SEMESTER IN REVIEW
LOOKING BACK: FALL 2018
As we close the fall semester of 2018-19, we look back at some of the outstanding accomplishments that marked the first half of the school year.
OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND MORE Congratulations to eight Seven Hills seniors— 10 percent of the 2018 senior class—who were recently named National Merit Semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Congratulations to George Eng, Ari Gleich, Eddie Hatfield, Aryan Katneni, Max Lane, Chris Nathan, Susanna Spooner, and Max Yuan.
our graduating class. Our National Commended students qualified for recognition in the National Merit programs with their scores on the PSAT. .......................................... the 2018 National Junior Classical League
Grass, Krish Gupta, and Matt Wabler, and freshman Jenny Hu were among 160 Latin students to represent Ohio, of the 1,400 Latin students nationwide. Dwight competed on his fifth Ohio Certamen team, this year on the Advanced team alongside students from Walnut Hills and Shaker Heights in Cleveland. Hu played for the Intermediate team alongside students from Summit, Mariemont, and .............................................
a home school. Both Dwight and Hu won spots on
The Seven Hills School continues its tradition of
Ohio teams during tryouts in June.
National Merit Program. Congratulations to Andrew Brown, Michael Glum, Greg Kalin, Felix Karthik, Patrick Kilcoyne, Abby Markworth, Amisha Mittal, Rohan Sachdeva, Aishwarya Varma, and Michael Weirich. Seven Hills’ National Merit Scholars, which includes National Merit Semifinalists and National
Seven Hills Class of 2019 produced the highest percentage of National Merit Semifinalists in Cincinnati
Last July, six Seven Hills Latin students attended
Dwight ’18, sophomore Alex Frohn, juniors Alex
National Merit Commended Students in the 2019
NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS
Merit Commended Students, comprise 22 % of
(NJCL) Convention at Miami University. Charlie
excellence with 10 seniors who recently were named
CLASS OF 2019
The same two Seven Hills students were recognized at the General Assembly for their performance on the National Latin Exam (NLE). Hu earned a Perfect Paper, an accomplishment achieved by less than 1 percent of students who take the NLE. Dwight was honored for his continued excellence on the NLE, having earned five Gold Medals in six years of NLEs. Top 10 National Awards in Academics, Creative Arts, and Graphic Arts: Charlie Dwight - 4th place Reading Comprehension (Prose), 8th place Latin Grammar, 8th place Roman Life, 10th place Reading Comprehension (Poetry) continued on page 2. . .
After an analysis of the percentage of students named National Merit Semifinalists based on the graduating class size of schools in Cincinnati, last fall, Seven Hills announced that the Class of 2019 produced the highest percentage of National Merit Semifinalists in Cincinnati, with 10 percent of the graduating class receiving this prestigious recognition. “We are so proud of our students and their remarkable record of success as recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation,” said Assistant Head of School and Director of College Counseling Susan Marrs. “Almost 22 percent of our graduating class has earned National Merit recognition and we’ve learned that 10 percent of them are Semifinalists, giving them the distinction of having the highest percentage in the city!”