After several years of hard work, Woodrow is an International Baccalaureate school. The school celebrated the accomplishment this morning with a flag dedication ceremony. Woodrow super-alum Kyle Rains shared a slideshow of the event, below, which even though it was cold and dreary this morning drew quite a crowd.
Among those in attendance: Richard Vitale, head of the Woodrow Wilson High School Foundation, which spearheaded fundraising for the IB application; former city councilman and Woodrow grad Gary Griffith; incoming DISD trustee and neighborhood resident Mike Morath, who won’t represent Woodrow on the board (that honor goes to Bernadette Nutall); Woodrow SBDM chairman Patrick Luna; Woodrow’s IB chief Dr. Kathy Scherler; and a bunch of other neighborhood people, along with Woodrow students.
Woodrow also will be receiving a multi-million-dollar addition, which is scheduled to begin shortly and be completed in time for the beginning of the 2013 school year, which will be when Woodrow officially begins offering the advanced-level IB coursework. Check out this month’s magazine story and video of the addition, which is being designed by an architectural firm headed by neighborhood resident and Woodrow parent Craig Reynolds.
