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Shades of Green

May 21, 2009

Photos, from top left, Principal Cynthia Ball admires a thematic door decorated by her students; top right, Cranbrook students read a poem as they plant Dawn Redwood trees on Arbor Day. Background image: Thousands of plastic bottle caps are being collected as part of a massive competition among classrooms.

Photos, from top left, Principal Cynthia Ball admires a thematic door decorated by her students; top right, Cranbrook students read a poem as they plant Dawn Redwood trees on Arbor Day. Background image: Thousands of plastic bottle caps are being collected as part of a massive competition among classrooms.

 by Julia Harris

Many good ideas never mature past the “Oh! What a good idea!” phase.

But for the students and teachers at Cranbrook Elementary, a small school within walking distance of campus, a good idea hatched by employees in the business operations arm of Ohio State’s Office of Business and Finance has germinated into a fruitful partnership. Continue reading ‘Shades of Green’

Not just kids’ play: OSU Kid Corps takes on early literacy for Columbus preschoolers

March 4, 2009

By Julia Harris

Aaron Robertson knows he can’t make every preschooler in the Columbus metropolitan area fall in love with reading. But that doesn’t stop him — and about 90 Ohio State students — from trying.

For the past four years, Robertson has been spearheading a group called OSU Kid Corps, an intrepid and steadily growing band of college students who work with local preschool providers to develop early literacy skills. Continue reading ‘Not just kids’ play: OSU Kid Corps takes on early literacy for Columbus preschoolers’