Faculty and Staff Newsmakers coordinator of The Summit’s Latin Club, which this year won the Ohio Junior Classical League Championship for the fifth consecutive year. Brooke Byam, Montessori Teacher, is serving her third year on the board of the Cincinnati Montessori Society (CMS) and chaired this year’s Registration Committee for the annual CMS conference. Some 21 members of the Montessori faculty and two staff members attended the CMS conference where 16 workshops on continuing education topics and a keynote address were presented.
Deena Carey
Deena Carey, Upper School Chemistry Teacher, was elected Secretary of Permanent Records for the Board of Trustees of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Examinations Institute. The institute produces nationally normed exams in the U.S. for most chemistry courses, from high school through undergraduate curriculums and as pretests for students starting graduate school. She was also named High School Chemistry Teacher of the Year by the Cincinnati Section of ACS. Ms. Carey will graduate from George Washington University in May with a Masters in Educational Administration and Leadership. Karen Cruse Suder, Upper School Biology Teacher; Mark Wiesner, Upper School Art Teacher; and Kim Ashcraft, who teaches Latin in both Middle and Upper Schools, were listed among the top private high school educators in Ohio Magazine’s 2013 Excellence in Education issue. The article used Mrs. Suder as an example of a teacher who goes beyond the typical classroom experience to inspire students to learn – illustrating by example her expertise in differentiated instruction, summer marine biology seminar in Hawaii and a crime scene course at the College of Mount St. Joseph. This year at The Summit, several of Mr. Wiesner’s students won regional art awards and one was awarded a Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Silver Medal in national competition. Ms. Ashcraft is a co-
Ken Uckotter
Ken Uckotter, Technology and Curriculum Director at The Summit Country Day School, was among Cincinnati business and non-profit top executives who received a C-Suite Award in the inaugural issue of LEAD Cincinnati magazine. The magazine recognized Mr. Uckotter for his leadership in the area of technology and his community involvement. Penny Herr, Middle School Religion Teacher, was commissioned as a Stephen Minister at Our Lady of Visitation parish. Stephen Ministers are lay caregivers who receive training in “active listening” to support people who are experiencing grief, divorce, sickness, job loss, loneliness, disability, relocation and other life difficulties. Julia Almaguer, Lower School Math Specialist, was elected president of the board of EarthShares CSA, a community-sponsored agricultural organization in Loveland. Summit Magazine 19