National Awards

National Awards

• For the fifth year in a row, Firestone was named one of Newsweek's top 1,500 U.S. high schools, based on the number of advanced placement and International Baccalaureate courses offered to students. The IB coordinator is Judith Harrison.
• Firestone student Chanique Perry was selected for membership in the National Society of High School Scholars.
• Ask Gilby^® has been nominated for a regional Emmy Award, the highest award given in the television industry. The APS children's television program is a past recipient of a Telly Award recognizing excellence in the category of children's programming and was awarded the Parents' Choice Approved designation by the Parents' Choice Association, the nation's oldest nonprofit guide to quality children's media and toys.
• Mason CLC teacher Ann Marie Rushanan presented at the 2009 National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference. The topic was "Using Children's Literature to Teach Economics for Early Learners."
• King teacher Janet Lippincott presented at the 2009 National Council for the Social Studies Annual Ohio Center for Law Related Education Conference. Her presentation was titled "Making Government Branches Interesting and Relevant."
• Amy Rudd, Rankin literacy coach, had a picture of her literacy resource room's CAFE Bulletin Board published in the Weekly Tips Newsletter on the Daily CAFE's Web site. CAFE is an acronym for "Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency and Expanding Vocabulary."
• Roswell Kent GLOBE students Brian Brown, Kimberly Flight, Alina Francesconi, Katherine Lee, Alicia Lindsey, Twanjah Logan, Aicha Traore and Rebecca Vang attended, presented at and competed in the fourth annual SATELLITES Conference. Vang won the People's Choice Award and trophy. Their teacher is Steven Frantz.