SCHOOLS A4
Hilltop Press
August 10, 2011
ACHIEVEMENTS
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HEIDI FALLON/STAFF
St. Vivian’s spreading the word via high tech
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St. Vivian School students can watch the morning announcements instead of just listening for the latest news when they return to the Springfield Township school Aug. 23. Steve Zinser, St. Vivian principal, said the old public address system is beyond repair, so he’s resorting to a high-tech fix. “We’re hoping we can show the announcements in the classrooms on the smart boards through our computers,” he said. “The children can sit at their desks and watch the announcements and morning prayer.” Students in kindergarten
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Winton Woods Middle School honors top students
St. Vivian School Principal Steve Zinser may be grinning because he won’t have to use this outdated public address system to make announcements when school opens Aug. 23. He’s hoping to use a higher tech system to communicate with his students.
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through fourth-grade will have a new social studies program this year, with all new textbooks. A new face in the building this year will be Susan Casteel. She will be teaching sixth-grade as she starts her teaching career. “I’m excited a little nervous,” Casteel said. “I knew I wanted to teach in a Catholic school and St. Vivian’s is such a wonderful school, I’m thrilled to be have the opportunity to teach here.” The recent Northern Kentucky University grad said she has family in the Finneytown area and hopes to become more familiar with the community. Zinser said the theme for the new school year is We Believe and Achieve.
Each year the teachers at Winton Woods Middle School nominate “the best of the best” eighthgraders for the top two awards the school can give: the Patricia A. Shuck Outstanding Student Award and the Sidd Shah Award. “These awards were established to honor the memories of two people this school community holds dear,” said language arts teacher Matt Alander. “Patricia Shuck was a reading teacher at Forest Park Middle School who cared about all students and believed each one could be a good, productive citizen. Her family established this award in 1988 to continue her memory after she died of cancer.” To be eligible for the award students had to be an eighth grader, attain no grade lower than a C, show good citizenship, and be involved in activities in and out of school.” “Siddhartha ‘Sidd’ Shah was a middle school student from 1992 to 1994 who participated in basketball, Student Council, video club and many activities out of school. In addition to being involved, he was a straight A student who cared a great deal for his family. He died the summer before moving on to the high school.” To be eligible for the award students had to be an eighth-grader, attain no grade lower than a B, show good family values and must be involved in a middle school sport and a club or activity. This year’s Pat Shuck Award winner was Anna Clark, who was no stranger to the podium during Honors Night. “As an honors student, cheerleader, orchestra and choir student, Anna keeps busy,” said
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Winton Woods Middle School’s 2011 Pat Shuck Award winner Anna Clark is pictured with her parents, Anthony and Kelly Clark. Alander. “Outside of school she’s been involved in volunteer work, theater and several sports.” Winner of the Sidd Shah Award was Kendra Jackson, an honors student who was Student Council vice-president, first chair saxophone in the band, and a track and field athlete. “Kendra is also involved in her church youth group, school plays and choir,” said Alander. “She was one of only four nominees out of 33 nominees for both awards to receive a perfect rating from her teachers.” WWMS staff members who served on this year’s committee were principal Lisa Votaw, vice principals Doug Sanker and Brenda Hodges-Davis, Debbie Campbell, Bonita Harrison, Barbette Kirk, Janna Frank, Kim Goins, Kara Barbee, Anthony Klancar, Dave Clark and Jennie Tilton.
Seventh- and eighth- grade students also were honored for achievements such as honor roll, citizenship, excellence in education, sportsmanship, music, and perfect attendance. Staff members were even awarded for their work with students. Other awards given include: • Outstanding Music Student – Anna Clark. • Archie Griffin Sportsmanship Award – Hayley Perkins and Anthony Phillips. • Kathy Kaiser Memorial Award – Jasmyn Vines. • Principal’s Two-Year 4.0 – Hayley Perkins. • Teacher of the Year – Katherine Sparke. • Extra Mile – Gregory Franklin. • Student Choice – Gregory Franklin.
New DePaul Cristo Rey High School dedicated, opens Aug. 17 Members of the DePaul Cristo Rey High School Class of 2015 joined close to 400 supporters, community leaders, faculty, staff and families for the historic Dedication of the school on Sunday, June 5. The dedication, blessing of the school and a ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the opening of this school, Cincinnati’s first new Catholic high school in more than 50 years. DePaul Cristo Rey is sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati and offers underserved students in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky the opportunity for a strong college preparatory education in a Catholic setting. It is located at 1133 Clifton Hills Avenue at Central Parkway, one block south of Cincinnati State
Technical and Community College. The first day of the 2011-12 school year is Aug. 17. DePaul Cristo Rey High School is one of 24 schools in the nationwide Cristo Rey Network which serves 6,500 young people who live in communities with limited education options. Most of the students qualify for the Federal Free or Reduced Lunch Program. Family income for eligible Greater Cincinnati students must fall within 75 percent of the median family income for Hamilton County. DePaul Cristo Rey High School is still accepting applications for the Class of 2015. Interested families can contact the school at 513-861-0600 or visit www.depaulcristorey.org.
