The Highlands Latin Journal - Summer 2021

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ournal A PUBLICATION OF HIGHLANDS LATIN SCHOOL

Summer 2021

Students Sophie Harris (11th), Carly Wheat (11th), and Kara Lasoi (9th) enjoy the warm spring morning on their way to class.

The following is an editted excerpt from Mr. Wheatley’s Closing School Ceremony address originally given on May 27, 2021 at the Spring Meadows Campus.

This summer when documents were circulated from health officials entitled…. “How To Return to School Safely”, we were thrilled. Mr. Lowe, Mrs. Booker, Dr. Dickie, Mr. Borah, Mrs. Lange, Mr. Hernandez, Mrs. Melchior, and many others got to work immediately, trying to navigate how we could return safely to school in August. Our administration worked tirelessly to ensure this school year could happen safely and with as much normalcy as possible.

I will admit that simply getting back to in-person instruction safely was our only goal.

However, even before the school year started, students brought to my attention in early August that it would be difficult to hold our normal school events: the Upper School Advance, school dances, etc.

A D M I N I S T R A T I O N Cheryl Lowe, Founder Dickie, Upper School Asst. Principal Counselor

Shawn Wheatley, Head of School Mary Dick, Administrative Asst.

Spring Meadows Campus 10901 Shelbyville Road Southern Indiana Campus 2023 Ekin Avenue

K e l l y B o o k e r, P r i n c i p a l

Jason Borah, Grammar School Asst. Principal

Mary Melchior, Office Manager

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That was unacceptable; so we got to work. Our goal for the year became to adapt, modify, and recreate the events, activities, and all the things that make HLS what it is. It was not enough to simply be in school — we wanted to get back to what we do best: being together!

Throughout this entire arduous year, our students, teachers, and parents tried not to lose sight of the things that bring us together. When our high school students could not find an open testing site to take the ACT, Mr. Lowe, Mrs. Schaper, Mrs. Power, and HLS teachers came together to register HLS as a testing site and opened our doors on Saturday mornings for our students to take the ACT. When students and families asked if it was possible to have sports during this time, the protocols for making it happen were beyond extensive — practically impossible. Still, Mr. Ashby, Mrs. McGraw, our coaches, and parent volunteers made it possible to ensure a safe and encouraging athletic year.

We were all led through a difficult year. It was a year that required many adjustments, but we did it together, and we were guided by the best teachers I have ever known. I greatly worried prior to the start of this school year if we would have enough teachers healthy, willing, and able to lead our students this year. I worried that we would not be able to provide the proper care and guidance to our students that only HLS teachers can provide. But, I had no reason to worry.

HLS faculty: during difficult times, you taught online from home, you set up iPads and portals in your classroom for students who could not attend in person; you went above and beyond the call of duty. Your attendance and productivity in a year of a worldwide pandemic was no different than any previous year at HLS. You did not miss a beat, and that is unbelievable.

You refused to leave your students behind. You answered the call. You led our students up Mount Parnassus. You led them up a path that was rarely clear and often uncertain. Sometimes the path was controversial, but you kept leading, and you did so with faith, trust, humility, civility, and love.When the story is written about HLS in 2020, you will be the heroes. You were the glue that held this community together. You refused to quit, and we anchored ourselves to you!

I am confident that whatever is thrown at HLS next year and in the future, we will handle it. We will not just survive, we will continue to thrive. God bless you and your family, and thank you, from everyone here at Highlands Latin School and Memoria Press, for being part of our great community.

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A LU M N I S P O T L I G H T:

AN HLS WEDDING

In the past year, HLS faculty members have celebrated numerous engagements and marriages. While each event is joyous, the wedding on Saturday, June 19th was a particularly exciting one. Two members of the HLS family were married on HLS’s campus: Bobbie Briggs and Mark Compton.

Bobbie Briggs came to Highlands Latin School as a sixth grader. She joined Mrs. Rodger’s class in 2008 and remained at HLS until she graduated in 2015. During her time at HLS, she played on the volleyball team and served as the Head of the House of George. After graduation, Bobbie chose to attend Hillsdale College. It was during her time there that she met Mr. Mark Compton.

