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Contents New Seven Hills Mission & Educational Philosophy Developing Character Through Athletics School News

Alumni News, Profile, Reunion, Class Notes Upcoming Alumni Events

Front Cover photo: Sophomore Tucker Robinson Above photo: Junior Lauren Weems

Chris Garten Head of School

Nancy McCormick Bassett ’83 Director of Alumni Relations

Kathy Deubell Writer

Vol. XXXVI No. 1 Fall 2012

Margo Kirstein Director of Development

Chris Hedges Editor Director of Communications

Keith Neu Sports Photographer

Seven Hills is a publication of The Seven Hills School.

Carol Brueggemeyer Graphic Designer

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The Seven Hills Development Office gratefully acknowledges and thanks the more than 200 volunteers who dedicate their time and effort to ensuring that The Seven Hills School continues to thrive and is able to provide the rich learning experiences that distinguish a Seven Hills education.

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Louise Knauft Allen H’54

Bret Caller

Greg & Maggie Gehlmann

Jane Slemmer Larsen H’56

Jeremy Perlin

Sarah Steinman

Janet Allen-Reid ’76

Peter Cha

Sudie Ernst Geier H’42

Margaret Avril Lawson ‘75

Andrew & Alex Quinn

Mary Reis Sullivan C’59

Larry & Janet Allgaier

Anne Chatfield

Dee Gettler

Lisa Lehner

Susan Rauh

Kim Takahashi

Jan Anderson

Nicole Christopher

Raji Ghosh

Ray & Sally Leyman L‘67

Jessalyn Reid ’08

Rick & Ann Theders

Libby Andrews

Liz Coley

Anni Macht Gibson C‘70

Jackie Mack

Sarah Rooch Roberts C‘67

Ginny Berg Van Alyea ’99

Rob & Dulany Anning ‘86

Michael Collette

Ben Glassman ’93

Stanley Makoroff

Patrick & Elizabeth Rogers

Aaron VanderLaan ’91

Keith & Jo Arnold

Michael Coombe L’72

Abe & B Gordon ‘75

Robert Marcus ’97

Catharine Bowman Saelinger

Heather Vecellio ‘92

Lori Aronson

Evan Corbett ’82 &

Drew Gores H‘72

Dan & Debbie Marquardt

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Harriet Warm C’55

Emily Bachrach

Dorothy Kim Corbett ‘84

Wendy Gradison H’71

Michael Marrero

Tahir Sajjad & Humaira Aslam

Liza Martindale Weiner ’99

Steve & Sue Baggott

Marjorie Davis C’65

Sylvia Lotspeich Greene H‘37

Tyler McIlwraith ‘03

Marielle Samaha

Mary Weisenborn

Caroline Bahlman ‘06

Monica Dealy ’99

Brooke Guigui

Rusty & Jennifer McNair

Will Sawyer L’66

Hannah Wheatley ‘05

Gay Seybolt Bain H‘51

Craig Decker

Ed Hatfield

Kyle McNeill ‘06

Jane Scheiber

Kathy Oechler Whitbeck H’67

Michael Barrett

Andrew DeWitt ‘89

Louise Atkins Head H’56

Leslie Bennett McNeill C’61

Dan Schimberg ‘80

Jack White

Polly Bassett

Kathy DeWitt

Patti Heldman

Robbie Michelman

Clarinda Schmidlapp C’53

Russell White

Barbara Beaver

Jeannie Zimmerman Donaldson

Debbie Hill

Anastasia Moerman

Lucy Schmidt ‘00

Elizabeth Whyburn

Sophie Beckwith ’06

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David Hoguet

Melissa Morelli ‘85

Joan Hinsch Searby H’54

Lucille Wientzen

James & Margaret Bell

Myra Drew

Sherry Holcomb

Velma Morelli

Rob Seiver ‘03

Jim Wiesmann

Allan & Jennie (Rosenthal L’75)

Tara Eaton

Susan Hollister

Mary-Slade Morrison ’85

Katie SenGupta

Sally Wilborn

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Meredith Edwards ’98

David Hummel ‘85

Lilamae Mueller

Rick & Michelle Setzer

Susan Wilkening

Jack Binkley

Kate Kiefhaber Elliott ’98

Bennett Jacks

Harrison Mullin

Beth Shaw

Marsha Williams ’77

Ann Bartlett Blemker C’65

David Ellis

Clay Jamison ‘06

Barbara Watson Billings Neal

Anne Shepherd

Jackie Wilson

Brook Bobbitt

Jane Ellis

Jacky Kalubi

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Tom Shepherd

Lisa Collins Winick ‘85

Susan Bolton

Merry Ewing ‘76

Elida Kamine ‘99

Meghan Nelson

Bill & Mary Jo Simpson

Cassie Iseman Wissel ‘02

Mary Lynne Boorn ‘84

Phyllis Ewing

Lair Kennedy

Mike Newman ’97

Beth Sims

Joan Wolfram

Payson & Aideen Briggs ‘87

Ginny Fisher

David & Nancy Keyser

Steve Newman ’02

Kim Sims

Mary Wood-Constable

Peter Briggs

Marc Fisher

Tara Kilcoyne

Mike Nordlund & Lisa Lee

Tiernan Sittenfeld ’92

Susan Newkirk Wright H’63

Jay Brinker

Linda Ford

Peter Koenig

Dennis & Susan Okin

Sandra Small

Barbara Wulsin

Kenya Brock ’98

Rachel Foster

Ashley Kohnen

Margaret Parlin O’Malley H’57

Edie Smitson

Tim Wyant ’96

Bruce Brown

Renee Frankel

Paul Korn

Libby Warrington Ott ‘78

Andy Spooner

Sharon Yosafat

Ken Buck

Toby Franklin

Kalpana Kotagal ’95

Tory Parlin H’63

Melinda Freedman Staveley L’55

Lisa Zaring ’03

Carolyn Eberle Caldwell H’37

Jennifer Frey ’99

Libby Landen Krone ‘77

Jeff & Margaret Pasquale

Jen Stein

Karen Zellner

Karen Callard ‘80

Susan Steman Laffoon H’57

Polly Stein

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The Seven Hills School NEW Mission Statement: Seven Hills engages hearts and minds, challenging students to develop their unique capacities and preparing each for a meaningful role in a rapidly changing world.

As part of our strategic planning process, a committee of trustees and senior administrators has recently revised Seven Hills’ mission statement.

The new statement, now adopted by the full Board of Trustees, constitutes a powerful expression of the defining purpose of this institution.

O U R E ducational P hilosoph y Our Approach to Teaching

Our Environment for Learning

Our Commitment to Character

• We believe that learning should be engaging and relevant.

• We believe that students learn best when they work in an atmosphere of open inquiry and mutual respect.

• We believe that the School, in partnership with our families, plays a critical role in helping students develop character and core values.

• We believe that the School should provide a safe, supportive, and challenging environment, with clear goals and high expectations for student achievement and conduct.

• We strive to nurture the intellectual, aesthetic, moral, and social skills our students will need to become engaged citizens and responsible leaders.

• We believe that education is relationship-based and that students learn best when teachers fully understand the interests, motivations, and individual learning styles of each of their students.

• We see our teachers, administrators, and staff as role models, mentors, and collaborators, engaging with students in meaningful and mutually respectful ways.

• We believe that the School should provide the widest possible range of opportunities for students to explore personal interests and develop individual talents.

• We value individuality and believe that a rich diversity of backgrounds and perspectives enriches our community.

• We use teaching methods designed to ensure that students acquire the intellectual and social skills they need to thrive in an increasingly complex global community.

• We focus not only on the acquisition of knowledge, but on inquiry, discovery, and the application of skills to meaningful problem solving.

• We teach students to make choices, to manage their time, to think critically and creatively, and, above all, to take responsibility for their own learning.

• We are committed to exploring educational best practices and to adapting our instructional methods to advances in technology and developments in the world.

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• We believe that extracurricular and athletic activities should be open to all students who wish to participate, regardless of their innate ability.

• We encourage students and faculty to be actively involved in their communities, making us all more aware of the needs of others.

On a mission to welcome new students, families

by Head of School Christopher P. Garten Earlier this school year I hosted a series of conversations with many of the parents of the 153 new students we have enrolled this year. I hoped, of course, to hear good things about their children’s transition to Seven Hills, but, as I listened to their accounts of their children’s experiences, I was thrilled to hear how closely their impressions seemed to echo the aspirational language of our new mission statement.

Almost unanimously, our new families enthused about the breadth of the School’s program, not only in academics, but also in athletics, community service, and in the fine and performing arts. Many, especially those who have come from schools that have recently scaled back on programs in athletics or arts, emphasized their children’s excitement at the wide variety of opportunities this School provides.

Preparing Students for a Rapidly Changing World

Many parents new to the school this year described their first few weeks at Seven Hills as a “transformational” experience. Some have seen, already, a “sea change” in their children’s attitudes about school. Students leave home excitedly in the mornings. They are eager to share their experiences at night. They are “emotionally engaged” in what they are learning.

Virtually all of these families spoke of how engaged their children seem to be in their learning in ways that feel qualitatively different from their past school experience. Many talk of the rigor of the academic program, but they emphasize that the difference is not so much that their children have more work but that the nature of the work is different.

They note that their children are engaged in meaningful problem solving. They feel that learning here is as much a social enterprise as it is an academic undertaking. They notice the frequent opportunities students have to work together in collaborative groups.

Our families spoke glowingly about the warmth of this community. They feel that in all kinds of ways, formal and informal, both they and their children have been made welcome here, and they are deeply grateful to teachers, students, and parents who have gone out of their way to help. A common thread is “People are so nice here!”

Many are excited, too, by the sense they have that the school is continuously refining its program, not resting on its laurels. A common refrain was the sense that their children are acquiring the skills they need most for success at the next level, not only in college, but in their work lives beyond.

Developing Students’ Unique Capacities

The ultimate test of an institution is how fully it lives out the aspirational language of its mission. There are times, of course, when we fall short of our loftiest goals, but more than any other school with which I have ever been associated, Seven Hills takes seriously its obligation to live by its most deeply held principles. The Strategic Planning Process, now very much underway, is an expression of our commitment to continuous improvement and our desire, in the words of one of our former trustees, “to be the best at getting better.” The glowing endorsements from so many of our new families suggest to me that we are, at least, on the right track.

Engaging Hearts and Minds

Many articulate that, after just a few weeks, Seven Hills teachers seem, already, to know their children thoroughly, their interests and their styles of learning. They appreciate the efforts teachers made to get to know their children so quickly.

Some expressed their gratitude that so many teachers had reached out to them, as parents, to forge working partnerships. They shared the anxiety they had felt about joining a new community and expressed how reassuring it was to receive a phone call or email to let them know that things are off to a good start or to offer help when a challenge had arisen.

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Developing Character Through Athletics At the heart of the new Seven Hills Mission is the commitment to helping students discover what they love, develop those passions, find the sense of purpose that gives meaning to their lives, and develop the character and core values that enable them to be whole, engaged members of the global community. This commitment is manifested in the multiple opportunities for participation and leadership offered to our students in the arts, athletics, service, global outreach, extracurricular activities, and individual pursuits.

We are focusing in this issue of our magazine on the critical role athletics plays in helping students to become the most well-rounded, fulfilled individuals they can be. The athletic program reflects the philosophy and culture of the School— the way individuals conduct themselves and the way they treat others.

This commitment to young athletes and the School Mission is seen in the passing of the torch from former Athletic Director Dick (Duke) Snyder, who stepped down as A.D. after serving for 38 years, to Brian Phelps, who became Seven Hills’ Athletic Director in July. Brian served as Assistant Athletic Director for eight years, in addition to his position as Physical Education Department Chair. Their shared commitment to Seven Hills’ values and to the character development of young people constitutes an unbroken line of tradition from Duke to Brian.

“I have been very fortunate to have Dick ‘Duke’ Snyder as a supervisor, a mentor, and a friend,” said Brian Phelps. “He is not only respected throughout the Seven Hills community but throughout the city and the state athletic communities. Whether it is a fellow athletic director, coach, or an official, others have only

good things to say about Duke and the Seven Hills athletic program.

