SEVEN HILLS The Buzz

June 15, 2012

A Brief Word from Chris Garten

Inside this BuzzCommencement 2College Matriculations 3Year-end Awards 4SNAAP Recognition Banquet 6Upper School News 7Varsity Sports 7Faculty News 9Middle School News 10Lotspeich News 12Doherty News 13

Congratulations and Best Wishes, Class of 2012!

Have a great summer!

Off to China for fifth year of Downey Seminars! continued page 11

I want to thank everyone who helped to make 2011-12 such a great school year! Thanks, of course, to the faculty and staff for working so proactively with our students: for understanding who they are and how they learn and for providing the vast array of special learning opportuni-ties that our students find so engaging.

Thanks to our students for all their hard work and for taking full advantage of all this school has to offer. Thanks to parents for entrusting us with your children’s education and for working alongside us in what I hope feels like an active and productive partnership.

Have a great rest this summer. We look forward to seeing you in August!

Chris Garten, Head of School

Seven Hills bid farewell to the 60 mem-bers of the Class of 2012 in commence-ment exercises June 8. By choice of the seniors, the commencement speaker was David Abineri, former Head of the Math and Science Departments. Tributes to the class were given by teacher Brian Wabler, parent Craig Young, and class members Caleb Brill and Sam McHugh.

Jay Bachemin

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Commencement 2012

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Harrison Taylor Addy University of MichiganIsabel Kitchen Arjmand Stanford UniversitySarah Katherine Austin Williams CollegeAlexander Bevan Baggott Davidson CollegePaddack Thorne Bahlman Centre CollegeEmily Lin Bedell University of Notre DameMonica Patricia Blanco Cabassa Case Western Reserve UniversityAndrew Clifford Bowen University of LouisvilleKaleb Isaac Brill University of Colorado at BoulderMartin Augustin Chavez University of British ColombiaKatherine Charlotte Cirulli Emory UniversityPhilip Mathew Cohen Ohio Wesleyan UniversityHelen Rosemary Adel Davidoski Tulane UniversityJacob Benjamin DelMauro University of IllinoisClaire Virginia Duncan Amherst CollegeAlexander Bret Ferree University of PennsylvaniaJoseph Ryan Ferrell Denison UniversityLeigh Alexandra Fidler Savannah College of Art and DesignPaul Michael Gangl III University of CincinnatiHillary Erin Goldsmith University of MichiganIan Stark Grohsgal University of PennsylvaniaBroti Gupta Wellesley CollegeKatherine Lura Harsh Vanderbilt UniversityLinnea Morris Head George Washington UniversityElizabeth Ann Hickenlooper Denison UniversityKeenan Jane James Babson CollegeHelen Rose Jatho Colgate UniversityElizabeth McComb Johnson Georgetown UniversityVirginia Mitchell Johnson Cornell University

Olivia Alice Koster Hamilton CollegeDeepak Kumar The Ohio State UniversityGeorge Craig Lawson University of IllinoisKatherine Gwyneth Lewis Wittenberg UniversitySharon Liao Columbia UniversityCourtney Danielle Linne Washington University in St. LouisAlbert Maah The Ohio State UniversityAlex Markovits Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAmy Mauro Bowling Green State UniversitySamuel Tucker McHugh Cornell University

Daniel Neal McKinnon Case Western Reserve UniversityAnnalise Adair McWilliams University of St. Andrews (Scotland)Matthew Eugene Monteith Clemson UniversityTheopolus Bart Nelson Jr. Centre CollegeMark Peter Niehaus Kalamazoo CollegeEllen Putnam Osborn Elon UniversityAlyssa Mindal Patel Ohio Northern University Raabe School of PharmacyCarson Andrew Quimby Case Western Reserve UniversityShea Lynn Renusch Oberlin CollegeBryan Tyler Robinson Wabash CollegeMadeleine Conaty Rogers University of Notre DameAlexandra Juliana Scheiber Stanford UniversityAnnie Chang Chambers Schwandner University of MontanaJordan Michelle Seibold Muhlenberg CollegeMadeline Hourigan Shanahan Tulane UniversitySuhel Sanjay Singh University of ChicagoJonathan R. Tiao University of MichiganJohn Cody Tyndall Pitzer CollegeXu Wei Lehigh UniversityEdward Dean Williamson Carnegie Mellon UniversityMichael Alexander Young University of Southern California

Best wishes for continued success at these colleges and universities!