Bobbie Briggs &

Mark Compton

A homeschool graduate from North Carolina, Mark also attended Hillsdale College. Mark met Bobbie at a school gathering during their junior year. The two became friends and both shared a love of the classics. As graduation approached, Bobbie decided to return to Louisville to attend Bellarmine University’s accelerated nursing program. Her mother, Coco Briggs, had since started working as a Kindergarten teacher at the Crescent Hill campus.

Much to Bobbie’s surprise, Mark Compton accepted a job teaching 7th and 8th grade Latin, also at the Crescent Hill campus of HLS. In the midst of that first school year, Bobbie and Mark began dating. The rest is history.

June 19, 2021 The couple was engaged on November 17, 2020. They were married on June 19, 2021 in Crescent Hill Baptist church and held their reception on the lawn at Spring Meadows.

3 Photos by Austin and Jenna Sauer of ‘Movers and Shakers’.

Campus Prayer Group Cultivates Student Leadership

by Audrey Power

Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous, to serve you as you deserve Any Highlands student could complete the prayer, credited to Ignatius Loyola, which serves as a daily reminder of the focus and commitment Christian students bring to their education, as well the strength Christ gives them to persevere.

Although invoked each morning at the start of instruction, St. Ignatius’s prayer is not the only one to permeate the halls of the Upper School. Each Tuesday morning, for half an hour before the start of the school day, a group of ten to 15 upper school students gather in the old cafeteria to join in prayer.

To give and not to heed the cost, to fight and not to heed the wounds Juniors Avery Hanel and Julianna Sizemore were inspired by a suggestion from Mrs. Sizemore, fourth grade teacher: “What if we could get a group of students together to pray?” The girls first proposed the idea to Upper School Principal Dr. Dickie the summer before they began the eighth grade. With some faculty guidance, the group began, but often had only four or five attendees.

Four years later, the student prayer group has gained a presence on campus through systematic prayer for faculty and students, as well as service to the campus. “It’s grown my prayer life so much,” said Avery. “I’ve just learned so much.” By following a roster of students and teachers, the group is able to contact and pray for specific needs within the school and cultivate a deeper campus community. Avery added that knowing how to pray for her teachers and peers ­knowing how to be “real” in prayer together — has brought a greater urgency to the classical Christian faith that she and her peers — discuss in the classroom.

To toil and not to seek for rest, to labor and not to seek for reward The student prayer group has also become entirely student-led. Avery and Julianna work together to plan meetings, but they intentionally encourage other students to take active roles in leading prayers and giving meditations. Hannah Turrill, upper school classical studies instructor, serves as an informal faculty mentor to the prayer group. She said, “I have seen [the student leaders] grow in an awareness of others’ needs and the need for prayer as a part of leadership.” Mrs. Turril also noted how the group has cultivated “dynamics of leadership” such as organization, promoting discussion, and spiritual discernment in a number of students.

Avery said it has been encouraging to see students who “aren’t leaders on paper” find an opportunity to lead “with their strengths and by example”, particularly as the group has grown larger. For example, Julianna is free to organize meetings and service projects behind the scenes while Avery takes more public roles, and other students, including juniors Jonathan Lasoi and Jake Hamilton frequently lead prayer as well.

Additionally, this year sophomores Marlowe Hanel and Anna Stierle have taken leadership of underclassmen participants.

Although the founding members will still be around next year, they have expressed how important it is that a student prayer group not be dependent on particular individuals. Avery and Julianna intend to attend meetings as members and completely hand off leadership to Marlowe and Anna: “We really want the group to thrive. If they need someone with experience, we really want to help them get on their feet before we leave.”

Save that of knowing I am doing your will.

Although student leadership skills are a core value at Highlands, the privilege of seeing God work through them is not lost on Julianna and Avery. Avery noted how humbling it was to pray through chronic illness with a teacher and witness his health improve, as well as how encouraging it was to see Marlowe and Anna pray over a long-term substitute in the lower school in front of her students.

In the future, the student leaders hope to see more participation from seventh and eighth grade students and to have more friends encouraging one another to come together. “Not to be known more,” Avery clarified. “I just hope it grows.”

Through Christ our Lord, Amen.

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Staff Spotlight:

Cyndi Schmitt

by Chelsea Schaper

Every school day from 10:50 AM -12:40 PM, swarms of hungry HLS students make their way to the lunch room.