“The challenge for me taking over as the Athletic Director is to gain the same trust from people that so many have had in Duke. Although I will do some things a little differently from Duke, my goal is

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always to make decisions that best benefit kids, and this is what Duke always did. It’s great to continue to have Duke around campus to support the athletic department as Assistant Athletic Director. He’s a wonderful sounding board for me, and he is as supportive in my success as he can be.”

Asked how he prepared for the A.D. position, Brian points to the eight years he spent as Duke’s assistant. In addition, Brian’s solid educational background prepared him for his dream job.

He earned his M.A. in Education/Sports Administration from Xavier University; his B.A. in Physical Education/Health from Northern Kentucky University; and an Associate Degree from Community College of the Air Force, in which he served for nearly five years. In 2011 he was recognized as a Certified Athletic Administrator by the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA).

At Seven Hills, Brian has coached varsity golf and varsity baseball, and he is currently the assistant coach for varsity basketball and one of the coaches of first grade daughter Madden’s soccer team. Brian wrote the e-book, The Complete Season, a how-to manual on creating and managing a select summer baseball team.

Senior He has been involved with “the summer baseball scene,” specifically the Cincinnati Flames—“the premiere baseball organization in Cincinnati”— since 2002.

“When I officially got the position of Athletic Director, I held 12 focus groups with parents in all divisions, totaling some 150 people. I wanted to get feedback from families about our program.

It was also an opportunity for them to get to know me and to hear about my vision and philosophy.” One outcome of those focus groups—Gatorades with Brian—is a new plan to move the program forward. “I think it is very important to continue to grow Seven Hills athletics continued. . .

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Developing Character Through Athletics continued... by having one program connecting the Lower School to the Upper School. One of the things that we’re going to do differently this year is a first and second grade, coed, intramural basketball league with our high school players as coaches (and baskets that adjust as low as six feet). This will be a four-week program for an hour and a half on Saturdays in January. I’m really excited about this on both ends. Little kids adore the high schoolers and it’s fulfilling for the older kids, too.

“When we have events like Lower School Spirit Night and Homecoming, we need to continue to improve on making them all-school events, bringing together athletes of all ages. We want Doherty and Lotspeich students to start thinking, ‘When I’m on the varsity team….’ and to see themselves as Stingers. We want our youngest athletes to start looking forward to playing for a Terry Nicholl or Willie Hill or Sue Bone type of coach. As they get older, they realize the caliber of coaches we have—experts who love what they’re doing and who are dedicated to their players.”

Just as one always knew the quality of Seven Hills’ athletic program simply by knowing Duke Snyder, who embodies the integrity for which the program

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is known, one can be confident that the program is still in good hands by getting to know Brian Phelps.

His commitment to the whole development of young people through athletics is evident as he speaks passionately about the athletes, coaches, sports and their living out of the Seven Hills Mission.

“I think that athletics, like no other thing in the world, teaches commitment and responsibility to each other and forms powerful bonds among people.” Commenting on the support Seven Hills athletes show for each other, Brian said, “At a

smaller school, we need everyone. We need the freshmen sometimes to be part of a junior varsity or even a varsity team. Our coaches do such a good job of mentoring our leaders—our captains or our seniors—to make sure that they include everyone, players from every grade and at all skill levels, and that this is truly a team effort.”

That goodwill and support can be seen at our athletic competitions, and it has earned Seven Hills the Harold A. Meyer Sportsmanship, Ethics and Integrity Award, presented by the Ohio High School Athletic Association, for three consecutive years.

Brian said, “We’re definitely recognized for our sportsmanship and for the way our players and coaches act in general. It’s good to be known as a school that other teams want to play because of how they’ll be treated, but I don’t want it overlooked that we are trying to win as well! We need to continue to say, ‘Look at the successes of our teams and the resumes, tenures, and successes of our coaches!

Look at the people that we have coaching—they’re the same high caliber as our faculty.’ I would put us up against any other school in the city.”

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“Participation in Seven Hills athletics has made me grow not only as an athlete but as a person. We all know the importance of hard work, discipline and determination, but with Seven Hills athletics, I am able to put these values into use and the outcome is a direct reflection of my efforts. Practice with my team gives me something to look forward to after school each day. The coaches’ passion for their sport makes it more enjoyable yet still competitive. Seven Hills athletics is the perfect balance.”

Seniors “At Seven Hills, I love how I can fully devote myself to volleyball and theater. After a long day of challenging academics, I am able to make a costume out of trash, rehearse my

scenes for Moliére’s Learned Ladies and kill the ball down the line in a volleyball game. I can do all of this before dinner. I am able to explore all of my passions at Seven Hills.”

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For Brian Phelps, the hardest part of the A.D. job is finding coaches who are the best fit for Seven Hills. “We’re trying to find the right people to be the leaders of our kids, people who believe what we believe, who take the Mission forward.

We might interview a coach who played professionally or at the collegiate level and can teach the game, but that doesn’t mean he’s the right coach for Seven Hills. We need coaches who believe that sports are only part of a student’s balanced life and that academics are a priority here. Not that our athletes can’t practice hard every day, but they might also be performing in a concert that night and they might have two AP exams coming up. Our coaches understand the need for that balance in our students’ lives and they promote it.

“We struggle with the coaching hiring decision because it’s so important. When you consider

the amount of time our coaches spend with our kids, the lasting impression they make, and the example they set, it’s important to get it right.

Their influence is seen when a student’s athletic success translates into self-confidence and academic success, and their lasting impact is seen when alumni return not only to visit former teachers but also former coaches who helped to form them as people. Fortunately, when we do find coaches who are the right fit for Seven Hills, because of the way the School treats them and because of the committed athletes that we have, those coaches stay for a long time!”

The School’s athletics policy, to which our coaches subscribe, is consistent with Brian’s own beliefs. “I embrace and support the no-cut policy. I think that every student athlete who wants to be part of a team should have that opportunity. That’s from our first offering in first continued. . .

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Developing Character Through Athletics continued...

Eighty percent of Seven Hills students in grades 1 through 12 participate in 105 athletic teams, led by 177 paid and volunteer coaches in 21 sports at Upper, 17 sports at Middle, and 8 sports in the Lower Schools.

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grade through twelfth grade, because I know how important the life lessons are that you learn through athletics. Eighty percent of our students in grades one to twelve participate in at least one sport. And out of that 80%, we have kids who will be recognized as All-Americans and will get a chance to play at the collegiate level. But we also have the kid who just wants to be part of the team.

All of our players accept that. Our top athletes make that kid feel that he’s equally important to the team.”

He continued, “I also believe that there’s no guaranteed playing time at the varsity level. The best should play. It’s that balance of having a great participation rate and kids learning maybe a lifetime activity like tennis or golf, but on the other hand, trying to put our most competitive varsity teams on the field.”

For Brian, there’s a clear link between participation in athletics and the development of one’s character and core values. “Our players have the responsibility to be at practice every day at a certain time. They commit to playing their part to help the whole team. My belief is that when you sign up to be part of a team, you are in it

unconditionally. And, if it’s the worst practice or the worst game, and the coach calls you out, how do you pick yourself back up and continue to contribute to the team? I mean, that’s really life. Student athletes learn resiliency, commitment to team, and personal responsibility. They learn how to be a good sport and how to deal with losing. They learn to deal with setbacks, an injury, loss of a big game, or blowing it for the whole team, missing a putt to win the state championship. They learn that they have to fail sometimes to learn who they really are as people and to grow.”

Character is surely forged in those high-pressure moments that athletics uniquely provides—the shoot out on the soccer field, the final free throws on the court, the delicate balance—literally—in gymnastics, to name only a few of the moments that test young athletes. “In what other arena is a student under that kind of pressure? When they’re taking a calc test, they don’t have 1000 parents watching them. What other event is so public and open to booing by the other team’s fans? The pressure, win or lose, make the shot or not. If you miss it, how do you shoot it the next time you go to the line? The

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stakes are high, either counting on you by your team and fans or counting against you by the other team and fans.”

Character is also developed in the way one’s teammates deal with that missed shot. “When you are on the sidelines sitting next to the guy who didn’t make the crucial free throw, what you do and say matters. That’s why we can’t go through life without those experiences in athletics. It’s that powerful lesson about falling back and knowing that someone’s going to catch you. That’s all part of character. It becomes a permanent part of us.”

Asked what feature of the Seven Hills athletic program makes him proudest, Brian said, “I love that we are respected and honored for our sportsmanship, for the way we handle ourselves as a school and as a program. I’m very proud that we are competitive in every sport we’ve started.

We compete in our league and we compete on the city and state level.

“I’m proud of the evolution of the program and the expansion of athletics in the Lower School.

We are one of very few schools, even among

schools like us, that have started Lower School athletics. Other schools come to us and say, ‘Your program works so well—how do you do it? We’re trying to expand our Lower School program.’ I’m proud of the commitment that we make as a school to have opportunities very early for participation in athletics. And we’re continuing not only to expand opportunities but to include Lower, Middle, and Upper Athletics in one athletic program.

“My goal is to continue to make the Seven Hills athletic program as strong and competitive as possible, along with being known as a school that is dedicated to the whole development of our students and respected as a school that does things the right way.”

- Terry Nicholl, Seven Hills Varsity boys soccer coach for 19 years - Tim Drew, Varsity girls and boys tennis coach for 26 years, 24 years teaching at Seven Hills

Coaches “Sports have always been a major influence in my life. Both as a player and a coach, I always found value in team. I use the idea of team in my classroom, in business, and on the athletic field. Seven Hills allows me to develop the whole athlete. Care is taken to foster a safe environment for inspiring the student athlete s spirit of inquiry, creativity, and moral leadership. I am so impressed with the Seven Hills athlete. My players want to be pushed physically and mentally. As in the classroom, the pursuit of excellence in sports does not develop character but only uncovers the student’s true potential. I have been honored to be part of the process to build well-rounded student athletes who leave Seven Hills with courage, conviction, and a better sense of self.

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Recent athletic achievements Seven Hills athletes are more than good sports—they play to win! Here are just a few Stinger achievements from the past two years.

See page 27 for more news from the fall 2012 season.

Volleyball—Sectional championship; Miami Valley

Boys basketball—Competed in the district finals;

Baseball—third consecutive sectional championship;

Conference Player of the Year & Coach of the Year

All-League Player of the Year; All-District (Div. IV)

district runner-up; one player, who pitched a

Player of the Year & Coach of the Year

perfect game, was named to the Ohio High School

Boys soccer—League & sectional championships; MVC Co-Player of the Year & Assistant Coach of

Girls basketball—All-District & All-League First

the Year; one player named to the All-State First

Team honors; Enquirer All-Star recognitions

Team, SW Ohio District Player of the Year (Div. III), All-City Player of the Year (Div. III), & MVC Player of the Year player named MVC Player of the Year

Swimmer of the Year in the MVC & the Southern Ohio Swim League; All-District & All-League First Team honors; Enquirer All-Star recognitions

MVP of the Week, team won league & sectional

Gymnastics—A gymnast competed at state;

championships & competed in state tournament

Enquirer All-Star recognition

Girls tennis—Ranked #1 in the city; season record

Cheerleading—All-League First Team honors

of 12-3, playing half of the season against Div. I teams; all seven players advanced to the districts; in 2012, two players competed at state in first doubles

Boys varsity tennis—Won the MVC (fifth consecutive year), the district and regional titles and was ranked #1 in the city all season and #4 in the state; Stingers advanced to the Final Four in

Cross country—Varsity girls won the Seven Hills

the state team tournament, where they finished

Invitational; varsity boys finished second with one

third, and a doubles team also competed at state;

runner taking first place and finishing 23rd at

GCTCA Doubles Team of the Year; All-League

regionals; in 2012, the girls finished second overall

Coach of the Year; Enquirer All-Star Div. II Coach

and the boys finished fourth in the MVC meet with

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one female runner named MVC Runner of the Year

