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Registration for Summer Experience Opens Feb. 8!
Registration for Summer Experience for elementary and middle school students is NOW OPEN!
The 2025 Summer Experience is FREE to all Pre-K through 12 Columbus City Schools students! Summer Experience for Pre-K through 8 students kicks off June 23, and June 9 for high school students. We're excited to provide CCS students and families with a summer of exciting school and community-based learning experiences. Click here to learn more.
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Teacher Appreciation Week: How Stephen Takacs’ Journey Came Full Circle at Fort Hayes
Student turned teacher, Stephen Takacs is making profound impact as the Photography Teacher at Fort Hayes Career Center as part of the Career-Technical Education Program.
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Teacher Appreciation Week: Susan Mazur is Inspiring Confidence and Bringing Learning to Life at Marion-Franklin
Mazur's work shows what happens when educators meet students where they are. By blending real-world lessons with a safe learning space, she helps students face challenges with skill and confidence.
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Teacher Appreciation Week: Shady Lane’s Emily McCoy Empowers Students to Shine Through Creativity and Connection
Shady Lane Elementary School Fifth-Grade Teacher Emily McCoy uses her passion for collaboration and creativity to build strong relationships and empower her students.
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Teacher Appreciation Week: For Westmoor Teacher Laber: Motivating Students Is a Labor of Love
Kristina Laber, English and social studies teacher at Westmoor Middle School, discovered her passion for teaching in the sixth grade. Laber uses that excitement to propel her students forward.
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Achievement a Lifetime in the Making: CCS’ Deborah Strouse Named Fellow in the National Academy of School Nursing
This year, Deborah Strouse’s decades of service were honored nationally as she was inducted as a Fellow into the National Academy of School Nursing (NASN), which is one of the field’s highest honors.
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Fort Hayes Welcomes Young Learners at Countdown to Kindergarten Event
The Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center buzzed with excitement as Columbus City Schools (CCS) hosted its annual Countdown to Kindergarten event, welcoming incoming kindergartners and their families for a day of fun, learning, and connection.
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The Write Stuff: CCS Teachers Set Ohio Standards and Conquer LETRS Training
After four years and eight intensive units of LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) professional learning, Columbus City Schools (CCS) K-5 teachers celebrated their hard work as they graduated from their final unit of training in March.
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Wellness Wednesdays with Dr. Kate King
For this week’s Wellness Wednesdays video, hear from Dr. Kate King, School Nurse at World Language Middle School and President of the National Association of School Nurses.
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Teacher Appreciation Week: First Year Down, A Lifetime to Go: Davis Dreams Big, Achieves More for Her Classroom
Alethea Davis, a first-year teacher at East Linden Elementary's journey to the classroom has been anything but ordinary, and whose impact in just one school year has been extraordinary.
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