And every school day, they know a warm, homemade meal awaits them. Mrs. Cyndi Schmitt plays perhaps one of the most integral roles in the Highlands Latin School community.

She keeps our students, faculty, and staff fed as they teach and learn each day.

Mrs. Schmitt’s son Austin began at HLS in the 6th grade.

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Schmitt joined the HLS staff working in the lunchroom under the leadership of Pat Meyer, assisting with meal preparation and service.

When Pat retired, Mrs. Schmitt took over as head of the lunch program.

The HLS kitchen isn’t the only place Mrs. Schmitt cooks. Her love of the culinary world really begins at home.

“When I was young my mother taught me how to cook because she didn’t want to. I became interested probably when I quit work to raise children. I started cooking then to make sure they were nourished well.”

Mrs. Schmitt continues, “I made a lot of meatloaf. My mother was Italian, so everything we cooked was ‘Italianized’. I didn’t even know what ranch dressing was until I went to college. Everything had olive oil, everything had oregano.”

That same mentality—cooking homemade food for her family—translates to the HLS kitchen seamlessly. Mrs. Schmitt remarks that, “the cooking process is really the hls.org

same. You just have to think bigger when you’re cooking for so many people.” She arrives at 7:30 AM each day and gets started on the meal right away. The bread she serves is fresh and homemade. Rather than cutting time by ordering frozen food, Mrs. Schmitt takes the extra hours to ensure all of the food she serves is fresh and healthy.

“I remember reading some literature from Highlands Latin School which said, ‘If you don’t know where you come from, how do you know where you are going?’. The same can kind of be said for food,” Mrs. Schmitt remarks. “If you don’t know what you are putting in your body, how do you know what is in it? It sounds silly, but nowadays with all the convenience foods coming in boxes and plastic bags you really don’t know what’s in them. There are chemicals, artificial flavoring and coloring, body parts you didn’t know existed or could be considered food.

“Cooking from scratch also gives us a sense of what our ancestors went through to survive. Imagine living in a time with no stores you could go to and just ‘pick up dinner’, no drive through windows. You went out to your garden to pick your produce and to the chicken coop or barn for your meat. When you get your food from a freezer there is no semblance that the chicken nuggets you are about to eat even came from a chicken. It probably doesn’t.”

Cyndi Schmitt lives in Louisville with her husband, Richard. They have three children: Andrew, Austin, and Alaina.

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This article was originally published in the Spring 2012 edition of ‘The Classical Teacher’ with the title: “Letter From the Editor Spring 2012.”

St. Augustine, considered by many to be the greatest thinker of the first 1,000 years of the Church, spoke of the learning of the pagans as “Egyptian gold,” something which the Church not only could, but ought, to take unto itself and use.

It is no historical accident that, at the time of his conversion, Augustine occupied the highest academic position in Rome. He had received the best schooling a young man of his time could have, an education in which he drank deeply of the learning of Greece and Rome. His position as professor of rhetoric in Milan was not only academically prestigious; it required him to occasionally write speeches for the emperor.

The Old Testament is replete with examples of God’s people conquering their enemies. They never fled, except as a ruse. When we discuss the issue of how Christians should deal with the writings of the pagans, that is an important thing to remember.

Culturally speaking, Christianity conquered Greece and Rome. And when you conquer something, you can do two things with the spoils of your conquest: destroy them or use them.

When God commanded the Israelites to take a city, he sometimes commanded them not to take the spoils for themselves, but to destroy everything. More often, however, they took the spoils of their enemies and used them for themselves.

It is instructive to note what the Church, in fact, did. It did not destroy the classical civilization that it superceded.

Instead, it took the cultural spoils and used them for itself.

A small handful of early fathers, such as Tertullian, asked what Athens had to do with Jerusalem, and some of these gave no definitive answer to the question. But as early as the second and third centuries, fathers like Clement and Origen argued that the works of the Greeks and the Romans did have something to do with Jerusalem and should not be categorically rejected, but instead used for the glory of God. Not all of the learning of the ancients could be used in this way, of course. When the Israelites took of the spoils of their enemies, they presumably took those things that they could legitimately use, destroying those things (like their idols) that were an abomination.