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and one competed at state where she placed fifth in the 500 Yard Freestyle and ninth in the 200 IM;

Player of the Year; in 2012, Eastern Hills Journal

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six male & female swimmers qualified for districts,

Girls soccer—Undefeated in the league; one Golf—League & sectional championships; MVC

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Swimming—League championship for boys team;

Baseball Coaches Association All-State First Team; All-League Scarlet Division Coach of the Year; two Enquirer All-Star Divs. II-IV Honorable Mentions Lacrosse—Three female players earned All-Ohio South Recognition (Div. II) honors; one male player named to the All-Region Second Team; one male player tied the Div. II record of 10 points in a single game Softball—Two players received Enquirer All-Star Divs. II-IV Honorable Mention Track & field—Both male & female members of the teams competed in the regional track meet; one male runner competed in the 800m at the state meet where he placed 14th & received Enquirer All-Star Honorable Mention in Div. II Five members of the Class of 2012 signed letters of intent to play sports in college: two soccer players at Centre College & Ohio Wesleyan University, a swimmer at Williams College, and a baseball player at Div. I Ohio University; last year the girls soccer team junior goalkeeper made a verbal commitment to play soccer at Div. I Rice University

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“Seven Hills athletics has helped to make my son a better student academically. His success on the field gives him the confidence he needs in the classroom. Seven Hills is an excellent school and my son has to work hard to achieve academic success. There was a time when he was intimidated by his high-achieving peers. His success in sports carries over into the classroom and reinforces the idea that he is a valued member of the Seven Hills team. He strives to compete, score and become better both on and off the field.�

Parents "As a parent, I have seen the great benefit that participation in the Seven Hills athletic program bestows on students through the experience of my Middle School daughter. That benefit goes far beyond simply being a better athlete. I t allowed her as a Doherty student to become great friends with her Lotspeich compatriots and completely ease the transition to Middle School. The benefit extends to helping her with her organization and discipline by requiring that she balance time between homework, practice and other social demands. That benefit further allows her to learn the importance of teamwork and the lesson that the team only succeeds if everyone works together for a common cause."

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- Amy Gasser Callow, mother of sophomore Jackson, sixth grader Brennan, and fourth grader Griffin - Abe Gordon, father of seventh grader LuLu

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The Seven Hills School Athletics Field Entrance Planned We are pleased to unveil plans for The Seven Hills School Athletic Field Entrance, which is a special fundraising project of the reunion classes of 1932-2007.

As shown in this drawing, the new Athletic Field Entrance will distinguish our outdoor athletics complex and create a connection between both ends of the Hillsdale Campus. When complete, this central walkway will consist of a covered portico, similar to the main Upper School entrance, and a clock tower located on the west end of the structure, on which a plaque will be mounted to recognize the reunion classes that contributed to this project.

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The fundraising goal for this project, to be reached by June 30, 2013, is $75,000.

We are thankful for the generous support we have received from many reunion class donors. We have a way to go to reach our goal and keep the project on track for completion by fall, 2013. If you are a member of reunion classes 1932-2007 and have not yet had a chance to make a gift, please visit www.7hills.org/Giving.

- Marty Gerhardt is Seven Hills Doherty School Physical Education Teacher and Athletic Coordinator - Roger Schnirring is Seven Hills Middle School Athletic Director & Physical Education Department Head - Katie Forster is Seven Hills Lotspeich School Physical Education Teacher and Athletic Coordinator

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“Participating in athletics at Seven Hills taught me how important it is to be committed to a goal. This shaped me into the hardworking and passionate person I am today. The importance of learning teamwork from an early age also cannot be overstated. For the rest of our lives, we will have to work with a multitude of people with vastly different personalities.

Teamwork and leadership are invaluable qualities that I began to develop in athletics at Seven Hills.”

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“While I had the honor of playing for some great coaches, including Terry Nicholl, Tim Drew, and Nick Francis, one of my favorite SHS athletic memories will always be attending basketball games as a fan.

From the birth of the Seven Hills Psychos in 1997 to the strange wigs worn by the Class of 2005, there was nothing better than cheering in the bleachers and acting as the sixth man on the court.”

the education of the whole child. Through participation in the program, our students develop physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially. The program's emphasis on large and small muscle development, fundamental movements, fitness competency, sports skills, and social interactions in playing games enables our students to participate successfully in physical activities. At every level, teachers encourage students to try new activities, play with their best effort, be fair and always be a team member.

The wide variety of sports and movement activities incorporated into the program stimulates an interest in physical activity now and throughout life."

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Bridget Glaser Ancalmo teaches sixth grade

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Science and, at Upper, Anatomy & Physiology and Biology. Bridget earned her B.A. in Biology from Hiram College and her M.A. in Science Education from Ohio State University. Most recently, she taught anatomy and physiology lab at Jamestown Community College. She has taught math and science to fourth through twelfth grade students in Ohio and California. Bridget has also taught children in Guatemala and El Salvador.

Brian Arnold teaches AP Computer Science

and Programming I & II at the Upper School.

Brian received his B.A. in Math and Computer Science from San Jose State University. He has over 20 years of experience with software and system product development. He recently worked for the Broadcast Communications Division of Harris Corporation.

Jocelyn Coulter teaches in Extended Day at

Doherty. Jocelyn earned her B.S. in Vertebrate Natural History and Conservation, her B.F.A. in Ceramics from the University of Georgia and her M.A. in Zoology from Miami University. She has worked and taught at the Cincinnati Zoo in the

Education Department and has been a community garden coordinator for Mercy Neighborhood Ministries.

Dana Crum, Seven Hills’ Eva Jane Romaine Coombe Writer-in-Residence this year, teaches Creative Writing at the Upper School. Dana received his B.A. in English from Princeton University and his M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Virginia Commonwealth University.

He taught English and creative writing at a number of schools and organizations in New York City, including Horace Mann School and Prep for Prep. Dana’s poetry, fiction, and articles have appeared in a wide array of publications.

Recently he was awarded a writer’s residency at the nationally recognized Vermont Studio Center.

Suzanne Dix is our new

Middle School Associate Librarian and teaches some Writing Workshop sections at Middle School.

Sue received her B.A. from Colby College, her M.Ed. from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, and her Master of Library and Information Science degree from the University of Rhode Island. She was the Middle and High School Librarian at Caravel Academy and an adjunct librarian for Delaware Technical Community College.

Karli Ferone is the Assistant Teacher in

Lotspeich’s Kindergarten. Karli earned her B.A. from the College of Business at Ohio University. She has been a nanny for two local families and was a marketing intern at The Bank of Kentucky Center.

Amanda Hayes teaches seventh grade English. Mandy joined Seven Hills in the early spring as a long-term English substitute teacher in the Middle School. Mandy earned her B.A. with honors in Women’s Studies from Brown University and her M.A. in English Education from Stanford University. She has been a substitute teacher for Leaves of Learning in Cincinnati and taught at William H. Crocker Middle School and Stevenson School in California.

Joy Karl teaches in Extended Day at Doherty.

Joy earned her B.S. in Early Childhood Education from the University of Cincinnati. She has been a nanny and a preschool camp counselor at the Jewish Community Center. She was a student teacher in the preschool at Doherty for a short time in 2011.

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Mario Kirkendall teaches in Extended Day at Lotspeich. Mario earned his B.S. in Physical Education from Miami University (OH). He organized a summer program at the Children’s Home of Cincinnati, has worked as an athletic trainer, and coached the eighth grade boys basketball team at Sycamore Community School.

He has been a student teacher at Bridgeport Elementary and Loveland Middle Schools.

Yu-Chun Lin teaches Chinese at Upper School.

Yu-Chun earned her B.A. in Chinese Literature from National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan, and her M.B.A. from Wesleyan College.

She was a Chinese instructor at Wesleyan College and taught at Middle Georgia Chinese School.

Kristina O’Connor teaches eighth and ninth grade Algebra. Kristina has a B.A. in Elementary Education from the University of Kentucky.

She has been tutoring students privately and at Huntington Learning Center in math and in preparation for the ACT/SAT.

Ken Revell teaches eighth grade Science. Ken earned his B.S. in Mathematical Physics from Appalachian State University and his M.S. in Crop and Soils Environmental Science from Virginia Tech. He taught at Virginia Tech and St. Catherine’s School, where he also coached rock climbing, canoeing and orienteering.

Grant Reynolds teaches

Physical Education at Lotspeich. Grant received his B.S. in Health and Physical Education at Kennesaw State University. He is the pitching instructor at DNA Sports Center, was the volunteer pitching coach at Wheaton College, taught at L.A. Ainger Middle School in FL, and played for the Oakland A’s minor league affiliates.

Sarah (Kiki) Scavo has been teaching in

Extended Day at Lotspeich since January, 2012, and is a teacher for our new Beginnings program. She received her B.S. in Education from Ohio University. In addition to Seven Hills, Kiki has worked at The Gardner School and was a student teacher at both The Plains Elementary and Ohio University Child Development Center.

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sixth grade English. Emily returns to Seven Hills after having taught sixth grade math here several years ago. She received her B.S. in Mathematics and Elementary Education and her M.Ed. in Elementary Education (grades first through eighth) from The Ohio State University. Emily has also taught at Champion Middle School in Columbus.

Katie Swinford teaches seventh grade Latin

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and, at Upper, Ancient and Medieval History.

Katie has her B.A. in Classics and Classical Humanities from the University of Wisconsin and her M.A. in Classics from the University of Cincinnati. During her time at UC, Katie spent a summer at the American Academy in Rome. She has tutored high school students in Latin, taught Latin at UC, and taught Field Excavation Methods in Greece.

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Nationally recognized expert on parenting and kids, Dr. David Walsh, kicks off speaker series The school and wider communities had the opportunity to hear one of the world’s leading authorities on children, teens, parenting, and the impact of technology on children’s health and development, when Seven Hills presented David Walsh, Ph.D., as the first speaker in the School’s new Creating Conversations Speaker Series.

David Walsh is the national best-selling author of several parenting books, including Smart Parenting, Smarter Kids; Why Do They Act That Way? A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen; and No: Why Kids—of All Ages— Need To Hear It and Ways Parents Can Say It. He founded the National Institute on Media and the Family and started Mind Positive Parenting to help adults better understand how to help children thrive in the 21st century. Dr. Walsh is a frequent guest in the national media, including Today Show, Good Morning America, News Hour with Jim Lehrer, ABC’s 20/20 and NPR’s All Things Considered.

Dr. Walsh shared his expertise with an audience of parents and members of the public at the presentation, “Smart Parenting, Smarter Kids,” on the evening of October 25 in Founders Hall. He spoke for 90 minutes to a crowd of over 200 parents, who represented all four divisions. Guidance Counselor Judy Arnold, who designed the Creating Conversations series with Guidance Counselor Mitzie Moser, said, “Dr. Walsh’s talk incorporated the most recent brain research, especially related to teenage behavior. He also spoke about the importance of the storytellers who define our culture. If we allow media and popular culture to do that, our children miss out on important values like perseverance and resilience.”

Earlier on October 25, he gave a fascinating presentation on brain development, “The Brain Goes to School,” at a meeting of all Seven Hills faculty, and he met informally with teachers the following day.

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He told the teachers, “Warm connections in the classroom are critical. The most important minutes come before class, when the teacher connects with each student with ‘Four at the Door’—name, eye (eye contact), hand (touch), and heart (caring about a kid’s life). When a student feels connected and valued, his cortex is liberated to operate at full capacity.”

He stressed the importance of self-discipline in student success. “A predictor of success, even popularity, is the ability to say ‘no’ to oneself. Self-discipline is twice as strong an indicator of success as intelligence.”

