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The Young Family Library Launches Kathy Richardson Social Justice Collection During the more than 40 years that Kathy Richardson taught at The Seven Hills School before her retirement in 2010, hundreds of Middle and Upper students excelled under her gentle guidance in English, Creative Writing, Geography, History, and World Cultures. Students from Hillsdale, CPS, and Seven Hills knew her not only as an extraordinary teacher, but also as a friend. Her openness to differences in people’s natures and needs; her insistence on fairness; her infectious curiosity about life and learning made her a person who inspired others to set high principles and goals—in the classroom and in life—and fearlessly work to achieve them. In all her teaching, Mrs. Richardson set an example and sought to instill an appreciation of excellence, humor, tolerance, equality, and—her life passion—social justice. In celebration of Mrs. Richardson’s treasured gifts to Seven Hills, the Young Family Library is establishing the Kathy Richardson Social Justice Collection. This unique multimedia collection will feature online resources, new fiction, and memoirs, as well as pertinent films and documentaries. We welcome donations to this tribute. Checks may be sent to the attention of Margo Kirstein at 5400 Red Bank Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45227. Make checks payable to The Seven Hills School, with “Kathy Richardson Fund” in the memo line. Please indicate whether you need a tax receipt. For further details, contact Margo at margo.kirstein@7hills.org or call 513.272.5355.
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Math honors for Upper School students As a result of their outstanding performance in the American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) administered in February, senior Allan Loeffler, junior Brian Hu, and sophomore Andrew Wilson qualified to participate in the next round of competition called the American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME), where only the nation’s top 2.5% are eligible. This competition will take place this spring after this publication goes to press. Visit www.7hill.org/Buzz for more information about the results of this math competition. Eight Seven Hills students competed at the Ohio Council of Mathematics Teachers (OCTM) tournament held in February at Xavier University. The Seven Hills team placed first out of all the students participating at the XU test site, second in the state of Ohio for schools the size of Seven Hills, and ninth in the state among schools of any size. Locally, Brian Hu came in first; Tigar Cyr, fourth; Alex Jiang and Gregory Sun, fifth; and Ganlin Liu, 14th. In the “statewide” rating, Brian came in 21st; Tigar, 60th; and Alex and Gregory, 70th.
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