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Seniors Exhibit Work
‘Sketchbob’ Imparts Wisdom
The University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning invited Moeller’s senior art and photography students to participate in a high school art exhibition. The participants included Vincent Palopoli, Matt Wilson, Chris Lefke, Ben Crist, Nick Faust, John Berry, Luke Effler, John Lavelle, Cameron Fields, Grant Nolte, and Alex Schneider.
YMCA Award SENIOR BRENDAN FISCHER was one of 40 teens chosen out of hundreds of nominees throughout the Tristate area to receive the YMCA Character Award. To earn this honor, students must exemplify YMCA’s core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility, and they must demonstrate leadership through service to their community. Fischer is a member of the National Honor Society and recipient of the school’s Outstanding Service Award for the 100+ service hours he accumulated. He is a Big Brother in the Correyville Catholic Little Brothers Program and makes bi-monthly visits to tutor and mentor the kindergarten students. Fischer has tutored Moeller students, participated in Relay for Life, rehabbed homes during a Louisiana hurricane relief trip, and worked in the St. Francis Soup kitchen. He is also is a member of Moeller’s Swim Team and earned the team’s Crusader Award. At St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church in Kenwood, Fischer received the Citizenship Award because of his involvement in the school and church community. For example, he taught adult computer classes to the senior citizens and currently serves as a Eucharistic Minister and lector.
‘Crusader’ & ‘Templar’ Earn 1st Place ALUMNUS BOB FISHER ’86, well-known as “SketchBob” in the art world (see SketchBob.com), spent a day with Moeller’s art students offering words of wisdom after spending years as a fine artist, entrepreneur, and marketing expert. True to his roots as an artist at Moeller, his training at college, then life experience, Fisher emphasized the importance of keeping a daily sketchbook. “I carry it with me every minute of every day,” he said. “It serves multiple purposes: a visual journal, a repository of ideas. I experiment with materials and techniques. It helps me stay in shape creatively. Like push-ups, repetition is a critical element of being an artist. If you want to get in shape, would you strive to do 50 push-ups a day or one perfect-push up? If you want to draw, which will make you more successful, five drawings a day or one absolutely perfect drawing? The answer is 10 drawings.”
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MOELLER’S YEARBOOK, the Templar, and student newspaper, the Crusader, earned 1st place awards from the American Scholastic Press Association’s (ASPA) national competition. The Templar received 1st place with special merit, earning a perfect score in creativity and a nearly perfect score in photography. The yearbook staff included Britt Raymond (advisor), Joe McGinnis (editor), Steve Bohné, Mike Franz, Josh Jasso, Brian Powell, and Eric Schaeper. Coach Cameron illustration received a This is the Crusader’s fourth special award. consecutive 1st place award. Senior Patrick McDonough’s illustration of Coach Cameron for the newspaper’s first issue received a special ASPA award for “Outstanding Original Art.” The Crusader team included Geoffrey Girard (advisor), Tyler Frankenberg (editor in chief), Luke Bishop, Zach Bortolotto, Joshua Emig, Mark Gunza, Matt Henties, Sam Osborne, Will Schneller, and Austen Verrilli.