Creating Conversations, Seven Hills’ new speaker series Seven Hills’ new speaker series, Creating Conversations, is designed to engage members of the school and wider communities in conversations—with each other and with experts in their fields—about raising bright, healthy, happy kids. Creating Conversations is free and open to the public. In addition to the session with Dr. David Walsh on October 25, Creating Conversations presented Cincinnati area pediatrician Dr. Lisa Kuan in the November 15 presentation, “Brain Development in Children: A Closer Look.” On January 25, an expert panel of Seven Hills Early Childhood counselors and educators will present “Ready, Set, Go! What Does It Mean To Be Ready for School?” On February 28, Ann Anzalone, nationally recognized consultant on learning styles, educational plans and academic performance, will present “Setting Children Up for Success.” On April 18, “Building Blocks: Language and Literacy for Life” will be presented by an expert panel including Speech and Language Therapist Nancy Fluharty and Seven Hills Early Childhood counselors and educators. For more information or to reserve your place, visit www.7hills.org/CreatingConversations or call 513.728.2363.

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Scholar Awards 98% of AP Exam scores qualify for advanced standing in college; average 4.3 of 5 Fifty-eight seniors and 2012 graduates have been named AP Scholars by the College Board for their exceptional achievement on the college-level AP Exams.

Of the 234 Advanced Placement Exams in 16 subjects taken in May by 101 students, 98% of the scores were 3’s or better on the 1-5 national scale, qualifying our students for advanced standing in college, and 49% of the scores were 5’s! They scored an average of 4.26 (“Well Qualified”).

Receiving National AP Scholar Awards for average scores of at least 4 or higher on all AP Exams taken and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more were 2012 graduates Sarah Austin, Isabel Arjmand, Betsy Johnson, Sharon Liao, Suhel Singh, and Jonathan Tiao. Their average score was 4.7.

Over one quarter of Class of 2013 named National Merit Semifinalists

Receiving AP Scholar with Distinction Awards for average scores of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on five or more were seniors Chris Baggott, Cullen Deimer, Katherine King, Priyanka Parameswaran, Zoë Pochobradsky, Claire Romaine, Katie Shen, Peter Todorov, Sarah Williamson, and Leah Yuan.

Seven Hills has continued its tradition of excellence in the National Merit Scholarship Program with 26.5% of the Class of 2013 receiving National Merit recognition. Nine students were named Semifinalists, and 13 were named Commended students. In addition, one senior was recognized as a National Achievement Outstanding Participant.

2012 graduates who received AP Scholar with Distinction Awards were Alex Baggott, Emily Bedell, Alex Ferree, Ian Grosghal, Kate Harsh, Helen Jatho, Ginger Johnson, George Lawson, Alex Markovits, Sam McHugh, Adair McWilliams, Shea Renusch, Allie Scheiber, Jack Tyndall, and Ned Williamson. The average score of Seven Hills seniors and 2012 graduates who earned AP Scholar with Distinction Awards was 4.6.

Seven Hills’ National Merit Semifinalists are Nicholas Au-Yeung, Chris Baggott, Katherine King, Priyanka Parameswaran, Kyle Patel, Claire Romaine, Katie Shen, Peter Todorov, Leah Yuan.

Receiving AP Scholar with Honor Awards for average scores of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on four or more were seniors Nicholas Au-Yeung, Allie Baretta, Anne Stuart Bell, Ellen Coombe, Grace He, Ian Hillenbrand, Sebastian Hoar, John Larkin, Kyle Patel, Elizabeth Young; 2012 graduates Harrison Addy, Thomas Carlino, Katie Cirulli, Hillary Goldsmith, Olivia Koster, and Maddie Rogers. Their average score was 4.3.

Receiving AP Scholar Awards for scoring 3 or higher on three or more Exams were seniors Shray Ambe, Federica Fernandez, Kerry Hoar, Sara Hodgkins, Sara Johnson, Mia Samaha, Kate Scheurer, Rachel White; 2012 graduates Kaleb Brill, Deepak Kumar, Albert Maah, and Matthew Monteith. Their average score was 3.8.

National Merit Commended students are Michael Bain, Allie Baretta, Ellen Coombe, Cullen Deimer, Sara Hodgkins, Sara Johnson, Shoshana Klafter, John Rowe, Kate Scheurer, Marisa Steele, Lawrence Vignola, Anu Vora, Sarah Williamson.

In the National Achievement Scholarship Program, Caleb Daniel was named an Outstanding Participant.

(Seated) Sara Johnson, Shoshana Klafter, Ellen Coombe, Anu Vora, Sarah Williamson, Katherine King, Allie Baretta, Priyanka Parameswaran, Caleb Daniel, Kate Scheurer, Leah Yuan; (Standing) Claire Romaine, Lawrence Vignola, Nicholas Au-Yeung, Marisa Steele, Chris Baggott, Peter Todorov, Katie Shen, Michael Bain, John Rowe, Cullen Deimer, Sara Hodgkins, Kyle Patel.

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Seven Hills launches new Beginnings program In September, Seven Hills launched Beginnings, a new enrichment opportunity for parents and their children ages 12 to 36 months. Beginnings is designed and led

by Seven Hills’ team of early childhood teacher and counselor experts. In this program, children and their parents work together to explore, discover and create in an age-appropriate and stimulating learning environment.

The carefully designed Beginnings program is rich with experiences focused on developing motor skills, exploring early language and literacy, and encouraging socialization for young children.

At the same time, parents gain insights and access resources from early childhood experts to help them gain the knowledge and confidence to guide their developing children through next phases and new experiences.

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“Research proves that children learn faster in the first five years of their lives than any other time,” said Julie Brackett, Director of the Beginnings program. “Children really are sponges at this age. We see our new Beginnings program as a chance to partner with parents and guide them through this journey.”

The 12-week Beginnings program is being offered two times per year, fall and spring semesters, on both campuses. The once-perweek two-hour sessions are open to Seven Hills families, and we also welcome parents and their children who are not currently families in our school community.

For more information about Beginnings visit www.7hills.org/beginnings or call 513.728.2336.

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27th Annual Books for Lunch Proudly Presents Curtis Sittenfeld Award-Winning Author & Seven Hills Alumna Curtis Sittenfeld ’93 is the author of the best-selling novels American Wife, Prep, and The Man of My Dreams, which have been translated into 25 languages with more than 1.6 million copies in print. Prep was chosen as one of the Ten Best Books of 2005 by The New York Times, and American Wife was chosen as one of the Ten Best Books of 2008 by Time, People, and Entertainment Weekly; both were nominated for the UK’s Orange Prize.

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Seven Hills awards Hauck Faculty Chair to Anne Ramsay

Brodie Awards honor Ann Griep, Carri Haskins for excellence in teaching

Math Department Chair Anne Ramsay is the recipient of one of Seven Hills’ highest faculty honors—the Frederick A. Hauck Faculty Chair in Mathematics and Science— in recognition of the excellence of her teaching.

Nuclear scientist and philanthropist Frederick A. Hauck established the endowed Hauck Faculty Chair at Seven Hills in 1988.

Two teachers are recipients of Brodie Grants for Excellence in Teaching from the Brodie Family Faculty Betterment Fund—Upper School French teacher Ann Griep and Middle School math teacher Carri Haskins. The Brodie Fund is an endowed fund that provides professional development opportunities for faculty and which recognizes outstanding teachers at both early and later stages of their careers.

A member of the Seven Hills faculty since 2003, Anne teaches Precalculus and Geometry at the Upper School.

In presenting the award, Head of School Chris Garten said, “In her nine years at Seven Hills, Anne has touched virtually every area of school life. Teaching math, coaching volleyball, and leading community service efforts—whatever she does, Anne’s work is informed by her characteristic vision, efficiency, and attention to detail. If you want something done efficiently and thoroughly, Anne is a good person to ask!

“Anne teaches with great skill in both the Middle and Upper Schools. Students respect her deep knowledge of her subject, her commitment to their growth, and her sincere

efforts to adjust her approach to their needs.

When you watch Anne in action, it is clear that she is looking for ways to reach all of her students. She arranges desks in varying configurations, utilizes a wide array of instructional technologies, and involves students, wherever possible, actively in teaching one another.

“Anne brings this same collaborative spirit to her new responsibilities as Head of the Math Department, a position she has approached with her customary vigor. Her colleagues are grateful for her warm personal manner and her deep respect for their skill and professionalism, and they are inspired by her sincere desire to move the department forward in meaningful ways. She leads by example, accompanying her departmental colleagues on a number of professional development experiences and seeking to find ways to unite all that is best about traditional practice with a drive for innovation. We are very lucky to have Anne with us; it is a privilege to recognize her many contributions with the Hauck Chair for Math and Science.”

Ann Griep is in her 13th year at Seven Hills. In presenting the award, Chris Garten said, in part, “Ann, you are one of the great treasures of our Upper School community. We are deeply grateful for the high standards you set for your students, particularly in regard to their oral communicative skills. Your classroom is a lively and engaging place, where students feel safe to experiment but where, clearly, they are encouraged to expect a great deal of themselves and of each other.

“We appreciate, too, your skillful use of instructional technology; in your mature and balanced way, you have found those resources which truly make sense, those that build students’ interest and provide opportunities for frequent oral practice. Most recently, we are grateful for all you have done to adapt your Advanced Placement course to the new thrust recommended by the College Board. Your new emphasis on students reading French in an authentic context, as part of a sustained effort to keep up to date on contemporary political and social issues, is a real step forward for us. In short, you are a great role model for everyone in this community.”

Carri Haskins is also in her 13th year at Seven Hills. Chris Garten said, in part, “Carri, your students (and their parents) value your warm manner, your seemingly boundless good humor, and your skill at connecting with your students and motivating them to do their very best. For so many of our seventh grade students, you are one of the reasons that school is so fun and so engaging!

“Bill [Middle School Head] and I appreciate, far more than I can fully express, the high standards you set for your students, both in their academic lives and, perhaps even more importantly, in their conduct toward one another. Your classroom is a model of collaboration, where students are encouraged to work together effectively. ” 21

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Parents with children who will be two years of age as of September 1, 2013, are encouraged to explore the School and apply to the new Pre-Kindergarten for Two-Year-Olds program.

The program will be an extension of the School’s already successful early childhood offerings for students ages two and a half through Kindergarten. Taught by our early childhood expert teachers and counselor, classes for two-year-olds will introduce children to the love of language and literacy, integrate sensory lessons and motor skill development, and encourage hands-on discovery. The classroom will be filled with rich educational resources and the lessons will be built on a thoughtfully developed, exploratory curriculum. The class size will be limited to 10 students, encouraging a highly personalized approach to teaching. As with all Seven Hills School Pre-Kindergarten students, the two-year-old children will begin to be exposed to the larger School community, a vital element to ensuring a smooth transition to the next phase of education.

“When two-year-olds are encouraged to wonder, suppose and question through purposeful activities, we begin to see the advancement of critical habits of mind, such as curiosity, creativity and mental flexibility,” said Patti Guethlein, Doherty Campus Head. “Our expert early childhood teachers have built a curriculum that will help to guide the youngest of students through a variety of experiences that tap into their innate wonders about the world around them.”

In 2013-2014, the pre-Kindergarten for Two-Year-Olds program will be offered on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at The Seven Hills School Doherty Campus at 2726 Johnstone Place in East Walnut Hills. For more information, visit www.7hills.org/prek2yrolds or call the admission office at 513.728.2400.

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The girls varsity soccer team had an 8-6-2 season record and placed third in the MVC. Individual honors included two All-City First Team selections and six recognitions for All-League First Team, Second Team, and Honorable Mention.

The boys varsity soccer team had a 9-7-2 season.

Individual honors included two All-City selections and six recognitions for All-League First Team, Second Team, and Honorable Mention.

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seven players advanced to districts, and a doubles team advanced to the state Final 16. Players earned All-City and All-League recognitions, including First Team, Second Team, and Honorable Mention.

Reports on all Upper and Middle School fall teams and celebration of team and individual honors are covered in the online Seven Hills Buzz www.7hills.org/Buzz.

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The varsity golf team was league champion, placed third in the Princeton Invitational among 26 teams, placed third in the sectionals, and advanced to the state tournament where the team placed ninth. At sectionals, a sophomore was the medalist with the lowest score of 72, and a freshman finished third at sectionals and fifth at districts. The coach was named MVC Coach of the Year and Enquirer Coach of the Year! Individual player honors included All-State Second Team, All-League Player of the Year (for the second consecutive year), and All-League First and Second Team honors.

