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DECEMBER 16, 2015 • COMMUNITY JOURNAL • 5A
COMMUNITY Editor: Richard Maloney, rmaloney@communitypress.com, 248-7134
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THANKS TO DEBBI HILL
Immaculate Heart of Mary kindergartners Elise Carsten, Asha Marathe, Lily Moore enjoy the school's Thanksgiving feast.
Immaculate Heart of Mary » Seventy students at this Anderson Township school enjoyed a feast the Monday before Thanksgiving, honoring the very first Thanksgiving. To prepare students made placemats and festive headbands representing either pilgrims or American Indians. They also made and wore Native American nature necklaces with colored beads representing gifts from nature that were important to the Native Americans and are still important today: yellow for sun and its energy; light blue for the sky and clean air; dark blue for fresh, clean water; brown for the earth and soil to grow plants for food; green for food-producing green plants; and red for the animals of the earth. Their feast included fruit, cornbread baked by students and butter churned by the students, and pumpkin pie. It was quite a celebration.
St. Bernadette School » St. Bernadette teacher Rachel Clark had the students at St. Bernadette team up with Greentree Plactics, a plastics recycling company, and collected more than 800 pounds of caps in order to receive two benches for their school. Keeping the caps out of landfills, the company will melt the caps and form a bench for every 400 pounds collected through their ABC Promise Program. » Saint Ursula Academy students now have a connection with students from Jakarta, Indonesia. A recent service event at Saint Ursula earned some global attention. To the surprise of the students, a hair-cutting event hosted at SUA helped build a better world and make an impact across the globe!
Health teacher Mary Porter received an email from a group of students at Raffles Christian School in Jakarta, Indonesia, inquiring about the Pantene Beautiful Lengths event at Saint Ursula. At that event in October, more than 60 students, faculty and parents donated hair to provide free wigs for women who have lost their hair due to cancer treatments. Through an internet search, the Raffles Christian School stumbled upon the success of the event at Saint Ursula and decided to host its own event. But first, the students needed advice from the Saint Ursula student organizers. Because community service is a focus at Saint Ursula and technology is readily available, a Skype call was set up to connect SUA students with the students in Indonesia. From there, an event was planned. Saint Ursula Academy seniors Annie Hamiter of Union Township and Maggie Schroeder of Cleves connected with Valerie, Eleora, and John from Indonesia, discussed how they organized the Beautiful Lengths event in Greater Cincinnati and offered advice and recommendations on how to promote the event. From there, the students exchanged email addresses and have had a continuing conversation about the upcoming event in Indonesia. Annie is encouraged that others have used this event as a springboard for helping women around the world. “Learning and meeting other people who share similar passions was so interesting. It amazes me that my actions had such a positive effect on others. Because of our events, a connection was made between two different groups who were working towards a similar goal of helping those with cancer.” Annie and Maggie will continue the di-
THANKS TO ANGIE TUCKER
With one of the benches they earned for their school through recycling efforts are St. Bernadette eighth-graders, from left: Travis Svensson, Marco Dieterle, Madison Schooley, Lucas Holland, Mary Heckard and Logan Louis.
alogue with their new friends as the event develops. While they initially thought their project would be a great experience for the Saint Ursula community, they had no idea what an impact they would make and that it would help those
in Indonesia as well. The girls, along everyone involved in this project, have learned that building a better world starts with a passion for helping others, and can grow exponentially through technology and collaboration.
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Saint Ursula Academy students Annie Hamiter (Union Township) and Maggie Schroeder (Cleves) use their tablets to collaborate via Skype with students from Indonesia. The Indonesian students contacted them for assistance in planning a Pantene Beautiful Lengths event after learning about the same type of event, which was recently hosted at Saint Ursula.
