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Nine of the 19 eighth-graders at St. Vincent Ferrer School in Kenwood received high school scholarships. The group earned over $220,000 in scholarships to local Catholic high schools. Back row from left, Catherine Hidy of Indian Hill, Elizabeth Shannon of St. Ursula, Mary McGrath of Kenwood, Maria Anderson of Mount Healthy and Gabriella Martini of Sycamore Township. Front row from left, Matt Wagner of Sycamore Township, Robby Abraham of Sycamore Township, Dennis McGrath of Evendale and Andrew Luby of Kenwood.
St. Vincent eighth-graders win scholarships
By Amanda Hopkins ahopkins@communitypress.com
St. Vincent Ferrer Principal Doug Alpiger said the students at his school are overachieving because of hard work from everyone. “We have dedicated teachers, dedicated students and dedicated parents,” Alpiger said. Nine of the 19 eighthgrade students who took the high school placement test received scholarships to local Catholic high schools. Catherin Hidy of Indian Hill and Elizabeth Shannon of Sycamore Township will attend St. Ursula Academy next year. Hidy received scholarships to St. Ursula, Mount Notre Dame and Ursuline. Shannon earned a scholarship to Mount Notre Dame. Mary McGrath of Kenwood and Gabriella Martini of Sycamore Township will both attend Ursuline Acade-
my. McGrath and Martini also received scholarships to Ursuline and Mount Notre Dame for their scores on the placement test. Maria Anderson of Mount Healthy chose McAuley High School after earning scholarships to both McAuley and Mother of Mercy High Schools. Matt Wagner of Sycamore Township earned scholarships to both Moeller and Purcell Marian but will attend Moeller next fall. Robby Abraham of Sycamore Township, Dennis McGrath of Evendale and Andrew Luby of Kenwood were all recognized with the St. Francis Xavier award for scoring in the top five percent. All three will attend St. Xavier. Abraham also earned a scholarship to Summit Country Day. McGrath and Luby both earned scholarships to Moeller and Purcell Marian.
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Students, parents enjoy dance Organizers of Indian Hill High School’s Odd Couples Dance said that this year’s dance can best be described by the old cliché, “A good time was had by all.” The dance, a mother/son and father/daughter dance for juniors and seniors, was held in February in the high school’s cafeteria. Its purpose was to raise money for the Indian Hill After Prom. Event organizers Monique Sewell and Marianna Renfro said they paid attention to every detail. With the help of Leigh Anne Meurer’s creative ideas and decorations, the cafeteria was transformed. By using large silver stars, disco balls and twinkle lights, the “Dancing with the Stars” theme was apparent. They also made use of the cafeteria’s audio-visual equipment by displaying various scenes on the large screen, such as candid photographs taken during the evening and the raffle items for the night. Many area businesses, including Ramouldo, Leslie at the Strand, Mitchell’s, Pure Concepts and Helen Adams Photography, donated items and gift certificates for the raffle.
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The event co-chairs were, from left, Monique Sewell and Marianna Renfro. The Kremchek family donated tickets to a Cincinnati Cyclones game and a baseball autographed by Cincinnati Reds player and National League MVP Joey Votto. Also, the Madeira Kroger donated gift cards for the raffle, food and cases of bottled water. Nearly 240 mothers, sons, fathers and daughters attended the dance. “Monique and I are so excited to reestablish this as a fun and well attended event. We’ve heard a lot of
great feedback from the kids,” said Renfro. “Several girls said it was more fun than Homecoming, and one even said she wished her dad could go with her to prom.” “This year, we raised $5,000 which is nearly double the proceeds from last year,” said Sewell. “Raising money for After Prom was one of our main objectives, so we feel very satisfied.” The other objective was for everyone to have fun, said the organizers. Jim LaBarbera was the DJ for the evening, helping dancers party to The Electric Slide, the chicken dance and a spontaneous conga line.
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Chrissy Fixler, co-chair of this year’s After Prom, is seen her at the dance with her son, Alex.
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Bob Newton (left) is enjoying the conga line with daughter Natalie at the dance.
HONOR ROLLS Ursuline Academy The following students have earned honors for the second quarter of 2010-2011.
Freshmen
Honors – Caroline Berger, Allison Bro-
phy, Samantha Fry, Caroline Greiwe, Kelly Grogan, Caroline Kirk, Victoria Klee, Shannon Kronenberger, Mary McGraw, Zenab Saeed, Marisa Seremet, Allison Werner and Elizabeth Woodall.
Sophomores
Honors – Sydney Ashe, Sydney Feld-
haus, Ellen Hinkley and Anastacia Taylor.
Juniors
First Honors – Emily Duderstadt, Molly Frost, Jaikin Harrell, Allison Purdy and Amanda Rolfes. Second Honors – Abigail Secker
Seniors
First Honors – Claire Barrett, Natasha Bell, Katherine Brewer, Cecily Foote, Margaret Kirk, Marilyn Mitchell and Nicole Stagge. Second Honors – Kathlyn Fessler, Holly Gruber, Sarah Keller, Katherine Purdy and Laurel Wiebe.
Seven Hills’ National Merit semifinalists qualify as finalists
All of the Seven Hills School’s 11 semifinalists in the 2011 National Merit Scholarship Program have qualified as finalists. They are, from left: Front row, Peppar Cyr, Julianne Bain, Elisse Hill and Sasha Lieberman; back row, Chase Atherton, Justine Cefalu, Mia Perlman, Haleigh Monaco, Victoria Huang, Nathan Markiewitz and Gabriel Blanco. PROVIDED
All of the Seven Hills School’s 11 semifinalists in the 2011 National Merit Scholarship Program have qualified as finalists. The 11 students, who represent 16 percent of the senior class, are: Chase Atherton of Symmes Township, Julianne Bain of Mont-
gomery, Gabriel Blanco of Indian Hill, Justine Cefalu of Brighton, Peppar Cyr of East Walnut Hills, Elisse Hill of Mason, Victoria Huang of Mason, Sasha Lieberman of Mason, Nathan Markiewitz of Kenwood, Haleigh Monaco of Clifton, and Mia Perlman of Symmes Township.
Hill also qualified as a National Achievement finalist. The seniors, who are among 15,000 finalists and represent less than 1 percent of high school seniors nationally, will continue to compete this spring for 8,400 Merit Scholarship awards worth $36 million. Brought to you by:
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