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Head of School Chris Garten said, “We have had another very successful season, but an even greater source of pride is the way our students conduct themselves both on the field and in the stands.

Throughout the season, our athletes have shown tremendous tenacity and dedication. They commit themselves to work hard in practice, they support one another, and they play like a team.

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Seven Hills had an outstanding fall sports season, including state competitors in golf, tennis, and cross country; a second consecutive sectional championship for volleyball; a league championship and MVC Player of the Year, MVC and Enquirer Coach of the Year, and AllState Second Team honors for golf; an MVC Runner of the Year for cross country; and AllLeague and All-City selections for every varsity team!

by supporting their classmates in positive ways that bespeak the school’s commitment to sportsmanship and fair play. My thanks to all of the coaches for all you have done to make this past season such a success. Both you and our athletes make us proud!”

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Alumni News Boston alums root on the Bengals

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Alumni Ambassadors Susie Keller ’04 and Laura Hoguet ’06 organized a gathering of Boston alums to watch the Bengals vs. Browns game on October 14. The Bengals did not come through with a win but everyone had a great time, and former Interim Head of School Todd Bland stopped by to visit with the former students. The Alumni Ambassador program is in place in cities where there are larger groups of alums.

The Ambassadors organize opportunities for the alumni to connect in addition to the area events organized by the School.

The first Alumni Career Café was held on April 4. Eight local alums from different professions returned to campus to share their experiences with the junior class. The juniors were divided into four groups and interacted with two speakers during the lunch bell. Nancy Bassett ’83, Director of Alumni Relations, said, “Many thanks to our speakers Rob Anning ‘86, Senior Vice President of Investments at UBS Financial Services; Kathryn Findlay Balnes ‘95, Midwest Account Executive for Lilly Pulitzer; Jonathan Hawgood ‘87, weekend morning anchor for WLWT; David Kern ‘92, a partner at Roetzel & Andress; Helen Mattheis ‘84, Program Director for Thriving People at the Greater Cincinnati Foundation; Greg Schoeny ‘92, Manager of National Sales for Cisco Systems; Craig Willis ‘87, orthopedic hand surgeon; and Jaime Willis ‘90, a clinical psychologist.”

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Kathryn Findlay Balnes ’95, Greg Schoeny ’92, Head of Lotspeich Carolyn Fox, Helen Mattheis ’84, Assistant Head of School Susan Marrs, Craig Willis ’87, Jaime Willis ’90, Jonathan Hawgood ’87, David Kern ’92, Director of Development Margo Kirstein; (Not pictured, Rob Anning ’86.)

Alumni News Nominations for the 2013 Distinguished Alumna/us Award

Attention Stingers

The Goodall Distinguished Alumna/us Award honors annually an alumna/us of CPS, Hillsdale, Lotspeich, or Seven Hills who has achieved distinction in a public or private career or activity bettering the lives of others. This is the highest award the School bestows on its graduates.

Seven Hills is pleased to introduce a new way for alumni to stay connected: the Seven Hills Alumni mobile app!

We request your help in the nomination process for the 2013 Goodall Award.

Traditionally, the Alumni Association and previous recipients make the nominations for this award. However, we have many graduates who are making a difference through professional, personal and volunteer activities of which we are not aware. We are opening up the nomination process to all alumni to allow for a more comprehensive pool of nominees.

The nomination process begins now and will be open until Thursday, January 17, 2013. A nomination form is available at www.7hills.org, Alumni, Goodall Nomination.

Download the Seven Hills Alumni mobile app No matter where you live or how busy your schedule, you can connect with other alums and keep up to date with the latest Seven Hills and alumni news.

E x amp l e s of f e a t u r e s i n c l u d e : • Alumni directory searchable by Name, Class, Year • Nearby function lets you search for fellow alums by location and view the result on a map • Integration with LinkedIn • Access to Career Mentoring network • Alumni and School Events Calendar • Facebook, Twitter and Flickr feeds • Upload photos and class notes to the app

We thank you for your time and consideration in nominating a deserving alumna/us who is making a significant contribution to changing the world for the better.

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S u ppor t e d D e v i c e s : • Android • iPhone • iPod Touch • iPad This free app is available through the Apple iTunes App Store and Android Google Play.

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Alumni News The Seven Hills School Job Networking, Summer Internship and Job Shadowing Programs Seven Hills is pleased to make the following three programs available to rising juniors, seniors, and college-age alumni. At the same time, we are seeking the support of Seven Hills alumni, current and former parents or friends who might be interested in supporting the following important career-building programs.

J ob N etworking P rogram For the past fourteen years, the Seven Hills Job Networking Program has helped provide paying summer jobs for rising juniors and seniors as well as college-age alumni who return to the Cincinnati area for the summer. Since its inception, nearly 200 students have secured employment as childcare providers, camp counselors, administrative assistants and receptionists, servers or hosts, and retail sales associates.

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S ummer I nternship P rogram Two years ago we developed a parallel program, the Seven Hills Summer Internship Program, to help rising juniors and seniors as well as college-age alumni secure unpaid summer

internship opportunities. This program pairs Seven Hills students and alumni with professional mentors for summer internships of at least 80 hours. Each Summer Internship mentor works with us to design an opportunity for a student to explore, in a serious way, what it means to work in a given field. In the past two years we have placed interns in fields as diverse as marketing and advertising, retail sales,

journalism, legal services, banking and investment counseling, medical research and administration, graphic design, and non-profit administration.

S hadowing P rogram The Seven Hills Shadowing Program allows any Seven Hills Upper School student to follow a professional, from one day to a full week, to gain an overview of a specific profession.

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 If you or your company can provide one or more of these opportunities for Seven Hills students or alumni, please complete our Job Networking, Summer Internship, Shadowing form found at www.7hills.org (click on Alumni, then click on Job Networking). You will receive a follow-up call from David Brott, Dean of Students, or Nancy McCormick Bassett ’83, Director of Alumni Relations, to clarify your needs or requirements and help identify and screen potential applicants. On behalf of our students, thank you for your participation in this valuable program!

Alumni News The Seven Hills School Career Mentoring Program Are you a recent college graduate eager to access job interview tips and advice? Are you a seasoned professional seeking a mentor to help you chart the course of your career path? Are you a business owner or corporate leader with an interest in helping Seven Hills alumni by sharing your experience and guidance?

If yes, then the Seven Hills Career Mentoring Program may be of interest to you!

C areer mentoring is available for all S even H ills grads The Career Mentoring Program provides opportunities for Seven Hills alumni to connect with business executives around the country to make professional contacts and access career advice. Participation in the Program is available for one-year terms, renewable annually. Mentors provide valuable help and guidance but do not offer employment opportunities.

For more information about becoming a mentor, or to find a Seven Hills mentor in your area, contact Nancy McCormick Bassett ’83, Director of Alumni Relations at Nancy.Bassett@7hills.org or 513.728.2432.

Sharing Yellowstone adventure, lessons with first graders Thanks to new endowment funds secured

by The Critical Assets Campaign, Seven Hills has doubled its annual budget for professional teacher training.

The benefits of this professional development to our teachers and their students are incalculable.

We are grateful to Doherty first grade teacher and alum Anne Vanoy CPS ’73 for sharing with us this essay about her professional development experience last summer and its impact in her classroom.

“It is delightful sharing social studies and science topics with Seven Hills students, since they come to class having had so many experiences. Nothing is more valuable in teaching than to come to a subject with a similar background. That is why the grant and workshop programs are so appreciated here.

“I had the great fortune to receive a grant this past summer from the Professional Growth and Development Fund. I took a program called Trails Through Yellowstone to strengthen our Doherty first grade unit on the National Parks of the United States. Yellowstone has been

a dream wish of mine for a long time.

I have many exciting lessons with my classes about other National Parks that I have visited, but visiting the first National Park—one of the most exciting—is a dream come true for me.

“A Yellowstone visit entails learning about history, animals, geology, mountains, trees and plants, and lots and lots of water. The guide was so knowledgeable that every turn on the trail meant new treasures. The end of the first day entailed walking into a valley with a mama grizzly bear and two grown cubs staring at us.

We carefully skirted the woods nearby and watched them from a farther vantage point.

“I had no idea that I would be sleeping each night inside a giant caldera left from a supervolcano. Wow! My favorite thermal feature is often ignored. Of course, Old Faithful brought mist to my eyes, but Grand Prismatic was incredible when viewed from the hillside above.

Making mini geysers in class this year will bring back many lifetime memories.”

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Tell us briefly about your work.

A. I am a documentary storyteller. My principal medium is photography, though I am open to utilizing any available means to communicate the ideas I am exploring. My projects are generally long-term, immersive engagements that explore the human condition—our relationship to the land and each other. I also teach nonfiction storytelling at Tufts University.

What was the interest/passion that brought you to this field? How did you discover this in yourself?

A. I entered this field largely out of necessity.

Growing up in Cincinnati, I was bewildered by the sharp disparities that define the social landscape of this city. I discovered that such tensions and complexities only increased the further I ventured out into the world. I think I turned to photography simply because I needed a visual language to help me understand what I was seeing.

That said, this kind of work demands an obligation to help others understand as well.

Given the extraordinary privilege of my birth—a loving and supportive family, a wonderful education at Seven Hills and

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beyond, etc.—I have been uniquely gifted with a sense of perspective that I believe is useful toward this end.

I feel wholly obligated to use my experiences to seek to understand, and to help others understand, the world in which we live.

What were significant points— events/people/further discovery that made a difference—along the path you’ve taken in pursuit of this passion/work?

A. Discovering photography as a viable means to communicate what I saw was a major turning point in my life. Discovering that the camera could be used as a form of passport into worlds foreign to my own was equally revelatory. I believe this happened most profoundly when I first traveled to Lagos, Nigeria, as a student.

After this initial encounter with the city, I spent several years engaged in a deep and almost obsessive journey through its restless and relentless underworld—amongst the Area Boys.

This provided a unique, interior perspective into what eventually led into the creeks of the Niger Delta.

Many individuals I met along this meandering path remain among my most important teachers. But the truth is that I have been privileged with many wise mentors throughout my life. At Seven Hills, history teacher Bob Turansky and soccer coach Terry Nicholl stand out in particular for their infectious passion and conviction. I try to approach every day as a student. I feel very lucky to be surrounded by people who teach and inspire me.

What were your goals when you started and/or what are your goals now?

A. My goals now remain very much the same as when I started: to experience, to listen, to communicate, to reveal. I am eager to continue honing my craft as a storyteller.

What gives you the most satisfaction?

A. I recently pursued a story in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria for Harper’s Magazine, exploring the oil industry based there, and the devastating effects it has had on the land and the local population. The Delta is the largest oil-producing region in Africa and fifth-largest supplier of oil to the United States, yet most of

its local residents remain shut out entirely from this multibillion-dollar industry.

My guide was a 12- year-old militant fighter whom I met in a remote and desperately poor village in the creeks. We spent weeks together tracing stolen crude oil into the ravaged depths of the Delta. It was a distressing passage, and it was his life.

He acknowledged that he didn’t know anything about where I came from, but that he was certain the people there should know what is happening in the Niger Delta. He told me not to be afraid and to tell the story like it is.

We published an essay in the magazine this September, of which I am very proud. But much of the story remains untold. I suppose I will be satisfied when his words are properly acknowledged.

Is there anything you would like to share with your Seven Hills teachers or about your Seven Hills experience?

A.The more I experience, the more I appreciate the education I received at Seven Hills. I am deeply grateful.

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1. Members of a local militia overlook the Oshodi market and bus stop in Lagos, one of the busiest transit points in West Africa. Through a combination of force and persuasion, these youth eke out a subsistence living collecting security fees from people in the market.

2. A bus driver without a home sleeps

in his vehicle in the Oshodi motor park in Lagos, Nigeria. The teeming commercial epicenter of Africa’s most populous and largest oil-producing nation, Lagos, Nigeria, has doubled to over 20 million people in the past two decades. The population explosion has overwhelmed the city’s land and infrastructure, and legions of youths have been forced out of their homes and into the street.

