Grant Winners Selected

Congratulations to the 100 schools that have won a field trip transportation grant to visit our Ohio Judicial Center! It was a difficult process to winnow down the 250 applications that were received by the deadline. As you know, we had only 100 grants available worth up to $400 each.

Our grant winners were selected by the Visitor Education Center based upon need, and we are happy to report that classes which would otherwise have had a very difficult time in reaching the home of the Supreme Court of Ohio now will have the chance to do so.

We are grateful to the Ohio Judicial Center Foundation, which donated $30,000 to help off-set transportation costs. And we’re also glad that those who applied have shown that they value a visit to see us.

Hathaway Brown Students Meet Chief Justice during Field Trip

You are never too old to decide what you want to be when you grow up. That’s a great piece of advice from Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor.

She spoke with students from Hathaway Brown (an all-girls school in Shaker Heights) about how she originally wanted to become a doctor, and then a teacher, before paving her path in life to become the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio.

We want to thank the students from Hathaway Brown for not only asking the Chief amazing questions but for prepping so well for their tour of the Visitor Education Center at the Ohio Judicial Center.

We hope they enjoyed the case they heard being argued before the seven Justices of the Supreme Court and learned how important the rule of law is.



Students and teachers: If you have any questions before or after your visit to the Supreme Court, please post them here on the blog, and we will get you an answer ASAP.

Take a field trip to the Supreme Court

If you’ve never visited the Supreme Court on a school field trip, now’s your chance. Today the court announced $30,000 for 100 grants so more schools can tour the Ohio Judicial Center, home of the Supreme Court.

Best of all, the neediest schools have the best chance of receiving a grant. The amount of grant money will depend on how far your school is from the Supreme Court.

Applications can only be submitted online by teachers and school administrators between Sept. 1-30 for the 2011-12 school year. Visit this link to access the application: https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEZESnBfR21oaFZ5SWxJbU94bEZ5OHc6MQ.

Please don’t forget to let me know you’re visiting. I would love to meet you if I can.

Good luck!