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Hello, 18-month-olds BoyS ARE State CHAMPS Again

Alumni Reach for the Stars

THE SUMMIT The magazine of The Summit Country Day School Winter Magazine 2016-17 EDITOR Nancy Berlier ART DIRECTOR/DESIGNER Kathy (Hilsinger) Penote ’93 PHOTOGRAPHY Rick Norton, Impact Action Sports Photography, Jolene Barton, Nancy Berlier, Leah Fightmaster, Robert A. Flischel, Karen Kinross, Kathy (Hilsinger) Penote ’93, Rosie Sansalone, Joe Smallwood.

CONTRIBUTORS John Kiesewetter, Mike Dyer, Lauren Guip, Rosie Sansalone, Kathy Schwartz, Leah Fightmaster, Sarah Cooney, Amanda Wood.

Special thanks: Nancy Snow, Sandy Champlain, Mary Alice LaPille.

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ON THE COVER: Crawling through a tube in the Montessori Muscle Room, visiting 18-month-old Maximilian Pittman is not consciously aware that he is developing gross motor skills while exploring his abilities. He is just having fun. Toddler teachers have noticed a significant improvement in academic focus and motor development since they began taking children into the Muscle Room this year. Read about The Summit’s plans to open enrollment to 18-montholds and offer an all-day toddler option on page 6 and new muscle equipment on page 8. Photo by Kathy Penote.

ON THIS PAGE: This scene looks like déjà vu, but another boys’ soccer team gets the all-school community sendoff to a state championship game – which they won while setting several school and state records. The boys’ team has won the state championship four times in the past five years.

See story on page 22. Photo by Nancy Berlier.

Head of School Message

Motivating Kids One of the universal concerns of parents is how to appropriately motivate their children. Our parents are high achieving. If they weren’t they couldn’t afford to send their children to a private school. When a child doesn’t seem to have that same drive, discord results. They are many keys we use to unlock the potential of children: Growth Mindset: One key to a child making progress in school is to foster the belief that the child can learn anything if he, or she, puts her mind to it. Stanford Professor Carol Dweck’s research showed that the performance of children in school improved when the child adopted a “growth mindset.” Children who think this way try harder, persevere in the face of challenges, search for and try new strategies when obstacles to learning emerge. They seek help from others when they’re stuck.

The adults surrounding the child (parents, teachers and coaches) have to foster this belief. When the child says, “I can’t do math,”“I’m just no good at science,”“I’m just not athletic,” Summit teachers and coaches challenge that notion and seek ways to unlock doors that appear closed to the student. I recommend against telling children what their IQ score is. In my experience that ends up providing children with average or below average IQ excuses why they can’t learn more or provides those with a higher than average IQ a false sense of entitlement that they shouldn’t have to try hard.

Knowing their IQ score leads to a fixed mindset, not a growth one.

Passion: Finding out what a child is interested in and building on that interest is often successful in reaching children who are hard to reach. Piano teachers have been doing that for years. If you want a child to practice, find out what style of music or song title aligns with a child’s interest and introduce one that has

an appropriate level of challenge. Attraction strategies usually always outperform push strategies.

Challenge: When children seem bored with everyday school, a strategy that has had success is to introduce a challenge that the student has to address. The growth of project-based learning in schools is an example of this.

Give the students a problem, divide them into groups and set them loose to solve it. The teacher takes on the role of advisor or facilitator rather than instructor.

Students like the sense of control this teaching technique provides. They prefer doing to watching. If they can move around in the classroom, even better. They also enjoy social rewards of belonging to a group.

They look forward to presenting their solutions at the end, especially if the audience is more than just the teacher. Kids who show no interest in a subject often transform into highly motivated problem-solvers. One teacher who adopted this teaching technique noticed that the leaders that emerged in the groups were the “C” students and not the “A” students. They liked the challenge and thought that they were working on something worthwhile rather than jumping hoops, which is how school appears to them sometimes. The opportunity to present to parents makes children try harder to get the presentation just right.

Gaming: A variation on the challenge idea is to set up situations whereby children play a game which requires them to learn about a content area for them to succeed at the game. Kids love games, especially boys. The competition excites them. They measure their worth by how well they perform. Before they know it, they’re learning. Latin teachers have had good success with their “certamens,” Jeopardy-style games requiring fast recall of facts about ancient civilizations and the Latin language.

Choice: Giving children choices can help their motivation. They often feel that adults are constantly telling them what to do; they don’t feel they have much control. Giving students a choice in assignments expands their sense of agency. They own the choice they made.

Positive Relationships: Students perform better when they want to please their parent, teacher or coach. For that to happen, the student has to believe the adult cares about them and wants them to succeed. It’s also important that the child likes and/or respects the teacher or coach. Research shows this is especially important in

Contents educating boys. Upper School Director John Thornburg made a significant improvement at his former all-boys school by convincing teachers about the importance of establishing effective relationships with boys. That doesn’t mean making assignments easy or not being firm and demanding. Honesty, fairness and setting high expectations are hallmarks of great teachers and coaches.

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Research has shown that happiness correlates with motivation and success. Sullen children are rarely high achievers. The Sisters recognized the importance of this and were intentional about creating a joyful school environment which starts with the positive relationship between the teacher and the student. We follow that same tradition today.

Purpose/Goals: Best practice in teaching is to begin the lesson by explaining what the learning goal is and why it’s important. Mastery-based goals motivate most human beings. We all want to get better. The goal should be about mastering Algebra rather than getting an “A” in Algebra. It’s also important to help the child understand why learning something is important.

What’s the value of reading “Romeo and Juliet”?

What’s the point of this scientific experiment?

Feedback: Helpful and immediate feedback is most effective in keeping motivation high. The makers of video games realized early on the importance of feedback in keeping gamers engaged in the game.

Students also look forward to celebrations of their effort and their successes. If we can find a way to make the child successful, that is often the catalyst to future success.

I’m skeptical about those who use rewards or punishment to motivate children. Rewards, like promising money if the child gets an “A,” may work in the short term, but results in children who need extrinsic rewards to perform. We want to develop children who are intrinsically motivated. Fear of punishment may also work in the short term, but it’s a failing strategy in the long term.

The Summit is blessed with caring teachers who are savvy about motivating their students. There are many keys which can unlock a child’s motivation. Our challenge is to know and understand the child so well that we select the right one. That’s the magic of The Summit Way.

Rich Wilson Head of School

Features Research supports the idea that early learning and the early learning environment are critical to lifelong success. So next year, we will open our arms to 18-month-olds and offer an all-day option for all our toddlers.

The new Toddler Muscle Room is an intentional effort to make the connection between movement of large muscle groups and cognitive development.

Leonard Sax, M.D., Ph.D., a noted psychologist and best-selling author presented at this year’s Early Childhood Education Symposium on the “Collapse of Parenting” in America.

The new LEGO Lab on Wheels is one example of how Kendra Thornton, Ed.D., the Lower School’s new director, is applying her doctoral work at Johns Hopkins University to classrooms at The Summit.

Eighth grade teacher Rosie Sansalone’s reflection on her summer study tour of Rwanda shows how this African nation, once ravaged by the horror of genocide, has united and reconciled as brothers and sisters, together in loving solidarity.

Coach Scott Sievering led his boys’ soccer team to a back-to-back state championship in November, shattering school and state records.

From the hills of Cincinnati to the canyons of Hollywood, a new generation of artists and creators are seeking to establish themselves in the entertainment industry. Inspired by their teachers at The Summit, call them Hollywood Hopefuls.

Martha “Marty” (Hillenbrand) and Howard Nicholas “Nick” Ragland III are recipients of the Ne Ultra Award in recognition of their long-time support of the school.

Katie Bunch Shoreman ’01 and Eric Bruns ’96 are inducted into The Summit’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

Special Report: Installed in new jobs across the country or pursuing master’s degrees, the Class of 2012 is on the move.

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Newsmakers Athletics Alumni News & Notes Collegiate Athletes Save the Date

Correction We regret an error published in the 2015-16 Annual Report.

Kim and Drew Myers were listed in the incorrect giving circle. They are members of the Trustee’s Circle.

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Anna Kate Driessen visits the Toddler classroom, where she practices color matching. Research supports the idea that an early learning environment is critical to lifelong success, so next year, The Summit will open enrollment to 18-month-olds and offer an all-day option for toddlers.

18-Month-Olds Will Join Toddler Program Next Year

By Lauren Guip My son, Oliver, is in the Montessori Toddler Program and absolutely adores it. As a Montessori teacher, I know his love of learning didn’t happen by accident.

Our Montessori Program has been carefully assembled to produce the maximum outcomes.

Head of School Rich Wilson puts it like this: “We believe that by putting all the right pieces in place – highly educated Montessori teachers, developmentally appropriate learning activities and materials, rightsized furniture, a peaceful and loving environment, relationships and routines – that these young children will reach their fullest potential under our care.”

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open enrollment to 18-month-olds next year. Many research studies support the premise that early learning and the early learning environment are critical to lifelong success. Throughout my career as a Montessori teacher at The Summit, in both the Toddler Program and 3- to 6-year-old classroom, brain research in early childhood development has permeated everything that we do. We know that the toddler brain is so malleable, delicate and responsive to new stimuli.

In the nine months that the 2-year-old toddlers have with us, remarkable rapid growth takes place.

Children who speak just a few words in August leave in June speaking in sentences and carrying on conversations with their friends. Children, who cling to their mothers in tears on the first day, skip in to greet me in a very short period of time. Almost every

experience is packed with wonder and excitement to the children. Learning to put on a backpack. Opening a colorful book. Mopping the floor. Preparing a snack. Observing the weather. Watching a bug crawl across the ground. To the children, these experiences were full of rich meaning.

The brain in very early childhood is a complex maze of connectivity. An 18-month-old child develops 700 to 1,000 new synapses (neural connections) each second. Knowing this inspires us as teachers to make every moment count for the children in our care.

Every experience in early childhood is important. Every relationship adds meaning. And the more tenderness, meaning and warmth in those relationships, the more children will learn.

According to Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child, children develop within an environment of relationships, and “these relationships affect virtually all aspects of development – intellectual, social, emotional, physical and behavioral – and their quality and stability in the early years lay the foundation that supports a wide range of later

In the toddler classroom, visiting 18-month-old Maximilian Pittman experiments with age-appropriate Montessori materials, which are designed to be selfcorrecting, so the child can work independently to solve problems, build analytical thinking, self-confidence and a sense of accomplishment.

outcomes.” (Harvard Report, From Best Practices to Breakthrough Impacts) Scientists have discovered that the early experiences of children in life – and the environments in which they are placed – are crucial to successful brain architecture.

This is why I am so excited that we are expanding our Toddler Program for the families we serve. The Summit is a beautiful place designed for toddlers – where they can explore, engage with high-quality Montessori materials, build stable relationships and friendships, gain independence and learn to care for themselves and others. This is a place where highly trained and dedicated teachers welcome the youngest children with open arms, warm smiles and a belief in the great possibilities of a high-quality education. Here are teachers who honor the rights and needs of children and aim to know, understand, proactively guide and love every child.

The Summit is enrolling for half- and full-day, multi-day or five-day, and Extended Day options beginning at 18 months. Learn more at www.summitcds.org/toddlers

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Toddlers Move to Develop Muscle, Mental Skills

By Leah Fightmaster On any given morning in the Montessori, students in the Toddler Muscle Room can be found pushing a wheelbarrow full of toys around the room, crawling through a tube, sitting with a friend in a small rocking boat or jumping on a small trampoline. Every one of these actions serves a purpose. Each piece of equipment in the room has been intentionally designed to maximize development of gross motor skills.

The Muscle Room is a pilot project developed by new Montessori Director Kathy Scott. Next year, the academic classrooms will have an area within them for developing gross muscles. “A muscle space for toddlers addresses both The Summit’s five pillars, but also the aims of the Montessori Method,” Mrs. Scott says. “It allows teachers to educate the whole child while still teaching students the way Maria Montessori intended.”

