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SUMMITWinter 2015 - 16
SOCCER TEAMS MAKE HISTORYTwo State Championships
Inside: Look at Our New SpacesWe Celebrate 125 Years
Winter 2015 - 20162
The magazine of The Summit Country Day School
Winter 2015-16
EDITOR Nancy Berlier
ALUMNI EDITOR Janine Boeing
ART DIRECTOR/DESIGNER Kathy (Hilsinger) Penote ’93
PHOTOGRAPHY Robert A. Flischel, Jolene Barton, Joe Harrison,
Rick Norton, Impact Action Sports Photography, Leah Fightmaster, Nancy Berlier, Kathy Penote, Karen Kinross, Joe Smallwood, Lisa Nicholson.
CONTRIBUTORS Janine Boeing, Mike Dyer, Sarah Cooney,
Sr. Kim Dalgarn SNDdeN, Leah Fightmaster, Lauren Guip, Susan Karbowski, Kathryn Negard,
Kathy Schwartz. Special thanks: Jen McGrath, Nancy Snow, Kim Reed.
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that are hallmarks of a Catholic education.
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ON THE COVER: Co-captains Charlie Maciejewski and Morgan Evans carry their state championship trophies as they lead their teams through the entire student body, which formed a “spirit tunnel” to welcome home the double state champions. Cincinnati has not seen a school win double championships in the same sport since 1986. The boys and girls’ teams set several records on the way to No. 1. Photo by Jolene Barton. Story on page 30.
ABOVE: As viewed through a fish-eye lens, The Summit’s new 1,571 square-foot art studio provides natural light where students can work in a large group on drawing horses, separately on drafting tables and computers. A separate darkroom, kiln room and ceramics classroom supplement the art studio. The studio, darkroom and kiln room are in the east wing addition, built during the summer of 2015 thanks to the generosity of donors in the Aiming Higher campaign. Photo by Joe Harrison. Story on page 14.
GOAL SETTING DRIVES ACHIEVEMENT
Head of School Message
We teach the children under our care that God has put them on earth for a reason. Their job is to discern what that reason is.
Their first reaction is to think about that idea in the short term. Our jobs as educators are to challenge them to extend the horizon of their thinking. We don’t expect them to plan out their lives at these ages. However, we suggest to them they need to prepare themselves to pursue a longer term, important life purpose.
Archery is a helpful metaphor in this regard. We equip a child with a bow and an arrow, but if that’s all we do, the child aimlessly wanders around shooting randomly. Once a target is set, and we tell the child the circle in the center is the objective, it changes the game entirely. The challenge motivates the child to keep trying until the bullseye is hit consistently. Children like challenges.
To that end we introduced a goal-setting program three years ago. From first through 12th grade each year, a note goes home from the school which asks the
parent and the child to agree on at least two goals for the next
12 months – one of which must be academic. The child must play a key role in that discussion, so the child owns the goal going forward.
When the goals come into the school, the
teacher or advisor works with the child to develop a plan to achieve the goal. Goals without plans
are no good.
Once the plan is in place, the
teacher or advisor checks back with the child through the year to ensure the child is making progress on the plan. The Middle School has a process called Mid-Quarter Reviews: the student meets one-on-one with the advisor mid-way through the quarter to see how things are going. A report then goes home to the parents based on that discussion.
As the children move through the grades, we want them to develop the habit of setting goals, developing plans to achieve the goals, executing those plans, achieving the goals, and then the process starts over again. We want this habit to become ingrained in how the students live their lives so the habit continues on into college and beyond.
What am I good at?
What does the community
need?
What do I like to do?
This program develops children in a variety of ways:
• It encourages self-reflection. What am I good at? What do I like to do? What does the community in which I live need? If the children think about these three questions as circles in a Venn diagram, they are looking for answers where the three questions intersect.
• It improves relationships between the child and the adults in the child’s life. Once there is agreement on the goals, there is less conflict on how the child spends his or her time. The teachers, coaches and parents can provide better support to the child.
• The child becomes more motivated in life and more engaged at school. Life isn’t an aimless
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Contents
6Features
In an application of recent neuroscience research, the new IGKnight Music Program uses music and movement to enhance cognition in babies and strengthens the parent-child connection.
8Following the brain-targeted teaching model developed at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education’s Neuro-Education Initiative, a new Outdoor Learning Space lets students benefit from a sensory experience that comes with changes in light, sound and scents.
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Departments
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Student/Faculty Newsmakers
Athletics Roundup
Alumni Class Notes
Alumni Athletes
Legacy photo
Save the Date
When school started this year, students discovered new spaces in the east wing addition of the Upper School and renovated science laboratories in the Upper and Middle Schools funded through the generosity of donors in the Aiming Higher campaign. We asked some of our teachers to tell us how the new spaces help them advance The Summit’s mission in the 21st century.
36 The campus has been buzzing with activity surrounding our 125th anniversary. See our pictures and stories.
journey. School isn’t just a bunch of hoops through which the child is asked to jump. There is a purpose. Having a purpose in life makes the journey meaningful and can lead to joy when goals are reached.
One of the challenges in this process is determining an appropriate goal. I tell folks the goal should be out of reach but not out of sight. However, it has to be sufficiently out of reach to be challenging. I’m reminded of this Michelangelo’s quotation, “The greater danger for most of us isn’t that our aim is too high and miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” Of course, as a school, we’ve taken a strong position on this issue: Aim High!
The environment of excellence at The Summit provides plenty of examples and role models in this regard. This past fall we saw two soccer teams set a goal of winning the state tournament, even though that goal eluded them the year before. Not so this year.
As a school we set a goal of raising $18.6 million in the Aiming Higher campaign. Our stakeholders were inspired by this lofty goal and, indeed, aimed higher which allowed us to exceed that goal. We also set a goal of renovating eight science labs and building a five-story addition to the main building in just 13-and-a-half weeks. Several parents told their children, “School’s start will probably be delayed; they’ll never get all that done in time.” It was.
J.C Penney summed it up pretty well, “Give me a stock clerk with a goal, and I’ll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I’ll give you a stock clerk.”
Setting goals and achieving them – that’s The Summit Way.
Rich WilsonHead of School
28 The Summit’s boys’ and girls’ soccer teams make history – both winning Division III state championships with several players distinguishing themselves with individual records.
9 The Lower School Service Club collected more than 660 pairs of shoes for children in Nicaragua who need them in order to attend school.
4042 During Homecoming Weekend, The Summit
inducted Sarah Petrie ’99, Justin Sanders ’95 and Jamal Shteiwi ’00 into the Alumni Hall of Fame. Lt. Col. Ryan Chmielewski ’96 and Rob Dziech ’88 were given the Meritorious Service Award. Nick Fryer BMS ’91 received the Artistic Achievement Award. Lily Raphael ’08 was honored with the Young Alumni Award.
An incomplete list of Angel Donors was published in the 2014-2015 Annual Report. We regret our error. The complete list of Angel Donors is printed in this magazine.
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Walter “Chip” Homan SBS ’66 was the 2015 recipient of the McKenzie-Sargent Distinguished Alumni Award at the Leaders of Character Society Reception.
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By Lauren Guip
When meeting Donna Doran, teacher of the new Summit IGKnight Music Program for babies and toddlers, it’s immediately apparent she has a passion for both music and children. She was eager to share her knowledge and excitement for the new parent-child program. “Through music at this age, and through movement and body awareness, you are building pathways in the brain. It’s exciting. Observing the interactions between the children and the bonding of parents to their children reminds me that these moments are so special,” Mrs. Doran says. The research agrees with her. In 2012 a group of researchers at Northwestern University studied the
New program “IGknights” love of learning for babies, toddlers
impact of early music lessons (at age 3 and under) on the adult human brain. Their findings were consistent with reports that early music experiences are predictive of enhanced cognitive performance in older adults.
Mrs. Doran has crafted her own technique with the children stemming from her broad range of experiences as both a music educator and as a parent of two children herself. In each 45-minute session, she begins the lesson with what she calls “focused
steady beat activity.” Keeping a steady beat may initially be parent-directed, but over the weeks, children become more independent, patting and clapping by themselves. She then leads the parent-child pairs into activities that promote the awareness of rhythm and beat. “Steady beat competency
Babies and toddlers explore pitch and space using scarves to move to music in Donna Doran’s IGknight Music and Movement class.
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impacts gross- and fine-motor skills, she says. “In addition, the ability to keep a steady beat correlates to early math abilities. Repeating the steady beat heard in a musical piece helps children identify and repeat a simple pattern, which is a foundational math concept.”
Mrs. Doran then goes on to involve the children in movement activities, musical play with scarves and props, and time for the children to explore instruments. This inspires movement and active participation, while developing a love for music that she hopes will stay with the children as they continue their education in music at The Summit in preschool and beyond.
