“Cline students came together to celebrate the holidays with a sing along. Mr. Burns led them in Christmas songs, Hanukkah songs, Kwanza songs, and of course, the Cotton Eye Joe to end the celebration.” Read More

Cline Elementary’s Grandparents/Veteran’s Assembly was enjoyed by an auditorium filled with parents and grandparents who are either veterans or currently serving in the US Armed Forces. Under the direction of music teacher Bill Burns, each of the 2-5 grade levels sang service theme songs, while firefighter Terry Trepanier concluded the program with remarks about his experience leading Woody, his search and rescue dog, into Ground Zero ten years ago. Between student songs the audience was entertained by musicians whoa are friends of Mr. Burns: former CHS band director Wayne Markworth; Magsig Band Director Tom Pompei; and Pete Rousch and Ron Meyer from the Tom Daugherty Orchestra. Read More

Top selling students earned a reward for the Cline annual magazine sale.  The students were accompanied by Miss Kurtz for a limousine ride and lunch at McDonalds! Read More

      Since this is the December/January edition of Cougar Tales, it marks the end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012. This is good time for us to stop and reflect on our progress so far. How are we doing? Are there things that are going well? Are there other things that require new actions in order for us to make the needed progress?  Read More

Cline Elementary Pep Rally! Read More

On Thursday, January 6th Mr. Bill Burns presented at the national jazz education convention in New Orleans, LA. The topic for his clinic was “Utilizing Jazz as a Tool for Classroom Integration”. The goal of this clinic was to promote the national standards of music education with national content standards such as literacy, geography, and writing. The clinic was attended by music educators from around the nation and was presented by the Jazz Education Network (JEN), a national jazz education organization. Other presenters included Darla S. Hanley of the Berklee College of Music and bandleader Gordin Goodwin. Mr. Burns is president-elect of the Ohio chapter of JEN, the Ohio Jazz Education organization (JECO). Mr. Burns teaches elementary general music at Cline Elementary and Jazz Band at Centerville High School and is an active performer in the Dayton area. For more information about Mr. Burns, visit http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/billburns Read More