“Research demonstrates the relationship between movement and cognitive ability.”

Toddler teachers have noticed a significant improvement in academic focus and motor development since they began utilizing the Muscle Room. The room gives toddlers a physical outlet for energy, which makes it easier to focus in the academic areas. “The Toddler Muscle Room meets the developmental needs of the toddler,” says Barbie Powers, toddler lead teacher.

“They need to move. In the muscle room, they are able to develop coordination and balance, integrate their senses and strengthen their muscles.”

Not only has concentration increased, but the ability to problem-solve develops within the muscle room. If two students want to use the same piece of equipment, they must work it out. Some materials can be used in more than one way. “Students are able to explore their abilities in the Toddler Muscle Room, instead of saying ‘I can’t do it,’ ” says Lysa Hou, toddler lead teacher. “Now they explore with help. It’s age-appropriate for toddlers to need movement to learn. They need space to work things out, which develops space and organization in their brains.”

While the connection between movement of large muscle groups and cognitive development has appeared in research for years, researchers are beginning to understand more specific benefits. The cerebellum is an area of the brain most associated with motor control, but also contains almost half of the brain’s neurons, most of which have outbound pathways, according to a study by Peter Strick at the Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Syracuse, NY. Those pathways travel to other learning-centered areas, connecting the processes of movement and learning.

Maria Montessori, both an educator and physician, said: “Since it is through movement that the will realizes itself, we should assist a child in his attempts to put his will into action.” The Muscle Room addresses both movement-based learning, but also the cognitive development, with materials that require a student to be physically active while still using their mind to complete the activity.

“Early childhood professionals appreciate the dual classroom. Blood flow in the brain supports cognitive development while teachers can evaluate the students’ development of gross motor skills,” Mrs. Scott says.

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Toddler Amelia Wilson jumps on a small trampoline in the Toddler Muscle Room. Research links movement and cognitive development.

Next year, the Toddler classrooms will each have a muscle development area.

Best-selling author Leonard Sax, M.D., Ph.D., talks to a record crowd attending the ninth annual Early Childhood Education Symposium at The Summit.

What Really Matters?

Child and Adolescent Behavior Expert Answers the Question

By Nancy Berlier For the past nine years, The Summit has hosted the Early Childhood Education Symposium – bringing a nationally notable speaker and regional experts to campus to discuss trending topics to help parents of young children.

This year’s keynote speaker, sponsored by Summit parents Drs. Renee and Michael Kreeger, was Leonard Sax, M.D., Ph.D., a psychologist, practicing family physician and author of four books on child and adolescent development. He answered the question: What really matters?

His answer: Character.

“Virtue and character are what count,” says Dr. Sax. “The first job of the parent is to teach virtue, to teach self-control.”

Dr. Sax presented on his New York Times bestselling book, The Collapse of Parenting: How We Hurt our Kids When We Treat Them Like Grownups. He bases his premise on empirical evidence revealed in longitudinal studies of children from preschool through young adulthood. Study after study shows the teaching of character is an indicator of how healthy, happy and well off children will be when they grow up.

“American popular culture has become toxic for young children and teens,” he says.

Too many parents have abdicated their role and allowed same-age peers and popular culture to influence their children’s personalities, he says.

Moms hand cell phones to babies to pacify them, instead of teaching upset babies how to soothe themselves. Dads buy minivans with movie players instead of talking to children during car rides. Overscheduled parents take children to playdates, rather than spending time as a family.

Children have screens at the dinner table and in their bedrooms. They watch popular shows that disrespect parents, and they play violent video games which change their character, Dr. Sax says.

One of the studies Dr. Sax referenced indicates that self-control at age 9 predicts health, wealth and public safety in adulthood. Another attests to the long-lasting impact of teaching conscientiousness. And another speaks to the idea that character skills matter more than academics in forecasting outcomes of adults.

“Teaching self-control and virtue should be among your top priorities for your daughter or son,” he says. “Character matters as much or more than academic achievement.”

Learn more about The Summit’s Character Education Program at www.summitcds.org/ CharacterEducation.

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L to R: Second graders Madelyn Smith, Danny Beyerbach, Tessa Dennemann and Andrew Lam create a structure using the Lower School’s new Mobile LEGO Learning Lab. The lab is one of several ways new Lower School Director Kendra Thornton, Ed.D is applying her doctoral work from Johns Hopkins University.

Boosting Brain Power

Lower School Advances Divergent Thinking, the 4Cs and LEGO Learning

By Nancy Berlier When Kendra Thornton, Ed.D., the Lower School’s new director, introduced her Mobile LEGO Learning Lab to a group of second graders this year, she asked them to create their interpretation of a Piet Mondrian color-block painting.

Immediately, the kids faced challenges. The artwork was two dimensional and the LEGOS were three dimensional. The Mondrian was red, yellow, white and black. They had lots of green bricks, plus

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bricks with wheels and other distracting-but-fun shapes. Each team of four students had to share one bucket of LEGOS. There weren’t enough pieces in the same shape and colors to build the Mondrian exactly. The kids started to worry they were doing it all wrong.

But Dr. Thornton and teacher Martha Rich assured them it was impossible to make mistakes, because there was not one right way to solve the problem they faced. They had freedom to visualize an original concept inspired by Mondrian. They had to

L to R: Will Jordan, Ama Karikari and Beatrice Nery must engage in all of the four Cs of education – communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity – to complete their LEGO Lab group project.

think divergently to respond to the task. They had to communicate, collaborate, think critically and be creative.

The LEGO Lab is just one example of how Dr. Thornton is applying her doctoral work at Johns Hopkins University into classrooms at The Summit. Her specialization is in “Mind, Brain and Teaching,” which draws from applied research in the fields of cognitive science, psychology, neurology, neuroscience and education. She is engaging her faculty in ongoing conversations about divergent thinking and the four Cs of education – communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity.

Dr. Thornton says a LEGO learning experience ties in a lot of different concepts. “First of all, the kids get so excited seeing LEGOs that they immediately become engaged. The teacher isn’t saying ‘construct a log cabin and everybody do

it the same way.’ The child is creating something and is having a dialogue with the teacher. The understanding of whatever concept is being taught is much deeper because the child is supplying the information to the teacher rather than just picking one right answer.”

The lesson also promotes mathematical understanding through development of cognitive skills such as mental imagery, spatial reasoning and sequencing. It supports fine and gross motor skill development, especially among the younger children who are still struggling with how to grip a pencil. Practicing communication skills ties in The Summit’s signature Social Skills and Character Education programs. “They need social-emotional learning,” Dr. Thornton says. “They learn to be respectful to each other and consider others’ ideas without dismissing them.” And, she adds, the lesson demonstrates the power of experiential learning. “It does not get more hands-on than

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L to R: Second grade teacher Martha Rich guides Peter Misrach, Jefferson Campbell, Jacob Heimbouch and Aliviah McCarter in working together on a LEGO block creation inspired by a Piet Mondrian color-block painting.

LEGOS. There’s continuous learning with each redesign. It’s all part of the creativity spiral.

Research shows us that experiential learning is how kids learn best.”

Guidance Counselor Elizabeth Drumm has created a resource file where faculty members are sharing their ideas about how to use LEGOS across all disciplines of the curriculum. Pat Seta’s fourth graders used LEGOS to visually portray the law of reflection, depicting how when light hits a mirror, it reflects back at the same angle on the opposite side. First grade teacher Ceil Johnson asked her students to work collaboratively in pairs to create a seasonal image and communicate with the whole class the story behind their creations.

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As the guidance counselor dedicated to the Lower School since 2009, Dr. Thornton had been presenting professional development sessions to the faculty. Now as director, professional development is high on her list. “There is such willingness among the faculty in the Lower School to embrace and share,” she says. It turns out, LEGOS work with adults, too. In a recent cross-divisional meeting, she put LEGOS on the table and asked the faculty to create likenesses of themselves as an icebreaker.

“The intensity with which they were looking for pieces and their eagerness to share their creation was an “a-ha!” moment. They understood: “This is how our students feel. If I’m loving it, imagine if I were 8.”

Cammy Lorentz, foreground, enjoys her technology assignment as she and other third graders work together in the Lower School Collaboratory, so named because of the intent for students to work collaboratively in the computer laboratory.

Fourth graders Benedict Domville and Lenni Mellin opt to work in the Puzzles room during a daily 15-minute Movement and Mindfulness break in the Lower School.

Collaboratory

Movement and Mindfulness

The Lower School computer lab has been renamed the Collaboratory, combining the idea of collaboration and laboratory. Taking inspiration from office design at software companies, Dr. Thornton redesigned the workspace in the Collaboratory. Instead of traditional rows, students’ computers are now in circular hubs so they can work together more easily.

Each grade level has its own technology curriculum goals. Scratch coding, which was piloted in the third grade last year, is officially in the curriculum this year.

The modern floorplan supports the creativity needed for this type of lesson. A feature wall has been painted green, which some researchers say encourages creativity. Colorful graphics make the atmosphere more fun.

“All of this is coming from the ideas of modern software companies who are trying to attract coders and developers,” Dr. Thornton says. “They have fun unique spaces where that interaction is welcome.”

Mindfulness activities have been introduced in all grades in the Lower School to help students recognize and regulate their own emotions. In the fourth grade, mindfulness is combined with movement and choice. Every day, fourth graders take a 15-minute break, choosing for themselves whether they to need release extra energy, be social, relax or meditate.

Frances Keller runs “Go Noodle,” during which students get moving with dance and exercise routines. Ellen Valentine offers “Puzzles and Building,” where students can socialize in small groups while engaging in origami, knot-tying, blocks and puzzles. Pat Seta facilitates “Yoga” and Barb Sander moderates “Guided Meditation.”

“They’re making a mind-body connection,” Dr. Thornton says. “If they’ve had a hectic morning and they need calm, they can pray or meditate with Mrs. Sander. If they are having a hard time sitting still, they can go to the “Go Noodle” room.

They are choosing for themselves where they want to be based on how they feel. They have to learn what they need and choose the right place.

Developmentally, fourth graders need movement and have opportunities to make choices.”

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Loving Solidarity Teacher Removes Her ‘Western Lens’ to Absorb the Healing of Rwanda Rosie Sansalone stands with Rwandans who confessed to genocide crimes at a work camp in Kigali, Rwanda.

During the summer of 2016, eighth grade teacher Rosie Sansalone joined 17 other teachers in a study tour of Rwanda. In this reflection, she tells the story of how Rwandans, once ravaged by the horrors of genocide, have come together in loving solidarity.

By Rosie Sansalone Recently I heard a TED Talk which spoke about the cultural approach to health care in Rwanda, specifically with regard to helping survivors of genocide handle the depression and despair they faced after 100 days of darkness when the people “had lost the eye” with regard to the Rwandan cultural understanding of looking out for one’s neighbor.

After the genocide, the people came together in what were known as Gacaca courts to provide restorative justice to the families of the victims, as well to provide reconciliation to the perpetrators. Gacaca literally means grass – and thus, these gatherings were in the open air, outside, while the community sat together on the grass in the center of the village. This same system was in place prior to the genocide and was restored after the genocide to help members of the community deal with the challenges of emotional trauma. This approach was in direct opposition to what foreign health care workers had tried to provide. As one Rwandan health care worker described:

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was getting treated. Treatment was not out in the bright sunshine where you feel happy. There was no music or drumming to get the heart running as the heart should run. Instead, they took people one at a time into sort of dingy little rooms for an hour at a time and asked them to talk about the bad things that had happened to them. Which, of course, just made them feel much worse, almost suicidal. We had to put a stop to it.”