CommencementSeven Hills CupIsabel Arjmand, Jonathan Tiao

Florence Fessenden AwardCourtney Linne for Art

Alumni Association Service AwardSharon Liao Carol M. Brestel AwardAlex Baggott, Emily Bedell

Ruth Russell Jones AwardLinnea Head

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Congratulations to our year-end award winners!

Awards Day at UpperMiriam Titcomb AwardSara Hodgkins ’13

Community Scholar AwardBethany Buck ’13

Creativity/Original Thinking AwardKatherine King ’13

Citizenship AwardBrian Collette, Kerry Hoar, both ’13

Sophomore Scholastic Achievement Award—Andrew Ligeralde

Janet Fast Andress Art AwardAndrew Bowen, Olivia Koster, Shea Renusch, all ‘12

Seven Hills Personal Achievement AwardsAllie Scheiber ’12, Allie Baretta ’13, Aditi Varshneya ’14, Kalia Greenway ’15

Kathy Richardson Writing AwardClarke Waskowitz ’15

English Award—Maddie Rogers ’12

History Award—Suhel Singh ’12

Mathematics AwardNed Williamson ’12

Science AwardsChemistry—Luke Miller ’13Physics—Alex Ferree ’12Biology—Shray Ambe ’13

At right, Upper Head Nick Francis with Seven Hills Cup winners Jonathan Tiao and Izzy Arj-mand.

Courtney Linne, Linnea Head, Sharon Liao

Head of School Chris Garten, Alex Baggott; Nick Francis, Emily Bedell.

Foreign Language AwardsFrench—Betsy Johnson ’12Spanish—Leah Yuan ‘13Latin—Claire Romaine ’13Chinese—Carly Harten ‘13

Athletic Awards Female Athlete of the Year—Claire Duncan ’12Male Athlete of the Year—Mathew Cohen ’12Elinor Scherr Mosher Award—Jasmine Cline-Bailey ’13MVC Dick Snyder Sportsmanship and Integrity Award—John Larkin ’13Courageous Student Award— TJ Robinson ’13 Ohio Scholar-Athletes—Sarah Austin, Alex Markovits, both ’12Archie Griffin Sportsmanship Awards— Beth Hickenlooper ’12, Alex Ferree ’12, Bennett Smith ’16, Nicole Tiao ’16Booster Award—Abe Gordon

Senate AwardBarbara Hepp

(More photos of award winners, plus Doherty and Lotspeich awards, are on the next page.)

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Seven Hills awards Named Merit Scholarships for 2012-2013

John Larkin Alexandrea Allen Dottie Callard Michael Nordlund Annabel Stanley

Seven Hills awarded these named merit scholarships for 2012-2013: Junior John Larkin was presented the Neil Smith Award for “meeting the world with opti-mism and good will, expecting the best from himself and others, and exhibiting courage, compassion, in-tegrity, and intelligence.” For their outstanding “academic achievement, breadth and scope of interests beyond the classroom, lead-

ership, citizenship, and character,” eighth grader Alexandrea Allen was awarded the Patricia Howard Award of Distinction, fifth grader Dottie Callard was presented the Jane P. Hoeland Scholarship, and fifth grader Michael Nordlund was awarded the Theodore C. Wuerfel Merit Scholarship. Fifth grader Annabel Stanley was awarded the Elisabeth Greenwald Mapes Scholarship for “best exemplifying the Seven Hills Values.”

Major Awards at Doherty

Student Council Citizenship AwardsColin Yeager ’22, Caroline Routh ’21, Laura Shuppert ’20, Sophie Wydman ’19

Loveland Award in EnglishKara Benedict ’19

Major Awards at Lotspeich

Joy in Learning AwardKatie Francis ’19

Eileen Driscoll Literary AwardMax Lane ’19

Middle’s Archie Griffin Sportsmanship Award winners Bennett Smith and Nicole Tiao with Middle School Athletic Director Roger Schnirring.Athletes of the Year Claire Duncan, Mathew Cohen.