Mrs. Doran’s background in music education includes a Bachelor of Arts degree from Transylvania University in music education, a master’s in music education from the University of Cincinnati’s Conservatory of Music and early childhood music training. She also currently serves as education director for the Linton Chamber Music “Peanut Butter & Jam Sessions,” which introduce young children to classical music through interactive concerts.
Registration is now open for Session III of IGknight, “Let’s Play in May!” For more information, please contact Donna Doran at [email protected].
Lauren Guip is a Lead Teacher in the Montessori Program.
A child enjoys bouncing to the beat on the grown-up’s legs. They followed the descending pitches in the song by sliding down their mom’s legs.
Drums are a favorite of all the children. Babies and toddlers keep a steady beat and explore all the different sounds they can make on a drum.
Adults are singing “Apple Tree” while bouncing their children on their legs. The children learn to anticipate a slide down mom’s legs following the ending downward melody of the song.
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By Kathryn Negard
The Summit Country Day School strives to create engaging experiences for students. This summer, a new Outdoor Learning Space was developed in the green space between the Lower and Middle School. The Outdoor Learning Space is an area where students can work and learn while surrounded by nature.
Teachers were quick to put it to use. Fourth grade teacher Barb Sander took her students there to create bookmarks for first graders that incorporated The Summit’s values in honor of our 125th anniversary.
In preparation for Diversity and Inclusion speaker, Native American songwriter Steve Free, Lower School Literacy Coach Patti Kenney used the Outdoor Learning Space to encourage students to listen and look at nature as inspiration for poetry, and some students even stood beneath the tree and read their poetry out loud.
Fourth grade math teacher Ellen Valentine took her class outside to work on a project in which students were asked to plan a 10,000-mile road trip using their knowledge of place value and rounding, using maps of Cincinnati, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Ohio and the Southeast regions of the USA.
Brain-targeted Teaching Model Used in Outdoor Learning Space
Lower School Guidance Counselor Kendra Thornton, who is currently working on her PhD in the neuroscience of brain-targeted learning, knows that spending time learning outdoors is extremely valuable.
“The physical learning environment is an important aspect of the brain-targeted teaching model created by Dr. Mariale Hardiman,” she says. “Our new Outdoor Learning Space takes into account several features of an ideal educational setting, as outlined by Dr. Hardiman. When students move outdoors, they benefit from the sensory experience that comes with changes in light, sound and scents. The power of natural light should not be underestimated, as research has shown it may improve math and reading scores.”
Mrs. Thornton says the novelty of being outside also has a positive effect on students. “The active brain constantly scans the environment and, as a result, approximately 90 percent of the brain’s sensory input is visual stimuli,” she says. “Researchers tell us the brain is influenced by novelty in the environment, and findings revealed that children were off task more frequently in surroundings that lacked novelty. While it is a lovely, peaceful place for students and teachers to engage in learning, it is distinctive in that it supports what we know about how children learn best.”
Lower School math teacher Ellen Valentine works with students in the Outdoor Learning Space.
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By Leah Fightmaster
In the Lower School, service learning sometimes reaches beyond the bounds of home.
For the last several years, Lower School students have dug through their closets to find gently used shoes they didn’t or couldn’t wear anymore with the intention of helping another child. Each child’s small contribution went to the Cultural Center of Batahola Norte in Nicaragua, where children and adults can’t attend school or classes unless they are wearing shoes – which can sometimes be scarce.
The Lower School Service Club took on the project two years ago, giving students a chance to make it their own and take ownership of it. “Children are becoming active participants – an important aspect of the service learning that is valued at The Summit Country Day School,” said Lower School Director Helen Clark.
This year, members of the club met to make posters encouraging their classmates to bring shoes in, and created more than 200 small, paper shoes to send home with each child as a reminder to consider donating to the cause.
“At their age, they can’t do great, big, huge things, but this project starts them out young to think of others and develop leadership skills,” said Kathleen
LS Service Club Helps Nicaraguan Students Put Best Foot Forward
Kane, second grade teacher and a Service Club moderator. “Part of the mission statement of The Summit is for students to ‘value and improve the world they inherit.’ We’re teaching them that we need to help everyone, and they’re doing their part.”
Much of the shoe drive’s success is dependent upon Service Club members becoming ambassadors for the project and selling it to their classmates – a task they take seriously. Students determine the highest traffic areas to hang their posters to ensure the most eyes reach them. They encourage their friends to participate, as well as their own siblings, parents and extended family.
As a result, more than 660 pairs of adult and children’s shoes were donated. The service lesson also ties in to the school’s focus on global citizenry – students are exposed to a new country and culture outside of their own and learn to appreciate both the differences and similarities between the two.
“We want them to see they have the capability to improve the world and someone else’s wellbeing by donating something,” said Ceil Johnson, first grade teacher and Service Club moderator. “They see that they have the capability to help, even as a young child.”
The Lower School Service Club collected more than 660 pairs of adult and children’s shoes for the Cultural Center of Batahola Norte in Nicaragua. Members of the service club who led the collection are, L to R, second graders Tom Hobbins, Ella Fernandez, Elsa Hobbins, Nabil Sinno, Hana Conte and Samantha Stagnaro. Not shown: Paige Kropp.
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NEWSMAKERS
Elena Montag ’16 achieved a rare perfect 36 composite score on the ACT college entrance exam. Each year, less than one-tenth of 1 percent of the approximately 1.9 million test-takers nationwide earn a perfect composite score, according to the ACT. The mark represents an average of the scores on the test’s four sections – English, math, reading and science. Elena achieved a 36 on each portion, making her feat even more remarkable. The average national composite score in 2015 was 21, according to the ACT site. The average Ohio composite score was 22. Classmate Lily Lu scored a perfect 36 earlier, reported in the previous magazine.
Texas. In addition, he was on the second-place advanced certamen team with Tullus Dean ’17, testing their knowledge of Latin and classical civilization in a Jeopardy! format. Campbell also was third in vocabulary, fifth in mottos, sixth in Latin derivatives, and seventh in heptathlon, Latin grammar, Latin literature and reading comprehension. All 18 art pieces by Joseph Delamerced ’18 placed in the top 10 and five earned
Dustin Argo, Lily Lu, Jack Meyer, Elena Montag, Tony Ortiz, Calvin Spanbauer and David Temming, all members of the class of 2016, have been recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program as semifinalists. They now compete for $33 million in scholarships that will be awarded in spring. They are among about 16,000
semifinalists, who represent the top 1 percent of the 1.4 million students nationwide who took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test as juniors. Additionally, 12 seniors were named commended scholars and as a whole the group represents 19 percent of the graduating class. That per capita percentage is higher than in any other Catholic or public school in Hamilton County.
Yi Nuo “Jenny” Zhang ’16 was awarded
the Yale Young Global Scholars Director’s Award after participating in the university’s Science, Policy and Innovation summer program. The award recognizes exceptional achievement and leadership. Yale invited about 200 students out of 1,500 applicants worldwide. Students lived on the Yale campus for two weeks and participated in daily lectures, seminars and small-group meetings to consider responses to global issues. Jenny’s small group presented a capstone project called “Regulating Discrimination in the Process of Selecting Participants in Space Colonization.”
One recent Summit graduate won two major awards at this summer’s National Junior Classical League Convention, and several current students collected top 10 awards at the Latin conference. Jesse Campbell ’15 received the Anne Covington National Latin Honor Society Scholarship and the Dennis Bartlow Travel Award, which covered his costs for the event in San Antonio,
Elena Montag ’16
Yi Nuo “Jenny” Zhang ’16
Jesse Campbell ’15
Dustin Argo Lily Lu Jack Meyer
Elena Montag
Tony Ortiz
Calvin Spanbauer
David Temming
Tony Ortiz
first place. Other Summit top 10 winners among the 1,600 attendees were Hali Clark ’18, second in girls costume; Julia Dean ’19, 10th in vocabulary; Davis DeFoor ’18, third in open certamen and essay contest, sixth in sight Latin recitation; Liv Hartman ’18, ninth in mosaic; Elisa Stanis ’16, fourth in mixed media, fifth in chalk/pastel, eighth in sculpture; and Matthew Warden ’20, fourth in heptathlon and Greek history.
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Newsmakers
Elizabeth studied this summer in the Critical Care MediaLab at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Her depiction of a cross section of the spinal cord, nerves connecting to it and a muscle became part of an article published in the journal. Through three sequentially tiered classes and an authentic research experience, The Summit’s unique institute gives students a head start on college-level scientific research and writing.Aaron Chow and
Brooks Taylor, 2015 graduates, were named Advanced Placement National Scholars by the College Board. To earn the recognition, Aaron and Brooks had to receive an average score of at least 4 on all AP exams they took and scores of 4 or higher on at least eight exams. Aaron, who is attending the University of Michigan, took 12 AP courses. Brooks, a freshman at Vanderbilt University, took 10 AP courses. Altogether, 71 Summit students earned AP recognitions from the College Board.
