District News
Superintendent's and Treasurer's new contracts
To view the Superintendent's and Treasurer's new contracts, please click on the link.
Science Fair
The Worthington Local Science Fair was held last night here at TWHS and we had 73 students representing 52 projects. Judges from the community paired with teachers and administrators to evaluate the projects. All prize money was donated by the local business community. The results are below. Please congratulate these students if you see them today.
First Place ($350) Nimi Gupta for her project: Effectiveness of Materials in Oil Spill Cleanup
Second Place ($250) Jingwen Zhang for her project: Virulence Associated Traits of Pathogenic E. coli
Third Place ($100) Nisha Bhattancharya for her project: The Revolution in Fire Fighting Arsenal: Alginate
Fourth and Fifth Place: Jim Kirk for his project: Band Bacteria, and Joanna Asuncion for her project: Water Disinfection Methods
All of the students above are invited to present at Districts on March 17th. In addition, the following students received a Superior rating and are also invited to Districts:
Amelia Johnson (Phoenix), Leia Withee, Sadie Gladden (KMS), Avery Roe (Phoenix), Sarah Bellish, Nicole D'Avignon, Emilee Sturtevant, Kody Prosser, Sabine Dritz (KMS), Tatjana Vujovic (KMS), Connor Glasgow, Anurag Salandri, Sam Chen, Jamie M. Eubanks (KMS), Ben Nichols, Jacob DeRodes (KMS).
Worthington Chooses Infinite Campus as New Student Information System
Feb. 8, 2012 – Blaine, MN – Infinite Campus, Inc. ® welcomes four districts in Ohio that chose Infinite Campus as their student data management solution in the final quarter of 2011. The newest Campus Customers include:
· Columbus City School District
· Pickerington Local School District
· South-Western City Schools, Grove City
· Worthington School District
These four districts, serving about 90,000 students, have purchased a fully integrated, web-based system that eliminates the need for multiple third-party vendors, streamlines administrative tasks and increases parent and student communications.
Infinite Campus is a living solution that is constantly being enhanced without additional cost to customers. As a result, district-level customers continue to use the same product today as they did when they first became customers, realizing incremental product improvements while avoiding costly upgrades, fees, retraining, and confusion.
“The combination of functionality and ease of use was unmatched by the other products. We had approximately 120 staff members from all functional areas attend the demonstrations and Campus was the clear choice of almost every user group in our District,” said Walt Podgurski, Technology Director Pickerington Local School District. “The implementation process is very thorough, leaving nothing to chance. I get answers to questions quickly and communication is superb. The product is the best we've seen but the people and the approach of the company are what really set them apart. Our experience with the company and its representatives thus far has left us with a feeling of confidence and trust.”
“Health and immunization data management with Infinite Campus is head and shoulders above the other options. Our nurses love it,” said Bryan Mulvany, Executive Director of Management Information Services for South-Western City Schools. “It was the only solution that allowed us to easily validate addresses to determine enrollment eligibility. Even if you’re deep into South-Western attendance boundaries a student may be eligible to go to Columbus City Schools—being able to validate each individual address point, not just ranges, allows you to really know where a student belongs.”
“Increasing complexity of state reporting and the need to increase web and mobile access were the driving forces to seek a new solution.” said Keith Schlarb , Director of IT for Worthington Schools. “A district resident and software executive who participated in the evaluation process summed it up well when he said, ‘Their architecture uses a single database to drive every module, they store data one time, and they use the power of relational database technology to provide flexibility and configurability…As requirements change through the years, Infinite Campus will be better positioned to meet those changes.’ ”
In today’s uncertain environment of transitions and acquisitions, Infinite Campus is unique. Charlie Kratsch has been the founder and CEO since its inception in 1996. Infinite Campus remains a privately held company, focused on customer retention by continuous innovation and customer service.
“We are excited about our continued growth in Ohio,” said Mike Palmer, Infinite Campus Regional Sales Manager. “The partnership of Infinite Campus and these districts brings a modern student information system combined with an emerging local presence to the school districts in Ohio. With four new Ohio school districts joining the Infinite Campus family we will continue to work to grow our support here and to provide a superior solution for the school districts of Ohio.”
About Infinite Campus
For more than 15 years, Infinite Campus has successfully implemented its solutions for customers of all sizes. Infinite Campus applications manage more than 5 million students in 43 states. Infinite Campus customers range from those with fewer than 100 students to more than 600,000 including school districts, regional consortia, state departments of education and the federal government. www.infinitecampus.com
Pancake Day
Pancake Day is a fundraiser for Cards Inc. and Wolves Inc.
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Early Entrance to Kindergarten
The Worthington School District is responsible for identifying pre-school children, residing within the district, who may have an advanced learning ability. Children who do not meet the age requirement of 5 years old by September 30, 2012 but have an advanced learning ability may qualify for early admission to kindergarten. If you have a child that you suspect may qualify, please contact your building principal for more information. You may also call Worthington’s Gifted Services department at 450-6056.