CPS All-Star Showcase raises funds, awareness
UC partners with Cincinnati Public Schools for the second All-Star Showcase event
Multiple media outlets covered the second annual CPS All-Star Showcase, where CPS basketball players and representatives compete in games and participate in competitions such as the slam dunk and three-point contests.
The showcase is a partnership between CPS and the University of Cincinnati. The event raised $15.000 for Project Connect, which provides advocacy paired with specialized educational services and lifestyle enrichment opportunities for children who have neither a voice, nor a choice, in experiencing homelessness.
CPS annually serves about 3,500 students who are experiencing homelessness. Project Connect offers help by clearing obstacles to enrollment and attendance, arranging transportation and additional enrichment opportunities as well as many other resources.
The showcase demonstrates the partnership with UC’s CPS Strong initiative that focuses on recruitment, persistence, retention, and graduation of former CPS students attending UC.
The All-Star event moved locations due to a court refinishing project at UC’s Fifth Third Arena. Woodward Career Technical High School was selected as it is one of the largest venues within the district and its central location. Rich basketball history lives at Woodward with it being home to the first basketball state championship team in the district.
Media coverage:
WCPO: 'It's a phenomenal opportunity': Woodward High School hosts the second annual CPS All-Star Showcase
WLWT: Cincinnati Public Schools students show off skills at All-Star Showcase
Local 12: Talented CPS basketball players put their skills to the test in All-Star Showcase
Fox 19: CPS All-Star showcase raises funds for students experiencing homelessness
Featured image by Markus Spiske/Unsplash.
CPS Strong
CPS Strong is a partnership across UC, Cincinnati Public Schools and the broader Cincinnati community to support readiness, create access and foster success for CPS students by aligning and co-designing programs and services in order to facilitate a more robust, system-wide ecosystem of support with the student at the center.
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