When I heard this TED Talk a few weeks after my study tour of Rwanda with Carl Wilkens and World Outside My Shoes, I was astounded how I connected so readily with these reflections. When in Rwanda, I experienced a prevalent sense of community, solidarity, hospitality and support. I was not expecting such a sense of unity. Even though I had read about the reconciliation process, it took having my feet on the ground, to realize that I, too, like the aid workers, wore a Western lens which I needed to remove if I was truly going to absorb the healing of Rwanda, a land which I had expected to be enveloped in the darkness of depression despite the beauty of its 1,000 hills flooded in sunshine.

Indeed, in reconciling with the darkness of the postgenocide depression, the survivors were able to give to others what they needed most – love. As I reread my blog posts a few weeks later, I was astounded by the light-filled reflections of my experience guided by Mr. Wilkens, this altruistic selfless man who seemed so easily to absorb into the inner healing beauty of Rwanda. Carl had made the decision to stay during

the genocide when his interest was simply saving the lives of those who stood a good chance of annihilation at the hands of those wielding the machete.

I have studied and taught the Holocaust for more than 10 years I have used genocide as a lens to teach social justice for nearly as many years and I have pondered continually the actions and non-actions of perpetrators, victims, bystanders and upstanders. Now, with the dust of Rwanda on my feet, I find myself focused on the question: What qualities of character result in a person making the conscious decision to be a righteous rescuer, to see the “bright sunshine” of good within the ever present tragedy of human decision, to respect differences of those around him, to see the challenges of others as strengthening the group, to immerse oneself in a culture without the luxuries of the first world and, finally, to embody the lessons learned so that the first instinct becomes good and not the evil – which are both continually at odds in the tragic human condition?

accomplished without the material items contained within the walls of our beautiful school – it could be accomplished almost more easily in the “bright sunshine where you feel happy” sitting in circles outside on the grass.

For the lessons I teach via the weaving together of our academic and Character Education Program are indeed the lessons of Rwanda: the power of positive human connection, the creation of right and just relationships, the respect of dignity, the power of solidarity, the importance of community, the universality of a smile, the responsibility we have to uphold the good of humanity, the need to look for the good and the willingness to stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves. These are the lessons which will foster and nourish the light within my students – these are the lessons which will fight the darkness of anxiety, depression, isolation, materialism, prejudice, hate and first-world worries and pressures.

If and when I need a renewed reminder of these lessons of Rwanda, Top: Rosie Sansalone greets children in a Rwandan village which has received a cow from Life Lifting Hands, an organization which raises I shall simply recall the Thus, as I reflected upon money to provide lifestock, medication, mosquito nets and basic “snapshots of memory,” my first few weeks back farm equipment. which are now held in the to school and my teaching Middle: Teenagers in Rwanda wore traditional dress, played the caverns of my heart. These at The Summit, I found drums, sang and danced in a cultural performance for the benefit of light-filled recollections will myself immersed in culture visiting teachers. bring me back to those shock – teaching in a Bottom: Rosie Sansalone poses with four children outside the new roads under the African school where our blessings Kigali Public Library. sun, where Rwandans have abound in the form of come together to support beautiful classrooms, each other in an effort of unity and reconciliation, as technology at our fingertips, supplies filling our brothers and sisters, together in loving solidarity. cabinets, books lining our shelves, compensation which easily puts food on our tables, eager students, Read “Rosie’s Blog” at www.summitcds.org/news supportive parents and a sense of safety and security. beginning on July 28, 2016.

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NEWSMAKERS last year emerged as the top-ranking female student and 14th in the state overall in the Ohio High School Mathematics Invitational Olympiad.

Junior Wanyi “Sherry” Xiao competed with five other top high school math students from Ohio this fall in the Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament at Harvard University. About 1,000 students, top scorers at national and international competitions around the world, are invited.

Sherry, the only team member from Cincinnati,

Matthew LaMacchia and Lisa Poffenberger are National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists.

Martin Amesquita and Sofia Nieto have National Hispanic Recognition.

These four students, as well as Hayden Boggs, Hannah Fassler, Alex Hertlein and Jake Trzybinski, also were recognized as Commended Students. Meghan O’Brien and Jennifer Whitehead are competing for Special Scholarships.

A 72-page research study by senior Caroline Walton was published in the fall issue of The Concord Review, a national journal that champions exemplary history essays by high schoolers. Caroline explored how the Tudors navigated the Protestant Reformation and avoided much of the religious warfare that engulfed continental Europe. Her essay began as a smaller paper on Queen Elizabeth in her sophomore AP European History course.

She proposed an Independent Study in Research course for her junior year to expand her investigation to other monarchs.

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Junior Kathryn Adam participated in the Yale Young Global Scholars Program last summer in Connecticut. Kathryn was part of the Biological and Biomedical Sciences session, which included lectures on the science behind empathy. The Young Global Scholars Program is highly competitive – fewer than 20 percent of applicants are accepted.

Nine 2016 graduates of The Summit were named AP National Scholars by the College Board because of their scores on qualifying Advanced Placement exams.

The scholars and their universities are: L to R, top to bottom, Dustin Argo, Vanderbilt; Jared Bulla, George Washington; Lucia Grandison, Washington University in St. Louis; Alexis Hogya, Xavier; Lily Lu, Michigan; Jack Meyer, Notre Dame; Elena Montag, Xavier; Tony Ortiz, University of California, Santa Barbara; and Yi Nuo “Jenny” Zhang, Georgetown.

Student Newsmakers

A story about perseverance written by seventh grader Laura Fitzpatrick was published in the fall edition of The Writers’ Slate, a national online journal.

“The Secret Garden” is a mystery about a girl learning to fit in at a new middle school while also searching for her missing brother. Laura developed her story in sixth grade as her capstone project, a signature program part of The Summit’s Character Education Program.

Juniors Eva Nicholson, left, and Wanyi “Sherry” Xiao attended the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Seminar at Urbana University in Urbana during the summer. The students met leaders from the state and learned how they can become ethical agents for social change in their own communities.

Summit faculty members nominated Eva and Sherry for the seminar.

Eighth grader Matthew Casanas, freshman Kathryn Sullivan and junior Michael Warden received perfect scores on the National Latin Exam and were recognized at the National Junior Classical League Convention last summer at Indiana University in Bloomington. In addition, junior Joseph Delamerced won fourth place in overall artistic points out of the 1,500 delegates competing at the convention.

Lisa Poffenberger’s essay about the rewards of mentoring won her a $1,000 scholarship as she also took first place in the Lindsay Marie Memorial Feis Irish dance competition this fall in Troy, Ohio. The Summit senior wrote in response to the prompt “What is your superstar Irish dance moment?” Lisa shared that she feels like a superstar every time she sees younger students watching her at Erickson Academy of Irish Dance in Linwood. “It inspires me to give every practice my full concentration and effort, knowing that when I was that little dancer, I had only dreamed of achieving the success I have been so fortunate to experience,” Lisa said.

Five seniors gained insight into the leadership skills needed for public service at Buckeye Boys and Girls State last summer. L to R, bottom row, Laura Klug and Maggie Cavanaugh attended BGS. Maggie was elected mayor of a city, leading 45 other girls on her dorm floor. L to R, Carter Fee, Duke Tobin and Liam Lindy attended BBS. Liam was a county prosecutor and won the “Outstanding Attorney” award. Duke was elected a mayor. He also was one of 30 students to receive a five-star delegate ranking and as a result has been invited back next year as a counselor. The government education programs are sponsored by the Ohio American Legion.

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Student and Faculty Newsmakers Fourth grader Madeline Schaefer was selected for the Lakeview Legend Award from YMCA Camp Ernst this summer. The award recognizes campers who model honesty, caring, respect and responsibility – the same values taught in The Summit’s Character Education Program. Madeline, who participated in the program for 6- to 9-year-olds, was among 2 percent of campers to be selected for the award.

The annual conference of the Independent Schools Association of the Independent States (ISACS) was in November in Columbus, providing an opportunity for many faculty to attend professional development sessions there. Three members of the faculty were presenters. Upper School Director John Thornburg presented “Building Positive Learning Relationships to Reach Students.” He presented research to help teachers understand social cues and behaviors that students interpret as an invitation to a positive learning experience, so the teachers can be more effective in the classroom.

Curriculum and Instruction Director Kirstin McEachern Ph.D. and Lower School French teacher Amy Sterling presented “Our Global Summit: Developing a Global Citizenry Strategy.” The Global Citizenry program addresses last year’s faculty-wide project to map examples of global citizenry in our curriculum and community.

See the map at www.summitcds.org/globalcitizenry.

Lower School art teacher Hilary Carvitti, left, and Literacy Coach Patti Kenney presented on the process of the creation of the Lower School’s “S is for Summit” book at the Ohio Art Educators conference in Columbus in November. “S is for Summit” is an alphabet book created last year during the school’s 125th anniversary. It includes art work, poetry and prose from every student enrolled in the Lower School last year.

Seven Summit students are members of the Cincinnati Children’s Choir, the ensemble-in-residence at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music.

Students are divided into choirs based on their age and skill level. The youngest and most introductory level is Piccolo Coro, and progresses through Vivace, Allegro and Con Brio to the oldest and most advanced, Bel Canto. L to R, Junior Vivianne Skavlem and freshman Jocelyn Spanbauer are in Bel Canto. Fifth grader Tarek Hasan is in Allegro. Fourth graders Maria Min and Lily Gentes are in Vivace and Piccolo Coro, respectively. First grader Milan Matarazzo is also in Piccolo Coro. Seventh grader Drew Cavallo, in the Con Brio choir, is not pictured. Through local, national and international travel, choir members are exposed to other cultures, customs and global diversity within a musical framework.

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Curriculum and Instruction Director Kirstin McEachern Ph.D. and fifth grade science teacher Jessica Horton Ph.D. were published in the October issue of The Educational Forum. Their article, “Developing a Research Identity: Promoting a Research Mindset among Faculty and Students,” describes how their doctoral programs influenced what they believe about the identity of a researcher as well as a teacher. In the article, they suggest ways that schools can support teachers and students in the development of a research mindset. Dr. McEachern received her Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction with a specialization in critical pedagogy, diversity and social justice from Boston College. Dr. Horton received her doctorate in teacher education from the University of Tennessee with specializations in elementary education and science education.

Faculty Newsmakers

Kendra Thornton Ed.D. presented her doctoral research in November at the Annual International Conference on ADHD hosted by Children and Adults with AttentionDeficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Costa Mesa, Calif. Dr. Thornton’s doctorate from Johns Hopkins University has a specialization in “Mind, Brain and Teaching.” Her doctoral thesis was called “The Impact of Professional Development on Teacher Efficacy: Specific to Strategies for Success with ADHD Students in Inclusive Private School Classrooms.” Her research demonstrated a statistically significant improvement on two different efficacy scales when comparing pre- and post-treatment scores for inclusive classrooms.

Thirteen children’s books written by Upper School Chinese teacher Bonnie Pang have been published by babyArt Co. in Shanghai, China. Her books, called the Karl & Lena Adventure Series, are written in

Chinese and include basic knowledge in history, arts, economics, geography, geology and biology. Among the titles are Karl Became A Detective, Karl and His Dinosaur Friends, Karl and Lena Met A Thief in The Louvre, Karl and Lena’s Adventure in the Earth’s Core, Karl and Lena’s Adventure on Mars, Karl Went to the Colosseum, Lena Turned Into a Mermaid and Lena Is Sick.

Middle School language arts teacher Rosie Sansalone hosted 15 teachers from Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, New York, Texas and Mississippi in a “Pathways to Social Justice Educational Seminar” at The Summit July 17 to 23. Using the Holocaust as a lens, teachers spent two weeks developing and understanding curricular ideas with special presentations from survivors, social justice educators and writing teachers. In its second year, the seminar was funded through a grant from The Memorial Library in New York City.

Summit Country Day School Athletic Director Greg Dennis and Assistant Boys Basketball Coach Scott Martin coached their Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) girls’ basketball team to a national championship in Orlando this summer.

