There will be a Welcome Home Champions Rally on Monday at 7 pm in the Mariemont High School gym to welcome home the 2013 Boys Lacrosse State Champs. Please come out and help us wrap up a memorable season!

TIME: 7:00 PM until 7:30 PM
DATE: Monday, June 10, 2013
LOCATION: Mariemont High School gym, 2 Warrior Way, Cincinnati, 45227

Congratulations to he new the 2013 Division II state champions! The Mariemont Warriors boy’s lacrosse team defeated Rocky River 10-6 in the final match played Saturday in Upper Arlington.

Ericka Simmons will be recommended to the Mariemont Board of Education as the new principal of Mariemont Elementary School at the May 21 board meeting. Ms. Simmons has ten years of experience in an administrative role at the elementary level; one year of experience as a district math resource teacher; and nine years of classroom teaching experience. She is currently principal at Adena Elementary School with Lakota Local Schools.

“Ms. Simmons’ professional experience provides the well-rounded background for which we were looking, and I believe she will be a valuable asset to our school, our district and our community,” said Steven Estepp, who was recently appointed as Mariemont City School District’s next superintendent. “She has demonstrated strengths in implementing strategies for improving teaching and learning through the development and consistent communication of a vision and establishment of clear goals.”

Ms. Simmons has additional administrative experience as principal at Shawnee Elementary School with Lakota Local Schools, principal at Waycross Elementary with Winton Woods City Schools and as assistant principal at Shawnee Elementary. She was also an elementary classroom teacher at Maple Dale Elementary with Sycamore Schools, and a math resource teacher and elementary classroom teacher with Winton Woods City Schools. Throughout all of her professional positions, she focused on increasing support for student success, setting building goals, promoting team strategies and maintaining strong and open lines of communication.

“I am looking forward to meeting and working with the staff, students and families of Mariemont Elementary and learning about the great things that are happening in and with the school,” said Ericka Simmons. “I believe in fostering a positive and collaborative school culture and in nurturing a lifelong love of learning, and I am very excited about joining the leadership team at Mariemont City Schools.”

Current Mariemont Elementary School principal Lance Hollander will assume the principal position at Mariemont Junior High School beginning in the 2013-14 school year. Current Mariemont Junior High School principal Keith Koehne has taken a position as assistant superintendent of Loveland City Schools beginning next school year. There are currently approximately 585 students and 55 staff members at Mariemont Elementary School.

Mariemont Players presents Moonlight and Magnolias, a comedy by Ron Hutchinson, at the Walton Creek Theater, 4101 Walton Creek Road (just East of Mariemont), January 11th through January 27th, 2013.

It’s 1939 and legendary Hollywood producer David O. Selznick has shut down production on his new epic, Gone With the Wind. Selznick pulls in famed screenwriter Ben Hecht and formidable director Victor Fleming for a complete script rewrite. On a hilarious, yet sometimes emotional roller coaster, they labor behind locked doors over five days to fashion a screenplay that will become the blueprint for one of the most successful and beloved films of all time.

Moonlight and Magnolias is directed by Dee Anne Bryll , produced by Ed Cohen, and features A.J. Ford as Victor Fleming, John Langley as David O. Selznick, Joel Lind as Ben Hecht and Rilla Foster as

Miss Poppenghul.

Performances will be at 8:00pm on January 10th (preview), January 11th, January 12th, January 17th, January 18th, January 19th, January 24th and January 25th; at 7:00pm on January 13th; at 2:00pm & 7:00pm on January 20th; at 4:00pm & 8:00pm on January 26th; and at 2:00pm on January 27th.

For more information or to order tickets for Moonlight and Magnolias, call Betsy at 513-684-1236. All seats are reserved and cost $17 each; non-reserved seats for the preview only are $10 each.

Former Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Kenny Anderson will be the featured speaker at the 8th Annual Mariemont Sports Stag on February 4th. The event, held at the 20th Century

Theater in Oakley is the 8th annual fundraiser for the Warrior Athletic Department. The evening begins at 6pm with a social, dinner at 7:15, and Kenny Anderson speaks at 8pm. Tickets are $60 ancd $100. Contact athletic Director Tom Nerl for ticket and table information at tnerl@mariemontschools.org

Council Meeting Time Change

Beginning with the first Council meeting in January 2013 – the start time has been changed from 7:30 pm to 7:00 pm. Council meets the second and fourth Mondays of the month.

However, for the months of June, July and August Council will meet the first Monday of

the month only.

Gail and Matt Nickum were pleased to accept the Clean Kitchen Award this month.

Locally-owned and operated Snappy Tomato Pizza in Fairfax received their award at the December 10th meeting of theHamilton County Board of Health (HCBH) meeting. This award is available only to the Top Food Service Operator / Retail Food Establishment licensed performers in facility sanitation and food safety education.

The following criteria must be met to achieve the Clean Kitchen Award:
1. Facility must have less than three violations in the previous two years.
2. Facility must have no critical or repeat violations in the previous two years.
3. Facility must meet one of the following food education criteria.
4. Facility must have two years of inspection data available.
– Two staff members must have a valid Level

1 Food Handler Certificate within the past two year period; or
– One staff member must have a current ServSafe Certificate.
5. Facility must have an application to HCPH office including documentation that they have met the food education criteria.

Mariemont High School has named Kurry Commins the new football coach for the Warriors. Commins is familiar with the Mariemont program, since he was an assistant to Tom Crosby’s staff this past season. Crosby retired after this past season after coaching 34 seasons overall, including the past 32 at Mariemont.

Commins has also coached at Oak Hills (2006-2011) and Mount Healthy (2001-2005) and has a 66-49 overall record.

“Kurry Commins teaches and coaches with a great amount of passion and enthusiasm,” Mariemont athletic director Tom Nerl said. “We were fortunate last season to see Kurry in action as an assistant coach, working with our student-athletes. We are excited to have Kurry take the lead of our program and continue the coaching excellence we have enjoyed in our program throughout the years.”

“It is truly an honor and privilege to now be part of this amazing community,” Commins said. “In addition, I want to thank Coach Crosby for the opportunity he afforded me to serve on his last coaching staff this past season. The viagra for sale daily expectation of living your life with excellence, dedication to student-athletes, and commitment to the game of football that he modeled every day for his coaches and players is something I will carry with me forever and work tirelessly to continue.”