School News
Whitehall Preparatory and Fitness Academy is proud to recognize Katelyn McCombs as its Teacher of the Year for her outstanding instructional leadership and commitment to student success.
“Katelyn McCombs embodies the mission and vision of Performance Academies,” said Principal Matt Dolan. While completing her PhD, Ms. McCombs led her fifth- grade scholars to strong academic outcomes, including a 76% proficiency rate in English Language Arts, 71% in Mathematics, and 62% in Science.
Mr. Dolan also highlighted Ms. McCombs’ impact beyond the classroom, noting that her “consistent leadership has guided the team at WPFA to ensure Quality Charter School status for the past three years by helping all teachers use data to drive their instruction.” Her leadership and results have led to her transition into the role of Assistant Principal at WPFA. “
Way to go Ms. McCombs on being named Teacher of the Year,” Dolan added.
Photos from our quarterly awards ceremony at Whitehall Preparatory and Fitness Academy! We celebrated many outstanding students for earning Principal’s Honor Roll (All A’s), Honor Roll (A’s and B’s), Good Citizenship, O
Congratulations to all the Performance Academies Annual Statewide Spelling Bee participants and winners from last week! Below are the top three winners!
From left to right:
- 3rd place-A’vanna Jones from Trotwood Preparatory and Fitness Academy
- 2nd place-Serenity Heath from Mt. Healthy Preparatory and Fitness Academy
- 1st place-Jai’Ahnn Powell from Columbus Performance Academy
Way to go! We are so proud of you!
Performance Academies fifth graders, teachers, parents and school leaders from our schools across Ohio are having a blast this week at our annual outdoor learning experience at Camp Kern. Today we woke up to a beautiful fall morning, enjoyed French toast and bacon for breakfast, took some amazing hikes, and traveled back in time to visit a one room school house, a blacksmith shop, and more! We saw turtle shells and learned about animals in Ohio, and we got to ring the dinner bell! We had a fun lunch, played lots of games, and headed out for more hiking, canoeing, and outdoor learning experiences before heading back to our cabins!
Parents and Families:
Starting Monday, March 16 a daily “grab and go” breakfast and lunch will be available at each of our schools for your children who attend/are enrolled in our schools per the schedule below.
In addition, paper copies of online resources will be available for pickup during that time as well, along with recommendations for students to stay physically fit and active!
Please be mindful of the time window below for each individual school for breakfast/lunch “grab and go” a.m. pick up.
CPA 9:30-10:30
CPFA 10:00-11:00
EPA 9:30-10:30
HAPA 10:15-11:15
NPFA 10:00-11:00
MHPFA 10:30-11:30
MPFA 9:30-10:30
SPFA 9:30-10:30
SSPA 10:30-11:30
TPFA 10:15-11:15
ToPFA 10:30-11:30
WPFA 10:00-11:00
This year’s Top Leadership Awards were presented at the 17th Annual Performance Academies Awards Ceremony. Congratulations to this year’s recipients-Bryan Wagoner, Superintendent, Stephanie Widner, Superintendent, Donnell Drake, Superintendent/Principal South Scioto Performance Academy, and Lynn Hursey, Principal, Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy. These school leaders led each of their buildings to new heights in the 2017-18 school year. We are so proud of each of them and can’t wait to see what they achieve this year!