Upper School social studies teacher Jeff Stayton spoke and facilitated group discussions at the 2016 Eileen Ludwig Greenland National Bearing Witness Summer Institute in Washington, D.C. from July 17 to 22. He led a seminar called “Bricks of Hate” using a dozen primary documents dating back as far at the ancient Egyptians to expose attendees to more than 2,000 years of anti-Semitism. One source, or brick, led to another throughout history, culminating in Nazi Germany in the 1930s. By that time the Hitler regime had “built a wall of hatred and persecution” based upon two millennia of anti-Semitism. In addition to the seminar, he facilitated two group discussions on implementing the “Bearing Witness Program” into the classroom and participated in a Q & A panel. Attended by 30 Catholic educators from across the U.S., the seminar was held at various sites in D.C., including Georgetown University, the Washington Hebrew Congregation (Synagogue), the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Israeli Embassy and the Romanian Embassy.

The Institute is sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League and the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and led by Naomi Mayor from the ADL. Dr. McEachern has been named the secretary to the Teacher As Researcher special interest group of the American Educational Research Association for this school year. Also, she and her husband, Middle School language arts teacher Brendan McEachern, ran the Chicago Marathon in October, for the third year in a row, to raise money for her father’s memorial scholarship, the Dr. Thomas N. Pesola Memorial Scholarship Fund. The scholarship helps children newly diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes to attend diabetic education camps.

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Summit Welcomes Father Dave as New Chaplain The Rev. David Lemkuhl has been named the new Chaplain at The Summit, replacing the Rev. Philip Seher who retired after serving the school for the past 39 years.

as the National Youth Chaplain. On his return to the United States, he served at Our Lady of the Visitation, St. Antoninus, St. Margaret of Cortona, St. John Vianney and St. Anthony.

Father Dave, as he wants to be known, is the pastor at Church of the Resurrection in Bond Hill.

A native Cincinnatian, he attended St. Cecilia in Oakley and St. Therese the Little Flower for elementary school and then LaSalle for high school. He attended Mount St. Mary’s Seminary at the Athenaeum where he received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees.

Father Seher’s association with The Summit began in 1977, when he served as Chaplain of the Boys Middle School. He became Chaplain for the entire school in 2003. He has served many other parishes and schools including Elder, Moeller, Mt. Notre Dame, Xavier University and Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary. He has been pastor of St. John in West Chester, St. William in Price Hill and St. Joseph in the West End. He was the first Director of Priests Personnel for the Archdiocese, serving from 1973 to 1980.

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The Summit celebrated his 50th year since ordination in May, 2015 and his retirement on Jan. 8, 2017.

Honor In Action

Summit Sports XC Makes a Run to State

The boys’ cross country team and girls’ individual runner Margo Dailey ’17 competed in the state meet on Nov. 5. The boys’ team – shown L to R, Assistant Coach Jerry Hilton, Girls Head Coach Kim Horning, Beau Poston, Scott Kinross, Tullus Dean, Matt LaMacchia, Elijah Weaver, Luke Desch, Conrad Coldiron and Head Coach Kurtis Smith – placed eighth at the state, the only Cincinnati team to finish in the top 10. Summit’s top finisher was Tullus Dean ’17, who came in 35th. Tullus is only the second runner in school history to qualify for the state meet all four years of high school. Margo, shown running, finished the girls’ meet with a time of 20:30. Margo is the first girl from The Summit to compete at state in XC.

Three Seniors Sign to Division I

Seniors who signed letters of intent to play college athletics on National Signing Day Nov. 9, included, L to R, Claire Hellmann, Izzy Yagodich and Emma Hellmann. Claire will play field hockey at St. Louis University where she plans to study health sciences. Izzy will play lacrosse at Mercer University in Macon, Ga., and study pre-medical biology.

Claire’s twin sister, Emma, will join the diving team at Pennsylvania State University where she is considering studies in health and human development. Nov. 9 is one of several signing days. The athletic department anticipates more athletes will sign with Division I and Division II programs as the year progresses.

Record Kickoff Return on ESPN

Junior wide receiver Xavier Johnson set a school record and had the No. 4 play nationally on ESPN’s SportsCenter with his 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in a 55-6 win over Clark Montessori.

Baseball Players Academic-All State

Six 2016 Summit Country Day School graduates were named to the Academic-All State team by the Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association. Named were, L to R, top row, Justin Ayer, who is attending Purdue University; Logan Bernhardt, Coastal Carolina University; and Reece Jackson, University of Cincinnati; bottom row, Will Mackey, University of South Carolina; John Merritt, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; and Tony Ortiz, University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Scott Sievering’s Team Is Disciplined, Fast and Physical

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Surreal.

That’s how Summit Country Day School senior Sam Martin described holding the state championship trophy with his boys soccer teammates.

At the school-wide celebration of their state championship, the players were touched by the support from younger students. So Sam and his teammates walked around the Lower School and took photos with the students.

That was when the euphoria of back-to-back state titles started to hit him. “I’m just happy to be a part of the team,” Sam says. “It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience and it happened twice.”

For the nine seniors on The Summit’s squad, you couldn’t ask for a better final chapter to their high school soccer playing careers. On Nov. 13, the Silver Knights repeated as Division III state champions with a 9-1 win over Kidron Central Christian at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus. The Silver Knights (21-1-1) tied their own state record for goals scored in a boys soccer state championship game. It was the fourth title in the past five years for the program.

Team members signed autographs and greeted fans at the stadium after the game. They posed for a team photo. The scoreboard proudly announced the Silver Knights as state champions. The weather couldn’t have been better for Nov. 13. And neither could this team.

Consider that The Summit dominated its postseason opponents by outscoring them 54-1 since the sectional tournament. During the state final, the Silver Knights performed at their highest level on the biggest stage.

Sam led the team with four goals – an Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) boys soccer state championship record – while also recording an assist.

Junior Diego Vallota finished with three assists, which was also an OHSAA state final record.

Senior Cameron Belle had three goals and one assist.

Senior David Cook, one of three captains along with Sam and Josh Campbell, had a goal and two assists.

The Silver Knights recorded a school record for most wins in a single season (21) and set a new school record for most consecutive wins (18). The Summit finished with the highest winning percentage in school history and scored the most goals in team history (140).

What else could Head Coach Scott Sievering ask for?

As shown from top to bottom, the boys’ soccer team boards a ceremonial bus bearing a parent-made banner before departing for the state championship game in Columbus. Second grader Dylan Sougstad, right foreground, is at the front of the line when the cheering begins for the state soccer team sendoff as the rest of the Montessori, Lower School, Middle School and Upper School students line up along the driveway.

Hoping to see a back-to-back championship win, fans are decked out in Magazine Summit blue at the game at MAPFRE Stadium Summit in Columbus.

The team23 is somber as the line up on the field before the game begins.

The team poses for an official championship photo after the game in Columbus. L to R, front row: Jake Klopfenstein, Henry Schertzinger, Erik Sigman, Hudson Whiting, Diego Vallota, Nick Mishu and ball girls Maggie Bissmeyer and Lilly Sievering (Coach Scott Sievering’s daughter).

Middle row: Harrison Schertzinger, Kieran Dowling, Chuck Steines, Eli Rawlings, Sam Smallwood, Sam Martin, Doug Simpson and Davis Whiting. Back row: Assistant Coaches B.J. Smallwood and Craig Chmiel, team manager Charlie Perez, Colby Gordon, Bennett Caruso, Sutton Eyer, David Cook, Nick Carcieri, Josh Campbell, Alex Hertlein, Hayes Snyder, Brendan Ochs, Cameron Belle, eighth grader Graham Nicholson, Junior Varsity Assistant Coach Ryan Johnson, Varsity Head Coach Scott Sievering, Madison Sievering (Coach Sievering’s daughter), and Trainer Amber Gerken.

Above, L to R: David Cook stays focused on controlling the ball. Eli Rawlings goes for the ball. Chuck Steines is overcome with emotion after making the ninth goal, repeating last year’s state record when The Summit scored most goals ever in a championship game. Bennett Caruso and Colby Gordon clinch their medals in their mouths, an Olympic tradition which originated in the Gold Rush when people bit gold coins to judge their authenticity.

Opposite page: Clockwise from top left, Sam Martin’s header flies away. Diego Vallota controls the ball in midfield. Josh Campbell dives for a save. Twins Harrison, left, and Henry Schertzinger sandwich Hudson Whiting with the trophy. Cameron Belle pushes the ball past a Kidron Central Christian player.

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At the end of the day, the state final was the perfect ending to an incredible season. “This team is the perfect storm of talent, work ethic, leadership and character,” says Coach Sievering, who won his second state title in three years for The Summit. “I am extremely blessed as a coach and very aware that a group like this is truly special.”

The players were special, but so was the head coach.

Coach Sievering’s instruction and motivational abilities gave the Silver Knights all the ingredients to succeed this fall. “Our coach expects the best out of us,” Sam says. “He doesn’t allow us to settle.”

Earlier this year, the team attended a training session at Xavier University in which the Silver Knights conducted two-touch passing. That drill impressed the Xavier coaching staff, which said they don’t see that very often in high school programs.

But The Summit is no ordinary high school soccer program.

When Sam wasn’t playing particularly well for a stretch earlier this year, Coach Sievering would call or text him after practice to lend support. The coach sees his players as people and not just high school soccer players.

“He’s more competitive than any guy I’ve ever met,” says Sam, who finished with 38 goals and 24 assists.

“That hunger is enforced in us.”

That hunger was also evident in the postseason. Coach Sievering would have it no other way.

Before the state final, the team didn’t discuss the fact that it outscored its opponents in tournament play 45-0. The coach emphasized a commitment to team defending and then building offense from there.

The dominance was not lost on FC Cincinnati defender Austin Berry, a 2007 Summit graduate with his own history with the Silver Knights soccer program. “It’s obviously an amazing accomplishment,” Austin says.

“It shows the quality of the program as a whole and how committed they are year in and year out to always being the top program in the state.”

Ohio is well aware of The Summit’s success. And so is the national high school soccer scene. The Summit was ranked No. 35 nationally (as of Nov. 8) and No. 5 in the regional rankings.

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William Penn Charter School coach Bob DiBenedetto has plenty of respect for the Silver Knights. William Penn Charter, a Philadelphia soccer powerhouse, has played The Summit the past four of five years.

The Silver Knights and William Penn finished with a scoreless tie in Philadelphia Sept. 4. William Penn finished as state runner-up this season in Pennsylvania. “(The Summit) was one of the tougher teams to play,” says Coach DiBenedetto, who has been coaching soccer for 40 years. “They are so active off the ball.

They never stop running.”

Coach DiBenedetto says he likes Coach Sievering’s style of coaching. He knows the Silver Knights were a disciplined team that played fast and physical. “He’s the kind of coach I like,” Coach DiBenedetto says. “I love his passion for the game.”

Coach DiBenedetto says he plans to play The Summit again in 2017. The mutual respect between the two programs is reflective in both athletic departments, including Summit Athletic Director Greg Dennis, coaches, players and families. “The parents are great,” he says of The Summit. “They are friendly. It’s a nice relationship. The players all get along well.”

That speaks volumes for Coach Sievering, who coached at another area school for 10 years before arriving at The Summit. He has the respect of players, opposing coaches and teams. And when the state final became a reality, he wanted his own players to soak in the experience “He made sure we peaked at the right time,” Sam says. “He knows when to push the buttons.”

Nothing was easy, Coach Sievering says. But the state title was the culmination of a significant collective effort. In the end, the team will have plenty to reflect upon this winter.

“The guys have worked extremely hard to get where they are and because of it they have established lifelong memories,” Coach Sievering says. “For the rest of their lives, they will be able to say that they played for a state championship at MAPFRE Stadium, a place where the U.S. National Team played a mere 48 hours earlier.”

Mike Dyer, a WCPO sportscaster, has covered high school athletics in Greater Cincinnati for more than a decade.