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The more I experience, the more I appreciate the education I received at Seven Hills. I am deeply grateful.

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4. A child waits for work unloading drums of diesel at a jetty in the Niger Delta where illicitly refined fuel is sold on the black market to local filling stations. Shut out of the multibillion-dollar industry that extracts oil from their land—Nigeria is the largest oil producer in Africa and the fifth-largest supplier of oil to the United States—many residents of the delta resort to the clandestine fuel trade to survive.

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3. An elderly woman journeys at dawn into a creek in the Niger Delta. She has made this trip nearly every day of her life, setting traps and catching fish to feed her family. Though certain tracts remain unspoiled, the oil and gas industry, both legal and illicit, has severely polluted much of the Delta’s fragile ecosystem—disrupting traditional livelihoods such as farming and fishing.

All images on pages 26-27 copyright © Samuel James

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Goodall Distinguished Alumna Award presented to Betsy Gaines Quammen ’86 Family and friends gathered in the Lotspeich Library on April 25 as Head of School Chris Garten presented the Goodall Distinguished Alumna/us Award to Betsy Gaines Quammen, Seven Hills Class of 1986. Seven Hills’ highest alumni honor, the Goodall Award honors an individual “who has achieved distinction in a public or private career or activity bettering the lives of others.”

Betsy and Head of School Chris Garten

(thetributaryfund.org). Started in Mongolia, for Sara (the magazine of the East African The Tributary Fund protects endangered

Wildlife Society), served on the national

animal species and their habitats by

board of directors for the Sierra Club and

amplifying cultural traditions that honor

for American Wildlands, and worked with a

nature. It encourages faith communities to

number of conservation groups.

replace traditions that harm species with wildlife-friendly practices, and it brings together religious, scientific, and political Betsy with her parents, Gene Gaines and Patti Gaines

That certainly describes the contributions of

“working with both the heart and the head”

Betsy Quammen, and Upper School students

for conservation.

had the opportunity to meet Betsy and learn

her Seven Hills teachers, starting when she transferred to Doherty from a public school in fifth grade, and “the wonderful Hills gave me,” including hands-on learning experiences at the Cincinnati Zoo and study

Montana in Environmental Studies and

trips abroad. “I’m so lucky. I absorbed so

is a Ph.D. candidate at Montana State

much [at Seven Hills]. It’s at the core of

Betsy Gaines Quammen is the founder

University in Religion and the History of

who I am.”

and president of The Tributary Fund

Science. She lived in Kenya and worked

Ford’s Environmental Science class.

Upper School students Gloria Garcia, Ellen Coombe, Linnea Head and Sammy Head with Betsy Quammen.

treasure trove of opportunities that Seven

Betsy has an M.S. from The University of

about her work at an assembly and in Linda

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leaders to protect the Earth’s species,

Betsy credits the direction of her life to

(Seated) Dotty Shaffer ‘83, Dulany Anning, Sybil Behrens Mullin ‘83, (Standing) Rob Anning ‘86, Betsy Gaines Quammen ‘86, Peter Matthews ‘91, Bob Shaffer ‘86

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On Tuesday, October 10, local alumni and faculty gathered to enjoy a beautiful fall evening and the opportunity to reconnect with one another for the Alumni & Faculty reception on the deck.

Kyle McNeill ’06, John Rising

Dede Lewis Rowe ’78, Susan Marrs

Jim Flanagan ’89, Bob Turansky

Anna Valentine ’07, Katie Gephart ’07, Ann Griep

Kathy Richardson, David Robinson ’84

(left) Chris Garten, Jessalyn Reid ’08, B Wiley Gordon ’75, Janet Allen-Reid ’76, Abe Gordon, Scott Carroll ‘85 (right) Paula White Wharton ’83, Nancy McCormick Bassett ’83, Bob Shaffer ’86, Lauren Meyers Warm ’83, Fritz Wilger ’83, Dotty Shaffer ’83, Sybil Behrens Mullin ’83

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Alumni News R E U N I O N

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Alumni came together October 19-20 for Reunion 2012. They enjoyed a luncheon for Classics alumni at the Cincinnati Country Club, a reception in the Hillsdale Commons, a reception at Stone Creek Dining Company, and class parties.

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I N D I V I D U A L C L A S S P H O T OS (right) Seated, left to right Payson Briggs Alan Zaring Justin Gardner Michael Laurence Standing, left to right Mark Stearns Richard Ferguson Jonathan Hawgood Maria Sharpe Westrick Matt Lieppe Andrea Gouge Krumpelman

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(left) Left to right Lynn Merritt Julie Ziegler Perry Sally Payler-Tamborski Nancy Gall Marsha Williams Patty Gibbs Jackson Cindy Espy (right) Left to right Tom McElhinney Chris Ach Marc Shotten

1977 (left) Front row, left to right Amy Bullock Kahn Melissa Bongard-Gray Julie Goldfarb Katherine Oxnard Ellis Anitsa Karkadoulias Zalants Back row, left to right Chris Cann Gay Riedinger Bullock Amy Raymond Mauch Paul Laskey

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(right) Seated, left to right Judy Robinson Williams Nancy Pechstein Aubke Delle Christensen Jones Wendy Ten Eyck Hites Poppy Yeiser Hawkins Standing, left to right DeeDee Dreisbach Thomson Barbara Fuller Cherry Robin Smith Armstrong Leezie Walker Borden Kathy Oechler Whitbeck Susan McCaslin Helen Garber Rhoda Allen Brooks Deborah Koons Garcia

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(above) Front row, left to right Wendy Ten Eyck Hites, Leezie Walker Borden, Shannon Kelly Carter, Jamie Burnam Abrams Second row, left to right Delle Christensen Jones, Lynn Woodhouse, Sarah Shepard Cohen Third row, left to right Ann Hellebush, Elizabeth Johnson Fotheringill L’61, Barbara Fuller Cherry, Susan McCaslin, Helen Garber, Nancy Pechstein Aubke, Rhoda Allen Brooks, Poppy Yeiser Hawkins, Kathy Pogue Back row, left to right Kathy Oechler Whitbeck, Deborah Koons Garcia, Judy Robinson Williams

Reunion 2012 Class Photos

(right) Front row, left to right Becky Smith Stewart, Barbara Levinson Stern, Ruth Israel-Dain, Stephanie Marshall Sudden Middle row, left to right Barbara Pritz Bartell, Anita Pandorf Von Bokern, Leslie Judd Graitcer, Merrilyn Bardes Back row, left to right Barbara Huenefeld LeBlond, Charlotte Lackman Weber, Carol Lazarus Collier, Linda Eberts Sansone, Susan Warrener Smith (Not pictured Bonnie

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Burns Rebhun, who attended the event but left before picture was taken.)

(right) Front row, left to right Lauren Wood Frick, Liz Beckman Barteld, Laura Bendon Kozikowski, Alina Schneider, Carrie Josephson Smith, Uyon Barnes Johnson, David Kern, Heather Lutz Walker Middle row, left to right Heather Zaring Vecellio, Liza Eaton, Emily Story, Marc Shotten, Steven Kosman, Greg Newmark, Kara Rhodes Murphy, Tom McElhinney, Lela Ach Jaynes, Kim Raymond Wolke, Sheri Stoops Baker, Tiernan Sittenfeld Back row, left to right Carrie Rowitz Herring, Chris Ach, Brandon Hydrick, Jay Vollmer, Kishen Mangat, Philip Ficks, Chad Dunn, JJ McHenry, Greg Schoeny, Joe Waterman, Aaron Berg, Rob Hawkins, Don Jacobs, Chip Ach

(right) Front row, left to right Sally Skurow Hiudt, Helen Asbury Middle row, left to right Drew Gores, Cathy Smale Caldemeyer, Sue Drinkard Fullgraf, Fram Lamson Bailey, Suzi Stone, Polly Whittaker C’72, Melinda Gardner Back row, left to right Sarah Hobson Landenwitsch, Jan Asbury-Pogue, Janie Yeiser Woods, Anne Matlock Byars, Melissa Morris Mishoe, Kathleen Stewart Maynard, Nancy Roth Cooper, Annie Mitchell Pezzano, Anne Scherz Durket, Sally Applegate H’73, Merrie Stewart Stillpass

(right) Seated, left to right Paula Hansley, Susan Burlingham Scrofani, Barbara Anderson Landen, Patricia Herr Meudt Standing, left to right Marshall Tucker, Sally Swigert Hamilton, Karen Euskirchen, Bonnie Cord

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Reunion Classics Luncheon

Congratulations on your 50th Reunion, Class of 1962!

(Seated L to R) Marianne Hastie Wheeler H’57, Margaret Parlin O’Malley H’57, Judy Hauser Adams H’57, Susan Steman Laffoon H’57, Ann Wentworth Greear H’57 (Standing L to R) Betsy Alexander Berry H’57, Debbie Gale H’57 CPS 1962 50th Reunion (Seated L to R) Stephanie Marshall Sudden, Molly Marx Besanceney, Anita Pandorf Von Bokern, Leslie Judd Graitcer, Becky Smith Stewart, Barbara Levinson Stern (Standing L to R) Carol Lazarus Collier, Barbara Huenefeld LeBlond, Susan Warrener Smith, Charlotte Lackman Weber, Bonnie Burns Rebhun, Merrilyn Bardes (Seated L to R) Nancy Maescher Poffenberger H’56, Carolyn Huwe Ludwig H’56, Ellen Caldwell Sewell H’54 (Standing L to R) Louise Atkins Head H’56, Roberta Dunville Sprague H’56

Judy Allen Thompson C’56, Missy Richards Holzman H’59, Bobbie Hill Ford H’58 (Standing L to R) Lee Adair Adams H’58, Francie Garber Pepper H’58, Janet Keys Simpkinson H’58 36

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HLS 1962 50th reunion (Seated L to R) Bonnie Cord, Diana Motch Dwight L’56, Carol Crabill Pohl, Susan Burlingham Scrofani (Standing L to R) Louise Bettman, Sally Swigert Hamilton, Karen Euskirchen, Barbara Simpson Garner H’61

(Seated L to R) Sayers Hill Sarran C’47, Kay Foley Hauer C’47, Sandy Hauck Elliott C’49, Sherry Noonan LeBlond C’59 (Standing L to R) Sally Steman Whittaker C’57, Randol Foote Haffner C’60, Mary Reis Sullivan C’59 37

Reunion Classics Luncheon

Congratulations on your 50th Reunion, Class of 1962!

( L to R) Janet Fast Andress H’46, Carolyn Eberle Caldwell H’37, Mary Witt Wydman H’43, Marcy Wydman ’76

(L to R) Alice Whaling Fossett H’44, Joan Fleischer Reckseit H’44, Helen Chatfield Black H’41, Marilyn Miller Logan H’44

Sam Wilson L’36, Anne Nieman Wilson H’52

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Cincinnati area alumni gathered on April 26, 2012, for a favorite local alumni event—the Reception at the Taft Museum. Everyone enjoyed the lovely spring evening, great food, and the artwork of Romare Bearden.

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The Seven Hills Road Show visited our NYC alumni in April. Assistant Head of School Susan Marrs updated everyone on the state of the School as well as what current and former faculty members are doing. Alums enjoyed sharing their memories and stories from back in their days on campus.

New York (above) Eva Motch ’03 Tsewang Motch ’03 Alistair Motch ’07 Megan Rockwell ’03 (left) Liz Westendorf ’06 Leah Hoffheimer ’06 Sue Miller ’06 Chris Westendorf ’04 Jake Wylie ’03 (right) Susan Marrs Rene Mendez ’79

(left) Nancy McCormick Bassett ’83 Holland Behrens ’82 (right) Elida Kamine ’99 Alana Gerson ’05

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(left) Bobby Marcus ’97 Francie Comey ’01 Chad Zimmerman ’00 Monica Dealy ’99 Tim Wyant ’96 (right) Susan Marrs Sherry Walker Chapin C’62

(left) Rob Pasternak ’07 Alan Ray ’07 Ian Hayes ’03 (right) Sharon Worthing Vaino C’70 Jaan Vaino

(left) Zaki Anwar ’07 Susan Marrs Collin Arnold ’07 (right) Dee Anne Schroeder Hunstein H’57 Katherine Crone Cline H’53

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Alumni Class Notes 1932 Our condolences to family and friends who lost loved ones as reported in this issue.