And as the Roman Empire was crumbling, it was a man who was himself one of the greatest beneficiaries of classical culture and learning who became its greatest champion, a man who later would be called a saint.

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His conversion marked not only a personal transformation—it wasn’t only Augustine who was baptized. Through his thought and writing, classical culture was itself baptized, and put to work championing not military conquest, but spiritual conquest. The centuries following Augustine have often been called the “Dark Ages” because the fall of Rome brought about a time of cultural barbarism. During this time, monks toiled away in their monasteries, copying the manuscripts they had salvaged from this cultural catastrophe.

Thomas Cahill’s book, How the Irish Saved Civilization, recounts how, in isolated monasteries on outcrops of inaccessible rock, monks whose names we will never know devoted themselves to the preservation, not only of Christian works, but those of classical culture as well.

Had it not been for the work of these great but unheralded men, most of this learning would have been lost.

This same attitude toward classical civilization characterized later Medieval and Renaissance thinkers, as well as the Puritans and the American founding fathers.

They knew that the truths discovered by the pagans were not pagan truths, but truths whose Author the pagans themselves did not know. They were truths taken, said Augustine, “from the mines of God’s providence,” and recaptured when Christianity conquered paganism.

Today we see this learning not only being abandoned, but actively undermined. As our schools become more devoted to things other than truth, it becomes more incumbent on us to champion truth.

It would be a great historical irony if, after having benefited from the spoils of cultural conquest, we would so easily throw it all away.

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As part of the rich lower school cirriculum, first graders read Miss Rumphius. In this beloved children’s book, Miss Rumphius is admonished by her grandfather to “do something to make the world more beautiful.” Miss Rumphius then sets off on a journey around the globe, and ultimately returns to plant hundreds and hundreds of blue Lupine flowers in her hometown.

This year, a new Highlands Latin School tradition was started. First grade students enjoyed the

Miss Rumphius Garden Party. They planted flowers around campus, following the title character’s lesson to “make the world more beautiful.” They also made bookmarks, enjoyed some delicious treats, and played in the warm spring sunshine.

Opportunities like this help students to engage with their school cirriculum firsthand and enjoy the content they are learning in a tangible way. Traditions are an important part of a classical education, and the Miss Rumphius Garden Party will continue to be a beautiful one.

"You must do something to make the world more beautiful."

What is the point of education?

by Leigh Lowe

According to GK Chesterton, “The whole point of education is that it should give a person a set of standards, eternal standards, that can be used to judge fugitive standards.” A set of constants by which to judge what is fleeting. Eternal standards, meaning the pursuit of the transcendentals, are important because it’s possible for schools, as Chesterton warns,“to change their standards more often than they change the light bulbs.”

Without eternal standards, without a clear purpose and an identifiable end, it is easy to become reactionary instead of intentional. It requires discipline to stay focused in a world of distractions.

The beautiful thing about Classical Education - the thing that has enabled it to endure - is that it aspires to noble ideals and pursues Truth, Beauty, and Goodness of which every individual is worthy. Classical Education gives a student the books and ideas that will form his mind, his heart, and his soul, and it uses methods that honor his human nature. Classical Education seeks excellence in thought and action.

It strives to make the best human out of every human.

A broad classical education allows a person to move from endeavor to endeavor with ease. That’s because it trains the student to read well, write well, think well, oandspeak well — abilities that serve a person in every facet of life.

And while these are worthy goals, Classical Education seeks something even more noble. It strives to use a head full of information to create a soul full of wisdom, free to act and to serve.

When we are all capable of thinking broadly - and feel responsible to do so - we achieve the goal of Classical Education - being people cognizant of our duty to do so. contribute to the world and confident in our ability to do so.

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WONDERING

Highlands Latin School

Class of

2021

Meg Booker

“I will miss the competitiveness of my peers and how we constantly encourage one another to strive to do our best.”

“I will mostly miss the teachers. They are always there to encourage you and help you, and I will miss the personal connections that I have made with them.”

Abigail will attend Cedarville University in the fall.

Meg will attend Northern Kentucky University to study vocal performance.

Jacob Fox

Ethan Frizzell

Justin Gilbert

“My favorite part of HLS is the ability to talk to teachers about all sorts of topics and continue to learn outside of the classroom.”