AMELIA HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLLS AMELIA HIGH SCHOOL
The following students have earned straight A honors and high honors for the first quarter of 2015-2016 (to see the entire honor roll, go to Cincinnati.com - http://cin.ci/1HDLYgN):
Straight As 4.0 GPA Freshmen - Alexis Cann, Ryan Cann, Aaron Cochran, Morgan Collier, Keianna Coulter, Julia Cunningham, Maeve Danosky, Lucas DeWald, Olivia Fisher, Logan Graves, Jason Keith, Kimberly Lacey, Emily LaGana, Abigail Marsh, Jordan McGraw, Erika McNamee, Trinity Meadows, Rebecca Melvin, Clay Ness, Eva Nester, Sophie Palmer, Priya Patel, Ashley Patrick, Nico Sartori, Victoria Scholl, Mahala Smith, Morgan Southall, Elizabeth Turner, Morgan Walsh, Rachael Wheeler. Sophomores - Jesse Bingamon, Allison (Allie) Brown, Tyler Brown, John Carmen, Madison Daniel, Christiane Fajardo, Samantha Frankenhoff, Ethan Guseman, Savanna Hauke, Ashley Heppner, Karen (Diana) Hufford, Mary Alexis Katubig, Sayde McQuitty, Mitch Mentzel, Rebecca (Becca) Michel, Taylor Mohan, Hannah Powers, Grace Roe, Makayla Rowe, Lindsay Shank, Codie Shepherd, Emily Stevenson, Patrick Summers, Haley Vicars. Juniors - Sidney Alexander, Abigail Alsip, Reyna Beckett, Lindsay Buten, Thomas (Tom) Casavant, Kristina Cass, Destyni Cox, Ethan Cox, Ryan Dailey, Rachel Dapper, Shelby Elder, Heather Faulkner, Matthew Fox, Dylan Guth, Kristina Hodges, Sean Kamphaus, Caitlyn Keith, Connor Keith, Hunter Lewis, Jacob Linneman, Hannah Mahoney, Paige McCluskey, Cage Meyer, Abigail Minardi, Riya Patel, Zoe Puccini, Abigail (Abby) Puckett, Bryan
Racic, Siara Richardson, Sarah Smith, Abigail Southall, Rachel Speigel, Andrew Stout, Lauren Turner. Seniors - Nicole Addison, Carrie Auditore, Katie Bender, Maggie Block, Nicole Borchers, Casandra Cochran, Kendall Courts, Christopher Crabtree, Henry DeWald, Matthew Dugan, Harley Emmert, Krista Gilbert, Zackary Gordon, Kayla Hamm, Alex Hankins, Jeremy Hopkins, Sariah Jones, Laina King, Aspen Kowsky, David (Dave) Lee, Lillian (Lilly) Linfert, Ashley Longhauser, Brianna Lunsford, Elizabeth Marcelli, Brenna Martz, John (Tyler) McGraw, Tyler Meeks, Samuel Meisman, Tannah Menz, Monica Merwine, Samantha Neanover, Blake Nelson, Shayla Peters, Siara Petrey, Allison Reardon, Jared Ross, Tori Ruehlman, Gabriella Sanfilippo, Julia Santoro, Hannah Schulz, Sierra Smith, Jacob Steele, Bradford (Brad) Taylor, Mark (Duke) Thomas, Austin Verkamp, Daniel Waldmann, Rachael Weir.
High Honors 3.50-3.99 GPA Freshmen - Joshua Alexander, Breanna Altherr, Madelyn Beasley, Trey Brausch, Isobel Brown, Samantha Cain, Hunter Calderon, Michael Calderon, Alyssa Carter, Colleen Caskey, Chalel Crawford, Taylor Davis, Megan DeWald, Danita (Angel) Dickerson, Hannah Dougherty, Hunter Eads, Adam Edwards, Lauren Hackney, Jessica Hansel, Grace Hawthorne, Candie Hoffard, Taylor Hogsed, Destiney Hudson, Selena Hurley, Raelyn Jobe, Cassie Kelley, Kristian Kowsky, Ashley Landon, Julian Larkins, Emily Little, Noah Macko, Johnathan Meyer, Drake Murff, Jadie Nicodemus, Sandra Perez, Kelsey Perkins, Gracee Peyton, Austin Price, Noah Rapp, Logan Reese, Bradyn Riffle, Cheyenne
