NEWSMAKERS last year emerged as the top-ranking female student and 14th in the state overall in the Ohio High School Mathematics Invitational Olympiad.
Junior Wanyi “Sherry” Xiao competed with five other top high school math students from Ohio this fall in the Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament at Harvard University. About 1,000 students, top scorers at national and international competitions around the world, are invited. Sherry, the only team member from Cincinnati,
Matthew LaMacchia and Lisa Poffenberger are National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists. Martin Amesquita and Sofia Nieto have National Hispanic Recognition. These four students, as well as Hayden Boggs, Hannah Fassler, Alex Hertlein and Jake Trzybinski, also were recognized as Commended Students. Meghan O’Brien and Jennifer Whitehead are competing for Special Scholarships.
A 72-page research study by senior Caroline Walton was published in the fall issue of The Concord Review, a national journal that champions exemplary history essays by high schoolers. Caroline explored how the Tudors navigated the Protestant Reformation and avoided much of the religious warfare that engulfed continental Europe. Her essay began as a smaller paper on Queen Elizabeth in her sophomore AP European History course. She proposed an Independent Study in Research course for her junior year to expand her investigation to other monarchs. 16
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Junior Kathryn Adam participated in the Yale Young Global Scholars Program last summer in Connecticut. Kathryn was part of the Biological and Biomedical Sciences session, which included lectures on the science behind empathy. The Young Global Scholars Program is highly competitive – fewer than 20 percent of applicants are accepted.
Nine 2016 graduates of The Summit were named AP National Scholars by the College Board because of their scores on qualifying Advanced Placement exams. The scholars and their universities are: L to R, top to bottom, Dustin Argo, Vanderbilt; Jared Bulla, George Washington; Lucia Grandison, Washington University in St. Louis; Alexis Hogya, Xavier; Lily Lu, Michigan; Jack Meyer, Notre Dame; Elena Montag, Xavier; Tony Ortiz, University of California, Santa Barbara; and Yi Nuo “Jenny” Zhang, Georgetown.