All of the information included in this newsletter is important, but feel free to scroll to these fun topics:

1. Farewell, Old Girl! 👋

Save the date for the last time you'll be able to walk the halls of the old Sycamore Junior High.

2. Field Of Dreams ⚾

Join us for an update of our Always An Aviator projects, including our vision for the baseball and softball fields

3. Feeling Lucky 🍀

We have students competing at the state level in everything from dance to robotics!

The exciting new addition to our Fine Arts Weekend and details on Pancake Day.

5. Nominate Now 🏆

After a long hiatus, Celebrate Excellence is back! Help us select our Educator of the Year

6. A Taste of Summer.. 🌞

The weather has us thinking ahead towards the opportunities for students this summer.

A lot of exciting things are happening with our #AlwaysAnAviator campaign projects! Check out these brand new renderings of our baseball and softball fields! We are currently fundraising for these two projects. Our goal is to raise $5.2 million.

The project will be completed in phases:

• Phase I: field and site work, fencing, backstop wall & netting, dugout renovations $4.2 milllion
• Phase II: bleacher seating, press box, concessions, walks & plazas $651,000
• Phase III: field lighting $358,000

Current and future baseball and softball families are invited to a community meeting on March 9 at 6:30-7:30 pm at Sycamore High School (Rm. 1809) to learn more about the phased plans and the work that has already been completed. Donate today!

Construction will begin this month on the $10.4 million Seger Family Natatorium. Completion of the 8-lane, all deep pool is anticipated in early 2024. Fundraising efforts continue to fill the gap that the Board has committed to move the project forward. As a reminder, on top of giving a generous $7 million donation, the Seger family has committed to matching funds up to $250,000. Click here to make your donation today!

The Class of 2013 has stepped up to the #BestClassEver challenge with $1,037 donations (as of 2/28/23). Can they reach our goal first? Or will another Class rise to the challenge?

We are challenging each graduating class to raise $2,500 for the Always An Aviator Capital Campaign by March 15, 2023. The class who meets the goal first will be formally crowned Sycamore’s “Best Class Ever” and will receive special recognition during Homecoming 2023. For more information, click here.

Congratulations to our eighth graders who have advanced to the State Mathcounts Competition on March 11:

• Matteo Meli
• Jason Zhou
• Josie Sadler
• Abinav Dinesh
• Kiran Makkad
• Andrew Zhong
• Sunav Adhikari

These Sycamore Junior High Math Club students qualified at during the Cincinnati Chapter competition at UC in February. Congrats and good luck!

The Juniper Robotics team is off to the Ohio State Championship this month! The team has already accomplished a lot to be proud of this year:

• Inspire Award winners, the highest honors during state qualifying competition
• #10 ranked team in Ohio
• 3 out of the top 10 scoring records in Ohio

Sycamore High School students raised over $70,000 for The Dragonfly Foundation during this year's Fashion For The Cure.

Our fashion design students created incredible pieces to display on the runway. But it was the Dragonfly models who really stole the show in t-shirts they designed to wear on the catwalk. We are proud of the hearts of our Aviators!

We have a very special opening night event on March 3. Our wonderful Adapative Art students will have a special section of the show and they will be selling earrings, magnets, keycahins, and pins that they created. The sale will be happening only on Friday night. We hope you will join us!

You can also purchase artwork from our Adaptive Art students by checking out their Student Art Collections.

• March 1: Board of Education Meeting, District Office, 7:30am
• March 15: Board of Education Meeting, Sycamore High School 7:00pm
• March 17: NO SCHOOL Teachers Records Day, Student Personal Learning Day
• March 20-24: NO SCHOOL Spring Break

There are a number of fun events happening at your child's school this month. Check the district calendar for more information.

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) will completely close the Cooper Road bridge in both directions over I-71 beginning March 1. The project is expected to take approximately two months to complete, pending weather conditions. We anticipate the project, combined with ongoing construction at the new Sycamore Junior High, will cause a significant impact on traffic.

For more information on the impact to arrival/dismissal at Sycamore Junior High, click here.

After a long hiatus, Hamilton County's Celebrate Excellence Educator of the Year Award is back!

One educator from Sycamore Community Schools will be selected and honored for his or her contributions through the Celebrate Excellence initiative. The district’s honoree will be honored within the district and by school, business, and civic leaders throughout the city at a breakfast on May 5, 2023.

Click here to fill out the nomination form by March 13: https://forms.gle/EXrB92SVQs1YazBY8

Dr. Dave Smith, Class of 1978, is making headlines this month for the invention of the Q-Collar. The new piece of equipment seen on players around the NFL has been proven to help protect the brain of high ontact sports players. Check out this article about the Q-Collar. He will be holding a Q&A session about his new book "When Heads Come Together- Discovering Nature's Secrets to Prventing Traumatic Brain Injury" at COHatch in Mason on March 2 at 6:00 pm.

Registration for Sycamore Summer School 2023 will begin on April 10. We will be offering enrichment and credit recovery for students:

• Grades K-4: June 5-30 at Maple Dale Elementary
• Grades 5-8: June 5-30 at E.H. Greene Intermediate
• Grades 9-12: June 5-July 14 at E.H. Greene Intermediate

Look for more information on how to register in our April newsletter.