FTEF Helps to Engineer Great Opportunities at HHS and HMS There exists a well-known quote among the engineering community that seems to encapsulate the profession both succinctly and perfectly.“The scientist discovers a new type of material or energy, and the engineer discovers a new use for it.” Truly, engineers are a dogged and hard-working bunch, even in the confines of Highlands High School – where technology teacher Ron

FTEF Helping Build a Picture Perfect Future for Highlands Publications Program When Highlands High School English instructor Beth Brubaker became the head of the school’s publications program in 2018, there was a growing wishlist to keep it up to date. When she learned about the opportunities for grants available through the Fort Thomas Education Foundation, it was just the help she needed.  “So I reached out to Amy

Senses Working Overtime at Moyer with Help from the Education Foundation The calming atmosphere inside Moyer Elementary’s “sensory room” is filled with all the accouterment needed to bring stress levels down. Created with the express purpose of de-stimulating students with sensory issues so they can be better prepared for learning and interacting with their peers. This specially designed room features soft lighting, weighted blankets, a bubble tube water

Middle School STEM Classes Taking Flight with Help from FTEF It’s 8:45 in the morning and seventh grader Jadon Bargo is cleared for takeoff to Orlando. As he adjusts the settings on his Cessna plane, Jadon eases up on the throttle to give it some boost. The plane gains speed to reach 55 knots and begins to lift into the air over Cincinnati’s CVG airport and Jadon is

Education Foundation Helps Bring Fort Thomas Schools Into a New Age of Robotics Through Grant Funding In a global landscape where artificial intelligence, robotics and other technological breakthroughs pepper the horizon as a harbinger of things to come, it’s never been more important to be aware of the massive leaps and bounds the world is making. Staying at the forefront of these changes are some great minds, and

Highlands Orchestra Members Make Beautiful Music Together – With Help from FTEF by Chris Tomlin  You can hear the familiar strains even before you enter the classroom – the swirling, building crescendo of Mussorgsky’s “Night on Bald Mountain,” best known from Walt Disney’s Fantasia, flowing out of the orchestra rehearsal space. The Highlands chamber orchestra makes the symphonic noise of a group twice their size as the climax

Woodfill Third Graders Grow Greens, Accessibility for Community and Classmates Three years ago the third grade students of Woodfill Elementary pinpointed an issue that needed to be fixed – and they immediately sprung into action to fix it. When the class realized that the mulched playground area of the school made accessibility difficult for special needs students, the class decided to begin a fundraising project to renovate the

#FTEFGrantsinAction Education Foundation Helps Highlands Music Programs Hit the Right Note by Chris Tomlin It’s second period at Highlands High School and quite quiet walking down the hallways, the students all in their nine o’clock classes. But a corner turned on the first floor brings the faint sound of music which only gets louder as the band room grows closer. The music practically pours through the doorway as

Celebrating Reading Month: Education Foundation Helping to Create New Storylines for Fort Thomas Elementary Schools By Chris Tomlin As Johnson’s principal Ashley Dikeos and assistant principal Kristina Sheehy work in the lower level of Johnson Elementary to refill books into a curious-looking machine, they are suddenly mobbed like celebrities by students hoping to get pictures with them on their school iPads. Once the crowd subsides they continue to stock Johnson’s “book vending machine,” a

Family and Consumer Sciences Department Dressed for Success by Help from FTES by Chris Tomlin It’s often known that a high school education can help to prepare a student for the world of working for a business, but rarely does a high school education purposely involve students running their own business – or help setting them up to work with local businesses to further their experiences. Later this afternoon, a

Fort Thomas Students, Classes, and Teachers Break New Broadcasting BoundariesBy Chris Tomlin It’s just after lunchtime on a Thursday at Highlands and the news is about to go live. The AV department of HHS is a hub of activity, alive with students working on the upcoming broadcast of the day’s news. Anchors run through their scripts as camera operators line up shots and producers feed information through the

It’s Always Showtime for Highlands Theater with Education Foundation Support By Chris Tomlin A congenial and chatty atmosphere is dotted by happy buzzing students on a Tuesday morning as Theatre Director Jason Burgess calls the class to attention. Posters bearing familiar names are lined along the walls, from classic musicals like Oklahoma to more current fare like Shrek. Burgess goes through the list of the day’s goals and general news before