Opposite page: Top photo, L to R, Beau Poston, Andrew Bissmeyer, Jacob Pauly, Alex Dahling, Blake Warren and Thatcher Johnson greet players after the win. Second photo: Margo Dailey, Hannah Pilon, Caroline Walton, Caroline Bristow, Claire Hellman, Emma Hellman, Katie Ann Headley and Meghan O’Brien offer their high fives to the Silver Knights. Third photo: Sam Martin, Hudson Whiting and Bennett Caruso sign autographs for their young fans.

Bottom photo: Coach Scott Sievering hugs his daughter, Madison, as ball girls Maggie Bissmeyer and Lilly Sievering, also the coach’s daughter, and Assistant Coach Craig Chmiel join him midfield.

This page: From top to bottom: Head of School Rich Wilson is presented with the state championship trophy. Members of Martha Rich’s second grade class hold up signs they made to welcome the victors home. Sam Martin, one of three team co-captains, addresses the entire student body gathered in Flannery Gym. 27 Summit Magazine 27

Hollywood Hopefuls Summit Alumni Reach for the Stars

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rom the hills of Cincinnati to the canyons of Hollywood, the next generation of artists and creators are seeking to establish themselves in the entertainment industry. Inspired by their teachers at The Summit, they’re following in the footsteps of former Summit students such as actresses Ciara Bravo and Amy Yasbeck Ritter, and directorproducer-cinematographer David Thies.

Call them Hollywood Hopefuls.

Radek Lord ‘14 schedules evening courses at Orange Coast College in Southern California so he can go to auditions during the day. He’s also taking classes with The Groundlings, the improvisation company which ignited the careers of Melissa McCarthy, Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig and others.

Radek, 20, appeared in “A Kind of Murder,” filmed here in Cincinnati in 2014, and walked the red carpet at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival premiere with stars Patrick Wilson and Eddie Marsan. Since moving to Los Angeles, he’s appeared in “The Standoff,” starring former Disney stars Olivia Holt and Alex Wolff; “Little Bitches,” starring Jennette McCurdy (“iCarly”); and “Girlfriend’s Day,” with Bob Odenkirk, Stacy Keach, Amber Tamblyn and Stephanie Courtney.

Georges Saba ‘14 started his third year this fall as a screenwriting major in the University of Southern California Cinematic Arts program. He had a busy summer in LA doing two internships, in the development offices at Universal Studios and also Everyman Pictures run by Jay Roach (“Meet The Parents,” “Recount,” “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me”). During the school year, Saba, 20, performs comedy around LA and works as a movie production assistant.

Radek Lord ‘14

Stephen Hutchins ‘12 graduated last spring with a bachelor’s degree in animation and digital arts from University of Southern California. The 22-year-old Montgomery native has submitted his senior film – a 2D and stop-motion movie called “Burgatory,” about a girl’s fear of hamburgers – to 30 film festivals around the world. “I’m hoping for the best,” he says.

Caroline Clark ’12 graduated from the University of Notre Dame in May 2016 with a degree in film,

Radek, right, poses with Christine Vachon, Susan Boyd, Patrick Wilson and Eddie Marsan on the red carpet at New York’s Tribeca 29 Summit Magazine 29 Film Festival to promote “A Kind of Murder.”

television and theatre. At Notre Dame’s graduation ceremony, she received the Broad Avenue Filmmaker Award from the university for “the most outstanding nonfiction film by a graduating senior.” This was for her film, “Patrolling Sandy Hook,” about conspiracy theorists who questioned the events of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School. She is now working in Los Angeles for a documentary production company called O’Malley Creadon Productions.

Ciara Bravo, the youngest of the group at 19, left in 2010, after commuting as a seventh grader to LA to be in the cast of Nickelodeon’s “Big Time Rush.” By the time her classmates graduated, Ciara had starred in two Nickelodeon movies (“Swindle,” “Jinxed”) and two Fox TV series (“Red Band Society,” “Second Chance.”)

Georges Saba ’14 performs on stage at the University of Southern California.

They’re all seeking fame and fortune – or at least a steady paycheck – on the West Coast with photographer/actress/aspiring filmmaker Sierra Schepmann ’08, actress Mia Caporale, who left The Summit in 2000 after her junior year, Dave Thies ’90 and Amy Yasbeck Ritter, a 1976 Girls Middle School graduate.

Amy Yasbeck Ritter, whose credits range from “Modern Family” and “Pretty Little Liars” to “Wings” and “Pretty Woman” (and modeling Kenner’s Easy Bake Oven at age 6), has never forgotten the thrill of performing, first experienced at The Summit. “I was cast as Maria in ‘The Sound of Music’ in eighth grade, under the steady direction of Fr. Roger Emmert. I was too excited to be nervous, and had so much fun onstage that I forgot to panic. I have been chasing that feeling ever since,” says the actress, widow of actor John Ritter.

Ciara and Radek credit The Summit’s encouraging teachers for their big and small screen successes.

Developing “the artistic” is one of the five pillars in The Summit mission statement (along with academic, spiritual, physical and social skills) in developing well-rounded students.

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“As a child, I was extremely shy and reserved. The Summit’s Character Education Program allowed me to build confidence to feel comfortable speaking in front of groups,” says Ciara, who was Newport Aquarium’s “Frog Princess” in a 2008 TV commercial, while at The Summit.

Amy Yasbeck Ritter got the acting bug while performing as Maria in “The Sound of Music” on The Summit’s stage. Among her credits, she appeared in “Problem Child,” top left, with her husband, the late John Ritter, and child actor Michael Oliver. She played opposite Jim Carrey in “The Mask,” top right. Mel Brooks directed her in “Dracula: Dead and Loving It,” which also starred Leslie Nielsen, bottom left. She starred in the television series, “Wings,” bottom right, with Tim Daly, Steven Weber and Chrystal Bernard.

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Her mother, Tammy Bravo of Alexandria, loves to tell how first grade teacher Ceil Johnson stopped her before a parent-student event in the Chapel and said, “You won’t believe our little Ciara. Just wait.” Ciara says she walked up to the lectern “and delivered a reading with my head held high.

My mom said she was floored. It was like there wasn’t a shy bone in my body.”

Radek was too shy to do school plays his first year at The Summit. When they needed an actor the next year, “they offered me the role, and I did every single play and musical every year after that. They were so much fun,” says Radek, who appeared in “Oklahoma!,” “Anne Frank” and “Man of La Mancha” here.

Ciara Bravo, above and below, appears in scenes from the television series, “Second Chance.”

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Georges Saba also learned to entertain at The Summit. He performed in the annual Upper School Talent Show his junior and senior years, and hosted it as a senior. He also played guitar or ukulele at the Arts Forums and did his first standup comedy at Newport’s Funny Bone and other local clubs.

“What The Summit does do a good job of is allowing each student to stand out while inspiring students to achieve. It’s great to come from a school full of high achievers who support each other in achieving their ambitious goals,” says Saba, who aspires to write TV series and “be able to run my own show… while developing and pursuing other projects. I’d like to be able to create the content I like and just have fun – and get paid for it,” the Hyde Park native says.

Stephen Hutchins turned a pastime into a passion, aided by skills he learned in art class.

“I started animating for fun on the school computers in fifth grade, and I’ve been doing it since then. It was mostly the drawing classes I took that benefited me, as The Summit has a really strong visual art program. Beyond that, animation was my own endeavor,” he says.

At USC, he worked on an advanced games project called “Howie and Yarla,” which was featured in “LA Weekly” and “VentureBeat.”

Sophomore year he interned at Ineffable Pictures in Beverly Hills, working on scripts and brainstorming movie and TV story ideas. As a senior, he made informational and safety videos for the Southern California Earthquake Center.

He’ll continue doing contract work for them in the future, as he forges a “freelance career out of 2D digital animation for advertisements, music videos, motion graphics and informational videos,” he says.

Caroline had the opportunity to work in postproduction for television shows on ESPN (a “30 for 30” film about the 1988 Notre DameUniversity of Miami football game) and National Geographic, which taught her about the creative, business and legal procedures that occur between filming a TV show and seeing it on air.

Summit grads have found alumni helpful in getting established on the West Coast. After Radek met Ciara during a football game at Williams Field, “she has given me a lot of good advice over the years and she’s been incredibly nice to me.” Ciara says she’s always happy to share her Hollywood insights: “I wish I had someone to go to when I first began my journey into the mean streets of Hollywood.”

When Mia went west in 2010, she house-sat for Dave, a friend of her father, Cincinnati filmmaker Michael Caporale. Dave helped her get started in Hollywood to continue the acting career she began at age 4, appearing in dozens of Cincinnati TV commercials. At The Summit, she had small parts in “Anne of Green Gables” and “Little Shop of Horrors” before playing Puck in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” for then-theater teacher Michelle Burstion-Young, a major influence in her life.

“We’re still great friends. At The Summit, she demanded that you take time to figure out your character, and make it your own. She gave me the foundation I’ve built on in acting classes out here,” says Mia, who does office work and bartends between auditions and acting jobs.

Earlier this year, she played a make-up artist kissed

by Allison Janney on CBS’ “Late Late Show with James Corden.”

As soon as Sierra met Dave at a History Channel filming in Los Angeles, she knew they were fellow Silver Knights. “Mr. Gorey says hi!” she told him, referring to retired Summit science teacher Robert Gorey, who had told her about Dave’s work in LA. Sierra, whose photos appeared in History Channel’s “Outlaw Chronicles: Hells’ Angels,” says Mr. Gorey was “a teacher who really made a difference.” When she finished chemistry assignments early in his class, she would use the extra time to write. He asked to read her works.

“He was so pivotal in encouraging me to keep writing. Last year one of my poems was published in ‘The Outrider Review,’ and that was a huge deal to me,” she says.

Decades later, lessons learned on Grandin Road still help Amy and Dave 2,000 miles away in LA. Amy says Sister Mary Agnes, her fourth grade religion and reading teacher, taught her how to relax and be confident while public speaking.

“Sister Mary Agnes advised me to picture the audience with whipped cream on their heads,” she recalls.

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everyone can get the vibe we are going for in the shoot,” says Dave, whose credits range from filming Chevrolet commercials for Spike Lee’s company and wild “Nitro Circus” motorcycle stunts to TV series (“The Jeff Dunham Show”), reality shows (“The Rock Life,” “One Man Army,” “Storage Hunters,” “Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory”) concert videos (“The Osbournes in Japan”) and documentaries (“Rabbit Hash: Center of the Universe,” Animal Planet’s “Mayor Dog”).

He also rents equipment to filmmakers and producers.

“Mr. Kelly was one of the first teachers to tell me it was OK to think out of the box, and to chase your creative passions,” says Dave, who played basketball for the Silver Knights.

Playing sports, in fact, is the favorite analogy for The Summit’s drama coach, Tom Peters. Theater is “the ultimate sport,” the greatest team activity.

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“It takes so many people working together – not just the people you see on stage – but all the people you don’t see behind the scenes, all working for a common goal. It’s literally an army.

The only people you’re in competition with is yesterday, to do a better performance than the day before. In sports, you either win or lose. In theater, there are 1,000 options, and you try to hone the best one to use,” says Mr. Peters, who joined the Summit faculty in 2013 after 25 years at Walnut Hills High School.

Although Ciara left to be home-schooled during her Nickelodeon series, her Summit BFFs remain as close as her cell phone. “The friends I made there will always feel like an extended family to me. Even when I wasn’t enrolled, they always made me feel welcome. Fr. (Philip) Seher and the school were gracious and allowed me to complete my Confirmation with my eighth grade class. The high school religion teacher, Ashley Volpenhein, extended an invitation for me to attend their Kairos retreat during junior year. Kairos was an amazing bonding weekend and spiritual experience that I will forever carry with me,” she says.