We want to hear your news.

Please send us your news via www.7hills.org/alumniupdates.

Thank you to all the alums using our online update form!

Sally Spiehler Dunlap Graham (H) (Crooked Lake, MI) died on August 8, 2011.

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Ruth Brown Davis (H) (Cincinnati) died on January 9, 2012.

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On October 2, 2012, Helen Chatfield Black (H) (Cincinnati) was honored at the first Cincinnati Nature Center (CNC) Conservation Awards dinner. This award is bestowed on individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to conservation in the Greater Cincinnati region. Helen was one of the twelve founders of the CNC in 1965. Her involvement at CNC encompassed all levels, including serving as a teaching volunteer, dedicated land steward, and an active Honorary Trustee and Lands Committee member.

1945 Frances Thomas Gurganus (H) (Hilton Head, SC) died on March 25, 2012.

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Dorothy Rodgers Werk (H) (Wilmington, NC) writes, “I feel grateful to have gone to such a wonderful school. Not only did we get a good 44

foundation for learning, but it was fun. I still miss my friends I knew there. “

Claire Martin Fairman (H) (Locust Valley, NY) died on April 2, 2011.

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Sallie Robinson Wadsworth (L) (Brookville, IN) shared, “Mrs. Lotspeich was a magnificent teacher.”

Ellen Van Antwerp Barrows (C) (Traverse City, MI) died on June 22, 2012.

Paul Foerster (L) (San Antonio, TX) emailed, “…Here is an update at this time of the 65th year since the Lotspeich class of 1947 finished sixth grade. I remember well my best friend Eddy (now deceased), my girlfriend Nancy, my friends Jim and Withem who keep in touch on Classmates. com, as well as others in the class. Billy, Bill, Jack, Peter, Stanley, Emily, Sue, Nancy, Sue, Judy, Judy, Eleanor, Gwyneth, Sophia, Patsy, Betty, Jane, Jane, Maryellen…Best wishes to you, your teachers, your students and their parents, and to all who have attended Seven Hills School over the years.”

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Suzanne LaRoe Miller (C) (Lexington, KY) died on February 25, 2012.

Marjorie Hall Wagner (H) (Cincinnati) died on August 30, 2012.

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Ames Auburn Latta (H) (Rockville, MD) died on August 20, 2011.

Francie Hauck Pavey (C) (Cincinnati) writes, “I have downsized somewhat with our animal shelter but still saving a few now and then. Keeping busy with church and volunteering.”

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Clover Brodhead Gowing (C) (Sequim, WA) writes, “The many successes of The Seven Hills School continue to instill pride in this CPS alumna.

How many of us will be there for our 60th(!) reunion next year? I hope to come. You have a friend in Sequim, WA. Come visit.”

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Joan Hinsch Searby (H) (Bethesda, MD) shared, “[I am] about to leave for India for a two-and-a-half-week tour. I still have my B&B and give tours of DC.”

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Jill Hallerman Ford (H) (Cincinnati) died on July 26, 2012.

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Patti Davis Ballard (H) (Oakwood, OH) died on August 6, 2012.

Sue Boller Rusche’s (Atlanta, GA) article entitled, “Can Our Experience with Tobacco and Alcohol

Teach Us How To Protect Children from Pot If Marijuana Is Legalized?”, was published in the September 10 issue of the Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sue-rusche/ can-our-experience-with-t_b_1871338.html

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Betsy Alexander Berry (H) (Cincinnati) writes, “A busy year for the ‘traveling nana.’ Visits with Ann Berry Kosche ’85 and Jim Berry L’83 and a wonderful two-week safari in Tanzania, Africa, this August with Ann and her family.”

Debbie Gale (H) (Orlando, FL) shares, “All is well in Florida. My grandsons Charlie (13) and Oliver (11) are keeping me busy. We are heading west this summer with their father, Chip Riedinger ’84! My daughter, Gay Riedinger Bullock ’82, and I went to the Sea of Cortez with National Geographic in March and were actually able to reach out and touch young gray whales that swam up to our zodiac to greet us! We also swam with sea lions in 62-degree water! It was all an amazing adventure!”

Paris, Vienna, Berlin, etc. Hoping to interest Sophie and Christopher, my grandchildren in grades 3 and kindergarten at Seven Hills!”

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Lynn Carlisle (H) (Aiken, SC) died on May 17, 2012.

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Sanna Goyert (H) (New York, NY) writes, “I am Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at CUNY Medical School in New York City, New York.”

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Mary Jane Deupree Childers (C) (Atlanta, GA) died on April 10, 2011.

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This spring Shannon Kelly Carter H’67, Bonnie Burns Rebhun C’62, Sherry Noonan LeBlond C’59, and Alyson Warner Barnard C’67 enjoyed lunch together.

Lynn Dunbar Guest (H) (Exeter Devon, U.K.) shares, “Wish I could be with the Class of 1957 in October.”

DeeAnne Schroder Hunstein (H) (New York, NY) shares, “Shortly before our last reunion in 2008, my husband Don was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.

My life centers on his care and I will not be able to attend the reunion. He is now being recognized as one of the 20th century major photographers and will have a museum show and a book about him published in October 2013.”

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Melody Sawyer Richardson (C) (Cincinnati) writes, “[I am] still Chair of our fabulous Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Our new Music Director, Louis Langrée, conducts at the Metropolitan Opera,

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Susan R. McCaslin (H) (Andover, MA) writes, “I recently retired from Phillips Academy in Andover, MA. My husband Vic is teaching for one more year.

Then we plan to move to Thetford, VT, where we have a home. Our daughter Caitlin is a doctoral student at Harvard and our son Ned works for School Year Abroad.”

Interested in being a reunion rep for your class?

Kathy Oechler Whitbeck (H) (Williamsburg, VA) shares, “Hunt and I are loving our new house in Virginia! While we miss our friends back in New York, we really don’t miss the city at all. Virginians are so polite—it still takes us by surprise.”

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nancy.bassett@7hills.org

Cynthia Perry Colebrook (H) (San Francisco, CA) writes, “[I] accepted a position as Vice-President of Institutional Advancement at the San Francisco Art Institute. My husband, Ted Colebrook, and I are thrilled to be living in the Bay Area!”

Bassett ‘83 Director of Alumni Relations 513.728.2432

Margo Taft Stever (H) (Sleepy Hollow, NY) shares, “[This year I have a] new collection of poems, The Hudson Line, published by Mid-List Press and a history book, Looking East: William Howard Taft and the 1905 U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Asia, published (in Chinese) by Zhejaing University Press.”

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Justice Dana Fabe (H) (Anchorage, AK) was unanimously voted by the Alaskan Supreme Court to serve as Chief Justice starting on July 1, 2012. She has served as Chief Justice twice before and is the first woman to have been named to the State Supreme Court.

Former Hillsdale Head and faculty member Roger Loud shared, “[I’m] finishing my 54th year of teaching (at two schools) and hiking all summer.”

An interior design by Debbie Meyer Chamberlain (C) (Cincinnati) was featured in the Spring 2012 issue of Venue magazine.

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1970 Interested in being a reunion rep for your class?

Contact Nancy McCormick Bassett ‘83 Director of Alumni Relations nancy.bassett@7hills.org 513.728.2432

Anni Macht Gibson (C) (Cincinnati) emailed to say, “After 35 years in marketing, I’ve exited the business world to devote more time to activities that nurture the soul—mine and others’. For two months this spring, I coordinated care for my husband Jeremy’s Aunt Ellen Van Antwerp Barrows C’47 in the tiny community of Neahtawanta, MI, near Traverse City. I was with her when she died peacefully in late June. Our experience with Hospice of Michigan (HOM) was exceptional; in the next few weeks, I will train to volunteer as a companion to HOM patients. On other fronts, Jer is getting extremely fit (100 mi bike race on the Leelanau Peninsula on 9/16!), and both Drew ’05 and Sarah-Margaret ’07 are off on their own, living life and doing well!” See their news under their class years.

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Janet Asbury-Pogue (L’66, H) (Cincinnati) writes, “A big hello to all my classmates and friends in the other grades as well. Michael has left Princeton Middle School and now teaches in the high school.

Yes, the same Michael I fell in love with in the eighth grade. After many years of teaching and getting a Masters of Education in 2004, I am doing some subbing. It can be rough. Remember what we were up to, Janie? Tattie? I won’t name the rest of you!

Can’t wait for our reunion, it will be great!”

Melissa Morris Mishoe (H) (Winter Park, FL) writes, “I’ve enclosed a picture of myself holding the book His Name was Raoul Wallenberg by Leezie Walker Borden H’67. My cousin purchased this when visiting my aunt Betty Freyhof Johnson H’40 in June.”

1980

Hannah Bloch (Washington, DC) wrote the cover story for the July 2012 issue of National Geographic

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entitled “Easter Island: The Riddle of the Moving Statues.” To read the article visit http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/07/ easter-island/bloch-text

1981

Brooks Tomb (West Hartford, CT) writes, “We’re loving our new east coast life in West Hartford, CT! Our kids are adjusting well to seasons (as opposed to the endless summer of Los Angeles), and it’s great to be close to my brother Howard ’78 and fellow alumni like Philip Meyers ’81. I continue to work for The Sunshine Kids Foundation, helping kids with cancer to smile.”

1982

Former Doherty faculty member Nancy Anderson shared, “The Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences of Judson University is pleased to announce the creation of the Center for Worship in the Performing Arts. This new academic unit is a restructuring of two departments, Worship Arts and Music, into a two-pronged unit headed by a new Director, Dr. Warren Anderson (Elgin, IL). Warren will continue to serve as Dean of the Chapel but the rest of his Judson responsibilities will now be focused around leading and promoting the majors of the Center. In addition to his duties as Director of the Center, Warren will be taking on the leadership of directing the choir for 2012-2013. He is only the third choir director in the history of the university.”

1987

Roger Magnus (Amherst, MA) writes, “I still live in Amherst, MA, and am now the proud father of two adorable children (Noah, 4, and Sophie, 4 months). This summer I started a new position as Research Director for New England Business Media

of two business papers in Hartford, CT, and Worcester, MA.”

1989

Congratulations to Lidney Motch Luczkow (Jamaica Plain, MA) and her husband Matt on the birth of Samuel Wickliffe “Wick” on June 6, 2012. Big sisters Eloisa and Ema are excited to have a baby brother.

Congratulations to Charlin Briggs (Cincinnati), wife of former Headmaster Peter Briggs, on her selection as a 2011 Enquirer Woman of the Year.

1992

A March 8, 2012, article on the Huffington Post Green site, “Another Keystone XL Victory,” mentions Tiernan Sittenfeld (Washington, DC) and her work with the League of Conservation Voters. To read more, go to http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-mckibben/ keystone-xl-senate-vote_b_1333243.html

1993

Spencer Foote (Warwick, RI) is moving to Quito, Ecuador, to teach math at an international school.

1995

Stephanie Jacobs (Long Beach, CA) emailed, “Things are good with me overall—I am living out in California now, a little south of LA. I did med school and my ob/gyn residency in New York. I am now in a fellowship position within gyn. I only have one more year and will be done with training. It’s a lot of hard work but well worth it!”

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Congratulations to Angel Kozeli (Boston, MA) on her marriage to Michael Mozina on June 2, 2012, at Harvard University’s St. Paul Church in Cambridge, MA. Angel is an attorney and runs her own general law practice in Boston.