“I value the teachers who really care about improving their students both morally and academically.

Their dedication to their students is something I will always appreciate.”

“I value the excellent education I have received and the christian ideals which have been instilled in me since day one.”

Jacob will attend Hillsdale College to study political economy.

Ethan will attend the University of Kentucky to study architecture.

Justin will attend Western Kentucky University to study business management.

Isabella Helms

Maggie Hunsucker

Lily Lange

“I love how dedicated the teachers are, how deep our class discussions get, and how years of challenging work have made me a stronger student.”

“My favorite part of HLS was the close-knit community. Everyone knew everyone, you really get to know your teachers, and it was basically just one big family.”

“My favorite parts of HLS were the small interactions with friend and teachers and being in a place full of driven people who push me to perform my best.”

Isabella will attend Hillsdale College to study political economy, literature, and journalism.

Maggie will attend Cedarville University to study criminal justice.

Lily will attend Western Kentucky University to study biology.

Carter McGill

Leslie Monhollen

Elijah Montgomery

“I loved playing basketball throughout my entire time here. It brought me my closest friends and plenty of memories that I will never forget.”

“I will miss the students and the teachers. The tight knit atmosphere really helped us get to know each other.”

“My favorite part of HLS was the brotherhood on the basketball team. I value the tight-knit community.”

Carter will attend the University of Louisville to study bioengineering (pre-med track).

Leslie will attend the University of Cincinnati to study classical civilizations.

Elijah will attend Western Kentucky University to study business.

Thomas Spurlock “I value the difficulty of the classes. Reading and learning complex materials in Mr. Janke’s classes or trying to understand difficult calculus problems prepared me for at least some of what college holds.”

Thomas will attend Georgetown College in the fall.

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Abigail Bitner

Emily Steinbach

Sean VanderWoude

“I will miss my friends and having small enough classes to have one-on-one interactions with teachers.”

“I value how HLS is a community of Christians in pursuit of God by means of education.”

Emily will attend the University of Alabama to study mathematics.

Sean will attend Fransiscan University of Stuebenville.

Elizabeth Bramer

Hayden Cope

Arabella Fowler

“My favorite part of HLS is the intellectual and spiritual growth I saw in myself. I was given the opportunity to learn and grow from the faculty and classmates around me.”

“I value the time I got to speak freely in class, and I will miss the friends I made along the way.”

“My favorite part of HLS is the virtuous Christian teaching. I value all the amazing literature and philosophy we read. It prepares you for life.”

Elizabeth will attend Asbury University to study biology (pre-med track) and intercultural studies.

Hayden will attend Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology to study biomedical engineering.

Arabella will attend Centre College to study biology and archaelogical history.

Jean Gray

Samuel Haddow

Emily Haner

“My favorite part of HLS is how much the teachers truly care about their students.”

“My favorite part of HLS was the commoraderie of the Set Crew as we hastily and stressfully constructed, painted, and mopved the sets for the Drama Troupe.”

“I value the goal HLS has -- we learn and study for a higher purpose than just good grades.”

Jean will attend the University of Louisville to study dental hygeine.

Samuel will attend Asbury University in the fall.

Emily will attend Murray State University to study wildlife biology.

Matt LePrell

Lilly Luse

AJ Mangione

“My favorite part of HLS was learning from a Christian standpoint and discussing things intelligently within a small community.”

“I loved being House Scribe during my junior year. I also always loved the school dances.”

“I will miss the ability to seek as much help as I need from my teachers.

I’ll also miss the sense of closeness between teachers and their students.”

Matt will attend Westpoint Military Academy to study engineering.

Lilly will attend Indiana University to study cinema and media arts.

AJ will attend Western Kentucky University to study international business.

Judah Murdoch

Lilly Pottlitzer

David Schwab

“HLS encouraged hard work and perseverence. The classes force you to be diligent and the tests require perseverence to keep going.”

“HLS is a place where everybody knows everybody, and that is something I have loved about this school.”

“I will miss the amazing friends I’ve made along the way.”

Judah will attend the University of Mississippi to study philosophy.

Lilly will attend Western Kentucky University to study pediatric nursing.

David will attend Transylvania University to study computer science.

