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Hilltop Press
January 5, 2011
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Winton Woods offers Chinese to adults By Rob Dowdy rdowdy@communitypress.com
Chinese performance
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Naadia Glynn, a 10th-grader at Winton Woods High School, right, hugs Shan Ju Liu, a student from the National Taiwan College of Performing Arts. Liu performed a Chinese Opera during an assembly at Winton Woods High School Nov. 22. Seven other members of the troupe from National Taiwan College of Performing Arts also performed at Sycamore High School, the School for the Createive and Performing Arts, Stepping Stones Center and Miami University. They are doing it without charge as cultural out-reach. Chinese Opera is a unique combination of singing, acrobatics and martial arts that dates back almost a 1,000 years.
Winton Woods City Schools is again offering Chinese language courses to adults. The six-week course begins 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 5 at the Greenhills Community Building, located at 8 Enfield Drive. The class, which costs $60, will be taught by Molly Zhang, a visiting teacher from China. Gina Burnett, communications and human resources specialist with the district, said Winton Woods
Winton Woods Middle School Seventh grade
4.0 honor roll: Menyada Andeson, Aliyah Horton, Jade Hudson, Erezi Ikeneku, Whitney McKenzie, CJ Stumpf, Hannah Van Dyke and Cindy Vivar-Perez. 3.50-3.99 honor roll: Simone Anthony, Simon Asem, Tiana Bane, Benjamin Beras, Shelby Bhoolai, Kamiylah Bomar, Jayson Booker, Gia Brown, Tori Collins, Miranda Corbett, Kaylee Courter, Christian Cruz, Kay Daboiku, Etsubdink Daniel, Elvis Diaz, Andrew Evans, Linda Flores, Krislyn Gaines, Jesus Galan, Raddy Garcia, Kevin Jarmusik, Jayla Jenkins, Nia Lee, Delaney Lindeman, Yasimean Long, Jay Jay Lumpkin, Ciera Meinzer, India Miller, Justin Moore, Princess Morrow-Banks, Bryan Nieto, Ohenebah Nkrumah, Malik Robinson, Caresssia Ruff, Morgan Samuel, Leah Smith, Taylor Smith, Tyra Smith, Kaniah Stanford, Jae’len Summerours, Azia Thompson, Jessica Vaughan, Tagashia Wakefield, Jessica Weems and Dwayne Wilkins. 3.00-3.49 honor roll: Kamauria Ballew, Miranda Blasingame, Marissa Brown, Deashia Causey, Mashallah Corbett, Airres David, Ana De Leon, Alysha George, Ryan Glardon, Jacob Goins, Zaria Gordon, Jillian Harris, David Keeling, Kenny Mabrey, Jackie Marlar, De Shauntae McGrone, Hariharan Meyyappan, Charles Murrell, Devan Robinson, Parker Sarra, Amberly Stier, Jocelyn Berenice Vargas, Timothy Wooton and Christopher Wright.
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Eighth grade
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Jason Williams covers his face after he mispronounces how to say hello in Chinese after he and his sixth-grade classmates from Winton Woods Intermediate met Shan Ju Liu, a student from the National Taiwan College of Performing Arts.
School Principal Lisa Votaw said students at the middle school have taken to the Chinese language courses, with approximately 120 students learning the language. She said she’d like to see parents and students working together on their Chinese homework. “You’re never to old to learn new things,” Votaw said. To sign up for the course, contact Burnett at 6192301 or burnett.gina@wintonwoods.org. To find your community, visit www.Cincinnati.com/local.
HONOR ROLLS The following students have earned honors for the first quarter of the 2010-2011 school year.
