April 19, 2012 Quote of the week: Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. Christopher Robin to Pooh The next regularly scheduled Board of Education meeting will be on April 23 at the Board of Education Office, 1215 W. Kemper Rd. Student, staff and community awards are presented at 7:00, and the business portion of the meeting will begin at 7:30. This meeting is open to the public. Flamenco guitarist Jorge Wojtas performed a concert of flamenco music for students at the Academy of Global Studies @ Winton Woods High School as part of the school’s continuing efforts to introduce students to cultures and cultural art forms from around the world. Wojtas talked to the students about the Gypsy art form and his own interest in that culture. Pictured at Wojtas’s performance are AGS students (l-r) Jordan Randolph, Alex Kuhn and Timmy Whyte. Check out this PSA done by Joe Morgan regarding the Community Good C.A.T.C.H. Reds game coming up on April 24. So exciting! http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1400500799001?bckey=AQ~~,AA AAXuchRLk~,Gsx-L4CSXhRg1_0l0BW8vV-nuVUsIV5w&bctid=1559150620001 Joe Morgan is a former Major League Baseball second baseman who played for the Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, and Oakland Athletics from 1963 to 1984. He won two World Series championships with the Reds in 1975 and 1976 and was also named the National League Most Valuable Player in those years. Considered one of the greatest second basemen of all time, Morgan was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990. He became a baseball broadcaster for ESPN after his retirement, and now hosts a weekly nationally syndicated radio show for Sports USA. Joe Morgan is also a special adviser to the Cincinnati Reds. Remember to “like” us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/wwcsdistrict) so that you can continue to learn even more about our district and what our students are doing. Winton Woods High School will present its spring musical, Aida, on Friday, April 20, and Saturday, April 21, at 8:00 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Aida is a Tony and Grammy award-winning love story written by Elton John and Tim Rice that's set in ancient Egypt. The musical is about the forbidden love between a Nubian princess and an Egyptian soldier, who are forced to choose between facing death and parting forever. Their decision is an example of true devotion that defies the cultural differences between their warring nations. Tickets are $7.00 and $8.00. The Academy of Global Studies was featured in a front page article of The Cincinnati Enquirer on April 16. Follow this link for more information: http://www.wintonwoods.org/school_NewsArticle.aspx?artID=171&schoolID=1. The new district website includes a very handy calendar feature. If you are viewing the calendar, you have the ability to only view specific building events. Simply go to our district website (www.wintonwoods.org) and click “view full month” under the calendar of events. Once there, you will see in the upper left hand corner where it says “Select Individual Calendar.” Under that you can click where it says “Select Multiple Calendars.” By doing this you can select only the buildings that have activities you might be interested in. This feature will be of particular interest to parents who have students in multiple buildings. .