Elizabeth Herfel ’16 had a medical illustration she created as part of her lab coursework with The Summit’s Science Research Institute printed in the Journal of Hand Surgery, a national publication.
Nathalie Plum ’16 and Caroline Karbowski ’18 had the honor of performing in Vatican City at St. Peter’s Basilica with members of the Sycamore Community Summer Singers during a concert tour of Italy and France. The choir has 83 members, most of them high school students representing 10 area schools. Nine months of rehearsals (more than 60 in all) preceded the biennial tour.
Jimmy Fraley ’22 was selected to attend the Aviation Challenge at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala. The weeklong summer program promotes STEM education while providing hands-on activities and missions based on teamwork, leadership and decision-making.
Jimmy was part of the Aviation Challenge MACH I Program, designed for students with an interest in military aviation and the mechanics of flight. He trained with a team that flew a simulated F/A-18 fighter jet and learned survival skills.
Four members of the class of 2017 appear in the anthology A Celebration of Young Poets – Ohio Spring 2015. They are Elizabeth Gottenbusch for “Worry-Free,” Lisa Poffenberger for “The Pesky Flower,” Hailey Zhang for “The Fall” and George Ruan for “New York State of Mind.” Published writers and educators selected their work in a contest sponsored by Creative Communication.
Six students won awards in the Hyde Park Square Art Show this fall. In the fifth and sixth grade division, Anna Catherine Sansalone ’22 took second place for her ink, tempera and dye work titled “Ric Rack.” Drew Cavallo ’22 won third place with his corrugated sculpture “Golden Dream.” In the seventh and eighth grade division, Elsa Khan ’20 took first with her ink drawing and etching “Majestic Manor.” Rebecca Smith ’20 was runner-up with her tack sculpture “Walk the Talk.” In the upper grades, Jodie Hutchins ’16 received first place for her pencil drawing, and Meghan O’Brien ’17 won third place for her pencil drawing.
Three student artists were accepted into the
Thomas More College Juried High School Art Show out of hundreds of local submissions. They are Jodie Hutchins ’16 for her pencil drawing “Eyeball,” Jordyn Northern ’17 for her acrylic painting “Portrait in Blue,” and Dee Pierre ’17 for “Vans,” a charcoal drawing.
For the third year, Elisa Stanis ’16 spent part of her summer teaching drawing in exchange for donations to Corryville Catholic Elementary School’s tuition fund and raised nearly $1,700. Elisa spent a week teaching nine students enrolled in her Drawing Characters Art Camp, part of The Summit’s Summer Exploration program. She’s now raised about $2,500 total in three summers and plans to teach the class again next year.
A rookie team of seven students from The Summit’s Middle School won two awards while attending FIRST LEGO League camp this summer at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. They received lessons in preparation, teamwork, programming and project-based learning over five days that culminated in a (conmrobot challenge.
Aaron Chow
Brooks Taylor
Elizabeth Herfel ’16
L to R: Nathalie Plum ’16 and Caroline Karbowski ’18
Elisa Stanis ’16
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Newsmakers
(continued from page 11)Summit’s team won awards for excellence in design and high score in the challenge. Members were Darnell Baldwin ’23, Trey Butler ’23, Nick Carle ’23, Adam Johnson ’22, Lleyton Kidd ’23, Marcela Palek ’21 and Sam Parker ’23. Their teachers were Joy Parker and Michael DiPaola.
FACULTY NEWSMAKERS
Rich Wilson, Head of School, was elected board president of the Ohio Association of Independent Schools. OAIS is a nonprofit made up of nearly 50 pre-primary, elementary, middle and secondary schools that support and advance independent education in the state.
that recognize and foster dignity, identity, community, empathy and self-respect. The program was funded with a grant from The Memorial Library in New York City.
Language arts teacher Laura Adkins completed a National Endowment for the Humanities summer seminar titled “Teaching Connected Histories of the Mediterranean” at the University of Denver. The 30 educators selected for the three-week program combined reading with lectures and discussions to brainstorm curriculum about the Middle East and Islamic studies. The teachers will continue to share their insights with one another throughout the school year. Mrs. Adkins has already incorporated information from the seminar into her 10th grade class and will be introducing it to her sixth graders next.
Upper School teacher Ed Escudero is incorporating the use of The Summit’s new 3D printers into the chemistry and materials science curriculum after he took a hands-on additive manufacturing class this summer on the campuses of Carnegie Mellon and Penn State. Mr. Escudero also presented his own
Middle School language arts teacher Rosie Sansalone led 16 teachers from Ohio in a social justice workshop this summer at The Summit. Middle School science teacher Megan Rademacher was among the attendees. The Pathways for Justice Seminar illustrated how to develop a curriculum that uses the lessons of the Holocaust as a lens to teach social justice. The educators focused on creating classrooms
materials science courses this summer at the University of Delaware and Youngstown State.
Lower School Director Helen Clark, Curriculum and Instruction Director Kirstin McEachern, math coach Julia Almaguer, first grade teacher Ceil Johnson, second grade teacher Kathleen Kane and third grade teacher Stacy Remke are attending monthly workshops with the Professional Learning Communities at Xavier University. The sessions, which focus on collaborative culture, are for educators in Cincinnati Catholic schools. Lower School teachers for the past five years have attended the PLC workshops, where they learn best practices from educational leaders and then bring those lessons back to The Summit.
Nine members of the Middle School (MS) faculty and staff took part in the Robin’s Nest 5K walk/run this fall in Covington. The event raises money for the Robin’s Nest Charitable Fund, a nonprofit that former SMS teacher Traci Nestheide and her family established to benefit cancer patients after the death of Traci’s sister Robin Evernham. Religion and social studies teacher Julie Currie, whose family has been helped by Robin’s Nest, led participants in prayer before the start. Joining her were language arts teachers Laura Adkins, Meghan Cole, Rosie
Lower School teachers Ellen Valentine (fourth grade math, social studies) and Sherry Schneider ‘81 (first grade) attended regional conferences of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in November. Mrs. Valentine went to Minneapolis, where topics included computational fluency, or knowing the best method to solve a problem efficiently and accurately. Mrs. Schneider traveled to the Nashville conference, which included discussion on how blogs, Twitter and other web tools are changing the way students learn math.
Sansalone and Anne Vertuca; religion teachers Allie Hadley and Penny Herr; administrative assistant Jen McGrath; and mathematics teacher Jamie Zupka, as well as several Middle School cross country runners.
Rosie Sansalone
Ed Escudero
Ellen Valentine
Sherry Schneider ‘81
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Newsmakers
Literacy Coach Patti Kenney, second grade teacher Nancy Wojcik and third grade teacher Megan Gardner gave a presentation about The Summit’s Five Star Reading Program at the annual conference of the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS) held this fall in St. Paul, Minn. The Summit is an accredited member of ISACS. The title of their workshop was “The New Three R’s of Reading: Rethink, Repurpose, Redesign” and focused on ways to develop individualized instruction and help students in primary grades build independent reading stamina. Key aspects of the Five Star Reading program in The Summit Lower School are phonics, The Daily Five (reading to self, reading to others, listening to reading, writing, practicing vocabulary and spelling), reading reflection, frequent assessments and personalized support.
Montessori teacher Lavina Ambani graduated in the spring from the University of Cincinnati with a master’s in education – curriculum and instruction with a gifted endorsement. Mrs. Ambani also holds bachelor’s degrees from Xavier University and Manipal University in India and an early
childhood Montessori diploma from Montessori Centre International in London. Prior to joining The Summit in 2011, she worked at The Lemon Tree Montessori in the United Kingdom and the Montessori Academy of Cincinnati in Mason.
Greg Williams, who teaches music to grades 4-8, received Level I Orff Certification this summer from the University of Kentucky. Orff, named for a German composer, is a music pedagogy that uses singing, speech, movement and play to create student-driven and student-centered lessons. The method teaches not only music skills but
also problem-solving skills while creating lifelong music lovers. The Orff Schulwerk approach is already used in The Summit’s Montessori preschool classrooms.
Lavina Ambani
L to R: Megan Gardner, Nancy Wojcik and Patti Kenney
Greg Williams
Nationally noted pediatrician, educator and author Kenneth Ginsburg, M.D. M.Ed., and Renee Mattson, M.Ed., founder of Child in Bloom parent and educational coaching, spoke at the Early Childhood Education Symposium in November. The Lower School Gym was packed with parents when Dr. Ginsburg delivered the keynote address on how to raise resilient children who are prepared to thrive.
Award-winning Ohio native folk artist Steve Free and his band taught students about Native American culture and beliefs during a series of presentations for various age groups. The presentations were sponsored by the Diversity & Inclusion Committee.
