Avalon Family Resources Newsletter

2023 Summer Opportunities & Engagement Fair - March 25th

SUMMER CAMPS. ACADEMIC CLUBS. PAID INTERSHIPS. FIELD TRIPS. FREE FUN.

Columbus City Schools wants to help you find the right summer opportunities for your child. Join us for the 2023 Summer Opportunities and Engagement Fair on Saturday, March 25, from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at the Columbus Metropolitan Library Main Branch downtown.

During this fun, family-friendly event, our CCS Engagement Team will be spotlighting many of the different summer programs, camps, internships, volunteer hours, and employment opportunities for grades PreK-12, special education/adaptive, gifted, and English language learners. Plus, you can get all your questions answered about the popular CCS Summer Experience.

CCS Summer Experience Details
Mobile Health & Wellness Clinics
On-Site Translators
Free Giveaways

Click on the link below to pre-register for this special event.

The 2023 Summer Experience kicks off on June 20, and it’s FREE to all PreK through 12 Columbus City Schools students. We’re excited to provide CCS students and families with a summer of exciting school and community-based learning experiences.

This year’s Summer Experience includes similar project-based learning students and families have been able to enjoy through our Pathway Express focuses: Entrepreneurship, Family & Consumer Sciences, Fine Arts, STEM, and World Languages & Cultures.

Questions? Contact the Office of Extended Learning: 614-365-5010 or ExtendedLearning@columbus.k12.oh.us.

In March, additional COVID-era Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits have come to an end. For Ohio families receiving help in buying groceries through SNAP, this means monthly benefit amounts will be cut significantly as program payments go back to pre-pandemic levels.

To help SNAP recipients and the public understand and prepare for this change, our partners at the Mid-Ohio Food Collective (MOFC) has prepared answers to some frequently asked questions. Families who have general questions about SNAP or who need help applying for other benefits can contact MOFC’s Benefits and Customer Outreach Team at 614-782-5503 or use the link below.

Inside CCS Podcast edición en Español

En esta cuarta edición, acompáñanos a escuchar a Sylvia Arias, Coordinadora de Área para Communities in School en la escuela Columbus Global Academy. A través de esta conversación, Sylvia nos recuerda el poder de las colaboraciones.

In this edition, join us to hear from Sylvia Arias, Site Coordinator for Communities in Schools at Global Academy. Through her work, Sylvia reminds us of the power of partnerships.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-ccs-spanish-sylvia-arias/id1594904275?i=1000596955266

i-Ready Support for Families

The i-Ready Diagnostic is an online program that adjusts its questions to suit a student’s needs. Each item a student sees is individualized based on their answer to the previous question. The purpose of this is not to give your student a score or grade, but instead to determine how best to support your student’s learning.

i-ready Family Center is available to help families best support students using the i-Ready program.