Above, teacher Meredith Brown, Brian Collette; Nick Francis, Allie Scheiber. Below, Nick Francis, Kerry Hoar, Bethany Buck.

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Annual SNAAP Recognition Banquet celebrates 2012 graduates, transitioning fifth & eighth graders

The 13th Annual SNAAP Recognition Banquet on June 10 was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate our 2012 graduates, to recognize transitioning Lower and Middle School students, and to thank individuals who are mak-ing a difference in our students’ lives.

The inspiring keynote address was given by Toilynn O’Neal (at right), Diversity Director at St. Ursula Academy and Board Member of the Queen City Foundation. Her previous positions include Community Engagement Coordinator at Cincinnati Art Museum, and she continues to serve as curator of exhibits for art organizations.

The Banquet was a great fam-ily celebration which included a piano performance by rising seventh grader Carly Jones (at left) and The Professionals with KsW on Sax.

Congratulations to our 2012 graduates (from left) Claire Duncan, who will attend Am-herst College; Daniel McKin-non, who will attend Case Western Reserve University; and TJ Nelson, who will at-tend Centre College.

At right, rising sixth grader Brice Hill was one of the transition-ing students honored at the Banquet.

At left, the SNAAP Leadership Team: (from left) Vice President Nancy Bennett, Treasurer Shani Keeling, Sec-retary Erica Vaughn, and President Ayanna Terry.

Above, Head of School Chris Garten.

At left, Ayanna Terry and ris-ing fifth grader Joshua Nelson. Other student speakers were rising eighth grader Jeremiah Weaver and rising senior Jasmine Terry.

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A look at what’s happening at Upper SchoolSee page 10 for Middle School, page 12 for Lotspeich, and page 13 for Doherty

The National Spanish Exam results reported in our last Buzz were for Upper students of teacher Ismael Go-doy. The following are the results for Upper students of teacher Cassandra Bruce.

Spanish IGold Medals (95th percentile or above)Jasmine Terry (left) (95th percentile)

Silver Medals (85th-94th percentile)Angie Li (93)Benjamin Chung (90)Judy Sun (87)

Bronze Medals (75th-84th percentile)Elizabeth Randman (83)

Honorable Mention (50th-74th percentile)Pearce Kieser (69)David Morad (64)Alexis Morad (53)Joshua Weaver (51)

Congratulations to junior Hugh MacKay (left), who made the Na-tional Rowing Team.

Each year the college counselors schedule lunchtime sessions for se-niors to hear from professionals in

various fields. This year 37 students attended the engi-neering session! Alex Blanco (Monica’s dad) arranged

a tour of P&G for the students. Pictured (in the foreground) are Daniel McKinnon and Monica Blanco watching a proto-type of a machine that fills and labels Head and Shoulders bottles.

Varsity Spring Sports

MVPs were (front) Stefan Antonsson, Deepak Kumar, Ryan Ferrell, Sam Ellis; Claire Duncan, Linnea Head, John Larkin, Alex Ferree; Bethany Buck, Sarah Williamson.

BOYS VARSITY TENNIS The boys tennis squad had a great season. The varsity went 16-3 playing a tough schedule riddled with the toughest Di-vision I and II teams in the state. The swinging Stingers were ranked third in the state and second in the city for Division II. Three players advanced to the state finals. Seniors Matt Cohen and Alex Markovits finished in the top 8 and junior John Larkin finished in the top 16. Coach Tim DrewMVP—John Larkin; MIP—Alex Markovits; Coach’s Awards—Mathew Cohen, Jonathan TiaoGCTCA Awards: First Team Singles—John Larkin; Second Team Singles—Matthew Cohen; Honorable Mention Singles—Alex MarkovitsDivision II Awards: Doubles Team of the Year—Henry Head/Jonathan Tiao; First Team Doubles—Jordan Klette-Cusher/Michael Bain; Most Improved Player— John LarkinAll-League: Coach of the Year—Tim Drew; First Team—

John Larkin, Henry Head, Jonathan Tiao; Second Team—Mathew Cohen; Honorable Mention— Alex Markovits, Michael Bain, Jordan Klette-CusherMVC Scholar-Athletes— Zachary Abraham, Michael Bain, Sam Ellis, Henry Head, John Larkin, Alex Markovits, Jonathan Tiao