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New Spaces Revitalize The Summit in Our 125th Anniversary Year
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The Summit opened the doors to
its 125th anniversary year in a big
way with five floors added to the east
wing of the main building just as The
Summit welcomed a record freshman
class.
Funded by the generosity of donors
in the Aiming Higher campaign,
$8.6 million in capital improvements
included renovation of all the Upper
School science laboratories in the west
wing, bringing them up-to-date with
the school’s college-level research
equipment and providing a new
independent studies science laboratory
that also serves as home base for the
unique-in-Cincinnati Science Research
Institute. Also the Middle School
administrative suite, nurse’s office and
Science, Technology, Engineering and
Math laboratory were renovated.
Renovations and new spaces prompted
some teachers to move into new
classrooms. The English department
moved into the new east wing where
it is now near the social studies
teachers, making it easier for them
to collaborate on research projects
that are hallmarks of The Summit’s
signature Writing Program. In the new
wing, the art room doubled in size.
Williams Library was greatly expanded
too.
As The Summit this year honors a
rich tradition of educating leaders of
character since 1890, we asked some
of our faculty members how their
new spaces help them advance the
founding Sisters’ mission in the 21st
Century.
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Biology teacher Kat Roedig’s newly renovated laboratory offers lab tables, equipped with water, electricity and gas, which can be vertically adjusted so students can stand for dissections or sit for lectures. Laboratory equipment is comparable to what students will find in top colleges. Roll-out shelves in the glass-fronted cabinets make it easy to pull out a 3D anatomical model for display. See story on page 20.
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Jessica Replogle, Ph.D.Science Research Institute Head
Independent studies at The Summit are an example of project-based learning, a method that helps to shift away from teacher-based learning to student-centered projects. The new home of the Science Research Institute has been designed to feel like a professional research lab and provide students space to pursue independent studies in biology, chemistry, physics or engineering.
Pier lab benches were designed for individual work space while perimeter counters provide space for the various shared equipment such as centrifuges, microfuges, thermocycler gel electrophoresis chambers and incubators. A biosafety cabinet allows students to learn how to perform sterile techniques, as well as keeps sterile any biological specimens used in independent studies. The biosafety cabinet and specialized fume hoods enable me to teach students authentic techniques that may be utilized in college and professional laboratories, enabling students to build connections to real-world situations. My hope is this space and equipment will allow our science teachers and students to build relationships with scientists in the community who, in turn, will embrace mentoring student projects.
Centered in the Science Research Institute is a large meeting table where students gather for the science research courses. Not only does it give the classes a more intimate feeling, similar to a laboratory group meeting, but it provides excellent space to plan and discuss individual projects.
ActivBoard technology will allow for a variety of media to be shared during class. The arrangement provides the students an opportunity to practice communicating scientific knowledge through informal discussions and professional-style presentation.
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The Independent Studies Laboratory on the second floor of the west wing of The Summit’s main building houses the Science Research Institute. The space was designed to feel like a professional research lab where students can pursue research in biology, chemistry, physics or engineering.
Working with Jessica Replogle, Ph.D., Science Research Institute Head, junior Andrew Zhou prepares sample dilutions for a colorimetric assay to be analyzed on a Genesys 20 visible spectrophotometer.
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Karen Cruse SuderUpper School Science Curriculum Coordinator, Biology Teacher
The renovated science laboratories create opportunities to excite students to connect classroom instruction with real life. Students are gaining valuable laboratory skills in an environment that mimics post-secondary science institutions and research facilities. Students are utilizing state-of-the art equipment and feel like scientists on a daily basis.
The new laboratories are conducive to both discussion and exploration. Laboratory groups are able to design a scientific investigation, carry it out and interpret and discuss the results in an effective manner due to the unique lab design. All materials are within reach, promoting effective instruction and inquiry. The Summit boasts an extensive collection of laboratory equipment, and the new laboratories are the perfect complement to the faculty expertise.
Science teachers spend many hours preparing for student laboratories. Every discipline – biology,
chemistry and physics – now have prep areas that are separate from the classrooms and laboratories.
Renovated prep areas enable teachers to work efficiently, and they offer additional opportunities for student exploration. The biology prep area
features ample storage for shared biology supplies as well as cold storage, including refrigerators and freezers for dissection specimens, DNA samples and other perishable materials. Cold storage enables students to conduct investigations over several days or weeks, rather than a one-day laboratory investigation due to the perishable nature
of certain materials.
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Biology teacher Karen Cruse Suder helps students process evidence left at a mock crime scene involving the kidnapping of the Silver Knight. L to R, ninth graders Nathan Fitzpatrick, Caitlin Barnes, Caroline Kubicki and Bronson Mehlman perform qualitative analysis of food substances for the presence of macromolecules such as carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids. Comparing evidence from the “scene” with samples from four suspects, students designed their own inquiry laboratory to process the evidence and reach a conclusion.
Karen Suder explains to ninth grader Aaron Bialon how science research laboratories use autoclaves like the one in The Summit’s biology prep room to sterilize equipment and liquids. Summit students benefit from the wide range of research-grade equipment in their labs.
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Phyllis Lipovsky Upper School English Teacher
The sprawling physical space allows me to give groups distinct areas to work and develop ideas on their own. For performance, I now have an expansive “stage” for students to bring the works we study to life. This has already been successful for acting out the battle scenes in Beowulf, and I look forward to seeing Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet come to life in this enhanced space as well.
On a personal note, I find the room’s five large windows inspiring; it is a bright and welcoming space to work on lesson plan, grade and interact with my students each day.
Gail RoseroUpper School English Teacher
My room is at least twice as large as my previous one, and I have already seen the benefits of more space.
Usually, when my students peer-edit their essays, it can be noisy, as students read their essays out loud and talk to each other about their writing. In the past, I had to put students in the hallway and in empty classrooms so that they could hear each other. This year, when my juniors peer edited their first essays, everyone was able to stay in the room without disrupting others. When any of the students or I had information to share, everyone was in the same room to hear it, which enhanced the educational experience.
English teacher Phyllis Lipovsky’s room in the new east wing is twice as large as her previous room, providing space for students to act out scenes in Beowulf, meet in small groups to review plot points in Macbeth or welcome in another classroom for a Literature Circle discussion.
Left: English teacher Gail Rosero’s students are organized in small groups to work on a research and writing assignment. The size of the room allows them to spread out so that their discussions do not disrupt each other.
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Marianne CramerHead Librarian
Dreams for new library spaces at The Summit always centered on two key components. It was important that a library would provide a variety of seating and technology to reflect work spaces for different types of learners. The library also needed to be a bridge between the more traditional work/study environment of our reference room and the modern look and feel of many college libraries. The Helen Williams Reading Room (1,464 square feet) delivers a space that has desktop computers, tables with chairs, armchairs with laptop shelves, ottomans with sliding tables, study carrels and window seats. Outlets at every table, every study carrel and along all the walls are invaluable. It is a beautiful, functional and very popular room. Our students have quickly found their perfect spots in both the reference room and the new reading room. The faculty enjoy browsing the DVD collection located in the new workroom. It is well-lit and accessible and offers a superb working space for librarians.
With the look and feel of a collegiate library, the Helen Williams Reading Room in the new east wing addition provides a variety of seating and work spaces – study carrels, desktop computers, easy chairs with tablet shelves, window seats, traditional tables with chairs and ottomans with portable tables – to meet the needs of different types of learners. Outlets for charging devices can be found throughout the space, which is connected wirelessly to the Internet. Teachers from across the campus can easily access the large DVD collection room.
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Sophomores Whitt Massey and Elizabeth Dolcimascolo take advantage of a small seating area outside the reading room where they can comfortably collaborate. The picture window on the interior wall of the reading room allows the natural light to filter through to the circulation collection.
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Martin WellsUpper School Science Teacher
My new space makes teaching so much more enjoyable. It also enhances safety and allows the students to get better data. Sometimes you need a lot of room to do physics labs. Recently, for instance, I had students studying the motion of a battery-powered buggy. Each group needed at least 15 feet of space to put down their tracks and do the experiment. In the past, I would have had to put one or two of the groups in the hall because my room was so small.
The fact that I have a stockroom attached is wonderful on the days when I am doing two different labs with two different classes. Equipment can be placed in the stockroom and away from the other students who may be distracted by it.
The equipment at The Summit is second-to-none. We have the full assortment of computer-based probes needed to gather accurate data in a timely manner. The iPads that are available are great tools for taking video and analyzing the motion of the objects. One of my students from the Class of 2014 said that several of the labs he did for his college physics course were ones that we had done in class.
Kat RoedigUpper School Biology Teacher
This new space offers lab tables equipped with sinks, which helps make dissections in anatomy and physiology run smoothly. The lab tables are also vertically adjustable, allowing students to stand and dissect specimens at chest level instead of uncomfortably leaning over.
