea to honor Sarah on her birthday, May 10th, and support another Pajama Day at the school.

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Top Butler County high school makes Newsweek annual list

Submitted by kkinley, Neighborhood Reporter
Thursday, May 9th, 2013, 1:06pm
Top Butler County high school makes Newsweek annual list

HAMILTON, OH (FOX19) - Ross High School was the only Butler County School on Newsweek's 2013 America's Best High Schools List.

Earlier this school year, the Ohio Department of Education announced that Ross Local School District had earned the highest Performance Index of any district in Butler County and 66th highest in the state for the 2011-2012 school year. 

Additionally, Ross High School recently learned that its graduation rate for the Class of 2012 was finalized at 97.8%, which is believed to be the highest in the history of the school. 

In a statement Ross Principal Brian martin says, “There is no magic to our success.  We have a dedicated staff teaching great kids who are supported by parents and a community that value and recognize the importance of education.”

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Class of 2013: Show us your Cap & Gown Photos

Submitted by kkinley, Neighborhood Reporter
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013, 12:00pm
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.

Copyright 2013 WXIX. All rights reserved.

 

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Acclaimed author to give keynote speech at Miami U ceremony

Submitted by kkinley, Neighborhood Reporter
Monday, May 6th, 2013, 4:14pm
Acclaimed author to give keynote speech at Miami U ceremony

OXFORD, OH (FOX19) - Acclaimed author & journalist and Miami University alum Wil Haygood has been selected as the featured speaker at Miami University's spring ceremony.

The cermony happens at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 11 at Yager Stadium.  Miami will award 3,678 degrees.

Haygood has been a Washington Post journalist since 2002.  Haygood’s front-page story for the Post in 2008 about longtime White House butler Eugene Allen is the inspiration for “The Butler,” a big-screen movie directed by Oscar-nominated director Lee Daniels and due to be released next fall.

Honorary doctorate degrees will be awarded to Haygood and to Mohammed al Barwani (Miami ’75), founder, owner and chairman of MB Holding Company LLC, a multinational corporation, in recognition of his international reputation as an innovative leader and conscientious global citizen.

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Ross High School announces students of the week

Submitted by kkinley, Neighborhood Reporter
Monday, May 6th, 2013, 3:59pm
Ross High School announces students of the week

ROSS TOWNSHIP, OH (FOX19) - The following students were nominated by their teachers and are being recognized the week of May 6 - May 10 for their contributions to Ross High School both in and out of the classroom.

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Enrollment goal surpassed for fall semester at Miami University

Submitted by kkinley, Neighborhood Reporter
Friday, May 3rd, 2013, 4:33pm
Enrollment goal surpassed for fall semester at Miami University

OXFORD, OH (FOX19) - Miami University has supassed their enrollment goal for students who plan on attending in the fall.

A record number of students had applied for fall 2013 admission. More than 22,500 students applied which is up nearly 11 percent from the previous year. As of the May 1 confirmation deadline, the number of first-year students confirming their enrollment to Miami surpassed the university’s goal of 3,600. Currently, 3,752 students are committed to attending Miami in the fall.

The academic qualifications and diversity of the admitted student pool increased, making this year one of the most selective for first-year admission to Miami. Students accepted to Miami scored highly on standardized tests: 32.3 percent scored 30 or above on the ACT. On the SAT (Critical Reading + Math), 32.5 percent scored 1300 and above.

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