BOYS JUNIOR VARSITY GOLD TENNIS“The Gold Team played very well and showed great teamwork while going 14-1 in a very challenging schedule during the season” said Coach Krauss. “Big wins included those against

John Larkin

Indian Hill and Taylor’s varsity team and sweeping St. X. 5-0 for the second year in a row. We also won our third consecutive GCTCA title in the season-ending tournament of 38 JV teams. Seven Hills was the only Division II school in the top flight and displayed great sportsmanship while dominating at every position.”Coach John Krauss MVP—Sam Ellis; MIP—Armand Ghazi; Coach’s Award—Alex Baggott

BOYS JUNIOR VARSITY BLUE TENNISCoach Ilg said, “We had a fun-filled successful season, finishing 8-4 and 2nd in Flight B of the GCTCA Coaches Tournament.” Coach Amy Ilg MVP—Deepak Kumar; MIP—Luis Visoso; Coach’s Awards—Shray Ambe, Suhel Singh

BOYS VARSITY BASEBALLCoach Phelps said, “Seven Hills baseball finished with a 19-6 overall record. The team was led by seniors Ryan Ferrell, Harrison Addy and Matthew Monteith. Ferrell and Addy earned 1st Team All-League Honors in the MVC and Ferrell earned 1st Team All-Ohio honors. Seven Hills won

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its third consecutive sectional championship and finished the season as the district runner-up!”Coach Brian Phelps, Assistant Coaches Cary Daniel, Grant ReynoldsMVP—Ryan Ferrell; MIP—TJ Robinson; Coach’s Award— Harrison AddyOHSBCA All-Ohio: First Team—Ryan FerrellAll-League Scarlet Division: First Team—Ryan Ferrell, Harrison Addy; Second Team— Chris Brenning, Brian Goertemoeller; Honorable Mention—Matthew Monteith, Brandon Malofsky, TJ RobinsonMVC Scholar-Athletes—Harrison Addy, Carl Compton, Jeff Dedeker, Brian Goertemoeller, Matthew Monteith, TJ Robinson

GIRLS VARSITY FAST-PITCH SOFTBALLCoach Betts said, “We finished 11-5—one game shy of a league championship and one game shy of a sectional championship. This group was a pleasure to work with. There was a chemistry in this group that we as coaches would like to take for granted, but we do not take it for granted. These girls like the game and they like each other, and Coach Huff and I enjoyed the opportunity to work with them.” Coach Tom Betts, Assistant Coach Doug HuffMVP—Bethany Buck; MIP—Zoe Barnhart; Coach’s Awards—Beth Hickenlooper, Lauren Gerhardt

All-Metro Division IV South: First Team—Bethany Buck (catcher), Lauren Driskell (third base), Monica Blanco (shortstop)All-League Scarlet Division: First Team—Lauren Gerhardt, Bethany Buck; Second Team—Monica Blanco, Lauren Driskell; Honorable Mention—Amy Mauro, Beth HickenlooperSW District Div. IV All-Star Game: Monica BlancoMVC Scholar-Athletes—Zoe Barnhart, Bethany Buck, Lauren Driskell, Lauren Gerhardt, Hillary GoldsmithOHSAA Scholar Athlete SW District—Bethany Buck

GIRLS LACROSSECoach Lewis said, “2012 was a rebuilding year for girls lacrosse. Having lost 10 players from the previous season and bringing on 12 new players, we worked very hard to build everyone’s game to be competitive with our op-ponents. Linnea Head, Claire Duncan and Kate Harsh led the team to a strong scoring year. Our defense, led by Hadiya Harrington in the goal and Sara Johnson on defense, worked hard to take this young group to a competitive level. As the season proceeded, the players started to build their teamwork and skills, so that by the end of the season, we were seeing a team that was very competitive. This bodes very well for next year, as we are losing only four players. The greatest surprise has been the solid development of the freshmen, led by Maggie

