With the COVID pandemic impacting the ability of elementary aged children to participate in organized athletics, ABC and Cincinnati Public Schools were determined to offer a soccer program after students returned in person during the second semester of the 2020-21 school year. While ABC and CPS were not able to offer this program to students … Continue reading ABC’s Elementary Soccer Program Gets Boost From FC Cincinnati
Students from Woodward High School enjoyed their participation in the Virtual STEM Workshop. On April 23, 50 7th and 8th grade students from Cincinnati Public Schools participated in a Virtual STEM Workshop, developed by the West Point Center for Leadership & Diversity in STEM. ABC worked with CPS staff at each school to identify and … Continue reading Virtual STEM Workshop is a Success: “Can we do this every day?”
Williams is the First Black Female Athletic Director in CPS History Regina Williams joined Activities Beyond the Classroom as the new Athletic Director at Withrow High School. In her new role, Williams makes history as the first Black female Athletic Director for Cincinnati Public Schools. Jonas Smith, Withrow’s previous Athletic Director, moved to Trotwood-Madison High … Continue reading Regina Williams joins Withrow High School as New Athletic Director
This photo of AAA Pathway in action was taken prior to COVID AAA Pathway is piloting a partnership with Honest Game, a Chicago-based organization that seeks to provide real-time and realistic insight into college athletic eligibility rules for NCAA and NAIA scholarships. Honest Game creates current academic reports, which can assess the academic performance of … Continue reading ABC and CPS Partner with Honest Game for AAA Pathway
Due to COVID, ABC has been working hard to expand its programming into activities that can be done virtually. Rather than reinvent the wheel, ABC reached out to many partners and organizations in the community to explore potential partnerships. One partnership that emerged is between ABC and the Greater Cincinnati STEM Collaborative. They recently came … Continue reading ABC Launches STEM Partnership with Three New Programs
Beginning February 9, Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) students in grades 7-12 will have the opportunity to attend a variety of free and fun afterschool activities via the Virtual ABC Clubs, developed by Activities Beyond the Classroom in partnership with CPS. “Because of the pandemic and the uncertainty of children attending in-person school, ABC was forced … Continue reading ABC Launches FREE Virtual Extracurricular Activities for CPS Students
The Board of Education for Cincinnati Public Schools has been very busy this year, figuring out the best way to educate students during the COVID pandemic. So while it is always an honor to be invited to speak at a CPS board meeting, ABC was especially humbled when Executive Director Brian Leshner was asked to … Continue reading ABC Shares Successes with CPS Board
Paul McMillan, ABC District Parent Coordinator, hosted the first District Parent Meeting on December 10, 2020. With all of the communication methods available today, it seems as though getting the information we need should be a breeze. But in many cases, the opposite is true. There is so much information coming at us that it … Continue reading ABC Hires District Parent Coordinator as a Resource for CPS Parents
Through the uncertainty of COVID-19, the Ben Carlson-Berne (BCB) Scholarship Fund is working hard to remain a reliable resource in the lives of their students. Private lessons have already resumed virtually for the talented students in SCPA and other select schools, and BCB began private lessons for several new students, too! The BCB’s additional programs … Continue reading The Music Plays on Through COVID Obstacles
The spring and summer of 2020 were rough months at Activities Beyond the Classroom. School buildings were closed, extracurriculars were cancelled, funding was down significantly, and we didn’t know if we’d be here when the 2020-2021 school year began. We sent a plea out to our donors asking for support. We knew that even if … Continue reading ABC Provides Creative Support to CPS Children and Families
