Children enjoy a hip-hop dance class, an extracurricular activity which is part of ABC Clubs. Resource Coordinators play a vital role in organizing these activities for students. It’s resource coordinator appreciation week and we have a lot of tremendous people to celebrate! Across Cincinnati, Activities Beyond the Classroom has nine (soon to be ten) resource … Continue reading Resource Coordinators: The Bridge Builders of Our Communities
Colleen Cheek joined Activities Beyond the Classroom (ABC) in September 2021 as the AAA (Athletic and Academic Accountability) Pathway Manager. In this role, Colleen oversees the AAA Pathway, which is a comprehensive student-athlete development program designed to provide every CPS athlete with the supports needed to achieve success in both their academics and athletics. Colleen … Continue reading ABC Hires Colleen Cheek as AAA Pathway Manager
Across Cincinnati, Activities Beyond the Classroom has over nine different resource coordinators placed in public schools. These resource coordinators are charged with serving “the whole student,” which means something different for every community and school they work with. It can mean assisting families that need access to healthcare, or getting them access to transportation. You … Continue reading Meet Your RC: Silverton Elementary’s Cheri Jordan
New Deputy Director, Rachel Stallings, speaks at the dedication ceremony for the new turf athletic field at South Avondale Elementary School Activities Beyond the Classroom (ABC) is outfitting its staff for its next growth phase and there are introductions to be made. Brian Leshner, long-time Executive Director at ABC, has stepped down from his position … Continue reading The New Who’s-Who at ABC
When an organization’s focus is bringing music to communities via a Band in a Bus, but COVID makes that work impossible, it’s time to get creative. Enter Band in a Box, a COVID-safe program of Band in the Bus, developed by Executive Director Nick Rose. In pre-COVID times, Cincinnati-based Band in a Bus made music … Continue reading Band in a Bus Provides Music for CPS Students
In one room, students are watching Luca, a new Disney movie only accessible to families that can afford Disney’s streaming service. In another classroom, students are playing math games and learning about animals. In another classroom, students are painting toys in faux stained glass patterns. In all of the rooms, students are playing, learning, and … Continue reading Connecting Children Experiencing Homelessness with Summer Programming
1) The age-old Cincinnati question… Where did you go to school? I attended North Avondale Elementary School and later went on to Woodward High School. North Avondale is such a great school, I still have a lot of elementary school friends. When I was at Woodward, it was very big, we had students ranging from … Continue reading Q&A With Barry Lucas of the ABC Board of Trustees
As of July 1, 2021, Sally Grimes has assumed the role of Executive Director of Activities Beyond the Classroom (ABC). Grimes has been with the organization since 2017 as the Director of Advancement. She brings hardened experience with her, having previously been the Executive Director of the Outdoor Industries Women’s Coalition and of the Winter … Continue reading Sally Grimes Succeeds Brian Leshner as Next Executive Director
What does an Athletic Director look like? Ideally, there is no one answer. Athletic Directors should be very diverse, just like our student athlete populations are. Unfortunately, we find that (in Cincinnati especially) there is a lot of work to be done to make the field of athletic directors more diverse and equitable. Eight years … Continue reading MADA is Promoting Equity in Athletic Directors & Success in Student Athletes
At the beginning of June, Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) launched the landmark Summer Scholars program, which includes upwards of 5,000 participating students throughout every school in the district. Over 20 of these schools partnered with Activities Beyond the Classroom (ABC), ensuring that afternoons are about learning by play. “This is not the summer school of … Continue reading ABC Provides Enrichment Programming for CPS Summer Scholars