The equipment we have in the science labs is state-of-the-art and is comparable to what was available to many of us in college, or even better -- for example, the adjustable lab tables, new Nikon microscopes and 3D anatomical models.
Also, the glass cabinets are aesthetically pleasing and show off the 3D anatomical models used in the classroom. These cabinets also have shelves that roll, making it easier to take models out. See another classroom photo on pages 14-15.20
Physics teacher Martin Wells has room to spread out equipment as students study the motion of battery-powered buggies. With him, L to R, seniors David Temming and Justin Zhou, junior Christine Jin and senior Jackson Xiong use smart pulleys to study the work-energy theorem in the AP physics class.
Examining the parts of a skeleton in the biology laboratory are, L to R, seniors August Schweitzer, Gabbi Gehner, Avery Coates, teacher Kat Roedig, Vaughn McLean, Janel Bond and Maddie Amend.
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Megan RademacherMiddle School STEM Teacher
The renovated Middle School science lab enhances my classroom practices in many ways. The first is classroom management and organization. I have desks and lab tables, which allow me to have directed instruction and independent work in the front of the room and lab activities in the back. This added furniture also allows me to set up station activities around the room for the children to work through. The additional storage helps to keep the classroom orderly and efficient.
My new electrical outlets at the lab tables are huge time-savers during microscope work and the use of electronic balances. I no longer have to move tables around the room to reach the available wall outlets. The Middle School science lab has new Vernier probes to collect data on everything from speed/motion to weather conditions and oxygen levels. In addition, we have microscopes and a laptop cart.
This year, we are teaching the seventh and eighth grade STEM class together in my lab. Because of the additional furniture and storage, we are able to group the children to plan, build, test and redesign their prototypes. In addition, the hallway storage allows the children to have a place to put their prototypes between classes.My STEM students all had me for sixth grade science in this classroom. They were all amazed when they walked in for class the first day of STEM this year. They say that the room not only looks different, but it smells different, like new furniture and paint.
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L to R, eighth graders Liza Ragland and Karmah Khoury, seventh graders Kees Woodruff and Olivia Theders and eighth grader Hutch Schumacher design balsa wood gliders in the Middle School’s newly renovated Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) laboratory. Lab tables in the front of lab allow science teacher Megan Rademacher and math teacher Carolyn Varick to set up directed instruction and independent work in the front of the room while students engage in other lab activities in the back of the room.
Collaborating as a team, eighth graders William Fassler and Mike Hall enter data into a laptop in the Middle School science laboratory while teacher Megan Rademacher reviews information with a large group in the front of the room.
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In chemistry classes, students feel that they are now working in a college setting.
The new chemistry space allows teachers to have separate lecture and lab areas, which means experiments can be left set up as needed. Previously, teachers had to put labs away because tables were used for both purposes.
Two long lab benches serve 20 students comfortably and are designed like collegiate labs, with the utilities (natural gas, water and vacuum lines as well as electrical outlets) placed above. The centrally located double-facing hoods allow students to view demonstrations from their seats in the lecture area and to perform experiments requiring a hood while working in the lab area. The hoods’ variable exhaust systems save energy and improve efficiency when removing harmful chemical fumes.
Both labs are served by the MeasureNet data collection system, which is used by local colleges and universities, including UC and NKU, in their freshman chemistry classes. With the MeasureNet system, students collect data such as temperature, pressure and pH with probes that are attached to their workstations. In turn, the
stations provide real-time graphical feedback about the data. A central computer processes and stores the information on a shared drive allowing student access for lab reports. Previously we had five stations which were on a cart. Now, with the controller updated, we can drive 14 stations, seven in each lab with the controller in the chemistry prep room. The new bench
design allows us to leave the MeasureNet system always set up and ready for use.
We have all of the drains connected to an acid pit, which assures that any acid is neutralized before it enters city sewers. We have handicapped-accessible sinks in all labs.
The chemistry labs are equipped with video projection with a large screen and adjustable lighting to avoid washout of the screen during use. Our whiteboards now have a movable panel that allows additional writing
space without erasing during a lecture and lab.
The abundance of cabinet space allows us to have most of our supplies readily available for class. Also, materials science instruments are now incorporated into the chemistry lab, so first-year chemistry students are able to perform experiments previously restricted to the materials science class.
Ed Escudero, Upper School Chemistry and Materials Science Teacher and Ed Kentrup, Upper School Chemistry Teacher
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Chemistry teacher Ed Escudero uses the glass-sided hood to demonstrate how nitric acid acts upon copper. The hoods in the chemistry laboratories allow students to view experiments safely but up close and from various viewpoints.
Ed Kentrup’s chemistry laboratory areas are equipped with natural gas, water, vacuum lines and electrical outlets. Because the laboratory tables are separated from the classroom seating area, experiments can be left set up from one class to the next.
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Bret MillerUpper School Biology Teacher
Having the flex lab as a compliment to my classroom space allows for easy and constant reinforcement and elaboration on our concepts in biology. It lends itself to nearly any type of activity we could imagine: from growing plants, to dissection, to long term chemical or biological experiments or observations. The class can easily access the area, and it will accommodate both hands-on and guided instruction, as the technology mirrors that of the classroom’s. From extremely high-powered camera and projection microscopes, to a complete set of chemical, physical and biological electronic sensors; the equipment and instrumentation at our disposal is vast. The students are exposed to a lab experience, which will prepare them for college and further careers in science and medicine. Most of all it allows us, as instructors, to really challenge the students to apply the information they are learning to real life situations, solve problems, all while building skills in scientific ways of thinking. It promotes a culture of innovation and achievement throughout the department and the school. They carry out real science, so it becomes a mindset. 23
Amy GirkinUpper School Physics Teacher
My beautiful new space is a superb addition and upgrade for many reasons. The room is spacious and allows for lots of movement of desks and lab tables to fit the function of each and every lab or class activity we do. With two more lab spaces in this new room than I had in the past, lab groups are smaller, which helps students focus. We have the addition of pull-down outlets and plenty of wall outlets for equipment needs so we can place equipment virtually anywhere in the laboratory – whether it be computers, Vernier lab equipment, Van de Graaff Generators, or any of the plethora of equipment we are fortunate to have.
In addition to new cabinets, we now have functional shelves in the classroom where students may place their belongings. It adds an organization to the room. We also have many strategically placed whiteboards where students may work problems out together. Our new projection system allows us to turn the main whiteboard into a touch screen. I can project things onto the board directly, and then we can use the touch aspect to write on the existing projection. It is an amazing tool. I love teaching in this age of technology!
Seniors Alexis Hogya, Caroline Kranz, Dustin Argo and junior George Ruan, L to R, get a charge, literally, from the Van de Graaff Generator in Amy Girkin’s physics laboratory as their hair is pulled toward the static electricity buildup on the surface of the globe.
In Bret Miller’s laboratory, freshmen Kristalynn Proctor, left, and freshman Maya Mehlman use a high magnification compound light microscope to look at the cellular organization in plant tissues.
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Melissa JosephUpper School Art Teacher
The Summit’s new art studio (a 1,571 square-foot classroom, handicapped-accessible darkroom, ceramics room and kiln) are inspiring. Of all the instructional art spaces I have seen in my career as an artist and teacher, it is by far the most beautiful and well-equipped, from showers of natural light (from two walls of windows) to abundant physical space and materials.
The darkroom provides a particularly unique opportunity for Summit students to explore the medium of black-and-white photography, something that is increasingly difficult to access. There is enough space to set up drawing horses for observational work, as well as four large drafting tables for computers, sculpture and other projects. Students can work comfortably and in a large format without a problem. They also have places to store their work and portfolios.
Former photo students constantly come in to the new space and are struck by the size and user-friendliness of the new darkroom (388 square feet). I hear over and over how much bigger and easier it is to work in the new space.
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In the new darkroom, freshmen Gillian Fajack and Melian Kurlas examine a recently developed print while classmates Elijah Weaver and Brigid Devine manipulate the enlargers behind them
Art teacher Melissa Joseph and juniors Krystal Gao and Meghan O’Brien examine negatives hung by the window to dry. See an overview photo of the art studio on pages 2-3.
From a teaching perspective, it is the ideal studio space. It is a blank slate that can be customized according to student needs in years to come. The hard work and diligent planning of this space pays off every day in the students’ art-making experiences.
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Ashley GayonskiUpper School Religion TeacherCampus Minister/Service Coordinator
My new room (in the former Business Office) has allowed me to create spaces for my students to have a mini-retreat every day in class. I have always wanted to merge the main components of a retreat with my lesson plans. My previous, smaller classroom was not big enough to do this, and now I have the ability to do so in this space.
