October 6, 2015

Contact: Jill Moberley, Public Information Officer
Jmoberle@dps.k12.oh.us
For Immediate Release

• Students explore high-tech careers in geology and environmental science

Ponitz Career Technology Center will sponsor an all-day program titled “Ohio Career Day in Geology and the Environmental Sciences” Wednesday, Oct. 7. The program was developed in collaboration with Wright State University through the assistance of Professor William Slattery, Ph.D., in the WSU Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences. The program will run from 8 a.m. to 10:28 a.m. and from 12:40 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.  Students will hear from two featured speakers to learn more about careers in geology and environmental science. For more information, contact Douglas Brown at 542-7304.

• Town hall meeting scheduled

Superintendent Lori Ward and members of the Dayton Board of Education welcome community members to attend a DPS Town Hall Meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8, at Horace Mann PreK-8 School, 715 Krebs Ave. District officials will update attendees on district progress in addressing recommendations from an Ohio Department of Education District Review Team last May. Contact 542-3013 for more information.

• Stivers presents Peter and the Wolf

Stivers Orchestra presents “Peter and the Wolf,” the musical tale of a young boy and a mean, nasty wolf, 7 p.m., Oct. 8, in Centennial Hall at Stivers School for the Arts, 1313 E. Fifth St. Narration will be provided by Dr. Mark Hofeldt of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Children’s Medical Center, and host of WDPR’s program Something Old, Something New. Character images are by Randy Palmer, graphic artist at the Dayton Daily News. General admission is $5.

• Team spirit: how sweet it is

Thurgood Marshall STEM High School, 4447 Hoover Ave., invites you to support the Thurgood Marshall Girls Basketball team from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 10, on $1 donation day. Purchase a sweet homemade treat for only one dollar. All proceeds help fund team costs to travel to the invitational basketball tournament in St. Louis, MO.

•  Dunbar pink out

The Dunbar Early College High School Girls Volleyball Team partnered with Volley for the Cure, a Susan G. Komen affiliate, to sponsor their own Volley for the Cure “pink out” match on Sept. 29, raising more than $700 for breast cancer awareness and research. This event is especially close to the hearts of Dunbar students and staff, after teacher John Meholick, lost his wife to breast cancer in the spring of 2015. The team also will be participating in the Dayton area Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk on Oct. 17.  

• Meadowdale Class of 1995 reaches back

Meadowdale’s Class of 1995 recently conducted a career exploration session for current Meadowdale seniors, sharing their two decades of experience after leaving high school to pursue further education and build their lives. Among them was 1995 class president, Reginald Anderson, a major in the United States Army. The alums hope to address some of the school’s needs and establish a scholarship fund in the name of their graduating class. They have begun the process through the sale of reunion apparel and private donations from class members. For more information, contact Billi Ewing, (937) 903-2002, b.l.ewing@sbcglobal.net

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