Christiana Johnson, a sixthgrader from Winton Woods Intermediate School, meets Shan Ju Liu, a student from the National Taiwan College of Performing Arts.
is always looking for adult education opportunities. The district held the adult introductory lessons several years ago. She said when Winton Woods received a grant to bring two teachers from China to the district to teach the language to students, the opportunity once again presented itself. “We thought we would try it again,” Burnett said. While the district is hoping about 15 adults join the class, hundreds of district students are currently taking Chinese. Winton Woods Middle
4.0 honor roll: Usamah Ali, Christopher Armstrong, Kevin Austin, Jared Beiersdorfer, Dashana Bradley, Anna Clark, Sarai Dean, Jazmine Edwards, Christopher Garcia, Kemijah Gordon, Kendra Lenise Jackson, Alexander Kuhn, Logan Loechel, Ashley McCartney, Auna’y Miller, Irene Onianwa, Hayley Perkins, Anthony Phillips, Alex Simon, Matthew Smith and E’yonni Tompkins. 3.50-3.99 honor roll: Autumn Adams, Emma Bedan, Gillermo Benitez Ramirez, Matt Berte, Anthony Bingle, Kara Blankumsee, Donovan Bransford, Jasmine Renee Campbell, Ryan Capal, Stormy Caudill, Justin Cazeau, Chhenglay Chea, Albert Coates, Keria Cunningham, Grekia Evans, Danchelle Fain, Christopher Figueroa, William Germany, Lauren
Harvey, Precious Hasan, Timothy Jordan, Joshua Kerobo, Justin Kerobo, Jackson Kramer, Ni’yana Madaris, Jenica McGee, Matthew Kaiser NcNeill, Leslie Nnanyelugo, Khadijah Palmer, Jordan Wayne Randolph, Sydney Reid, Eduardo Santiago, Stephenie Shelton, Morgan Strupe, Chantelle Thompson and Darnell Williams. 3.00-3.49 honor roll: Toriana Beamon, Paris Bell Brown, Cailá Bibbs, Naiyla Bomar, James Cason, Ciara Cheatham, Kiana Collins, Carol Farris, Brittany Franklin, Antonio Terry Hairston, Tariq Kwamel Hill, Tiffany Hudson, Jina James, Lance Johnson, Kassidy Kozindki, Cale’eb Madaris, Joseph Marting, DeVantae McGrone, Chiara Meier, Brittany Nieman, Graham Pande, Faith Pollard, Nicholas Purdin, Kiara Symone Ramsey, Arien Reed, Jesse Rengers, Cecelia Rideout, Christopher Riffle, De’ja Rogers, Gabriel Santiago Rivera, Aniesia Sears-Stephens, Laura Sneed, Lynard Turner Jr., Jelani Vaughn, Michael Webster, Elysha White, Kayla Shareese Wiley, Abigail Williams, Tamiah Williams and Justus Wright-Petty.
Fifth grade
All A honor roll: Albani Alexander, Ravin Alexander, Kamiya Blackwell, Isis Clack, Princess Dyer, Grace Epani, Dieynaba Gassama, Marisa Harlan, Darion Hassertt, Breanna Johnson, Trinity Jordan, Zaria Lee, Kyla Lett, Brent McCarthy, Doryan Miller, Candice Mixon, Jonathan Musgrave, Jenny Nieto, Blake Perkins, Aversa Prentosito, Tatiana Quinto, Jasmine Reed, Simona Reid, Keilah Setzer, Eliana Washam, Jayden Watkins, Alexis Weihe and Rachel Whalen. Honor roll: Travis Ace, Leila Adams, Kailyn Arps, Brianna Barrow, Samantha Bernal, Evan Blackwell, Jordan Braswell, Tyler Brooks, Charles Brown, Caria Burton, Cameron Butler, Maria Centrullo, Kemaiya Clark, Marc Clarke, Kayla Claxton, Matthew Courter, Olaide Daboiku, Samuel Dean, Cassidy Downs, Brian Duckworth, Aniya Elliott, Niah Fowler, Sydney Fuller, Jordan Gillette, Justice Grace, Dorian Gray, Kenny Greer, Kaya Haughabrook, Joey Henderson, Angel Higginbottom, Charne Horton, Kome Ikendku, Drew Jackson, Anna Johnson, James Johnson, Brandon Jones, Alisa Keeling, Kent Kreal, Alex Kress, Jayla Lee, Keyontae Linder, Aja Love, Andres Luna, Payton Mack, Shamore Maiben, Amari Manning, Kaitlyn Marting, Jayvon McCoy, Sarena Minn, Jake Moore, Emilia Moreno, Jakob Nickel, Josh Nickel, Taryn Phillips-Smith, Chiquira Reeves,
Loren Reynolds, Leah Riffle, Raven Roby, Jenell Rogers, Crystal Rudd, Jon Rumph, Jennifer Sales, Kayla Schuler, Alena Sears-Whitmire, Marcus Shadd, Jordanne Sims, Ariana Smith, Breanna Smith, Ramiro Sotelo, Darean Steele, Delaan Sumler, Alexis Talley, Gerald Taylor, Jaylen Thomas, D’Jwaun Thomas-Mauli, Rita Tilford-Schultz, Deeshawn Timpson, Dolly Tubbs, Talana Ulmer, Danielle Vaughan, Gregori Vaughan, James Vera-Philpot, Haleigh Vitagliano, Keshawnna Ware, Makaila Ware, Myliah Wise-Powell, Arrieana Woolens and Veronika Zavalaga.