For example, recently we were talking about human life and dignity. My larger space (990 square feet) allowed me to have a talk in a large-group discussion with my entire class. Then we were able to move around the room for a debate. And finally, the students broke up in pairs to great small-group atmospheres all around the room. They had enough space to do so without infringing on another group’s space. My students always comment how beautiful the natural light is in my new space with windows surrounding it. I always tell them it’s our ‘God sighting’ for the day.
In addition, this new space allows me to have retreat meetings in my office while other classes are going on, which has been beneficial to the world of campus ministry.
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Jen McGrathMiddle School Administrative Assistant
The newly remodeled Middle School office spaces have created a more conducive environment for communication between Liz Means, our nurse, Mike Johnson, our director, and me. I can easily see into their areas and they can see mine. The newly installed windows between my office and the clinic area allow
me to respond more quickly when the nurse needs me to help with a student or to watch a student in the clinic when she needs to tend to students in other divisions. The clinic is large enough for all the medical supplies to be stored there and roomy enough to treat several students at once, while still giving them privacy. With improved communication provided by the open concept, students are served with better supervision and care.
Ashley Gayonski’s new classroom is large enough for her to organize students into a mini-retreat. Here they gather in a circle for a group discussion.
Middle School Administrative Assistant Jen McGrath, left, can greet visitors through windows by her work station and also see school nurse Liz Means, right, through a large window in the wall that separates their spaces.
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Honor In Action
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By Sarah Cooney
In addition to celebrating two state soccer championships during this fall athletic season, The Summit heralded state qualifiers in tennis and cross country. The season also included three Miami Valley Conference (MVC), four district and two regional championships. Three coaches were named MVC
Coach of the Year, two were named Southwest Ohio Coach of the Year and one was named Ohio Private School Coach of the Year.
Cross Country: Junior Tullus Dean competed at state in boys cross country and received his personal best for time and placement. He received MVC first team honors along with junior Matt LaMacchia. The boys’ team finished second in the league
and won the district championship. They
placed eighth at the regionals. Girls’ cross
country started as an inexperienced team, but
came on strong by season’s end. The girls captured their
seventh consecutive league title and their fourth district championship in a row. They placed tenth at the regional level. Seniors Alexis Hogya and Jodie Hutchins and freshman Abby LaMacchia received MVC first team honors. Head Coach Kurtis Smith was again the MVC Coach of the Year for the girls’ team.
Tennis: The doubles team of senior Sara Bissantz and sophomore Kathryn Adam advanced to the state tournament. Both received Greater Cincinnati Tennis Coaches’ Association first team honors. Led by Head Coach Jeff Carle, the tennis team finished second in the MVC and third in two in-season tournaments. MVC first team honors went to Kathryn Adam as a singles player, and Sara Bissantz and freshman Amy Poffenberger as a doubles team.
Junior Tullus Dean qualifies to compete at state in boys cross country.
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Golf: Coached by Tim Jedding, the boys’ golf team finished third in the MVC, second in the sectional tournament and eighth at districts. Sophomores Sam Gosiger and Max Mosbacher received first team honors. Coached by Cathy Flesch, the girls’ golf team finished eighth at sectionals. Sophomore Jenna Simpson placed 11th.
Field Hockey: Coached by Elli McSwain ’09, the field hockey team had a season record of 5-12 and made it to the first round of playoffs. The team competes in the Southwest Ohio Field Hockey League comprised of mostly Division I
schools. They finished sixth in the league overall. Junior Claire Hellmann received first team all-conference honors.
Volleyball: The varsity volleyball team finished their regular season 13-8, finishing third in the MVC Scarlet Division. Coached by Kat Roedig and Michelle Woods, the team played until the third round of playoffs. Senior Ceci Donovan received MVC first team honors.
Football: Led by Head Coach LaDon Laney, the football team placed fifth in the MVC and finished the season with a record of 4-6. Sophomore Xavier Johnson and senior Davi Laney received first team MVC honors.
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The field hockey team made it to the first round of playoffs.
The doubles team of sophomore Kathryn Adam, left, and senior Sara Bissantz advanced to the state tournament.
Sophomore Jenna Simpson placed 11th in the golf sectional.
The Silver Knights huddle at the homecoming football game.
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The 2015 Ohio Division Ill champion soccer teams sit for a portrait with their trophies on Williams Field. L to R, bottom row: Gracie Kunkel, Caitlin Barnes, Janel Bond, Sydney Beckmeyer, Maddie Brault, Morgan Evans, Eli Rawlings, Chuck Steines, Charlie Maciejewski, Jacob Beardslee, Erik Sigman and Diego Vallota. Middle row: Kiana Allen, Jess De Jesus, Elise Becker, Jennifer Whitehead, Sydni Brooks, Grace Kaegi, Rachel Stines, Ravin Alexander, Lily Melink, Nick Mishu, David Cook, Cameron Belle, Sutton Eyer, Sam Smallwood, Hayes Snyder and Brendan Ochs. Top row: Elena Montag, Kennidy Belle, Colleen Mcllvenna, Caroline Walton, Allison Kinross, Addy Smythe, Mimi Stines, lzzy Yogodich, Henry Schertzinger, Rielly Dowling, Nick Carcieri, Brendan Jones, Josh Campbell, Alex Hertlein, Tony Ortiz, Harrison Schertzinger and Sam Martin. Missing: Cynthia Rieke. The girls were coached by Head Coach Michael Fee and assistant coaches Lindsey Tyberg-Steuer and Keith Harring. The boys were coached by Head Coach Scott Sievering and assistant coaches Craig Schmiel, Ryan Johnson and BJ Smallwood. Scott Mays was goalkeeper coach for both teams.
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The 2015 Ohio Division Ill champion soccer teams sit for a portrait with their trophies on Williams Field. L to R, bottom row: Gracie Kunkel, Caitlin Barnes, Janel Bond, Sydney Beckmeyer, Maddie Brault, Morgan Evans, Eli Rawlings, Chuck Steines, Charlie Maciejewski, Jacob Beardslee, Erik Sigman and Diego Vallota. Middle row: Kiana Allen, Jess De Jesus, Elise Becker, Jennifer Whitehead, Sydni Brooks, Grace Kaegi, Rachel Stines, Ravin Alexander, Lily Melink, Nick Mishu, David Cook, Cameron Belle, Sutton Eyer, Sam Smallwood, Hayes Snyder and Brendan Ochs. Top row: Elena Montag, Kennidy Belle, Colleen Mcllvenna, Caroline Walton, Allison Kinross, Addy Smythe, Mimi Stines, lzzy Yogodich, Henry Schertzinger, Rielly Dowling, Nick Carcieri, Brendan Jones, Josh Campbell, Alex Hertlein, Tony Ortiz, Harrison Schertzinger and Sam Martin. Missing: Cynthia Rieke. The girls were coached by Head Coach Michael Fee and assistant coaches Lindsey Tyberg-Steuer and Keith Harring. The boys were coached by Head Coach Scott Sievering and assistant coaches Craig Schmiel, Ryan Johnson and BJ Smallwood. Scott Mays was goalkeeper coach for both teams.
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By Mike Dyer
Nearly two weeks after a triumphant final chapter to The Summit Country Day School boys’ and girls’ soccer seasons, Addy Smythe still couldn’t believe the storybook ending.
The Summit became just the fourth school in Ohio High School Athletic Association history to win boys and girls soccer state titles in the same season.
“I couldn’t ask for a better way to go out,” says Addy, a member of The Summit’s 2016 class. During the school’s 125th anniversary year, when The Summit’s Aim High motto was redubbed Aiming Higher, the
Historic Double ChampionsGirls’ and Boys’ Soccer Teams Define ‘Aiming Higher’
two soccer teams left no doubt that they were aiming higher. Take a walk around campus and you will surely find someone with a story to share about the truly special 2015 boys’ and girls’ soccer seasons which were completed with state titles the weekend of Nov. 13.
“The feedback from the community was great,” Athletic Director Gregory Dennis says.
“The stands were full for both games with past and present faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends of the program. Everyone associated with The Summit felt the experience of winning two state titles in 31 hours. What a feeling.”
Senior defender Rielly Dowling’s header maintains control of the ball.
The boys run to the sidelines to celebrate junior midfielder Cameron Belle’s goal with their fans at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus
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Indeed.
On Nov. 13, the girls’ team defeated Doylestown’s Chippewa High School 6-0 in the Division III state final at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus. It marked the second state soccer championship in school history for the girls. The Summit also won in 2011.
Every player – all 22 – got to play in the state finals. Several had not played since the district tournament.
Junior Jess De Jesus scored the game’s first goal in the 24th minute to give the Silver Knights a 1-0 lead.
Then Addy made a significant impact. She scored three goals within seven minutes to give The Summit a 4-0 lead at halftime – setting a state championship record for most in a half (4). Addy’s three-goal performance also set a girls’ state championship record for the most goals in a game by an individual player.
Addy says she didn’t enter the game expecting that state record. She gave credit to her teammates.
