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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2015
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Oak Hills receives grant to upgrade Delshire cafeteria By Kurt Backscheider kbackscheider@communitypress.com
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Seton High School freshmen are selling T-shirts they designed to raise money for the Literacy Network of Greater Cincinnati From left: front, Ginny Sabers and Lizzy Schoenfeld; back, Sami Schutte, Breanna Schmidt and Andi Rapien. The fundraising project was a result of Seton’s Freshman Focus course.
Seton freshmen using classroom experience to give back By Kurt Backscheider kbackscheider@communitypress.com
PRICE HILL — A group of freshmen at Seton High School are selling T-shirts to raise money for the Literacy Network of Greater Cincinnati. The fundraising project is a result of the school’s Freshman Focus course, a program designed to help freshmen develop a strong sense of community and self-identity and prepare them with the knowledge and skills required for high school and future college and career success. Susan Hollenbach, Seton’s transformational learning coordinator, said this school year marks the second year for the semester-long Freshman Focus course. By engaging in collaborative and experiential activities, she said freshmen are introduced to and apply lifelong learning skills such as teamwork, problem solving, creativity, technology, financial literacy, information literacy, communication and time management. Aligned with Seton’s mission, she said this year’s course focused on social entrepreneurship and Seton partnered with the University of Cincinnati’s Economics Center for assistance with the program. “It was a good experi-
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ence for our students,” Hollenbach said. “Through this program they learned a lot about themselves and their interests.” Working in groups of four to six students, she said freshmen researched Price Hill and the nonprofit organizations in the community, and each group chose a nonprofit for which to advocate and formed a small business enterprise to raise money for the nonprofit. Each group prepared a presentation about their respective nonprofit, explaining what the organization does and how it aligns with the mission of Seton High School, she said. Six finalists were selected and then representatives from UC’s Economics Center interviewed the finalists about their fundraising plan, Hollenbach said. The UC Economics Center named the team of freshmen Andi Rapien, Ginny Sabers, Breanna Schmidt, Lizzy Schoenfeld and Sami Schutte as the winner for their proposal to support the Literacy Network of Greater Cincinnati. “We chose the Literacy Network as our nonprofit because we all know someone or have a family member who has a learning disability,” Schoenfeld said. “It’s really exciting. It feels great that we’re able
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to help them out.” Sabers said the course taught them a lot about giving back to the community and also helped them develop collaboration skills. “I was pretty impressed,” she said. “Our group had some struggles in the beginning, but we overcame them.” Schutte said the Freshman Focus course helps students understand and embrace the four pillars of Seton High School, which are leadership, service, academic excellence and faith. She said the experience they gained will help them with future projects and assignments they’ll work on in high school. “We definitely learned a lot about technology also,” she said, noting the team designed the T-shirt that will be sold to raise money for the Literacy Network. Schoenfeld said the project provided real-world learning opportunities, as each student was responsible for a specific role within the group, whether it was serving as the CEO, marketing director, technology coordinator, treasurer or art director. Hollenbach said the winning team will present their plan to the freshman class and kick-off the Tshirt sale fundraiser on Jan. See SETON, Page A2
DELHI TWP. — Oak Hills Local School District’s Food Service Department was awarded federal funding to help upgrade the cafeteria at Delshire Elementary School. The district was one of 79 school systems in Ohio to receive funding through the National School Lunch Program Equipment Assistance Grant. Grant funds will assist with unmet needs and allow schools to buy capital equipment, with a goal of helping schools serve healthier meals, meet nutritional standards by serving fresh fruits and vegetables, improve food safety and expand accessibility to food services. Nearly $1.2 million was awarded throughout the state, and Oak Hills received $40,000 in grant funding. Oak Hills Food Service Supervisor Linda Eichenberger said the department is using the money to purchase a new serving line for Delshire Elementary. “We’re going to replace the existing equipment, which is original to the building,” she said. The district’s food service department is making a switch to a self-service line at Delshire, which will allow students to go through and select their own
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Kimmy Mathis, a cook at Delshire Elementary School, puts the serving line back together while helping to clean the cafeteria after lunch service. Oak Hills’ Food Service Department received grant funding to purchase a new serving line for Delshire.
fruits and vegetables, she said. It will be set up similar to a salad bar and students will be able to choose from a variety of fruits, vegetables and salads, she said. Delshire’s kitchen will provide three different hot vegetables and three different cold fruits or vegetables each day, Eichenberger said. “We’ll be able to actually offer students more fruits and vegetables than we do now because we’re limited on space with the current serving line,” she said. “It will give the students See CAFETERIA, Page A2
Delhi residents to get mailing about electric aggregation DELHI TWP. — Residents and business owners will receive information in the mail regarding the township’s electric aggregation program. Delhi Township voters approved the adoption of an electric aggregation program in May, and township officials have selected Duke Energy Retail Sales LLC as the electric supplier for the aggregation program. Duke Energy Retail is offering residents and business owners who enroll in the program a fixed electricity price of 5.89 cents per kilowatt hour. The fixed rate is good through December 2017. Those who are eligible to participate in the program will receive notification in the mail about the automatic enrollment process, how to opt-out of the program, the fixed rate and billing information. The mailing is being handled by Duke Energy Retail and is scheduled to be sent out Jan. 27.
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To help residents and business owners identify the mailing, the township is letting people to know the envelope will have the logo and return address for Duke Energy Retail and the notification’s letterhead will feature Delhi Township’s logo on the left and the Duke Energy Retail logo on the right. The information in the mailing is time sensitive. Eligible residents and business owners who do not want to participate in the program will be required to opt-out by Feb. 18. No action will be required of those who do want to take part in the electric aggregation program. They will be automatically enrolled. Those not considered eligible for the program will not receive the mailing. Questions about the program or eligibility requirements may be directed to Duke Energy Reat DukeEnergyRetail tail@duke- energy.com or 1-844616-8440.
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