THE SUMMIT The magazine of The Summit Country Day School 125th Anniversary Special Edition & Annual Report 2014-15 EDITOR Nancy Berlier ART DIRECTOR/DESIGNER Kathy (Hilsinger) Penote ’93 PHOTOGRAPHY Robert A. Flischel, Jolene Barton, Leah Fightmaster, Nancy Berlier, Kathy Penote, Linda Moeggenberg, Karen Kinross, Randall Terry, Jeff Whitehead, Impact Action Sports Photography. CONTRIBUTORS David Lyman, Mike Dyer, Leah Fightmaster, Kathy Schwartz, Megan McGrath, Kevin Gilbert, Jen McGrath, Sandy Champlin, Mary Alice LaPille, Janine Boeing. PRINTING Arnold Printing © 2015 The Summit Country Day School, Cincinnati, OH. The Summit magazine is published three times a year by the Communications Department of The Summit Country Day School, 2161 Grandin Road, Cincinnati, OH 45208. Please direct address changes or other correspondence to the above address.
Summit News Phone: (513) 871-4700 ext. 291 E-mail: communications@summitcds.org Alumni News Janine Boeing, Alumni Engagement and Gifts Officer Phone: (513) 871-4700 ext. 240 E-mail: boeing_j@summitcds.org Summit Online View an archive of The Summit magazine online. www.summitcds.org/magazine The Summit Country Day School serves students from age two through grade 12 in a coeducational setting. The Summit combines the academic excellence and one-on-one guidance of a top-tier independent school with the servant leadership and character-building environment that are hallmarks of a Catholic education.
2 Annual Report 2014 - 15
ON THE COVER: Perhaps no other image summarizes as well the art, architecture and legacy of The Summit as this hand-carved chapel pew. The pointed arch and bas relief sculpture are common to Gothic Revival architecture. Notre Dame refers, of course, to the sisters who founded the school. According to the annals of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, an unfinished part of the building was used by the eight sisters who carved the pews. “There at any hour from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. might be heard the measured fall of the mallet, or the softer sound of the chisel on the yielding walnut. It was truly a labor of love…” Photo by Robert A. Flischel. See story on page 18.