Katherine S. B. Mills Photo Exhibit
March
LIFE AT LAUREL
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Laurel Basketball The amazing year for Laurel athletics continued with some impressive firsts for hoop action! In a game against Notre Dame Cathedral Latin (NDCL) Senior Alexis Guy hit her career 1,000-point! She was named First Team All-Ohio (the only student in the area chosen) and Senior Katie Kajfez was named Honorable Mention All-Ohio in the 2011-12 Associated Press Division III All-Ohio girls’ basketball teams. Near the end of the regular season, the Gators outshot #1 ranked Cuyahoga Heights 51-47 in what was perceived an upset by everyone except the Laurel fans! The two teams met again in the Division III district semifinal—with two seconds remaining
in the game, Alexis Guy hit a jump shot to give Laurel the win and a rematch against Gilmour Academy in the district finals. In front of a deafening crowd of on-theedge-of-their seats Gator lovers, Laurel’s basketball team made school history twice in one night! First by playing in the district finals and then, in defeating heavily-favored Gilmour (65-60), advancing to the Regional Semifinals! The 2011-12 Associated Press bestowed more honors: Katie Kajfez ’12, Nicole Felice ’15 and Jenna Bailey ’12 were named to the Northeast Lakes All-District Girls’ Basketball Teams in Division III. Alexis Guy ’12 was named “Player of the Year” and Coach David Meyer was named “Coach of the Year.”
by Maureen Harrington The 2011-12 Katherine S. B. Mills Grant for the Study of Photography, established in memory of Katie Mills ’97, was awarded to Sophie Schwartz ’13. Sophie used the grant to attend the Advanced Darkroom & Digital Photographer Workshop at the School of Cinema & Performing Arts (SOCAPA) in New York City during the summer of 2011. The 11th Annual Katherine S. B. Mills Photography Exhibition featured Sophie’s work. An excerpt from her Artist’s Statement reads as follows: “LifeCycles … All photography is inherently about time—whether it captures a spontaneous moment, freezes an event in history, or records a phase of someone’s life—photography illuminates the cycles of light, content and emotion.… I have chosen to explore themes related to cycles, organizing my work into short narrative series. To best tell the story of each series, I chose to work with a different photographic technique. Each of these tools attempts to further reflect and enhance the content it illustrates— ranging from the instantaneous gratification and personal nature of the Polaroid, to the highly unpredictable plastic Holga camera that captures an impressionistic view of the urban landscape…. I would like to thank the Mills Family for this honor and opportunity, and dedicate this body of work to the memory of Katherine S. B. Mills.”
Highlights/2011-12 YEAR IN REVIEW
LEFT: Sophie Schwartz ’13 with Os Mills, father of Katie ’97, Christine Mills Stovall ’90 and Tori Mills ’88 RIGHT: Studying Sophie’s work
Emma ’15 and Sophie Schwartz ’13 with their parents Mark Schwartz and Tina Katz