Cade Wheat

Sydney Windhorst

Daniel Young

“One thing I value at HLS is the great relationships with teachers and what they teach us -- how to treat life and learn what’s really important.”

“I value the way each teacher, administrator, and faculty member is truly grateful for each individual student.

HLS never makes you wonder if you’re valued and appreciated.”

“I value the level of care and precision present here. Being in an atmosphere where people truly care about succeeding made me try to rise to the standard set by my peers.”

Cade will attend Western Kentucky University in the fall.

Sydney will attend Western Kentucky University to study journalism and international relations.

Daniel will attend the University of Kentucky to study architecture.

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FIVE HLS SENIORS

HONORED BY

N AT I O N A L M E R I T S C H O L A R S H I P C O R P O R AT I O N

Jacob Fox

Matthew LePrell

Judah Murdoch

Emily Steinbach

Daniel Young

Five out of 29 HLS seniors were recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation for their performance on the 2018 PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Emily Steinbach and Judah Murdoch were named National Merit Finalists. Jacob Fox, Daniel Young, and Matthew LePrell were named Commended Students.

According to a press release, the nationwide pool of Semifinalists (selected for meeting a statewide cutoff score) represents less than 1% of U.S. high school seniors. To become a Finalist, a Semifinalist and his or her high school must submit a detailed scholarship application providing information about the Semifinalist’s academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, and honors and awards received.

From the approximately 16,000 Semifinalists, about 15,000 advanced to the Finalist level. Commended Students are also named based on their Selection Index score. Commended Student scores fall just below the level required to be named Semifinalists in their respective states; however, they are still honored as high scorers.

Though the COVID-19 pandemic made large gatherings difficult, HLS students were determined to find a way to host the annual Upper School Advance. On Saturday, September 12, 2020, the House System leadership and advisors gathered on the Spring Meadows campus. Though the traditional House induction ceremony was impossible, they held a drive-through version of the ceremony. New Upper School students drove through campus inincrements to be inducted into their new houses. Later in the evening, House leadership gathered in Cooke Hall as the newlychosen Heads of House delivered their leadership speeches.

Throughout the year, the students and advisors continued to develop innovative ways to maintain the traditions and festivities of the HLS House System. The year was a success! Many thanks to the teachers, administrators, parents, and students who dedicated time and effort to make the Advance successful.

2020-2021 H O U S E L E A D E R S H I P Sydney Windhorst - Head of House Ethan Frizzell - Minister of Culture Meg Booker - Minister of War Annika Monson - Parliamentarian Avery Hanel - Scribe

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Lilly Luse - Head of House Matthew LePrell - Minister of Culture Carter McGill - Minister of War Sydney Petrie - Parliamentarian Eliza Denley - Scribe

Lilly Pottlitzer - Head of House Daniel Young - Minister of Culture Elizabeth Bramer - Minister of War August Rothpletz - Parliamentarian Gracie Redmon - Scribe

AJ Mangione - Head of House Aaron McGraw - Minister of Culture Kara Moran - Minister of War Ballard Wheatley - Parliamentarian Owen Meyer - Scribe

News, Honors, and Awards 2021 Awards Ceremony Penmanship Awards

National Latin Exam Awards

(Crescent Hill / Spring Meadows / Southern Indiana)

Four Gold Medals (Maureen O’Donnell Award): Lydia Baum, Julia Bippus,

1st: Abigail Burkett, Ian Cortopassi / Eva Crosby, Maxwell Noth /

George Hall, Trevor Kimbell, Lily Lange, Tess Magar, Annika Monson, Allie

Booker Sage, Jessa Rhodes

Pierre, Lilly Price, Myla Pryor, Jane Singleton, Jonathan Steinrock, Elia Trocan,