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Ciara deferred enrollment to Chicago’s Columbia College to pursue more acting. She did a cameo in “Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising” this spring and plays a bulimia patient in “To The Bone” with

Keanu Reeves and Lily Collins due out in 2017.

“My dream for the next five to 10 years is to establish a solid acting career in film. I want to learn as much as I can from the pros who surround me,” so she could direct someday. “I would like to follow in the footsteps of Jodie Foster, Sally Field and Marti Noxon, to name a few amazing women in the business.”

Caroline’s next goal is to become more involved with the development and production phases of a project, when the story is actually being written and filmed. “I have been offered this opportunity on my company’s next film, and I hope to have more defined career goals after finishing this next project,” she says.

Mia yearns to study with The Groundlings and write/produce/star in her own web series. Writer Georges’ goal is to create “content that I think is fun – TV shows, movies, web content or live stage shows – and be able to live comfortably doing so.” Animator Stephen looks forward to being his own boss “with a reliable circulation of freelance clients, so I can manage my own schedule and have the time and resources to make my own art, whether that’s animated shorts or longer films,” he says.

David Thies ’90, second from the left, gets an elevated view from a lift on the set of the television series “Nitro Circus.”

Sierra, who is openly gay, says she wants to write, act in and make films with “open minds and hearts” about gays. “I want to reach the kids who don’t fit in and show them that being gay is only a facet of who they are.”

Radek would like to act in several movies a year, and be a TV series regular “on a show similar to ‘Breaking Bad’ or ‘Doctor Who,’ a show with some intense acting,” he says. “I would love to do it all!”

Maybe someday they all will. And we’ll be watching.

WVXU-FM TV/media reporter John Kiesewetter has written about the entertainment industry for more than 30 years.

David does a camera test while shooting the movie “Peanut Butter Falcon,” scheduled for release in 2017.

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Marty and Nick Ragland receive the Ne Ultra Award from Head of School Rich Wilson.

‘None Higher’ for Ne Ultra Award than Marty and Nick Ragland

By Leah Fightmaster Throughout the history of The Summit Country Day School, many families have supported the school, its faculty, staff and students through generous giving of time and money. One such family is that of Marty and Nick Ragland.

Some families, such as the Raglands, maintain their giving for decades. Two years ago, The Summit began to honor these longstanding supporters through the Ne Ultra Award. “Ne Ultra,” Latin for “none higher,” is an award that recognizes those who go above and beyond in support of the school. Martha “Marty” (Hillenbrand) and Howard Nicholas “Nick” Ragland III are the third recipients of the award, given at the Leaders of Character Reception on Sept. 7 at Devou Park.

“In the pantheon of great Summit families, a prominent niche in the very top row would surely belong to the Raglands,” Head of School Rich Wilson says. “The Ne Ultra Award is meant to recognize those individuals in the history of The Summit who have made extraordinary contributions to its progress. There are none held in higher esteem than the Raglands in The Summit community.”

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Marine Corps. He received the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat “V,” the Combat Action Ribbon and the Presidential Unit Citation. He has co-authored two books and received The Summit’s McKenzie-Sargent Distinguished Alumni Award in 2007. He has been the chairman of the Gorilla Glue Company since 2003 and served as a trustee for The Summit from 1987 to 1993.

Marty is the chair of the Cincinnati Art Museum Board of Directors, a position that earned her a 2016 Outstanding Director Award from the Cincinnati Business Courier. She, too, was on the Board of Trustees at The Summit, serving from 1993 to 1999. Together, she and her husband were active in the Tri-Unity, Centennial, Dreambuilding and Aiming Higher campaigns and held leadership roles on annual fund and endowment committees. They are also members of the Cornerstone Heritage Society and worked as parent ambassadors to welcome new Summit families to the community.

In 2003, they established the Ragland Fund for Teaching Excellence which funds professional development opportunities at The Summit, and in 2009, they established the Ragland Family Scholarship, which is given to a student in the Lower School who demonstrates financial need and a potential for academic achievement. They sent their five sons – Nick BMS ’83, Peter BMS ’84, Jake BMS ’87, Joe ’94 and Eric ’02 – to The Summit and 10 grandchildren have attended while five of them are current students. Their son, Nick, is a past trustee and their daughter-in-law, Joelle, is a current trustee.

Leaders of Character Reception Members of the Leaders of Character Society, the pace-setters for the Annual Fund for Excellence, were recognized in September at Drees Pavilion in Devou Park. The stellar view of the city skyline provided an appropriate backdrop for a group of supporters whose generosity helps The Summit “aim high.”

Row by row, left to right, starting in the upper left: Karen and Tom Bosse. Nick Ragland BMS ’83, chair of the Leaders of Character Society, with trustees Bob Conway and Josh Lorentz.

Amal and Fuad Hajjar. Alex Derkson and Meaghan Fitzgerald ’07. John Schroder ’79 and Mamie (Walter) Schroder ’78.

Ruthann and Dr. James Sammarco. Ryan and Miriam Gibbs.

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Alumni ‘Standouts’ Inducted into Athletic Hall of Fame Katie was a three-sport athlete and made her mark on each team.

She played volleyball and served as captain for both her junior and senior seasons. She was named The Summit’s most valuable player in 1999 and 2000 in addition to earning spots on the Miami Valley Conference first team both years. As a softball player, she was MVP in 2000 and MVC first team in 1999-2000 and 2000-2001. Katie’s performance during her junior season earned her an all-star nod for Divisions I and III by the Southwest District Softball Coaches Association. During her senior season in basketball, she was The Summit’s best rebounder.

Eric played football and basketball for The Summit. When he graduated, he held the all-season and career passing school records, passing for 2,772 yards and scoring 23 touchdowns. He was named to the Southwest Ohio Football Coaches Association EastWest All-Star football game in 1996, was an all-Southwest Ohio special 2016 Athletic Hall of Fame inductees Eric Bruns ’96 and Katie Bunch Shoreman ’01 mention quarterback in 1995 and honorable mention in 1994. Eric was

By Leah Fightmaster also on the 1995 sectional basketball championship team at The Summit.

Each year, The Summit Country Day School recognizes alumni during Homecoming Weekend who are remembered for their achievements during their school athletic careers. On Sept. 23, two former standouts became the two newest members of the Athletic Hall of Fame.

Katie Bunch Shoreman ’01 and Eric Bruns ’96 were recognized during halftime of the Homecoming football game in a ceremony that highlighted their athletic accolades. “The best word I can use to describe Katie and Eric is ‘standout,” Head of School Rich Wilson says. “Not only is their athleticism well documented in the record books, but they are leaders of character in all areas of life while they were here at The Summit, at college and thereafter.”

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Both Katie and Eric played collegiate athletics at Hanover College. Katie played volleyball and softball while earning degrees in sociology and elementary education. She and her husband Mark have three children. Eric led his football team to conference championships and the NCAA playoffs for three years, and was a member of Hanover’s “winningest senior class.” He ranked second in attempts, completions and passing yards, while he was third for total touchdown passes and named third team All-American. He graduated with a degree in political science, coached high school football for four seasons and is now a high school teacher. He and his wife, Karina, have two children.

2016 Homecoming Homecoming weekend provides many opportunities for alumni to “uKnight” for family fun at The Summit Parents Association Fall Festival, catching up at the Alumni Reception and getting in the spirit at the Homecoming football game.

Clockwise from top left: L to R, Tom Stautberg ’86, Thomas Myrick ’86, Frank Mayfield ’86, Paul Saba ’86, Stuart Seltman ’86 and Rob Dziech ’88 catch up at the Alumni Reception in St. Cecilia Hall. Ray Ball, Rene Cheatham ’03 and Devon Rich ’04. The Silver Knights burst onto Williams Field for the Homecoming game. Eric Bruns ’96 and Katie Bunch Shoreman ’01 were inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame at halftime.

Fresh out of the face-painting booth at Fall Festival, Maddy Dobbs, a Montessori student, gets a close-up with her mom, alumna Jomana Dobbs ’01. Rides, booths and games weren’t the only attractions at Fall Festival; enthusiastic fourth grade sports fans Tanner Berry, Mercer Reynolds, Carson Dwyer, Luke Pappano, Brenden Hamilton and William Hartmann posed for a photo with parent and Cincinnati Bengal Andrew Whitworth at the SPA Fall Festival.

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Class Notes 40s 90s Robert L. Greiwe SBS ’46 received the 2015 Insignis Award from St. Xavier High School. Bob graduated from St. Xavier in 1950 and was honored with this award for his outstanding service to God, his family and his community.

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The Class of ’96 celebrated their 20-year reunion during Homecoming Weekend. Many classmates made the trip to town to catch up and enjoy sharing memories.

Several members of the class of 1966 reunited on the front steps of The Summit. L to R, first row: Phoebe Morse ’66, Ellen Eiffert ’66, Peg Duston ’66, Martha (Foley) Helmick ’66, Ann (Diersing) Weber ’66. Second Row: Peggy (Baumann) Robinson ’66, Marta (Lake) Fales ’66, Claire Fromme ’66, Mary Lee (Blum) Olinger ’66.

80s Paul Haffner ’86 was named the new chief executive officer of Walnut Hills-based Lighthouse Youth Services, overseeing the agency’s 590 full- and part-time employees. Lighthouse is a leader in foster care and adoption, juvenile justice, youth housing and behavioral health services. He transitioned from his former position as an attorney at Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP. Paul also serves as board chair of the Cincinnati Nature Center, and has held many other community volunteer posts. “I am thrilled to join the team at Lighthouse as we work together to end youth homelessness in Cincinnati by 2020,” Paul says. Paul and his wife, Karri, live in Mariemont with their 16-year-old twins, Grace and Gus.

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00s Anne Sammarco ’02 graduated from Tulane Medical School with Doctor of Medicine and Master of Public Health degrees. She completed her residency in obstetrics/gynecology at Case Western University in 2015.

She is in a fellowship program at the University of Michigan, specializing in urology/ gynecology.

Natalie Sammarco ’04 was accepted into the MBA program at New York University’s Stern School of Business. She lived in Shanghai for two years where she earned a master’s degree in international studies from Johns Hopkins University’s Nanjing, China, campus.

Nick Faulkner ’04 was named Best Up and Coming Investor by the Greater Cincinnati Venture Association in June 2016.

10s Liz Arnold ’12 graduated from Emory University with highest honors in research. She received her bachelor’s degree in neuroscience and behavioral biology with a double major in psychology. Currently, she is studying for her Doctor of Physical Therapy at Duke University.

Andrea Bacho ’12 graduated in May from Denison University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Communication and was in the Rho Lambda honorary society.

Class Notes Mary Bathon ’12 graduated Magna Cum Laude from Bucknell University with a bachelor’s degree in global management.

She is employed by National Conference Services in Columbia, Md. Carolyn Boyce ’12 graduated from New York University in May 2015 and works for Condé Nast Publishing in New York City.

John Burrington ’12 graduated from Indiana University, Bloomington with a degree in international business, economic consulting. He is now a management development associate at Mondel ze International in Cincinnati.

Caroline Clark ’12 graduated from the University of Notre Dame in May 2016 with a degree in film, television and theatre.

She received Notre Dame’s Broad Avenue Filmmaker Award for her film, “Patrolling Sandy Hook,” about conspiracy theorists who question the events of the 2012 school shooting. She received the Tara Deutsch Award for “dedication to friendships, concern for others and a commitment to learning.” She is working for O’Malley Creadon Productions, a documentary production company in Los Angeles.

Anna Delamerced ’12 Anna Delamerced ’12 graduated from Brown University in May of 2016 and is attending Alpert Medical School at Brown University. She gives thanks to God for all that He has done,

and she is grateful to family, friends and mentors (including those from The Summit community) for supporting her. As she continues her journey, she hopes to keep loving and serving the Lord, and to share God’s love with others Hannah Eyer ’12 graduated from the University of Cincinnati in April of 2016.