THANKS TO MARGEE GARBSCH.
Members of the Class of 2015 pictured at the June 5 ribbon-cutting ceremony are, from left, Rosie Morena, graduate of Holy Family School; Stephanie Russell, graduate of Hamilton County Mathematics & Science Academy; Brandon Ford, graduate of Martin Luther King Academy; and Deanna Wilson, graduate of Hamilton County Mathematics & Science Academy. Brandon is holding the scissors he used to cut the ribbon “officially” opening this new school.
COLLEGE CORNER Dean’s list
The following students were named to the spring semester dean’s list at the University of Cincinnati: Dominic Addai, Ashley Agin, Matthew Allen, V.L. Allen, Jennifer Amato, Phylicia Anderson, Leanece Armstrong, Rebecca Arnoff, Catherine Asebrook, Sarah Asebrook, Johnathon Auer, Breyana Baines, Brandon Baker, Robert Baker, Sarah Baker, Nathaniel Ballinger, Evan Banzhaf, Rebecca Barclay, Kymbre Barrett, Jennifer Bartz, William Basil, Dalya Baxter, Lara Becker, Rachael Belz, Allison Bergmann, Laura Bergmann, David Berning, Susie Berning, Jessica Bingham, Daniel Bird, Lauren Bischak, Angelica Blue, Melissa Blum, Christina Boberg, Mary Boeddeker, Lisa Boland, Victoria Bolig, Kyle Bollin, Emily Bonati, Stacy Bond, Annie Borden, Holly Boyd, Nolita Braker, Toni Brock, Lauren Brookes, Chelsea Brown, Donna Brown, Jason Brown, Kristan Bryant, Tiffany Bryant, Corey Buchholz, Karen Budke, Marsalis Burgin, Amauni Burks, Scott Buschelman, Abigail Butz, Kimberly Cahalane, Jonathon Cannell, Phuong Cao, Quang Cao, Donald Carraher, Laura Carter, Vincent Carter, Brandy Cason, Rebecca Caspersz, Lindsay Cator, Megan Chapman, Arryn Chenault, Emily Christenson, Sarah Clark, Tiara Clark, Bridgitte Clarke, Naomi Clements-Brod, Tiffany Cobb, Bethany Cole, Ronald Coleman, Jessica Colwell, Charity Combs, Joseph Combs, Zachary Coomer,
April Corcoran, Dominic Costanzo, Steven Crooker, Casey Croslin, Brittany Cruickson, Bobby Daniel, Jeffrey Davis, Nathan Day, Babette DeLong, Spencer Dennis, Emily Denterlein, Cynthia Dickman, Jesseka Do, Jon Doench, Kathryn Doloresco, Kelly Duncan, Regina Dunlap, Jamyra Dunn, Trisha Durham, Jeanette Eder, Olivia Ehrnschwender, John Elliott, Michael Ellis, Bradley Epperson, Drew Evans, Taqueisha Evans, David Evers, Robert Farlow, Erika Feingold, Jacob Feldman, Rachael Feldman, Nicole Ferry, Christine Ficker, Kyle Ficker, Patricia Fishwick, Lauren Flick, Elizabeth Foertmeyer, Keith Forney, Allison Foster, Randi Fray, Andrea Galloway, Michelle Gantzer, Marizzel Garcia, Samuel Gaston, Dean Geisel, Pete Gianutsos, Kevin Gibboney, John Gideon, Sarah Gill, Tamy Goff, Stephen Goist, Carece Golsby, Andy Gorman, Joseph Graber, Tiana Graham, Amy Grider, Sarah Grogan, Leroy Groh, Maria Groh, Rebekah Grossmann, Stephanie Gruenwald, Danielle Guild, Brittany Habli, Jonathan Hacker, Jason Hahn, Justin Hahn, Bwohwei Han, Aaron Hanekamp, Frederick Harris, Amanda Hary, Richard Hayes, Mary Heck, Kelly Heekin, Laura Heekin, Samuel Henson, Allison Herbers, Molly Hickey, Bonnie Higgins, Jared Hilgefort, Lauren Hillner, Jacqueline Hines, Jay Hingsbergen, Benjamin Hoffman, Keith Holland, Whitney Holtgrefe, Pauline Holthaus, Christina Holtkamp, Lauren Hosbrook, Justin Hoskins, Darius Howard, Haylee Howard, Chad Howell, Indasia Hudson, Ashley Huntley,
