US News Profiles Walnut Hills Students
US News featured eight Walnut Hills
students and their college selection experiences.
Walnut Hills ranked 57th in the Nation According to Newsweek's Rankings
The new rankings are in and Newsweek magazine has ranked
Walnut Hills High School 57th
 in
the nation. Walnut is only one of two Ohio public
schools in the top 100.
Public schools are ranked according to a ratio based
on the number of Advanced Placement, Intl. Baccalaureate
and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school
in 2007 divided by the number of graduating seniors.
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Walnut Hills High School Featured on WLWT's Cool Schools
All November long, News 5 is featuring one
Cincinnati public school each day on News 5 Today. Walnut
Hills is featured in the following video: Click here to see the video
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ENGLISH SUMMER ASSIGNMENTS UPDATED
Here are links to summer assignments for English.
WHHS Academic Team Finishes As First Runner-Up In State Championship
The Academic Quiz team competed against the twelve best academic teams in Ohio on May 2, 2009 and finished as First Runner-up, tying our best performance at the state level.
Congratulations to all of the team and especially the seven who competed in Columbus: SENIORS Kyle Dallman, Peter Komarek, and Logan Rains, Junior Max Bucher, and Sophomores Jon Moeller, Joe Nutter.
Additionally, Max Bucher, Camille DeJarnett, Peter Komarek, Jon Moeller, and Joe Nutter traveled to Chicago for the NAQT, a national tournament. This year we finished in 17th place in a field of 192 schools from across the US and Canada!
Joseph Beth Special Deals
 Again this year, Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Rookwood Pavilion is
supporting Walnut Hills High School, by making a donation to the making a
donation to the WHHS Parent Board,
WHIP, and the Athletic Boosters for every
book you buy that is on the WHHS summer reading lists, and for
anything you buy at JB on two special WHHS benefit weekends.
This is a great way to get the books you or your children need to
read this summer and support Walnut Hills at the same time.
The WHHS benefit weekends (Coupons required)
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June 6 & 7 - Present a copy of THIS COUPON when you check out
and WHHS will receive 20% of your total purchase. Feel free to make
copies of the coupon and give them to all your friends!
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July 25 & 26 - Give the checkout person a
coupon and WHHS gets 20% of
the total sale. Again, pass out copies of the coupons to friends,
neighbors, and anyone you know who has a bad case of "I buy too many
books".
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Summer Reading List Sale - (No Coupons required)
June 1 through August 15
When you buy books on the WHHS summer reading lists, tell the checkout
person that the books are WHHS required reading and JB will donate 20%
of the price of those books back to WHHS. NO COUPON REQUIRED.
The Summer Reading lists are posted on the Library Page, under Class
Assignments. A direct link to these
reading lists is
here.
Reporting Student Absences
Please call your student’s Attendance Office at either
363-8641 (Grades 7-9) or 363-8445 (Grades 10-12) by 9:30 a.m. each
day that your student will be out. Leave a brief message
including the reason for the absence. Per Board policy, all extended
absences of five or more consecutive days require a note from a
physician upon the student returning to school.
Please also direct all attendance notes to the Attendance Office
prior to a trip out of town. It is up to administration, not the
teachers, to approve these absences.
Walnut Students Win At Junior Classical League Convention
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Walnut Hills Severe Weather Procedure
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Walnut
Hills Moves From 83rd
to 36th in US News Rankings
 Out of more than 18,000 public high schools
in the USA, US News ranks Walnut number 36 in the USA and awards WHHS Gold
Medal status.
Educators say the ranking, and a similar
one by Newsweek in the spring, measure high schools' records for
preparing students for college.
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Alumni Foundation Featured in US News
"When Walnut Hills High School needs help making ends meet, its
alumni foundation chips in."
By Christopher J. Gearon
"In late October, Walnut Hills High School social studies teacher
Bob Moliterno asked the school to spend $1,100 for new books in his
Advanced Placement U.S. history class. The timing was not so great:
Ohio had already cut state funds for education twice this academic
year, and a report by the Cincinnati Public Schools showed that
Walnut Hills (No. 36 on the U.S. News Best High Schools list) was
the lowest-funded high school in the city on a per pupil basis.
Moliterno prepared for rejection ... "
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Special College Preparatory Program (SCPP) Examination
Students interested in enrolling in the Special College
Preparatory Program at either Walnut Hills or Dater high schools
must pass this examination.