She received a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Public Relations. She moved to Chicago in August and is working at the advertising agency HY Connect.

Brad Fisk ’12 is finishing a five-year Lindner HonorsPLUS Program at the University of Cincinnati (UC). He has accepted a position with the Advisory Department of Ernst & Young.

Nate Goodhart ‘12 graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University with a bachelor’s degree in economic management and a minor in psychology. He has been working for Modern Office Methods in Columbus as a senior account executive since March.

Peter Hoffman ‘12 graduated from Ball State University with bachelor’s degrees in journalism, telecommunications and political science. During his college years, he worked at WCRD-FM, NewsLink Indiana, Cardinal Sports Live and the Ball State Daily News. He interned with Fox Business Network in New York City and with Fox News on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. He now works as a press secretary at the Indiana House of Representatives in Indianapolis.

Marina Jemail ’12 returned to The Summit as an English teacher in the Upper

School. She graduated from University of Dayton in May 2016 with Bachelor of Science of Education for Adolescent/Young Adult Education, with a focus in Integrated Language Arts, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in English. She teaches 10th grade British Literature and 11th grade American Literature to future Summit alumni. Marina has also begun a master’s degree program in education with a focus in technologyenhanced learning from the University of Dayton.

Maddy Johns ’12 graduated with a degree in sports administration from the University of Cincinnati (UC). She is working as a project coordinator for Student Athlete Support Services at UC. Tommy Kreyenhagen ’12 is finishing a five-year program in UC’s Lindner School of Business, pursuing a double major in accounting and finance. He has accepted a position in the tax division of Ernst & Young in Cincinnati upon graduation in 2017.

Jen List ’12 graduated from Indiana University with a degree in secondary health education and a minor in business. She is teaching health and physical education and coaching basketball at Lebanon High School. In June, she climbed to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.

Andrew Lyons ’12 Andrew Lyons ’12 graduated with distinction from the University of

Oklahoma with a major in meteorology and a minor in mathematics.

He is employed as a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Grand Junction, Colo.

Maggie MacConnell ’12 worked as a publishing assistant at Glitterati Incorporated in New York City after graduating from Southern Methodist University with a major in English with minors in art and advertising.

Caroline McKee ’12 graduated from the University of Notre Dame in May with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and now works as a paralegal at Gardner & Rans P.C., a law firm in downtown South Bend.

Sarah Oltman ’12 expects to graduate from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University in May 2017. She is in a program called the 3/2 MBA, an accelerated plan that allows students to complete their undergraduate degree in three years and their master’s in two. She will graduate in May 2017 with bachelor’s degrees in accounting and finance, along with her MBA. She has been offered a full-time position with the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers upon graduation, tentatively in their Chicago office.

Margot Plum ’12 graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in musical theater and now, in between auditions for roles in musical theater, is a fitness coach at Beachbody in New York City. She lives in Manhattan.

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Class Notes Ty Wahlbrink ’12 will graduate in December 2016 from UC with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He has been notified that he will graduate summa cum laude. He plans to complete his Master of Arts in Applied Economics in August 2017.

Cooper Schreibeis ’12 and Marina Jemail’12, shown here in the Alumni Parlor, joined The Summit faculty this year.

Miami University in May with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. She majored in finance and minored in management and leadership. She now works for Ernst & Young in their Financial Services Business Advisor Program in Chicago.

Cooper Schreibeis ’12 graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a degree in economics and theology.

He has returned to The Summit where he teaches social studies and religion in the Middle School.

Matthew Schiess ’12 graduated a semester early with magna cum laude honors from Xavier University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.

He double majored in Entrepreneurial Studies and Management. He now works for Kraft Heinz as a Marketing Analyst in Chicago.

Gabe Scott ’12 graduated from The George Washington University (GW) with a bachelor’s degree in

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business administration and concentration in finance and sport management.

He played varsity baseball for GW for four years, culminating in the A10 championship tournament in Fordham, NY in the A10 championship tournament in May. He works for Insight Global in Vienna, Va. Eddie de St. Aubin ’12 received his MBA from Franciscan University of Steubenville. His bachelor’s degree was in international business. He is working for Level 3 Communications’ Government Markets Group in Washington D.C. Will Temizer ’12 graduated from Indiana University (IU) in May with a bachelor’s degree in sport marketing and management. During his time at IU, he worked for the football team as a recruiting assistant.

Now a graduate assistant at Eastern Michigan University, he is an assistant recruiting coordinator at with the football staff and working toward a master’s degree in integrated marketing communications.

Maria Temming ’12 graduated from Elon University summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Physics and English with a concentration in creative writing. She is pursuing a master’s degree in science writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she expects to graduate in 2017.

Chandler Thomason ’12 graduated from High Point University in the spring with a bachelor’s degree in graphic design. He moved to Boston where he is working for Design Communications, a maker of custom-fabricated architectural elements and environmental graphics.

Annalia Valle ’12 graduated from Xavier University cum laude this year with Dean’s List honors for three consecutive years. She received a dual degree in early childhood education and Montessori education 6-9 and is teaching kindergarten at Nativity of Our Lord School in Pleasant Ridge.

Katie Voytek ’12 was enrolled at Indiana University for two and a half years but withdrew after being diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in order to seek treatment at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She now is a student at Xavier University, majoring in early childhood education.

Haley Bosse ’16 had an opportunity to meet fashion consultant Tim Gunn, above, when he made an appearance at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising new student orientation. A fan of the school, he was also filming the “Project Runway” finale on campus.

Jared Hochwalt ’16 and Calvin Spanbauer ’16 were named to the Ohio First Team All-State Division II in tennis for the 2016 season.

L to R, Annie Dadosky ’16, Jenny Zhang ’16 and Madeline Stevenson ’16 held a reunion in Washington D.C. late this summer before getting down to business at their colleges at Catholic University of America, Georgetown University and American University, respectively. Counseling Director Maureen and College Counselor Susan Miller had their own reunion with the capitol denizens, also meeting up with Jared Bulla ’16, who attends George Washington University.

Class Notes

BIRTHS

Jessica (Feghali) Harding ’01 and her husband, Warren, announce the birth of their second son, Matthew, on March 13, 2016. Matthew joins big brother Quinn.

The bridal party of Paula (Bien) Yarnell ’65 and the honorable Joseph Howard Sundermann included, from left, Hadley Yarnell, daughter of Tyler Yarnell ‘97; Tucker Yarnell, son of Tate Yarnell ‘01; Lilly Yarnell, Tate’s daughter; the groom; Natalie Laing, daughter of Betsy Sundermann GMS ’90; and T.J. Yarnell, Tate’s son. The couple held their reception at the Cincinnati Country Club and honeymooned in Italy. They live on Convent Lane in Hyde Park.

WEDDINGS In the Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel

Kathryn (Bunch) Shoreman ’01 and her husband, Mark, welcomed their third child, Matthew Nicholas Shoreman, on Oct. 12, 2016.

Virginia Schmidt ’07 and Thomas Anderson, April 23, 2016 Meg Donoghue and Marc Judge BMS ’94, May 13, 2016

Whitney Hinckley ’01 and David Serr, Aug. 27, 2016 Lisa Grote ’07 and Daniel Delacruz, Sept. 10, 2016

WEDDINGS elsewhere

Mary Blum (att.) and Tyler King, Oct. 1, 2016 Stephanie Skufca ’00 and Peter Cielenski, Oct. 21, 2016

Taylor Russell and Justin Vonderhaar ’00, June 11, 2016 Gabrielle Chandra ’10 and Jarred Napier, June 25

Melinda (Curran) MacDougall ‘06 and her husband Rob welcomed their son, Brandon, on Feb. 1, 2016.

Summit College Counselor Susan Maxwell and Upper School science teacher Bret Miller, July 9, 2016

Summit Upper School science teacher Kathryn (Kat) Roedig and Ronnie Sickinger, Nov. 12, 2016 Ben Brinker ’05 and Kathleen Neal, Nov. 19, 2016

Jimmy Champlin ’05 and Sarah Johnston, Roswell, Ga., Nov. 1, 2016

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Class Notes

IN MEMORY Alumni Justine (Stegeman) Romer ’46, March 3, 2016 Cleo Ann (Schlank) Hendy ’48, mother of Jane (Hendy) Gray ’74, May 1, 2016 Estelle Topmoeller ’43, sister of Suzanne (Topmoeller) Mueller ’48, May 21, 2016 Mary Virginia Ackermann Brockhoff ’54, mother of James Brockhoff BMS ’75, Beth Brockhoff ’77, Brian Brockhoff ’82, Ann (Brockhoff) Lucas ’86 and Maure (Brockhoff) Emminger GMS ’87, sister of Jim Ackermann SBS ’45 and Shirley Schaefer ’50, May 22, 2016 David Blum SBS ’69, brother of Rick Blum SBS ’60, Larry Blum SBS ’65, Janet (Blum) Chap ’67, Marilyn (Blum) Donovan ’70 and Mary Beth (Blum) Hines ’76, June 21, 2016

Upper School Librarian, Marianne Cramer, April 25, 2016

Nicholas Seta, father of fourth grade teacher Pat Seta, July 31, 2016

Robert Ott, father of Robert Ott Jr. SBS ’64 and Kevin Ott SBS ’69, Oct. 19, 2016

Eleine Brooks, mother of Stephen Bullock SBS ’65, David Bullock SBS ’68 and Bert Bullock SBS ’70, May 1, 2016

Thomas Sweeney, father of Kevin Sweeney ’71 and Shaun Sweeney ’75, Aug. 14, 2016

Friends Patricia Nutting, mother of William Nutting SBS ’68, Kathleen (Nutting) Bunker ’73, Angela (Nutting) Farwick ’78 and Julie (Nutting) Gruber ’82, March 11, 2016 Katie Stewart, sister of Jack Stewart ’21 and Sarah Stewart ’24, March 19, 2016 Chris Remke, mother-in-law of third grade teacher Stacy Remke, March 23, 2016 Diane Byers, mother of Kristi (Byers) Dreisbach ’93 and Brandon Byers ’97, April 4, 2016 John DelFavero, husband of retired Middle School teacher, Brenda DelFavero, father of Sean DelFavero ’94 and Tricia (DelFavero) Wirthwine ‘99, April 6, 2016 Thomas Finn, father of Michael Finn ’87, April 7, 2016

Mary Margaret Luttmer ’46, sister of Patricia (Luttmer) Donath ’53, July 4, 2016

Dr. Charles Perry, father of David Perry BMS ’72 and Dan Perry ’84, April 21, 2016

Robert Creed, Sr. Pre-SBS ’40, July 12, 2016

Rose Ann Post, mother of Montessori teacher Julie Ventura, July 8, 2016

Michael Rohs ’48, father of Amy Rohs ’90, brother of Henry Rohs ’49 and Thomas Rohs ’55, July 26, 2016 Walter Schott ’37, husband of Margaret (Henkel) Schott ’42, father of Surita (Schott) Newman ’62, Jo (Schott) Butler ’63, Nellie (Schott) Schweer ’67, Margaret (Schott) Stevenson ’69, Harold Schott BMS ’73, Louis Schott BMS ’72 44

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Phyllis Verkamp, sister of Frances (Verkamp) Dillon ’63, Natalie (Verkamp) Schoeny ’65, J. Richard Verkamp SBS ’53 and George Verkamp SBS ’55, July 14, 2016 Gertrude Schweikert, mother of Admissions Administrative Assistant Paula Kistner, and Upper School Spanish teacher Sue Kelly and mother-in-law of Upper School English teacher Pat Kelly, July 22, 2016 Christopher Bill, brother of