Barbara Huntley, Mary Hurley, Louis Hutzel, Kaitlyn Igel, Alexander Jagoditz, Kara Jarrell, Alice Jenkins, Kierra Johnson, Lauren Johnson, Laura Juhlman, Abigail Jung, Selamawit Kebede, Sholom Keller, Valrie Kelly, Sheressa Kelso, Joseph Kemphaus, Azmat Khan, Brandon King, Zachry Kinnett, Jeffrey Kleinhenz, Lindsey Klump, Randall Knepp, Sara Knollman, Ashley Koch, Kevin Koch, Caitlin Kramer, Michael Kuhlmann, Amanda Kunkel, Rebecca Lamping, Daniel Lawson, Binh Le, Andrea Lee, Garrett Lee, Devon Leigh, Donnovan Lewis, Jared Lindsey, Catherine Lockerd, Natalie Lombardo, Olivia Longshore, Jennifer Looby, Patrick Lorenz, Elise Lotz, Joseph Ludwig, Katlin Lynch, Michelle Magyar, Sara Maratta, Ashley Martin, Natalie Martin, Katheryn Mason, Mariah Maxwell, Christopher McAfee, April Mcdaniel, Liam McGuinnessSmyth, Amy McLean, James Meehan, Anna Meiners, Joseph Meister, Andrew Meng, Emmanuel Mensah, Stella Mensah Diawuo, Alexander Meyer, Kevin Meyer, Jasmine Miller, Rebecca Mills, Ryan Minges, Falayan Mitchell, Robert Mohan, Kelsey Morgan, Inha Mukha, Patrick Mullenger, Margaret Mussman, Elizabeth Mutters, Moriah Myers, Mindi Naticchioni, Paul Neal, McKenzie Neale, Keith Needham, Sara Neel, Michelle Nelson, Tiersa Nelson, James Nerswick, Vanessa Neumeier, Sean Newton, Chris Nguyen, Tara Norvell, Helen Nyamor, Johnson Ochea, Nicole Oehler, Caroline Ogden,
Shakeysa Ogletree, Joseph Ojo, Festus Okai, Michelle Ostrowski, David Overwine, Trevor Packer, Paige Partridge, Robert Payne, Johnathen Pegram, Benita Perry, Kyanna Perry, Michael Pfeiffer, Kylee Pierce, Joseph Placke, Katherine Plowden, Antoinette Pope, Michelle Posega, Francis Pospisil, Shania Powell, Todd Praechter, Precious Pruitt, Kyle Raabe, Ryan Ragland, Ryna Rajagopal, Jeremie Rakes, Donte’ Ramsey, Ryan Rawls, Mary Redmond, Sarah Reinhart, Michael Reuter, Derrick Robinson, Tamara Robinson, Nicole Roehrich, Stephen Rogers, Cathryn Roller, Keisha Rollins, Allison Roth, Kayla Roush, Karen Rowin, Kersean Rozier, Chelsea Rubio, Amy Rupp, Patrisha Russell, Daniel Ruter, Jaimi Ryan, Lindsey Sanders, Cory Sanderson, Jose Sandoval-Duran, Timothy Schafermeyer, Brandon Schleibaum, Molly Schlotman, Kalli Schmetzer, Anne Schmidt, Anne Schmitt, Kylie Schmittou, Lauren Schmitz, Branden Schmurr, Tracy Schoenhoft, Angela Schoenig, Lauren Schultz, Nichole Schupp, Alexandra Schutzman, Tina Seger, Amanda Seibert, Jeremiah Seibert, Kyle Seibert, Amanda Shaw, Lauren Sheppard, Alexis Shull, Brian Sidow, Kevin Siegle, Michael Simmons, Nicole Sims, Shulammith Sisk, Tomasino Sloan, Alexandra Slotkin, Aubrey Smith, Julianna Smith, Melissa Smith, Cherie Solomon, Samantha Sorter, Joseph Sparough, Kimber Sprawl, Joshua Statt, Zhayna Steele, Jacob Stegman, Shawn Stevenson
HONOR ROLLS Ursuline Academy
The following students earned honors for the fourth quarter of the 2010-2011 school year.
Freshmen
Honors: Erin Frey, Katherine Georgopoulos, Molly Glassmeyer and Lauren Vesprani.
Sophomores
Honors: Grace Castelli and Stephanie Hagedorn.
Juniors
First honors: Megan Fitzwater, Lindsey Johnstone, Rachel Kim, Julie Ruehl and Meghan Stifel. Second honors: Monica Flanigan and Erin Howett.
Seniors
First honors: Jamie Goldschmidt, Olivia Johnson and Megan Valerio. Second honors: Abby Engdahl, Kori Moster and Rachel Weisenburger.