Sixth grade
All A honor roll: Nicholas Behrendt, Nia Burns, Jaeydah Edwards, Abigail Ewald, Michael Fiore, Shane Fitzgerald, Va’Andra Frosh, Ben Gray, Lance Grengbondai, Elana Hairston, Diamond Isaacs, Ayanna Jones, Grace Kent, Malique Lee, Ashley Lewis, Zachary Mavridoglou, Sierra Moss, Ravyn Ramsey, Brianna Richard, Wendy Ruiz, William Simpson, Geralyn Smith, Jasmine Smith, Noah Smith, Kira Stiggers, Rourke Tekulve, Camron Vaughan, Allison Vesgas, Asa Vines and Mikayla Woolens. Honor roll: Damiance Adams, Alesha Alexander, Alexandra Allen, Shelbi Arens, Destiny BarnesWare, Sarah Bass, Christyana Bolls, Journey Bond, Garrison Brackens, Camryn Brown, Courtnei Brown, Jerron Cage, Dachelle Cameron, Kianna Clark, Branden Cooper, Mia’Nah Corbett, Sandra Cox, Kyanna David, Jade Davis, Tanicia Dawson, Logan Day, Guili Dia, Aeneas Dock, Tremont Evans, Johnnie Fisher, Quentin Foster, Candyce Garcia, Ghana Gautam, Coutney Goins, Diamond Goodson, Ethan Grant, Celeste Hackmann, Asia Harding, Jalyn Hill, Amaris Humes, Juan Ibarra, Christiana Johnson, Adrienne Jones, Amari Jones, Zoe Keller, Madeline Kelly, Alexis Kimbrough, Aaron Lamb, Andie Lariccia, Aniya Madaris, James Maddox, Miriham Madrigal, Joseph Mayer, Shauna McKenzie, Khamya Menifee, Betty Miller, Cameron Mills, Chardai Moss, Mahari Muhammad, Michael Nnanyelugo, Tamara Olverson, Laura Onianwa, Maxwell Parks, Christopher Partin, Raymond Quao, Jamila Rains, Jasmine Robinson, Jyla Rogers, Karen Sanchez, Yoselin Santos, Jack Schramm, Imaiyia Scott, Charity Sims, DaJahnae Skelly, Kayla Tate, Naisiah Thompson, Vanessa Vargas, Paula Wakefield, Daniel Wallace, Taylor Waters, Alisha Webster, Anthony White, Shaqueya White, Lauryn Wilson and Briana Wofford.
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Step up to fitness
The Forest Park Steppers recently joined health and physical education students at Winton Woods Middle School for some lessons in line dancing. The partnership was part of the school’s focus on lifetime wellness and fitness. Stepper Lina Person is pictured describing some dance moves while eighth-grader Brian Soto listens.
McAuley High School senior Amanda Rapien received the Honda-OSU Partnership Math Medal Award for the class of 2011. She was nominated by Kristina Schwartz, head of the guidance department, as the best math student in her class of 2011. Rapien is part of the second group of seniors to win the award from the program, which is located at the Ohio State University College of Engineering. Additionally, the medal comes with a scholarship opportunity in the amount of a $3,000-per-year renewable scholarship to OSU for the next academic year, and may be combined with any other offers Rapien receives from OSU. She is the daughter of Mike and Jean Rapien of Mount Healthy.
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