Ohio State extends partnership with local middle school

Eighth grade students in Columbus' Johnson Park Middle School (JPMS) will spend their school day immersed in engineering and literacy activities at The Ohio State University in a day geared at extending the partnership between the two schools.

As a leading public land grant university, Ohio State in involved in numerous partnerships with Columbus and other urban school districts in an effort to help build Ohio's future.

Through the P-12 Project, the university is inviting JPMS students to campus from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday (10/18). The P-12 Project connects the educational needs of many local schools with the educational resources of Ohio State.

As a literacy activity OSU's Writing Workshop, JPMS students will meet with a class of Ohio State students enrolled in English 109, (intensive writing and reading) to begin a year-long mentoring partnership to work with JPMS students to publish an online school magazine. As an engineering activity, students will explore the new Recreational and Physical Activity Center to learn about the structural engineering of recreational facilities. Following a lunch in the Hale Center where students will enjoy a visit from the Office of Minority Affairs, they'll work with Ohio State's Society of Women Engineers to build devices that keep eggs from breaking when dropped from a height of 6 feet.

This is truly a university-wide partnership including efforts from 15 university departments and organizations.

Students will visit RPAC at 9 a.m., the English class at 10:30 a.m., and the south Oval at 1:30 to test their egg devices.

WHAT:Ohio State's P-12 Project extends Ohio State's partnership with Columbus' Johnson Park Middle School
WHEN:From 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday (10/18)
WHERE:Various locations around campus