“Addy Smythe’s performance in the state finals was truly unique,” says girls’ soccer coach Mike Fee, who is also the Upper School guidance counselor. “This has never been accomplished in the history of the tournament – any gender, any division. She actually could have had five goals – she had one called back for offside and hit the cross bar on another. She told me at halftime that she was just lucky. But she created those opportunities by working. She was dialed in and focused.”
Coach Fee was just as proud of the effort by Addy’s classmate Morgan Evans, who also broke the school games played record with 86 in her Summit high school career. “Morgan had a chance to score at the end of regulation, but she chose to set up Janel Bond with a goal instead,” he says.
Senior co-captains Addy Smythe, left, and Morgan Evans lift the trophy in the air as their teammates revel in the moment that they were declared state champions.
Junior midfielder Jess De Jesus realizes her goal is good, putting The Summit on the board in the championship game.
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“I think that moment encapsulated this team. Morgan passing up the opportunity to score a goal in the state final as a senior was the most unselfish act I have witnessed in my 20 years. What a perfect symbol of what it means to be a teammate.”
Coach Fee saw two turning points in the season with the first occurring in last year’s state semifinal loss to Badin High School.
“The team was so devastated by that loss and it drove them all season,” he says. “The seniors constantly referred to the emotions and disappointment of that game. They played every game with the intent of winning that game to prepare for an eventual game against Badin. They were so fortunate to have the opportunity to play against Badin in this year’s tournament.”
The second turning point occurred in a game against Cincinnati Country Day School in which the Silver Knights had to rally.
“This is actually the only time we trailed the entire season,” Coach Fee says. “We played a dominating second half and talked the remainder of the season about playing with that same urgency and purpose in every game. I believe we were able to draw upon that intensity, particularly in the latter games of the state tournament.”
Goalkeepers, junior Caroline Walton and sophomore Mimi Stines, combined to allow only eight goals and recorded 15 shutouts this season.
Four players recorded double-digit goals and assists. The Silver Knights (24-0 record in 2015) have never had more than two in a season prior to this year.
Addy had 20 goals and 10 assists, sophomore Ravin Alexander had 19 goals and 10 assists, senior Janel Bond had 15 goals and 10 assists and junior Jess De Jesus had 13 goals and 13 assists.
“I believe that the depth of talent and athleticism separated this team from others. We were able to overwhelm teams with numbers,” Coach Fee says. “There were several players coming off the bench who are likely to play at the next level in college. You would not see a drop in productivity and results when going to the bench.”
The boys’ team won 17 consecutive games this season. And Head Coach Scott Sievering can honestly say this particular Summit team was like none other he’s coached in 12 years as a head coach.
The Silver Knights defeated Canfield’s South Range High School 9-0 Nov. 14 at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus to win the Division III state title. It was the
Co-captain Charlie Maciejewski and Head Coach Scott Sievering embrace after the win.
Junior forward Sam Martin, who scored two goals in the game, makes a run.
Sophomore midfielder Diego Vallota, who had 12 assists in the season, displays masterful ball control.
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program’s second state championship in three years and fourth overall.
The Summit set the boys’ state championship records for most goals in a single half (6) and most goals in a game (9).
“The individual talent was truly special,” Coach Sievering says. “We have 13 players on this team that could very easily have been all-conference and we have players on the bench that would start for many other programs. This team trained extremely hard every day, had great chemistry and held each other accountable.”
Junior Cameron Belle helped the Silver Knights (20-3) to their first goal of the night. First half opportunities continued with contributions from junior David Cook and senior Brendan Jones in the 27th and 34th minutes, respectively.
In the second half, David, junior Sam Martin and freshman Eli Rawlings each had two goals to tie a boys’ state championship record across all divisions for most goals in a game by a single player (2).
“Every player understood and embraced their individual role and what it meant to the team as a whole,” Coach Sievering says. “Words do not really
do justice when trying to describe how proud I am of this team. They earned a life-long accomplishment.”
Three players scored at least 20 goals during the season including David (25), Sam (20) and senior Charlie Maciejewski (22).
Three players recorded at least 10 assists: Charlie (29 – school record for most in a season), Sam (13) and sophomore Diego Vallota (12). Juniors Josh Campbell (8) and Nick Carcieri (5) combined for 13 shutouts. (The boys’ and girls’ teams share a goalkeeper coach in 2010 Summit grad Scott Mays).
Coach Sievering knew what the turning point of the season meant to his team.
“We lost to (Elder) 2-1, but I knew right then that we were ready to go on a run,” he says. “We made some significant tactical changes and moved a few players (senior Brendan Jones, sophomore Nick Mishu and Charlie Maciejewski in particular) into different roles. The result speaks for itself.”
Charlie and Brendan (who scored the game winner) had significant roles in the 2013 state championship. Both players were also on the roster when the team won the 2012 state championship. Cameron, Josh and seniors Rielly Dowling and Jacob Beardslee were on the 2013 state championship roster.
Sophomore midfielder Lily Melink stops the ball.
Senior forward Janel Bond, who scored the final goal in the girls game, shows the trophy to the fans.
Sophomore midfielder Ravin Alexander puts her hand around her state championship medal.
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No one will soon forget the legacy of the boys’ and girls’ teams. “It was awesome that we both won it,” Addy says.
Mr. Dennis says he is at a loss for words to express just how proud he is for all the student-athletes and coaches associated with the soccer program.“Every one of them played a major role on both teams,” he says. “If they were not on the field as much as someone else, they were equally important. What we have accomplished as a community and an athletic program may never be accomplished again in the fashion in which we did it.”
But the state titles also highlight that the five pillars of The Summit challenge students physically as well as academically, spiritually, socially and artistically. They also wove more tightly the threads that make up the fabric of The Summit’s community. Teachers, students (pre-K to 12), parents, siblings and alumni came along in person or in spirit for the journey.
“The Summit is housed all on one campus,” Coach Fee says. “There are opportunities for the four- and five-year-olds to mix with the high school students and the high school teachers to interact with the Montessori teachers. There was never a shortage of ‘good luck’ or ‘congratulations.’ The whole school community took pride in the success of the championship runs.”
The walk-out to Columbus and walk-in back onto the campus were memorable. The school community – more than 1,000 strong – lined the driveway in a giant spirit tunnel to see the teams off to state and welcome them home as victors.
“Walking through that tunnel among students, faculty and parents is almost overwhelming,” Coach Fee says. “You realize that the journey is not solely about the team, but something the entire school community, including alumni, are sharing with you. The celebration enables you to realize that it is more than just about athletics. It becomes a measuring stick on how to achieve a goal. You are able to see the different facets of our five pillars emerge.”
Sophomore forward Henry Schertzinger
Junior midfielder Cameron Belle Junior defender Elise Becker
Junior goalkeeper Nick Carcieri
Sophomore midfielder Maddie Brault prepares to send the ball sailing.
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Top left: Fans in the front row drummed and cheered for the boys’ team. From left, seniors Tiernan Nelson, Rachel Stines, Janel Bond, Calvin Spanbauer and Allison Kinross. Top right: Senior Jackson McKeever leads a cheer in a send-off pep rally. Middle left: Seniors, midfielder Jacob Beardslee and forward Brendan Jones, get high-fives from fans. Center: Two state championship trophies. Middle right: Junior Caroline Walton eyes her medal. Bottom left: The Summit Knight gives high fives to young fans. Bottom Right: Girls’ Head Coach Mike Fee introduces record- setting, senior co-captain Addy Smythe at the welcome-home victors’ rally.
Post season: Charlie Maciejewski was named an All-American and Coach Fee was named the National Coach of the Year in the private/parochial division by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
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Celebrating 125 Years
Top: Upper School math teacher Al Sagel figured out how big to make the number “125” on Williams Field so we could get all the students, faculty and staff into this anniversary year portrait. Thanks to careful planning and communication, the entire photo shoot took only 20 minutes to accomplish.
Middle left: Mayor John Cranley shakes hands with Montessori students after he declared Sept. 15, 2015 to be The Summit Country Day School Day in Cincinnati.
Above: Members of the Student Senate show off the “We are 125” buttons they made. They decided that “125” stands for “1 school 2 honor 5 pillars.” All seniors, they are, front row, L to R: Yi Nuo “Jenny” Zhang, Rachel Stines, Cynthia Rieke, Maggie Fisk and Allison Kinross. Back row: Linhao “Alex” Yang, Jackson McKeever, Logan Bush, Calvin Spanbauer, Jared Hochwalt and Davi Laney.
Left: Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr celebrates the 125th Anniversary Homecoming Mass with Summit Chaplain Philip Seher on Oct. 4.
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By Susan Karbowski
A Summit alphabet book – Hooray!Our great teamwork will be on display. Who knew how exciting the book would becomeOnce we linked all our hard work across the curriculum.
