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STUDENT SCHOLARS AND LEADERS… Elizabeth Bell ’14 was selected as a National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalist. Seniors Schuyler Cottrell, Haley Lieberman, Ruth Blair Moyers, and Ainsley Walker were all commended. Seniors Forrest Sprouse, Morgan Rose, and Emily Dodson were chosen to participate in the Cochrane Summer Economics Institute hosted by Collegiate this past summer. Jimmy Hull ’14 was selected to participate in the 2014 Summer Institute on Leadership and Public Service hosted by St. Christopher's School. 10
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Elizabeth Bell ’14 and Ruth Blair Moyers ’14 were nominees for the Jefferson Scholarship at UVA. Seniors Kira Tomenchok, Allie Neal and Elizabeth Bell were all named finalists in the Lexus of Richmond Pursuit of Perfection Leadership Award Scholarship. Owen Ayers ’15 was selected as a Richmond Forum Scholar. He was one of five selected from hundreds of Richmond area students after a lengthy interview process. Reid Barden ’14 and Andrew Elgin ’16 will be participating in All-District Band. This is Barden’s fourth consecutive year of being
in the group and Elgin is a repeat member from last year. Elgin was also chosen to be a member of the VCU Greater Richmond High School Jazz Band. This group, conducted by VCU Jazz Studies program director Antonio Garcia, is made up of the top high school jazz musicians from the greater Richmond area. They will appear as the finale for Trinity’s Jazz & Art Festival held on Trinity’s campus on Saturday, April 26. Headmaster Tom Aycock led the students in Trinity’s annual snow dance in Dunn Courtyard.
The robotics team got off to a great start this year with two off-season events. In October, the team competed in the Ultimate Ascent competition held at the Arthur Ashe Center. The team received an award for being the “Best Climber” at the competition. Later in the month, the team accepted a challenge to build a machine that could throw pumpkins. Working with Richard Harman’s physics classes, the team built a catapult in one day. Henry Choisser ‘15 was the acting lead engineer on the build. Seniors Benoit Lapotre, Schuyler Cottrell, Nathaniel Paul, Davis Catherman, Jack Poindexter and junior Callaway Sprinkle worked along with Harman. In November, the team competed in a second off-season event in Haymarket Virginia and took first place. In January, the team was chosen to receive a $500 grant from RichTech for its commitment to involve young women in robotics.
