Members of the Hays-Porter Robotics & Computer Club went on Sunday to see the incredible Cincinnati Ballet's show: "King Arthur's Camelot" 

It's part of adding the "Arts" to STEM and making it STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math). 

The Cincinnati Ballet dancers did an amazing...

I'm extremely honored and humbled that I've been selected as one of the finalists of the 2017 Duke Energy Children's Museum Difference Makers! 

Future aviation engineers started today their "Drone Program" as part of our "Hays-Porter Computer/Robotics Club" of Code for Kids initiative! 

George Hays-Jennie Porter Elementary is Ohio's first "High-Tech Elementary" School

We live in a world surrounded by technology. And we know that whatever field our students choose to go into as adults, their ability to succeed will increasingly hinge on understanding how technology works. But only a tiny fraction of us are learning computer science, and less students are...

Hays-Porter High-Tech Elementary School is a public high school located in the West End area of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. It is part of the Cincinnati Public Schools district.

As part of Vision 2020, a three-year plan to improve neighborhood schools, CPS is adding exciting new programs at 7...

I am so happy that the word is spreading out! Today we hosted a group of potential volunteers from West End Cincinnati, incl. employees from a local company, to share with them what we do! 

They found out about our program and reached out to me to learn more about how they could help! 

This is so...

Latest newsletter from George Hays-Jennie Porter Elementary, Ohio's first High-Tech Elementary School, located in West End Cincinnati

More Coding and Robotics at Ohio's first High-Tech Elementary School: the West End Cincinnati's George Hays-Jennie Porter Elementary! 

So happy to see students from Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School coming to help the Elementary School students!

Thank you Ms.Celietta Beamon and...

We are in process of selecting students for the West End Cincinnati's George Hays-Jennie Porter Elementary Robotics Competition Team!

These girls were working hard, stayed focused, so they've made it! 

There will be several more students, probably 15-20 total, from which we'll select the top 10. 

Preschoolers in today's Robotics class - they had a lot of fun.

We have to engage the kids as early as possible, so they learn to be become "creators" of technology, and not just "users" 

In recent study of fourth graders showed that 66 percent of girls and 68 percent of boys reported liking science. But something else starts happening in elementary school. By second grade, when students (both boys and girls) are asked to draw a scientist, most portray a white male in a lab coat....

Messer Construction is moving Corporate Headquarters to West End Cincinnati! 

The Groundbreaking Ceremony was fantastic, with many special speakers, incl. Mayor John Cranley, Rep. Steve Chabot, Messer CEO Tom Keckeis, and Messer VP, Tim Steigerwald. 
Messer also donated $500 to George Hays-Jennie...

Under the new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Ohio is creating a plan for how our local, state and federal programs are aligned to help all of our students be successful.

The Ohio Department of Education is committed to comprehensive and collaborative community engagement leading to the...

Making friends while looking for sponsors for the West End Cincinnati'sGeorge Hays-Jennie Porter Elementary 
At the Cincinnati Tech Summit 2016 (http://cincinnatisummit.com)

Very good and informative event, and a lot of nice people!

If you would like to sponsor the IT/Robotics Club at Hays-Porter,

Board of the SHPE Cincinnati Professional Chapter had a planning meeting for the new school year. 

The organization is running a Robotics Club at AMIS (Academy of Multilingual Immersion Studies)

West End Cincinnati's Hays-Porter students building their first robot. Several kindergarten kids are part of it too, and they did fantastic! 

This group finished building the robot from scratch in 80 minutes! Great team work, it was great to see the older kids helping the younger ones! So proud...

Thanks to the Cincinnati Reds, many families of Hays-Porter students and staff attended the Reds game on Sunday, Sep. 18th, 2016. It was a great opportunity to bond and to celebrate Hays-Porter becoming “High-Technology” Elementary School.

We also had the technology teacher from Taft IT High...

 West End Cincinnati's George Hays-Jennie Porter Elementary Robotics Club with parents attended the Bengals Game. 

What a wondeful and exciting day for West End! Two years in making, today our dream of having a high-tech elementary school in West End Cincinnati as a feeder to Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School and creating an "IT Education Hub" here, has become a reality!

Hays-Porter became...

On Tuesday, August 16, Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School welcomed new students to on Open House. Student and parents participtaed in an orientation program, where teachers and coaches informed them about different academic and sport opportunities, as well as about transportaion,...