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Gosiger, who became solid contributors. To add to their skills, we were able to arrange some added games for our large number of freshmen and this was vital to their future growth. I am looking forward to an even stronger team with even higher goals for 2013.”Coach Stewart Lewis, Assistant Coach Kristin WatersMVP—Linnea Head, Claire Duncan; MIP—Lindsay Neuberger; Coach’s Award—Sara Johnson, Hadiya HarringtonAll-Ohio South Recogition (Div. II): First Team—Linnea Head; Second Team—Sara Johnson; Honorable Mention—Hadiya HarringtonScholar-Athletes—Emily Addy, Grace Cawdrey, Ellen Coombe, Lindsay Finn, Hadiya Harrigan, Linnea Head, Sara Johnson, Sophie Lewis, Nicole Malofsky, Clarke Waskowitz, Ellie Wilson OSLA & OSLCA Academic All-Ohio—Emily Addy, Grace Cawdrey, Ellen Coombe, Lindsay Finn, Hadiya Harrigan, Linnea Head, Sara Johnson, Sophie Lewis, Nicole Malofsky, Clarke Waskowitz, Ellie Wilson

BOYS LACROSSECoach Greiwe said, “The lacrosse team had a great year and built a solid foundation for the next several years. Our entire team dedicated themselves to conditioning, respect, learning, and finishing each play strong without taking short cuts. Our goalie made Second Team All-Region, and we

From left, Monica Blanco, Ryan Ferrell, Keenan James, Jackson Callow, Linnea Head.

Farewell with our gratitude, best wishes, and love!

Head of School Chris Garten announced three presti-gious faculty honors earlier this spring. Math Depart-ment Head and Upper math teacher Anne Ramsay is the 2012 recipient of the the Frederick Hauck Faculty Chair in Math and Science in recognition of the excel-lence of her teaching. Upper French teacher Ann Griep and Middle math teacher Carri Haskins are 2012 recipients of Brodie Grants for Excellence in Teaching from the Brodie Family Faculty Betterment Fund. More on these faculty honors will be in a future publication.

At the closing faculty luncheon, a new award—the Class of 1956 Faculty Award—was presented for the first time. In honor of their 50th reunion, members of

Faculty honors announced for four teachers

Anne Yancey, Sixth Grade English teacher, 14 yearsJudy Wiesmann, Eighth Grade Science teacher, 15 yearsMary Inkrot-Schroder, Director of Studies for Lower School, 20 yearsSteve Davis, Computer Science, Programming, & Economics teacher, 12 yearsAngela Kramer, Lotspeich pre-K and Extended Day teacher, 5 yearsKatie Hamilton ’97, Theater Technical Director & Prop Room Manager, 4 years & many summersFran Tesmond, Associate Director of Admission & Marketing, 3 yearsAmy Keirle, Doherty Extended Day, 3 yearsAmy Dean, Doherty Extended Day, 2 years Chelsea Graham, Upper/Middle PE Intern, 2 yearsJennifer Gutzwiller, Doherty pre-K teacher, 1 year

won our first playoff game in several years despite our young age and injuries. The lacrosse team used this year to implement a new system and way of life. We are ready for 2013 and ready to bring a new banner to Kalnow. Every player from this year’s team will be returning next year, so buy your 2013 lacrosse tickets.”Coach Nick Greiwe; Assistant Coaches Zac Greiwe, Dan SantosMVP—Stefan Antonsson; MIP—Evan Werner; Coach’s Awards—Brian Collette, George KaramanoukianAll-Region: Second Team—George KaramanoukianScholar-Athletes—Stefan Antonsson, Chris Gangl, Chas Gregory, George Karamanoukian, Pearce Kieser, Ike Lanier, Luke Miller

VARSITY TRACK AND FIELDCoach Luckie said, “We had two freshmen (Alayna and Matt), two sophomores (Kevin & Jeff), and four seniors (Alex, Paddack, Ian & TJ) qualify to regionals this year. They made up two relays (4 x 400, 4 x 800) and four in-dividual events (long jump, 200, 400, 800). For the sec-ond year in a row, Alex finished in the top 8 in the 800. There were two school records set in the 100 (11.02) and 400 (51.8) by TJ. Both teams were quite a bit smaller this year, but the freshman class provided a sneak preview of things to come. Thanks again to the senior class for their leadership and making this season one of the most spirited I’ve experienced in a long time.”

