NEWSMAKERS digital works; senior Meg Mathile, two Gold Key Awards; and junior Marie Cossins, a Silver Key Award. Honorable mentions went to junior Abigail Semler and seniors Christine Cassidy, Margaux Hackett and Isabelle Saldana.
Carter Hall Aces PSAT Carter Hall, a junior, scored a perfect 240 on his PSAT test. A 240 on the PSAT is equivalent to a 2400 on the SAT. About 3.5 million students take the PSAT each year, according to the College Board. Only 100 students a year on average get a perfect score of 240 each year. “In my 26 years as a counselor, I’ve never known a student to get a perfect score on the PSAT,” said Maureen Ferrell, Director of College Counseling at The Summit. “It is really rare. He should be congratulated, as should the faculty. Clearly, he was well-prepared for this test.”
16 Spring 2013
Annie Peters Art Work Wins National Scholastic Award The portfolio of Summit Country Day senior Annie Peters was awarded a Silver Medal in the National Scholastic Art and Writing Competition. National medalists will be recognized in a ceremony at Carnegie Hall on May 31 and may receive the opportunity for their work to be displayed at reputable galleries in New York City. For the first time, the portfolios of two Summit seniors – Annie and Rachel Argo – were chosen at the regional level of competition juried for the national competition. Also at the regional level, Annie received three Gold Key Awards for
Joseph Delamerced Wins Regional Spelling Bee Seventh grader Joseph Delamerced will represent Cincinnati for the second time at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C., May 28-30. Joseph also represented Cincinnati in 2011.
Two Students Win Awards in Ohio Art Criticism Open Fourth grader Lily Ritch won a second place award and first grader Nick Bergeron won a third place award in Ohio’s Jerry Tollifson Art Criticism Open competing against older students for their critiques.
Ceramic Art of Two Students in National Show A piece entitled “Dear Family” by fourth grader Auggie Ransick and a work called “Strangely Striped Dog” by third grader John Penote were featured in the March show at the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts annual conference in Houston.