Roberts, Alexis Roller, Sabrina Rowland, Emily Saba, Morgan Schaefer, Camden Schirmer, Tyler Scott, Ty Sigler, Jaylyn Silz, Kendall Simpson, Faith Smith, Julia Tansey, Nadia Tawfik, Joshua Thomas, David (Trey) Thuma, Jaden Vaughn, Madison Walker, Leann Williams, Faith Wilmoth, Jessica Young, Kane Zepf. Sophomores - Alexis Adams, Lauren Alvarado, Byron Armacost, Katelyn Baker, Megan Baker, Brady Barnhill, Katelynn Barth, Samantha Beach, Kaitlyn Beam, Amanda Beavers, Rebecca Behymer, Madison Bingamon, Kelsey Bose, Nicole Brown, Emily Burkhart, Jonathan Carter, Brandon Christman, Maria Combs, Nathan Conaty, Seth Corman, Crystal Cox, Logan Crouch, Anthony Curtin, Alexy (Lexy) Danislavs, Michaela Davidson, Amanda Devine, Colleen DiPuccio, Paige Dixon, Kaleigh Fay, Skylar Ferguson, Andrew Fisher, Matthew Fletcher, Cristina Fuentes Mendoza, Nicole Galligan, Symon Gallivan, Stephanie Garretson, Austin Gregoire, Abbey Gullett, Ryan Hall, Shelby Hatcher, Natalie Hohman, Ayah Jabrah, Shelby Johnson, Kyle Kaiser, Kaitlyn Kelly, Brooke Koehnke, Daniel Koontz, Nathan Lacey, Hanna Patricia Lomeda, Hannah Mason, Emma McGaha, Clowey McMurray, Jordyn McPhillips, Sydney Messer, Nikki Miller, Kayla Mills, Kaylie Nelson, Emily O’Rourke, Phillip Powers, Erin Reardon, Kaaisha Richardson, Giuliana Sanfilippo, Madalyn Sanker, Megan Schmidt, Jacob Sellers, Brendan Shank, Johnna Simmons, Logan Smith, Molly Stockton, Olivia Sullivan, Kendall Tucker, Shannon Tydings, Diego Wagner Moran, Mikenzie Wagner, Lucy Wesley, Danielle Wikette, Kyle Williams, Kaitlyn Willison, William (Will) Young. Juniors - Amber Abrams, McKenna Adams, Brooke-
lynn Bargo, Calla (Callie) Bross, Kasey Broughton, Roger Casavant, Ryan Davis, Bryanna Deaton, Tanner Dees, Robert Duff, Austin Endracke, Micayla (Cayla) Folchi, Sahvannah Fox, Shelby Frysinger, Justice Harris, Justin Haught, Clay Hauser, Joseph Haven, Alicia Holtzclaw, Whitley Howe, Rachel Jackson, Shaylin Jackson, Raymond (Ray) Jennings, Jessica Kilgore, Nicole Lewis, Shawn McCarty, Kailyn Miles, Kandice Miller, Kurtis Moore, Kaitlyn Murphy, Jamie Newberry, Kyle Nicodemus, Anna Pangallo, Zoe Phillips, Angie Principe, Ashley (Ashdon) Ring, Madeline Roberts, Tamela Robinson, Nikolas Rosario, Kylar Ruege, Christina Schulz, Caitlyn Servitto, David Shilling, Kaylee Simmons, Kylie Smith, Anne Sturgeon, Justin Tavner, Breanne Tonkin, Jin Wang, Madelyn (Maddy) Westerkamp, Michael Wolfer. Seniors - Breanna (Bree) Anders, Stephen (Mikey) Bailey II, Alexus Beier, Madeline Boyd, Kayla BoydHughes, Courtney Brown, Misty Bryant, Jacob Burton, Hailey Carabella, Trevor Davis, Jordan Dickerson, Varian Engle, Nathan Fahrnbach, Emily Feldkamp, Hunter Ferrell, Ashley Fraley, Alyssa Gilpin, Zachary (Zach) Hager, Kadie Harp, Faith Hartman, Jacob Hedges, Jessey Hollingsworth, Jessica Huber, Shelby Huebschle, Zachary (Jack) Hufford, Melina Kaderli, Kendall Kaiser, Kaitlyn (Kate) Keene, Kassidy Keiser, Kelly Laws, Samantha Lee, Kristen Meyer, Sierra Miles, Megan Miller, Makenzie Mills, Jared Miskell, Jr. Nause Bryan, Katalyn Orleck, Jacob Pangallo, Elideth Perez, Cameron Robinson, Heidi Saba, Jessica Sheets, Paige Smith, Brittney Thompson, Tyler Walter, Jasmine Warner, Nathan Watkins, Samantha Wesley, Justin (Justin) Widanski.