Entries for May 2024

This month, Covington Partners celebrated the mentoring journeys of graduating mentees at the 2024 Senior Mentoring Celebration Breakfast. With over 250 matches districtwide, the program recognized 21 seniors and their volunteer mentors during the event. Matches include those participating in school-based, community-based, work-based, and peer mentoring. SCHOOL-BASED & COMMUNITY-BASED This Senior Class of 2024 is a group of intelligent, compassionate, talented young adults committed to creating a successful fu...

Foursomes are sold out, but you can still support the 14th ANNUAL COVINGTON PARTNERS GOLF OUTING by becoming a sponsor. The outing will take place on Monday, July 15, at Traditions Golf Club in Hebron, Kentucky. Various sponsorships are available, including hole sponsorships at only $350. Click HERE for remaining sponsorships and online purchase. If an invoice is needed, please contact Ashley McClure. Through your support, you will ensure more resources go to programs and services that help drive student achieveme...

The time is now to take advantage of the Endow Kentucky Tax Credit and help Covington Partners in the process. Longtime Northern Kentucky community leaders Chuck and Julie Geisen Scheper helped to spearhead the fund for Covington Partners with Horizon Community Funds in 2021, citing the nonprofit’s use of best practices and strong collaborations to strengthen student success.  The Endow Kentucky Tax Credit window is rapidly approaching. A total of $1 million is available in credits on July 1, but is sha...

Girls on the Run (GOTR) just finished its second season during afterschool programming in Covington, and the stories of success, hard work, and fostering community have tripled from the previous season. What started as one team at the Ninth District Elementary School Viking Zone Community Learning Center (CLC) during the 22/23 academic year, has now expanded to four elementary school teams for the 23/24 year. This success story has truly demonstrated the power of the community at Covington Independent Public Schools,...

Throughout the school year, Covington Police Department staff are mentors to elementary students at Glenn O. Swing Elementary School and Ninth District Elementary School through the Covington Partners Buddies with Badges mentoring program.  To celebrate the end of the school year, the Covington Police Department planned a special "Cops and Bobbers" fishing excursion for the students. This month, they took their student mentees to Lake Victoria in Latonia, Kentucky, where they spent the day fishing, having lunch,...