2001

Earlier in 2012, Karan Goel (Chicago, IL) sold PrepMe to Naviance (a division of DMG). Naviance is the leader in helping students plan for and build a path toward college; with PrepMe’s industry-leading adaptive learning platform and highly efficacious college test prep products, the combined entity will be poised to take students all the way from planning to achieving their college goals. Per the press release, “In a time of increasing mandates for student success, schools and districts need cost-effective, comprehensive programs that help students connect learning to personalized goals,” said Karan Goel, co-founder, PrepMe. “The combination of PrepMe and Naviance will allow students and families to realize the impact their PSAT, SAT and ACT test preparation has on post-secondary planning and achievement.”

2002

Hank Alexander (Pittsburgh, PA) writes, “I graduated from Harvard Business School in May

and started in the Strategic Planning Group at Dick’s Sporting Goods in Pittsburgh in June. ” Noah Bendix-Balgley (Pittsburgh, PA), concertmaster for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, performed his first recital on June 1, 2012. The recital included selections from Bach, Beethoven and Ravel.

2004

On September 4, 2012, Bryan Bibler (Brooklyn, NY) was a guest, via phone, on the Jim Scott Show on WLW-AM. He discussed how his company, Thirty-Six Education, offers personalized test prep for students on the SATs and ACTs. Per the website, “At Thirty-Six Education we provide individualized, skill-based tutoring for the ACT and other college preparatory tests. Our test prep approach is simple: we design students’ programs based on their strengths and weaknesses and tailor the tutoring to the specific test they are taking.”

Congratulations to Susie Keller ’04 and Laura Hoguet ’06 on running (and completing!) the 2012 Boston Marathon.

2005

Our thanks to Anni Macht Gibson (C’70) for sharing this news. Drew Gibson is in his second, and final, year of the Masters of Social Work Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus—with classes two days a week and field work in Washington, DC, Tuesday-Thursday. He lives in between in Laurel, MD, to help his commute! On the side, he is Social Media Director of a website that is a newsfeed for subscribers about all things HIV/AIDS related—and he also writes a blog on the website: www. VirallySuppressed.com - Your Internet Home for All Things HIV Positive and Progressive.

Christopher Warrington (Seattle, WA) writes, “[I am] working at Microsoft on Bing.com and enjoying Seattle.”

2006

Jensin Wallace (Cincinnati) designed a mural for the collaboration of ArtWorks and Vision 2015 for the Licking River Nature Trail in Covington, KY. The mural was painted this summer by ArtWorks Apprentice Artists and installed in August.

Lindsey Degen (New York, NY) launched her web store DEGEN over the summer.

Per her website, “Lindsey’s passion for knitting began at the age of three when her grandmother gave her a set of knitting needles and taught her how to stitch. In pursuit of mastering her skills, Lindsey attended Central Saint Martins and the Rhode Island School of Design, where she studied

In October, some members of the class of 2005 enjoyed a mini reunion and OSU football in Columbus. (L to R) Sarah Ott, Asia Reid, Emily McDonough, Mary Wulsin

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Our condolences to the families and friends who lost loved ones reported in this issue.

under knit master Liz Collins. After graduating from RISD, Degen moved to New York City and continued her concept-based binge knitting. This past fall, DEGEN launched a full Ready-to-Wear collection that includes sweaters, dresses, leggings, and even shoes. The collection, titled ASK TELL, garnered rave reviews and solidified DEGEN as an up-and-coming designer in the New York scene.” http://www.degen-nyc.com/ T ea c h f o r A meri c a

Congratulations to Kerri Martin ’05 and Seth Rau ’08 for being selected to participate in Teach for America. Kerri, who left her job as an engineer at P&G, is now “teaching ninth grade physics at North Star Academy, a wonderful charter school in Newark, NJ.” Seth is teaching reading, math, social studies and science to fifth graders at 100 Academy of Excellence in North Las Vegas, NV. “While the job is grueling and difficult, I love teaching my scholars.”

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2007

Michael Makris (Irvine, CA) emailed, “[I] graduated from USC from the five-year USC Viterbi School of Engineering Civil Engineering Building Science program. I am also one year into the two-year Masters of Building Science in the USC Architecture School.”

Sarah-Margaret Gibson (Florence, Italy) is in her fifth and last year of study at The Florence Academy of Art, specializing in oil painting as a Classical Realist. She was one of only three final-year students who were asked to teach a first-year drawing class. So one day each week, she teaches in the Beginners Studio, and the rest of the time, she studies at the advanced studio across town. She returns each summer to the U.S. to paint. She has launched a new website that shares her artwork and passion for Classical Realism art. Per the website, “In 2008 Gibson enrolled at the Angel Academy of Art, where she studied for two-and-a-half years. Then, in search of new perspectives and deeper understanding, she

switched to The Florence Academy of Art in the fall of 2010.” www.SarahMargaretGibson.com Thomas Schulz (Paraguay) emailed Upper School art teacher Diane Kruer, “It is hard to believe that it was over a year and a half ago when I visited you at Seven Hills and mentioned that I was potentially going to join the Peace Corps. Time just seems to keep flying by. Well, sure enough, I did join the Peace Corps and have been living in Paraguay for the past six months. I recently did a World Map Project with the kids at the local elementary school where I live and I thought of you. It is amazing how art continues to impact one’s life at unexpected junctures. I figured I would send you the link to my blog, which talks about the process of doing the project in my two most recent entries and includes pictures.” http://tomsramblingsinparaguay.blogspot.com

2009

Chelsea Zesch (New Orleans, LA) emailed, “I got accepted to Mortar Board! It’s a National College Senior Honors Society. Only 34 other students out of the Class of 2013’s 1,500 students will be on Mortar Board next year with me—that’s insane! I am really looking forward to this opportunity, as I have gotten really involved with service in the New Orleans area. As the Chair of Relay for Life of New Orleans Universities this year, and incoming Director next year, I get to work with Tulane, Loyola, Xavier, and University of New Orleans to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Next fall, I

am also interning with a program called Oportunidades NOLA, where I will be a tutor for an English as a Second Language program (ESL). ”

2010

Kyle Neu (Danville, KY) was named the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week after earning his first collegiate victory in a 7-1 win over Defiance College. Not only was the win over Defiance on March 4, 2012, his first career win, it was also his first career complete game, as he needed only 85 pitches to finish the seven inning game.

2011

Ari Kirsh (Columbus, OH) was selected as one of the inaugural Eminence Scholars at The Ohio State University. The Eminence Scholarship is Ohio State’s most prestigious award, offered to an exceptional group of talented students from across the nation.

Recipients are selected for their outstanding high school academic performance and demonstrated capacity to excel in the university environment. This scholarship will cover the full cost of attending Ohio State for four years.

Former Lotspeich teacher Malinda McReynolds emailed, “[I] just wanted to share the excitement as our son Christian (Appleton, WI) performed his first solo performance with the Lawrence University Choir last night! He and the choir received a standing ovation for their rendition of, ‘I Want To Be Ready To Walk in Jerusalem.’”

Alumni Updates Update about Ned Elliot’94

Ned Elliott (Austin, TX) and his wife Jodi opened their restaurant Foreign & Domestic in May, 2010.

Ned and Jodi met at The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY. Ned’s attention to detail in his cooking comes from time spent in kitchens including the Essex House under Alain Ducasse, Thomas Keller’s Per Se, both in New York City, and The Nines Hotel in Portland, OR. Ned and Jodi settled on Austin to open their own place.

“I always thought (Austin) was such a wonderful city,” said Ned. “It’s very, very much like Portland. I think the food scene is right about where Portland was probably 10 years ago. The farms are really starting to ramp up to work with chefs.”

The sign in front of Foreign & Domestic features a flying pig. As Ned explained in an article featuring the restaurant, “Originally, we were going to do a food truck and call it Porkopolis. I’m from Cincinnati, and that’s Cincinnati’s nickname. There’s a bunch of places downtown that have flying pigs in Cincinnati. And I said, ‘Look, I want a flying pig.’”

Ned grew up gardening in a home where food played an integral role in daily life. Ned’s mothers, Sandra and Linda, shared their love of gardening, cooking and baking with him. Sandra, the cook, taught Ned about the importance of fresh ingredients. From Linda, the baker, Ned learned patience. Both taught him that life should be about

continuous learning, a philosophy that was reinforced by Chef Ducasse and his mentor Chef Doug Psaltis.

Ned, Jodi and Foreign and Domestic were featured on the Food Network Show, Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives in June 2012. To see their appearance on the show, check out their website at http://fndaustin.com/ “My mantra is attention to detail,” says Elliott. “Chef Psaltis instilled this in me and it is an important part of how we define Foreign & Domestic.”

Update from Margot Wood’04

Margot Wood (New York, NY) is working as a Community Manager in the Young Adult/Teen division for Harper Collins Publishing. She writes, “My job is going great. I can honestly say that I love it and am having so much fun running this community. Basically, I run www.epicreads.com which is the teen community for HarperCollins. It’s made up of three sites: Epic Reads (which houses all the teen titles), Pitch Dark (which features only our fantasy/paranormal/dystopian teen titles) and Story Crush (which features only our romance/ historical/chick lit teen titles). I’m in charge of basically the whole thing. I write the blog, I design (most of) the graphics, manage the twitter and Facebook pages. But really, beyond just getting all the content out there, my job is to connect one-onone with teens and fans of the Young Adult genre. A lot of my job is helping individuals find something they want to read and helping reluctant readers get more excited about reading and our books.”

Update from Lisa Barrett’98

Lisa Barrett (Fontainebleau, France) emailed, “I have been fortunate to have some great space in the last year to think about where my career is headed.

In November 2011, I returned to Tanzania, having made an interesting connection with a Kilimanjaro guide. I hoped, but did not know, that there would be enough material to write a compelling book about the Kilimanjaro community. In just a few days, it was clear there were amazing stories— and that people would want to read them. I have spent the last year focused on this project, but also figuring out my next steps…I decided to pursue a broad business background and skills that will help me launch and run diverse organizations. I also continue to crave an international perspective to grow my thinking. I found my way to a business school that is an incredible fit for me: INSEAD (European Institute for Business Administration)…

Somehow I am still finding time to work on my book, which is not finished but still a source of motivation. But for the most part I live and breathe all things INSEAD…INSEAD is nothing short of amazing…my small group members come from Russia, England, France, Portugal, and Singapore.

Between the five of us, we have worked on four continents… Because my classmates bring a ton of experience, class discussions build on literally worldwide, firsthand knowledge from nearly every market and sector. An accelerated program for career-changers means we move at a crazy pace, and there is not much time for sleep. And of course I love it. One piece of advice—all high school students should take statistics! ”

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This event supports the Alex Bibler Memorial Scholarship Fund that was established by the Bibler Family “to channel Alex’s passion for math and science back into Seven Hills for the benefit of equally passionate students in the future.”

To view photos from the event go to www.7hills.org, alumni, events.

First Place team members were Clive Francis, Nick Francis, Ken Hughes.

Third Place team members were Paul Gosiger, Pauley Gosiger, ’13, Fritz Wilger ’83, Bernie Wharton.

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Other honors went to Matt Postell ’14, Longest Putt; Clive Francis, Closest to the Pin; and Pauley Gosiger ’13, Longest Drive.

Sponsors of the Third Annual Alex Bibler Golf Scramble were Baldwin Gilman LLC, The Bibler Family, BME Mechanical & Electrical, Clayton L. Scroggins Associates, Inc., Dave Sanders ’91, Fifth Third Bank, Gallagher SKS, Jancoa Janitorial Services, Inc., Jean Schmidt, JTM Food Group, Panera Bread-Kenwood Pavilion, The Preview Group, The Resale Shop, Tri-State Centers for Sight, Inc., UC Health.

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Saturday, December 29 Alumni Basketball Games Kalnow Gym, Hillsdale campus Girls 6:00 p.m., Guys 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, January 31 Los Angeles Alumni Reception 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

Friday, April 12 Alumni Art Show Commons, Hillsdale Campus 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

Thursday, April 25 Luncheon for New York Classes 1940-1979 12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.

Reception for New York Classes 1980-2012 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 4 Alex Bibler Memorial Golf Scramble Walden Ponds Golf Club 6090 Golf Club Lane, 45011 8:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

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