All Cincinnati Public Schools
sixth-grade students take the SCPP exam as part of their
standardized testing in October.
Students may take the SCPP
examination each school year from grade 6 to 11. However, students
entering after grade 9 must also be able to meet SCPP graduation
requirements to graduate on time. A student may schedule a retest
after receiving written notification of failing scores.
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Golf News-Adding JH Team & Upgrading HS Teams
Everyone interested in golf, from incoming 7th graders to returning
seniors, both girls and boys, must email Tom Donnelly, the Athletic
Director, at donnelt@cps-k12.org
immediately.
He will email you back
about an exciting summer of practice, instruction from
professionals, clinics, tournaments, and the like; we are taking our
golf program into June and July, so you can upgrade your game in
time for tryouts in August.
We are also taking our golf program into
the JH level. We intend to create a perennial Top 10 program for boys and
girls. So, email the AD right away. Check out the
sports web page in the next few weeks for
additional information.
Sports Physical July 21 at Walnut Hills
Save the date of July 21, from 6 to 8 pm, Walnut Hills Arts and
Sciences Building. Check the web page
(www.walnuthillseagles.com/Sports/) for more details as they become
available. Cost: $10. A Sports Physical is MANDATORY for all JH and
HS students wishing to play sports. You must have a sports physical
to hand your coach on the first day of tryouts. Tryout dates will be
posted on the web page as that information becomes available.
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here for all the paperwork you MUST complete.
Kids Summer Camps at Walnut Hills
(More details and registration materials will be found on the
athletic web page, www.walnuthillseagles.com/Sports/, as they become
available. All camps are taught by the very best - the Walnut Hills
high school and junior high coaching staffs.)
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Girls Soccer Camp for Current 6th - 8th Graders.
Tues, June 30 to Fri, July 3, 7:30-9:30am, on the turf at Walnut
Hills. Cost: $85 by June 22, $95 after June 22. For more
information, contact Coach Garrigan at
tgarrigan@cinci.rr.com.
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here for registration materials.
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Boys Soccer Camp for Current 4th - 8th Graders. Tues, July 7 to Fri, July 10, 7-9pm, on the turf at Walnut Hills.
Cost: $65. . For more information, contact Coach Rothwell at
Rothwell_e@oakhills.hccanet.org.
Click here for registration materials.
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George Kontsis Youth Football Camp for Current 2nd - 7th Graders.
Mon, June 15 to Thurs, June 18, 5:30-7:30pm, on the turf at Walnut
Hills. Cost: $55. . For more information, contact Coach Kontsis at
KontsiG@cpsboe.k12.oh.us.
Click here for registration materials.
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Girls Volleyball Camp for Current 6th - 7th Graders.
Mon, July 27 to Fri, July 31, 9-11am, in the gym at Walnut Hills.
Cost: $40. For more information, contact Coach Reyes at
drey260728@aol.com.
Click here for registration materials.
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Boys Basketball Camp for Current 6th - 7th Graders. Mon, July 13 to Fri, July 17, 8-11:30am, in the gym at Walnut Hills.
Cost: $50. For more information, contact Coach Martin at
MartiJa@cpsboe.k12.oh.us.
Click here for registration materials.
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Boys Basketball Camp for Current 2nd - 5th Graders. Tues, June 23 to Fri, June 26, 6:30-9:30pm, in the gym at Walnut
Hills. Cost: $50. For more information, contact Coach Moman at
coachmoman@hotmail.com.
Click here for registration materials.
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Beginners Boys & Girls Tennis Camp for Current 6th - 11th Graders.
Mon, June 22 to Fri, June 26, 5-6:30pm, at Walnut Hills tennis
courts. Cost: $65. For more information, contact Coach Lacey at
wlacey_ela@yahoo.com.
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here for registration materials.
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Intermediate/Advanced Boys & Girls Tennis Camp for Current 6th -
11th Graders.
Mon, June 22 to Fri, June 26, 10-11:30am, at Walnut Hills tennis
courts. Cost: $65. For more information, contact Coach Lacey at
wlacey_ela@yahoo.com.
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for registration materials.
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Walnut Alum Wineberg Wins Gold
 At
the Beijing Olympics, Walnut Alum Mary Wineberg ran the opening leg
of the women's 4 X 400 meter relay and helped the US team to a gold
medal. The other U.S. runners were Allyson Felix, Monique
Henderson and Sanya Richards running the anchor leg.
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