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Powerschool Info
PowerSchool offers daily attendance, marking period grades, and other student information.
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► Request a PowerSchool account (new users only)
Any new parents who do not have a power school account must pre-register online at powerschool.cps-k12.org. The help desk will create the account and send the user ID and password to Julie Nash-Holt. Parents who may need their user ID and password reset may call our main line at 363-8400 from 7:20 AM to 2:30 PM.
Identification is required to retrieve user ID and password after 72 hours once you registered online. You will receive account information from the help desk in the mail. Please contact the help desk 363-0390 for troubleshooting.
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Junior High News
Finding Your Way Around Walnut Hills
Use the maps below to help you find your way around Walnut Hills. Note that music classes will be in the modular units with room numbers in the 9000's (see Arts & Sciences map)
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The How Not to Study Guide
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US News ranks Walnut Hills 65th and Newsweek ranks Walnut Hills 66th among U.S. high schools
Out of more than 18,000 public high schools
in the USA, US News ranks Walnut number 65 in the USA and awards WHHS Gold
Medal status.
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Each year, Newsweek picks the best high schools in the country based on
how hard school staffs work to challenge students with advanced-placement
college-level courses and tests. Just over 1.600 schools—only 6 percent of
all the public schools in the U.S.—made the list.
Newsweek has ranked Walnut 66th in the nation and #1 in Ohio.
WHHS Long Range Goals
The Long Range Plan will serve both as the school's One Plan and the background for the North Central Association's School Improvement Endorsement. Over the next five yews goals in the curriculum and teaching areas will be handled by the ILT. Goals in the Facility Enhancement and Marketing areas will be bandied by constituent committees and will report to the MT. Goals in the support services will be the responsibility of the guidance department and will report to the ILT. Progress will be reported to the LSDMC twice each school year.
CURRICULUM GOALS:
- Strengthen the AP Program by adding additional AP courses, expanding clientele, and increasing vertical communication among feeder classes.
- Ensure that all courses contain the challenge necessary for superior college preparation.
- Provide a better teaming environment by improving the teacher-student ratio.
- Continually select and purchase textbooks, classroom equipment and materials to ensure that academic needs are met.
- Provide common curricular experiences and evaluation within individual courses that prepare students to meet or exceed established state, district, and WHHS standards.
- Refine standards for oral and written communication for each grade level that include the systematic study of vocabulary, grammar and mechanics.
- Establish courses and expand curricula to prepare students to be
contributing members of the world-wide society.
Ensure that students and staff are proficient in using technologies and educational and communication resources. - Increase critical thinking as a component of all academic courses.
- Continue to improve library resources and integrate the use of the library into the curriculum.
- Increase writing within all disciplines.
TEACHING GOALS
- Institute a program of staff development that concentrates on effective teaching methods and classroom management.
- Increase communications early with parents and students to implement corrective measures for academic improvement.
- Emphasize the value of mutual respect between school personnel and students for an improved school culture.
FACILITIES ENHANCEMENT GOALS
- Prioritize remaining facility repairs and match with resource
support (e.g., Cincinnati Public Schools, Walnut Hills High School
Association, Alumni Foundation, Fund Raisers) in a project schedule beginning in 2002. - Identify and prioritize major capital projects to bring the entire
Walnut Hills High School facility up to the "world class" standard
set
by the new arts and science center.
MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS AND RECOGNITION GOALS
- Continue marketing and communications campaign to heighten awareness of Walnut Hills' success and opportunities on a local, state and national level.
- Expand the opportunities for recognizing and rewarding students and staff for significant contributions leading to innovation and excellence in performance.
- Provide for yearly evaluation from the "stakeholder" groups (alumni, parents, teachers, students and staff) to assess progress and communicate results to Walnut Hills constituencies.
- Provide feeder schools with the academic expectations integral to
student success in a college preparatory program,
To stimulate improved extra curricular and parent programs, issue surveys to participants of existing activities and programs.
SUPPORT SERVICES GOALS
- Improve strategies for counselor communication among students, staff, and parents.
- Continue to improve the services provided by the College Information Center.
- Improve the staffing of health and wellness/welfare services.
- Evaluate and improve the study skills program to provide academic and social
assistance to seventh grade students experiencing difficulty.
Events Calendar
Monday, February 13, 2012
Upcoming Sporting Events
Questions? Contact Our Athletic Director
Want to volunteer? Want to make a donation or contribution to athletics or a particular team? Want to be part of our march to excellence? Please contact
Tom Donnelly at 363-8602 or send Tom an email.
Is today's game still on? Call the sports hotline @ 363-8604
Upcoming Alumni Events
Welcome to our new Alumni Calendar of Events. Check back here for important alumni event information.
