On Thursday evening, May 8, 2008, Mt. Washington School celebrated its 75th Anniversary. We had quite a party!

At the opening ceremonies, there were visitors on the stage with Principal Debra Klein. Superintendent of Cincinnati Public Schools Rosa Blackwell was there along with Vice Mayor of Cincinnati, David Crowley, three former principals, Tom Steinmetz, Harold Herms, and Gerald Porter, and student speaker Shauna Bennett of the current 8th grade. Mr. Crowley read a proclamation from Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory making May 8 Mt. Washington School Day, and Shauna Bennett spoke about her memories of the school.

After the speeches, people were free to attend the events and activities which included a plant sale in the library just in time for Mothers' Day, a Raffle and a Silent Auction both held in the gym, autograph signing by Ron Oester of the Cincinnati Reds, tables from Beech Acres and Keep Cincinnati Beautiful, a drawing contest, face and hand painting, temporary tattoos, refreshments including an Anniversary Cake, and demonstrations by the students in the Aerospace program. For background, all the walls of the first floor were decorated with art projects of students in Mr. Hale's art classes. There was also a memory wall with photographs, newspaper clippings, and class pictures from previous years.

Many thanks go the the hard-working organizers of the event from out PTO and faculty. They all worked hard to make the event a success.

Julie Myrick, Adrienne Bentley, Kathy Graves, Karen Fletcher, Mary Davis, Kerry Olthaus, Harry Robinson, Robert Remington, Robert Hale, and all those who helped in any capacity to make our event interesting and fun for our visitors.

On the right, you can find 3 sets of photos from the celebration. Photos were contributed by Robert Remington and Libby Millard.

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