BY The Cincinnati Enquirer
NORTH COLLEGE HILL -- North College Hill High School will participate in the annual Junior Engineering Technical Society's (JETS) Test of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science (TEAMS) Competition.
JETS-TEAMS is an interscholastic competition that provides a challenge to prepare students in grades 9-12 for tomorrow's world, today.
The TEAMS program encourages team cooperation and group effort and cooperative learning management skills. The competition will be held Feb. 23 at the University of Cincinnati.
The top scoring varsity team in each division will be eligible for a $1,500 tuition scholarship from the College of Engineering at the University of Cincinnati.
Members of the team from North College Hill are Ryan Argo, Laurie Burck, Steven Carraher, Allyson Devers, Megan Jensen, Emily Lawson, Byron Lewis, Casey Miller, Rebeka Quinn, Daniel Smyth, Robert Tankersley, Brad Wadl and Nat Williams.
SHARONVILLE -- Amy Fuller, librarian at Princeton High School, was awarded a grant by The Greater Cincinnati Foundation to cover the cost of adding the computer software program, Microsoft Office, to the computers in the library.
The title of her project was Compatible Computer Composing. The addition of the computer software program will give students greater compatibility between their home computers and the school computers.
Ms. Fuller will be presented with her award on January 11.
UNION TOWNSHIP -- Residents of the Lakota Schools soon will be able to take short computer classes, which will be offered through the Lakota Learning and Technology Academy based at Shawnee Elementary School.
The first class, Introduction to Computers, will be offered Jan. 12 and 14. Other classes are scheduled through June. Each has a limit of 15 students. Cost is $10 per hour of instruction, with most classes meeting a total of three to four hours.
Among the offerings are: introduction to the Internet, beginning word processing, and genealogy on the Internet.
"Providing our students, staff and community with the basic tools to share in our information-rich environment is the purpose of the Lakota Learning and Technology Academy," said Roberta Stagge, Lakota's technology curriculum supervisor.
"Being technologically literate is no longer an option in a society that requires the use of a computer to locate a book in the library."
To receive a brochure containing the complete class schedule, call 720-6472 and leave name and address.
INDIAN HILL -- Cincinnati Country Day School, the Barnes and Noble bookstore of Kenwood and Chiquita Brands International sponsored a book fair that raised more than $8,000 for a local school.
Country Day spokesman Ralph Javens said the school, which he declined to name, needed books. He said the two companies provided matching funds from the sale.
Mr. Javens said the books would arrive in January.
