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Toledo Public
Schools Events for the Upcoming Week
TPS to Host Annual Volunteer Luncheon
Nearly 200 people are expected to attend the district’s
annual Volunteer Luncheon at the UAW Hall at 2600 Ashland
Avenue on Thursday, May 14 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m..
Volunteers work countless hours each year in schools across
the district in support of TPS students – volunteer
opportunities range from working in the library to answering
phones in the main office to opening ketchup packs for
younger students during lunchtime. ‘Volunteer of the Year
Awards’ will be given to eight individuals and three
community partners. They were nominated by TPS staff members
in recognition of their dedication to the students and the
district.
Bowsher High School to Host This Year’s Science Fair
Budding scientists will get the chance to show off their
projects at the Annual Science Fair for Toledo Public
Schools. The event, set for Thursday, May 14 at Bowsher High
School, will allow participating students to present their
work to judges from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Then there will be
general viewing until 7:10 p.m. The awards ceremony will
start at 7:15 p.m.
TPS Hosting Student Athlete Leadership Summit
Student athletes from each of the six comprehensive high
schools have been invited to a day-long meeting to
participate in a number of sessions that will make them
better leaders on the field and off. A Student Athlete
Leadership Summit is being held at the Toledo Board of
Education building on Friday, May 15, from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m.
The topics of the day include: The Life of Social Media;
Time Management/Distractions; Academic Qualifications for an
Athlete and Domestic Violence & Self Identity in Sports.
Guest facilitators include Dr. Romules Durant,
CEO/superintendent of Toledo Public Schools. The
coordinators of the day-long event are Mike Johnson,
athletic director at Start High School, and Jenai Hicklin,
urban director of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Special Olympics Return to TPS
Toledo Public Schools is again hosting two days of Special
Olympics competition at Start High School. The inaugural
event proved so successful last year that volunteers,
including University of Toledo football players, have been
lining up to help guide the athletes throughout the day.
There will be a full roster of track and field events, as
well as an opening ceremony that will feature an honor guard
as well as awards ceremony for each event. New this year is
a special area for the district’s very smallest athletes,
overseen by the staff of Head Start. The first day of events
is this Friday and will be for schools in the Start, Waite
and Woodward learning communities. (There will be some
athletes from other districts as well). The second day of
competition is set for Friday, May 22, at Rogers, with
schools in the Bowsher, Rogers and Scott learning
communities competing. May 29 is reserved as a rain day. TPS
students can start training for Special Olympics as
kindergartners and those age eight and older are eligible to
compete in as many sports as they train for.
Volunteers will start reporting at 9 a.m. The order of
events is as follows:
10 a.m.:
Opening ceremony with the Parade of Athletes
10:20 a.m.: Track events for both female and male
athletes begin
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
– Lunch provided
11:45 a.m. – Field events begin for both male and
female athletes
12:30 p.m.
– Relay events begin
Elmhurst Elementary Hosts 11th Annual Wax Museum
Students at Elmhurst Elementary will be in full costume as
they deliver first-person speeches as the Famous Ohioans
they have researched and are portraying during the school’s
11th Annual Wax Museum on Friday, May 15 from
9:15 to 10:15 a.m.; 10:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3:00 p.m.
Sold-Out Senior Prom to Be Held at Rogers High School
The inaugural dance last year proved so much fun that this
year’s Senior Prom – Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. at Rogers High
School – is sold out. Those senior citizens lucky enough to
have tickets will again get a chance to see Superintendent
Romules Durant, Ed.D, in a tuxedo and to meet the prom’s
king and queen. Toledo Public Schools is again proud to
co-sponsor the second annual Senior Prom in conjunction with
the Area Office on Aging. The event, once again being held
at Rogers High School, has a Masquerade theme this year.
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