Coach Tana Luckie, Assistant Coach Isabelle Kalubi ’00MVRs— Alex Ferree, Sarah Williamson; MIRs—Alayna Choo, Kevin Cole; Coach’s Award—Allie Baretta, TJ NelsonAll-League: First Team—Alayna Choo (long jump)MVC Scholar-Athletes—Paddack Bahlman, Allie Baretta, Blair Brinker, Alayna Choo, Ben Chung, Kevin Cole, Claudia Fernandez, Alex Ferree, Ian Grohsgal, Helen Jatho, Ned Williamson, Sarah Williamson

At the closing faculty meeting, longtime faculty who are leaving are paid lov-ing (and funny) tributes by their close colleagues: (above from left), Sue Bone on Judy Wiesemann, Jennifer Licata and Jacky Kalubi on Anne Yancey, and Susan Marrs on Mary Inkrot-Schroder.

the Class of 1956 established a restricted endowment fund to provide an annual financial award to a member of the Upper School faculty “who fosters a love and excitement for learning among Seven Hills students.” The first recipient of the award is Middle/Upper Latin teacher Brian Sebastian (at right).

Congratulations to all of these outstanding teachers!

Mary and Head of School Chris Garten

TJ Nelson

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For the latest Upper School news, check out the online stu-dent publication, Canvass, at

http://7hillscanvass.org/.

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A look at what’s happening at Middle School

Level 1 (Eighth Grade)Alex Jiang—3rd in Ohio, 4th in nationKathy Wang—7th in Ohio, 8th in nationBrian Hills—7th in Ohio, 8th in nationMatthew Clayton—8th in Ohio, 9th in nationAndrea Johnston—8th in Ohio, 9th in nationCamille Williams—8th in Ohio, 9th in nationMaria Bobbitt-Chertock—9th in Ohio, 10th in nationMatthew Marquardt—10th in OhioJuliana Yip-Ono—11th in OhioMargaret Cox—11th in OhioMatthew Shepherd—13th in OhioClaire McDonald—13th in OhioArran Bowen—13th in Ohio

Level 01 (Seventh Grade)Emily McLennan—3rd in Ohio, 11th in nationAlex Halonen—5th in OhioAndres Antonsson—6th in OhioRosie Kilcoyne—7th in OhioCallie Jacks—7th in OhioCharlie Goldsmith—9th in Ohio

Spanish 8 (Eighth Grade)Gold Medals (95th percentile or above)Holly O’Neal (96, Outside Experience)

Silver Medals (85th-94th percentile)Andrei Savu (91)Benjamin Perez (89—Bilingual)Cole Davis (86)Katherine Coley (85)

Bronze Medals (75th-84th percentile)Lily Lou (77)Tziporah Serota (76)

Honorable Mention (50th-74th percentile)James Scheurer (70)Hasani Harrigan (67)Ryan Green (66)Elliot Glum (64)Anna Davis (63)Olivia Silverman (62)Sallie Hatfield (58)

Middle School students competed in the SIGMA math contest for the first time and earned the following hon-ors.

Eighth GradeTigar Cyr (score of 36 out of 40), Certificate & Gold PinAlex Jiang (35), Certificate & Silver PinMatthew Clayton (34), Certificate & Silver PinBennett Smith (32), Certificate & Bronze Pin

Seventh GradeCalvin Arbenz (30), Certificate

Sixth GradeCharlie Dwight (32), Certificate & Bronze PinMichael Barresi (31), Certificate & Bronze Pin

More Middle math honors!

Thanks to successful fundraising events like Bowl-a-thon, the Middle School was able to donate checks for $500 to The Caring Place and Matthew 25 Ministries. Picured above at the year’s last assembly are Caring Place Director Ceal Bellman, eighth grader Kenneth Remaklus, and teacher Beth Leonard.

Middle’s top honors on National French Contest, National Spanish Exam

Above, Middle’s French scholars. Spanish scholars are pictured on the next page.

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National French Contest honorees National Spanish Exam honorees

At left, National Spanish Exam honor-ees with teacher Cassandra Bruce.

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Middle School Spring Sports

Congratulations to Matthew Marquardt (at right), who competed in the Deer Creek Sprint Triathlon on June 3 and placed first in his age group (15-19) and 15th overall against over 200+ competitors! A sprint triathlon consists of swimming 750m, biking 20km and running 5km, and Matthew completed the course in 1 hour 11 minutes.