Vivian Goertemiller, mother of Brian Goertemiller ’92, May 11, 2016 Thomas H. Mongan, father of Thomas Mongan SBS’61, Kathleen (Mongan) Pugh ’68 and Debra (Mongan) Fingerman ’70, May 23, 2016 Werner Donath, husband of Patricia (Luttmer) Donath ’53, father of Monica (Donath) Kohnen ’78, Jean (Donath) Franke ’79 and Robert Donath ’91, June 7, 2016 Marilyn Jane Logsdon Moreland, mother of Montessori Director Kathy Scott, July 12, 2016 Robert Kelly Jr., husband of Cynthia (Fehr) Kelly, July 18, 2016 Mary O’Neill Dorger, mother of Kenneth Dorger SBS ’71, Elizabeth (Dorger) Conger ’77 and Madonna Dorger (att.), July 19, 2016 Doris Miller, mother of second grade teacher Nancy Wojcik, July 25, 2016 Rudy Zadnick, husband of Patricia (Sweeny) Zadnick ’57, July 28, 2016 Carl Guttman, father of Nancy (Gutmann) O’Connor ’76, July 29, 2016

James Ryan, father of Upper School Religion teacher Nora Spencer, Aug. 20, 2016 James Barker, father of Amy Dillman ’79, Jennifer Lenzner ’81 and Thomas Barker ’84, Aug. 25, 2016 Richard Lehman, grandfather of Tareq Abdulghani ’00, Noori Abdulghani ’02, Nadia Abdulghani ’03, Sept. 5, 2016 Terry Lee Skaggs, wife of Roy Skaggs ’60 and mother of Laura Lee Skaggs ’84 and Samantha Lee Skaggs-Perry ’93, Sept. 15, 2016 Raymond Mueller, grandfather to Jessica (Mueller) Bayer ’93, Matthew Larock ’90, Michael Larock ’92, Christopher Mueller ’92, Caitlin Wills Toker ’88, Tansy Wills ’85, and great grandfather to Amara Barakat ’09, Laith Barakat ’15, Thea Barakat ’18, and Zayd Barakat ’21, Sept. 27, 2016 Judy Klosterman, mother of Kenneth “Chip” Klosterman ’80, and grandmother of Ellen Klosterman ’12, Katharine Klosterman ’05 and Olivia Klosterman ’14, Oct. 13, 2016 Chris Fischer, sister of the Middle School Director Mike Johnson, Oct. 10, 2016.

Mary Bezold, sister of Upper School teacher Ed Kentrup, Nov. 8, 2016.

Alumni News Please submit news about new degrees, new jobs, marriages, births and other notable passages in your life.

Go to www.summitcds.org/submityournews or contact Amanda Wood, Alumni Engagement and Gifts Officer, at wood_a@summitcds.org or call 513-871-4700 ext. 240.

Collegiate All-Stars These alumni are on college teams this year.

Baseball Doug Compton ’14, DePauw University Tommy Crowl ‘13, Marietta College Mark Peterson ’15, University of Dallas Eric Terry ’15, Emory University Basketball Kiley Barnard ’15, Berea College Amauria Campbell ‘13, Ohio Northern University Malauna Campbell ’15, University of Charleston Evan Davis ’15, Claremont-McKenna College Kevin Johnson ’13, University of Cincinnati Cross Country and Track Ellie Adams ’14, St. Louis University Sophie Adams ’14, St. Louis University Shabnam Fayyez ’16, Earlham College Jodie Hutchins ’16, DePauw University Mason Moore ’15, Xavier University John Murdock ’15, University of Cincinnati Adelaide Tsueda ’15, College of Wooster

Addie Englehart ’14, Xavier University Morgan Evans ’16, University of North Carolina Wilmington Christian Hay ’14, University of Cincinnati Bryce Hueber ’14, Ohio University Caelan Hueber ’13, Adelphi University Brendan Jones ’16, Marshall University Gracie Kunkel ’16, Morehead State University Joey Kunkel ’13, University of Louisville Brandon Lorentz ‘13, Thomas More College Charlie Maciejewski ’16, Bowling Green State University Ayanna Parker ’13, University of Kentucky Addy Smythe ’16, Xavier University Rachel Stines ’16, Franciscan University Volleyball Dana Thomas ’14, Oberlin College

Diving Allison Brophy ’14, Clemson University Stewart Spanbauer ’15, North Carolina State University Football Michael Barwick ’14, Indiana University Tyler Hannah ’15, Mount St. Joseph University Davionne Laney ’16, Seton Hill University Armand Walker ’13, Morehead State University Lacrosse Sydney Beckmeyer ’16, James Madison University David Smith ‘13, Transylvania University Rebecca Stromberg ’14, Belmont Abbey College Rowing Caroline Kranz ’16, Syracuse University.

Soccer Janel Bond ’16, Webster University Isaiah Chapman ’14, University of Rio Grande Matt De Jesus ’14, Carnegie Mellon University Rielly Dowling ’16, University of Rio Grande Ben Emery ’13, University of Dayton Janel Bond ’16

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Legacy Families Our annual legacy photo shoot showcases the multigenerational families who make education at The Summit a part of their family tradition. Current legacy students include: Montessori Henry Ahouse, Lily Arling, Deirdre Brinkmeyer, Bradley Brinkmeyer, John Castellini, Gabrielle Chavez, Emery Cosgrove, Madilyn Dobbs, Clara Dobbs, Elliot Fox, Evan Fox, Henry Fraser, Dylan Gonyo, Violet Haunschild, James Heekin, Hunter Heekin, Robert Heidt, Piper Kropp, Hassan Moctar, Nolan O’Brien, Hadley O’Brien, Genevieve O’Brien, Dallas Parker, Victoria Plattner, William Potter, Crosley Price, Robert Ragland, Caroline Reynolds, Russell Roth, Lillian Shroyer, Alexandra Stagnaro, Natalie Tabone, William Vollmer, Natalya Wangler, Aiden White, Walker Williams, Eliza Wilson, Amelia Wilson and Xavier Zawaideh.

Lower School Jack Baker, Haley Baker, Mason Butler, Miles Butler, Finley Chavez, Jillian Chavez, Rowan Cosgrove, Devlan Daniel, Dillon Fox, Christian Francis, Barbara Heekin, Finn Kropp, Paige Kropp, Annette LaLonde, Wayne Lippert, Holland Lippert, Aliviah McCarter, Jasmine McCarter, Rodger Miller, Peter Misrach, Kira Njegovan, Abigayle Penote, K. Chloe Ragland, James Reynolds, John Reynolds, Charles Ritch, Anna Sanders, Michael Stagnaro, Samantha Stagnaro, Holly Stagnaro, Riley Stagnaro, Patrick Williams, Adeline Wilson and Shareef Zawaideh.

Middle School David Becker, Michael Butler, Andrew Cavallo, Mia Cavallo, Cecilia Chavez, Joshua Clauder, Katie Conway, Keelan Daniel, Conlan Daniel, Grant Desch, Mary Drew, Elizabeth Dziech, Gwen Hellmann, Oren Jenkins, Sarah Joseph, Ronald Joseph, Kathryn Kelly, Gregory LaLonde, Lily Lippert, Nicholas Luttmer, Oscar March, Ann Miller, John Penote, Benjamin Penote, Sydney Ragland, Margaret Ragland, August Ransick, Adeline Ransick, Elizabeth Ritch, Andrew Ritch, Mary Saba, Lucas Schneider, Maggie Stagnaro, Katherine Stagnaro, James Stahl, Matthew Sutton, Luis Valencia and Charles Wilson.

Upper School Madeline Becker, Francis Bohlke, Meghan Byrne, Lucia Castellini, Courtney Chamberlin, Katherine Chamberlin, Samantha Crew, Katherine Cummings, Kerri Daniel, Luke Desch, Kieran Dowling, Eric Fisk, Elisabeth Gottenbusch, Hannah Gottenbusch, Margaret Harsh, Katherine Headley, Robert Headley, Jessica Headley, Claire Hellmann, Emma Hellmann, Elizabeth Jones, William Jones, Murphy Kearney, Robert Kerr, Scott Kinross, Derrick Kinross, Eric Kroencke, John LaBar, Catherine LaLonde, Nicholas Latham, Michael Luttmer, John McDowell, Connor McMurry, Jacob Pauly, William Pauly, Alexandra Ragland, Mikayla Roma, Maxwell Rowitz, Isabella Saba, Caroline Schmerge, Benjamin Schmerge, John Schmerge, Kyle Schneider, Ryan Schneider, Jacob Schneider, Martha Seltman, William Simpson, Sarah Sutton, Jackson Thompson, Hope Thomson, Mary Towell, Alejandra Valencia, Diego Vallota, Caroline Vallota, Caroline Walter, Caroline Walton, Victoria Walton, Robert Wilson and Sophia Zaring.

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Save The Date Jan. 19, 2017 Book Club Discussing Lilac Girls

by Martha Hall Kelly Bishop’s Parlor, 6:30 p.m.

Alumni Uknighted A heartfelt “thank you” to the entire Summit family for welcoming me so warmly into your community. I am so grateful for the individual outreach that I have received. I couldn’t have asked for a better entry into my new role here at The Summit. As the new Alumni Engagement and Gifts Officer, I am excited to work with our passionate and committed alumni, volunteers, faculty and staff members to help “Uknight” our alumni and craft meaningful engagement opportunities between the school and our graduates. With more than 5,000 alumni, of which 2,700 are living in Cincinnati, our network is powerful. There is no doubt that we can work together, strengthen connections, foster school pride and continue to advance the school.

May 7, 2017 Campus Day

Here are five ways that you, as alumni, can help us drive the mission forward:

New Family Reception Lower School Atrium, 11 a.m.

Come back to campus. Make plans each year to attend or participate in at least one alumni event. Bring your children to one of the many family friendly events that take place on campus throughout the year.

Alumni Mass Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel, Noon

Connect with one another. Stay in touch with your classmates and faculty members. Share your news and successes with us. Use our network.

Art show 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Flannery Gym May 5, 2017 Fleur-De-Lis Mass and Luncheon Celebrating alumni who have graduated 40+ years ago Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel and St. Cecilia Hall, 11 a.m.

May 28, 2017 Graduation Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel, 2 p.m.

Sept. 22, 2017 Homecoming SPA Fall Festival A family-friendly festival with special activities, games and festival foods on the main driveway of The Summit leading into the circle.

3:15 p.m.

Volunteer your time. Check with us to learn ways you can help The Summit.

Your time is valuable to us. Help us create a network that is meaningful for you and your peers. One way you can help right now: Help plan your next reunion.

(Classes ending in “2” and “7” are planning now).

Talk about us. Keep yourself updated on the school’s successes. Tell others about our renowned curriculum and devoted faculty. Share your story with your community.

Give Back. When the envelope or phone call comes, please give. No matter the size of your gift, your participation is very important and valued. As the largest and most permanent stakeholder base of any institution, alumni play a vital role in the success of a school. You live across the country and around the world. You are leaders in industry, medicine, government and humanitarian causes. You carry the lessons you learned at The Summit into adulthood, and often tell us that you look back on your years here as among the most rewarding of your lives.

We hope that, because of this, you will stay engaged with us and pay it forward to future generations that walk through these historic halls.

I look forward to working with all of you.

Visit www.summitcds.org/alumni to learn more about how you can stay engaged with The Summit throughout the year.

Uknighted in Spirit,

Homecoming Football Game 7 p.m., Williams Field *An incorrect date was published in the print version of the magazine. Campus Day in 2017 will be on May 7.

Amanda Wood Alumni Engagement and Gifts Officer Summit Magazine 47

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YOUR SCHOOL AUCTION The Love Your School Auction is the annual fundraiser for The Summit, with the proceeds benefiting all students, faculty and members of our community. The online auction opens March 17 and closes March 26 after the Spring SPA event. If you are not able to join the spring event, you are still able to support The Summit by participating in the Love Your School online auction in the comfort of your home.

To register for bidding and to learn more, go to www.summitcds.org/auction

A wide range of opportunities and experiences at The Summit this summer will broaden learning, sharpen skills and let kids have fun. http://www.summitcds.org/ summerprograms