2nd: Amelia James, Porter Hammil / Ellie Rose Hall, Patrick Amunrud /

Olivia Vickery

Judah Ficarra, Amelia Ratliff

Five Gold Medals: Han Keisling, Owen Meyer, Jenna Nicodemus,

3rd: Lainey Pfister, Felix O’Nan / Sofia Fluhr, Hudson Kan

Gracie Redmon, August Rothpletz, Julianna Sizemore, Joseph Stachnik,

4th: Lucy Perciful, Vedaant Patel / Francesca Underhill, William Robinson

Sean VanderWoude

5th: Sarah-Kate Turner, Jacob Kosko / Zinnia Groce, Alexander Colburn

Perfect Papers: Cooper Gilliam, Jake Hamilton, Jed Hamilton, Trevor Kimbell,

6th: Emily Burkett, Kellan Knapper / Emily Mardis, Lee Ryan

Max McFarland

7th: Haley Matheis, Jude Turner / Annalee Harreld, Connor Gilcrest

Ceaser & Cicero Awards: Braxton Harstine, Keely Haner, Eva Thibaudeau,

8th: Kayleigh Burkhead, Max Magar / Evie Neher, Nicholai Mains

Trevor Kimbell, Elia Trocan, Allie Pierre

Math Awards

Horatius at the Brudge “Winston Churchill Award”

(Crescent Hill / Spring Meadows)

(awarded to students who memorize and recite 70 stanzas)

3rd: Benjamin Burkett, Isabella Arruda / McKemie Toebbe, Eleanor Molnar

Crescent Hill: Aspen Abood, Sophia Arruda, Logan Boyd, Emily Burkett, Sophia

4th: Levi Kindig, Birdie Stone / Atticus Stinson, Allison Vittitow

Campione, Henry Conway, Katy DeWitt, Jirah DiCapua, Charlotte Gomez,

5th: Will Cameron, Jacob Kosko / Ryan Olges, Silas Walker

Elisha Gurtner, Kellan Knapper, Abigail Lam, Miriam O’Nan, Marlie Pierre, Reid

6th: Elisha Gurtner, Jirah DiCapua / Ronda Whyatt, Ryan Volk

Solomon, Jackson South, Baron Staab, Henry Thomas, Nicole Wu

7th: Beck Meyer, Gigi Pryor / Olivia Barondeau, Ashray Neotia

Spring Meadows: Silas Clark, Grant Coons, Carson Cruse, Luke Derhake,

8th: Caroline White, Parker / Greta Dale, Brady Sipes

Elizabeth Hammond, Anna Hobbs, Emily Mardis, Audrey Robinson, Lee Ryan, Kristian Schoen, Caleb Sewell, Rylea Toadvine, Leighton Underhill, Ronda Whyatt, Jack Windhorst

Book Awards 7th grade (CH/SM): Jude Turner, Haley Matheis / Max McFarland, Greta Miller 8th grade (CH/SM): Ryan Kimbell, Molly-Louise Denley / Patrick Hobbs, Marly Presser

HLS “Master Teacher” Award

9th grade: Caleb Kang, Paisley Smith

Mr. Rob Lewis

10th grade: McKay Wheatley, Ana Stierle

Mrs. Deborah Mangione

11th grade: Bernard Dawson, Avery Hanel 12th grade: Samuel Haddow, Lily Lange

FACULTY Dr. Kevin Scahill (US Latin) recieved his doctorate from the University of Virginia.

Congratulations to Faith (Leibing) Pugh (2nd Grade) and Jacob Pugh (SM Phys.

Ed.) who were married on October 16th, 2020.

Chelsea (Murray) Schaper (College Counseling) married Alex Schaper on April 9th, 2021.

Congratulations to Teal (Wigginton) Teysen (1st Grade) who married Eric Teysen on June 12, 2021.

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Mark Compton (US Latin) married Bobbie (Briggs) Compton (Class of ‘15) on June 19th, 2 Congratulations to Nate Messiter (US Classical Studies) and Annie Ingham (US English) who were married on July 10, 2021.

STUDENTS Jake Hamilton, Sophia Harris, Kara Moran, Annika Monson, and Sydney Petrie (11th) were selected for the Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program. They will spend 5 weeks on a college campus studying various academic focus areas.

Marissa Mudd (10th) and Anna Sewell (9th) were both named winners of the Right to Life Association’s statewide essay competition. Participants were asked to write essays answering the question, “Why am I pro-life?”.

Julia Railey (5th) was cast in the ACT Louisville production of The Wizard of Oz. The show ran from July 30 - Aug. 2 at the Iroqouis Ampitheater.

Laura Gibson (10th) won the Kentucky Department of Agriculture Poster Contest in April 2020. Her winning artwork was displayed at the Kentucky State Fair in August 2020.

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