The Middle School baseball team had high expectations entering the 2012 season, with an MVC Tournament Championship at the top of its list. The team was domi-nant during the regular season and beat league rival Cincinnati Christian in the tournament championship game, giving the Middle School baseball program its first MVC title! The coaches attribute the success to the play-ers’ commitment to the season and their goals.

Great pitching, solid defense, and timely hitting were the key attributes to the team totaling an 8-3 overall record on the season. The eighth graders provided strong leader-ship and the whole team will take a lot of pride in seeing “2012 Baseball” added to the championship banners in the Stoehr Gym. The Stingers were coached by Mike Heis, Eric Wetli, and Grant Reynolds.

Coach Russell White said, “The Middle tennis team worked hard and enjoyed a very successful and thrill-ing season. Teammates made each other better through practice times and camaraderie, and the team focused on our season-ending doubles tournament that we hosted on our varsity courts. The home fans got quite a show as Seven Hills won the 2012 Seven Hills Doubles Tournament Championship trophy and even more outstanding: they swept all four flights as the coaches watched their play-ers walk off with medals as they break away from us and continue training.” Coaches Russell White and Robert Horne led the Stingers this spring tennis season.

“When we embarked upon the 2012 Middle School boys lacrosse season, we knew we had a tough road ahead of us,” said Coach Mike Collette. “Our team only had a handful of eighth graders, no experience at the goal tender position, a small team leaving us very few subs, and a very challenging schedule that pitted us against many ‘A’ level eighth grade teams. Despite these challenges and multiple games where we only had one or two subs on the sideline, we had a terrific year and developed a ‘warrior culture’ that will serve us well for the 2013 season.

“Signature games that defined our season were our mid-season victory against Walnut Hills and a big win vs. rival Summit Country Day. While our overall record was

just under .500, we won the games we should have won, including an exciting victory over Bellbrook at the state championships when we tied the game with 15 seconds to go and emerged victorious in overtime.

“Our seventh graders gained valuable experience this season and our eighth graders deserve recognition for building a strong foundation and setting the ‘never quit’ tone for the 2013 team. Congratulations to all the boys on an outstanding 2012 season.” The Stingers were coached by Mike Collette, Mike Schnirring, and Jake Barnett.

The 2012 Middle School girls lacrosse team was short on numbers and experience but not on determination. With every practice and game the girls improved tremendously and fielded a very competitive team this spring. The sea-son consisted of a lot of exciting close losses and big wins with their high-powered offense and rock-solid defense keeping them in every game. Highlights of the season included wins over league rival CCD, Mason, and power-house Cincinnati Royals. The girls gained valuable experi-ence and carried on the tradition of being a competitive Seven Hills MS Lax Team with great sportsmanship and team camaraderie. The Lady Stingers were coached by Chelsea Graham and Winston Licata.

Seven Hill is proud to offer the fifth year of the Downey Seminars, the first in a series of international programs for Seven Hills students. This is a program which Seven Hills, in collaboration with UC and supported through the generos-ity of the The Harriette R. Williams Downey Fund, offers a total four-week experience on China for rising seniors.

Students spent the first week at school learning the basics of the Mandarin Chinese language while studying fundamen-tal elements of Chinese history, culture and traditions. The students will then travel to Beijing, Liuzhou, and Shanghai for the following three weeks to experience firsthand life in Chinese society. More on the students’ China trip in our next Buzz.

This year’s China trip is led by UC International Program Manager Ryan Meyer, Science Department Chair Karen Glum, and Chinese I and II teacher Peggy Lovro.

Student participants are Caroline Bonini, Cullen Diemer, Anna Gagliardo, Caleigh Griffin, Carly Harten, Allison Hills, Hugh MacKay, Kyle Patel, Georgie Russell, Adeline Sawyer, Terrance Webb, and Elizabeth Young.

China trip continued from page 1

A look at what’s happening at Lotspeich

Fifth Grade vs. Faculty Tennis Baseball

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What a wonderful production of the musical Joust! Bravo to the fifth graders and Directors Robin Wilson and Russell White.

Above, Jr. Zoologists culminated their year of service in the Leyman Science Center with Breakfast with the Animals.

A look at what’s happening at Doherty

Fifth Grade vs. Faculty Kickball Game

Fourth & Fifth Grade Olympic Day

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