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GED Tests Free at Gateway July 31

Submitted by Gateway Community and Technical College

Wednesday, June 19th, 2013, 10:08am

COVINGTON, KY (FOX19) — The Kentucky Adult Education Department is offering free GED® testing to Kentuckians at adult education centers statewide through July 31.

The GED® test provides adults who did not finish high school with the opportunity to certify their attainment of high school-level academic knowledge and skills. Normally, the entire GED® test taken the conventional way on paper costs the test taker $60; the fee for taking the entire computer-based GED® test is $120, a cost set by the national GED Testing Service. Free GED® classes are available through local adult education programs in all 120 Kentucky counties.

“It’s particularly important for those without a high school diploma to pass all five parts of the GED® test this year, because the GED® test will change January 1, 2014,” said Peg Russell, director of adult education for Gateway Community and Technical College, which manages adult education centers in Boone, Grant, Kenton, and Owen counties.

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Gateway to Dedicate Bank of Kentucky Classroom and Training Center Thursday

Submitted by Gateway Community and Technical College

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013, 11:26am

FLORENCE, KY (FOX19) – Gateway Community and Technical College will formally dedicate an existing instructional facility at it Boone Campus as The Bank of Kentucky Classroom and Training Center Thursday at 10 a.m. at the campus at 500 Technology Way, Florence.

Gateway is naming the building in honor of The Bank of Kentucky, Inc., in appreciation for a $1 million investment by the bank in Gateway’s developing Urban Campus. The investment was made public in December. The naming ceremony was scheduled for June to allow time to create signage in the bank’s honor on the building.

When the Bank of Kentucky gift was originally announced, Ed Hughes, Gateway president and CEO, explained that Gateway would put the Bank of Kentucky name on the Boone Campus building this spring and also recognize the bank later on by naming an appropriate interior space in the bank’s honor at the Urban Campus.

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Gateway to Success Job Fair Features 60+ Employers

Submitted by Gateway Community and Technical College

Wednesday, June 12th, 2013, 3:10pm

FLORENCE, KY (FOX19) — More than 60 employers will participate in a Gateway to Success Job Fair Thursday from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Center for Advanced Manufacturing at Gateway Community and Technical College’s Boone Campus, 500 Technology Way, Florence.

The fair is preceded by a vendor lunched sponsored by Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve from noon to 1 p.m. Col. (Ret.) Philip Miller will speak at the luncheon.

Exhibitors are invited to arrive as early as 10:45 a.m. to set up and participate in a tour of Gateway’s advanced manufacturing training facilities that prepare workers for good-paying careers in computer aided drafting and design, computerized manufacturing and machining, electrical technology, energy technologies, industrial maintenance, pre-engineering and welding.

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Covington Catholic adding wrestling for 2013-14 school year

Submitted by kkinley, Neighborhood Reporter

Tuesday, June 11th, 2013, 2:43pm

Covington Catholic adding wrestling for 2013-14 school year

COVINGTON, KY (FOX19) - A new sport is coming to Covington Catholic High School for the 2013-14 school year.

Wrestling has been added to CovCath's athletic program. Mr. Dave Johnson has been selected as head coach. Coach Johnson has thirteen years of experience and has coached at the varsity high school level for the last eight seasons contributing to programs at Norwood (OH) High School, Cooper (KY) High School, and most recently as a varsity assistant at Ryle (KY) High School. The addition of wrestling will complement basketball, bowling and the swim/dive programs during the winter sports season and provide another activity for student participation.

About sixty-two students have expressed their interest. “I am excited about the opportunity to be the Colonels wrestling coach. I will work diligently to make this sport a success at CovCath and to represent the school with class and sportsmanship,” noted Coach Johnson.

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Hyde Park Square Art Show awards four scholarships

Submitted by Rachel Folz on Tuesday, June 4th, 9:05 am

The Hyde Park Square Art Show, the largest one-day art show in Greater Cincinnati, has awarded four scholarships of $2,500 each to area students majoring in the arts at Cincinnati-area colleges and universities.

The winners of the scholarships are Alex Beard, Norwood; Alaina Hartman, Cincinnati; Katie Dobson, Cincinnati and Tyler Griese, Park Hills, KY.

Beard attends Xavier University and is on track to receive a bachelor of fine arts degree in the spring of 2014 with a concentration in fibers and a minor in art history. Alex is planning to attend graduate school at New York University for a master’s in art conservation.

Hartman is a senior at the College of Mt. St. Joseph with a double major of English and Art. She plans to earn a master’s degree in education to teach both Art and English at the high school level.

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Local Couple Receiving Persons of the Year Award

Submitted by kkinley, Neighborhood Reporter

Monday, May 20th, 2013, 3:14pm

Local Couple Receiving Persons of the Year Award

COVINGTON, KY (FOX19) - Written by Katelyn Kappes

The Covington Educational Foundation is awarding Chuck and Julie Geisen Scheper the 2013 “Persons of the Year” award. The foundation recognizes community leaders that support the community by providing scholarships and developing youth leaders.

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St. Henry District High School student earns top ACT score

Submitted by kkinley, Neighborhood Reporter

Friday, May 17th, 2013, 11:10am

St. Henry District High School student earns top ACT score

ERLANGER, KY (FOX19) - St. Henry High School junior Tim Koester has earned a top composite score of 36 on the ACT test.

Nationally, less than one-tenth of one percent of students who take the ACT earn a top score. Among test takers in the high school graduating class of 2012, only 781 of more than 1.66 million students earned a composite score of 36.

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