The Summit is a community that grows stronger through the participation of every member. The Lower School, once again, has taken this to heart during this special school year. To celebrate the 125th anniversary of excellence in education at The Summit, the school committed to publishing an A-through-Z poem book that includes work from every student. The work is authentic to the language arts and art curriculums and supports the learning that is occurring within the classroom. The enthusiasm of the World Language classes is also included in this production, by incorporating the French and Spanish translations for each word featured with the corresponding letter.
S is for Summit takes the reader on an adventure around many hallmarks of the Lower School including the Garden for the Good, Outdoor Learning Space, Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel and Character Education Program. The four aspects of this publication are poetry by first graders,
Read All About It: S is for Summitilluminated letters by second graders, supporting artwork by third graders and expository writing by fourth graders. The collaboration among grade levels, classmates, faculty and staff has incorporated the practice of many life skills, such as problem solving, time management, critical thinking and artistic expression.
“The planning for The Summit’s 125th anniversary began two years ago,” says Lower School Director Helen Clark. “I knew at that time that I wanted the focal point of Lower School’s participation to spring from our rich curriculum and the magical ways we find to engage our students in it.”
Patti Kenney, Lower School literacy coach, says the book challenges students to do their best work. “We continue to Aim Higher,” she says. “I find it wonderfully ironic that for the letter Z, we have chosen the word zenith. I don’t think we can go any higher than that!”
S is for Summit is expected to be published by Campus Day in May. A copy of it will be given to each Lower School family, and the book will be sold online to anyone wishing to purchase additional copies. Details will be released later.
Susan Karbowski is an educational literacy assistant in the Lower School.
The Lower School gathers for the “author” portrait which will appear in S is for Summit, the alphabet book they are creating as a tribute to the anniversary year.
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By Sister Kim Dalgarn
The stained glass window of venerable Julie, now a saint, still spills light into the Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel. In the center is St. Julie, holding the Rule of the Sisters of Notre Dame. On the left is an image of her vision at Compiegne, France. That vision was, for Julie, the call from God to found the Sisters of Notre Dame.
Tradition has it that in that vision Julie saw every woman who would ever enter the Sisters of Notre Dame. In the window, a couple of white veils in the image offer a nod of the artist to the fact that The Summit would serve as the novitiate from 1904-1934. On the right is the image of the cathedral of Namur – reminding all SNDs of how we became Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur and our call to have hearts as wide as the world. The window is framed with sunflowers – one of Julie’s images for simplicity and an analogy that shows how we are to relate to our Good God.
Most images of St. Julie depict her seated holding our Rule, or surrounded by children. Some only depict her face. Some depict her standing and showing a little child the message of God’s goodness. The artist who created The Summit’s window incorporated so much more of the Notre Dame story. The longer one looks at it, the more one sees. From pages 39 and 40 of The Summit’s Annals we
St. Julie Still Lights the Way for Summit and SNDdeNknow how the window was received during construction of the chapel:
“1894: The plastering of the church advanced steadily but slowly: the beautiful arches and stucco works by degrees unfolded themselves to our admiring eyes, and the windows sent a variegated stream of sunlight through the building.”
“The first tiles were laid in the church on Tuesday, April 24. On the preceding day two windows came. One represents the Vision of Venerable Mere Julie; the second St. Ignatius writing his ‘Spiritual Exercises,’ under the direction of our blessed Lady.”
This year, The Summit gifted the Sisters of Notre Dame with a replica of the widow that now graces the Archive Corridor at Mt. Notre Dame in Reading. Words cannot adequately express the gratitude of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur for this gift. The Sisters delight in being able to see the details up close. It is a powerful reminder of the rich shared history of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur and The Summit Country Day School, as well as our continued collaboration.
God is indeed good!
Sister Kim Dalgarn is the archivist for the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur Ohio Province in Reading.
Sister Carol Lichtenberg, Ohio Provincial for the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur (SNDdeN), holds a replica of the Chapel’s St. Julie stained glass window she received from Head of School Rich Wilson, right. Recognizing the 175th anniversary of the Sisters and their contributions to The Summit, the school gifted the sisters with a life-size replica of the window for their archive. With Sister Carol at the Sept. 9 Mass were Sister Mary Ann Barnhorn, SNDdeN development director, and Sister Kim Dalgarn, archivist.
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125th Anniversary PrayerWritten by the Rev. Philip O. Seher,
Summit Chaplain, this prayer was offered by Sr. Rita M. Sturwold, U.S. Director of
Mission Integration for the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, during an
all-school assembly on Sept. 15, 2015.
Oh God of Life and God of all Creation, we gather today on the same hill on which a small group of Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur stood. They looked down and saw the river. They saw ground that would become a habitat, a safe environment for thousands of young boys and girls. They saw a place that would fulfill their mission to nourish and give life to young people. A place that would teach the values brought to us through Jesus. So, we ask you to bless us who are on the same ground and give us a mission and a vision.
When they visualized a place for each child to be recognized as a child of God and saw a place where the Good God (Bon Dieu) could work in helping each student, we now ask that you help each one of us 125 years later, to see our own goodness, our own creativity, our own gifts, given to us by God.
We gather with a deep gratitude trusting that you will give us a vision and the determination to continue their ministry to a world community.
Help us to be like them, to look down to the Earth and up to the heavens, with a vision that each of us will be a leader, each will seek a way to serve God, each will uncover his or her own gifts to serve God’s people throughout the world.
Help us who have gained from their early days to respect and foster the gifts that God planted in each of our sisters and brothers who are here today, to help them grow in grace and wisdom. That what began with 20 students would still nourish the thousands who have experienced their dedication. May your abundant blessing come upon this holy ground and upon these children of God. We ask this through Christ Our Lord.
Amen.
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Walter “Chip” Homan SBS ’66 is the 2015 recipient of the McKenzie-Sargent Distinguished Alumni Award. It is the highest honor given a graduate of the Upper School or Summit Boys School and recognizes achievements in one’s career, community, volunteer leadership and/or service to The Summit. It is named after the first two alumnae to graduate at The Summit, Anna McKenzie and Olive Sargent, class of 1893.
Homan has been a longtime Summit supporter and served on the board of trustees from 1988-1994. He led the board’s development committee during the $2.5 million Centennial Fund drive, which was The Summit’s first major fundraising campaign.
“Chip Homan is an extraordinary individual who has blended his family’s entrepreneurial verve, philanthropic spirit and desire to make the world in which we live a better place,” said Rich Wilson, Head of School.
Homan is president and CEO of Auto Vehicle Part Co. (Auveco), which his family founded in 1916. It is the world’s largest distributor of specialty automotive and industrial fasteners. He is executive trustee of the Homan Foundation,
which his parents, the late Frank X. and Margo S., established to support
charities in Cincinnati and beyond. Chip also became
a successful real estate developer, working with his father to convert the Madison House high-rise into condominiums and renovate the Vernon Manor Hotel.
With support from the Homan Foundation, Chip
established scholarships at The Summit in 2004 in honor of his
parents. The school’s Homan Memorial Courtyard, donated by J.B Buse, BMS ‘75, was dedicated in their names last year. Members of the Homan family have attended The Summit continuously for 80 years. Chip has two grandchildren currently enrolled.
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Walter “Chip”
Homan SBS ’66Walter “Chip” Homan SBS ’66 receives the 2015 McKenzie-Sargent Distinguished Alumni Award from Head of School Rich Wilson at the Leaders of Character Society Reception.
Walter “Chip” Homan SBS ’66
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Leaders of Character Society Reception
L to R: Kristin Loiselle, Devon Rich ’04, Rene Cheatham ’03 and Melissa Seaton visit with each other at the Leaders of Character Society Reception on Sept. 9. The event recognized members of the society, which is the pace-setting group of the Annual Fund for Excellence.
Mary and Bill Rieke
Beth and Kevin Shaw
Joe and Pat Perin ’45
Maureen and Ken Amend
Collette and Mark Busher
Tom Bosse, Andy Ritch and David Bastos
Victoria and Amador Delamerced
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2015 Athletic Hall of Fame and Alumni Awards
Athletic Hall of FameSarah Petrie ’99Sarah Petrie ’99 was a varsity member of the soccer team and the track team all four years of high school. She captained each team her senior year. She also played squash outside The Summit for four years.
Sarah still holds four school records in soccer. Her goalkeeping skills helped the team earn four Miami Valley Conference (MVC) championships and a district title. As a four-year starter at goalie, she held the record for most varsity appearances with 78 – a mark that stood until 2011. She still holds the records for career shutouts with 29, career saves with 402, career wins with 50 and most saves in a season – 135, set in 1998. She was team MVP and MVC Player of the Year in her final season.
Sarah was a three-time league champion and two-time district champion. She finished her career having scored 243 points, which was third in school history at the time.
In track as a freshman, she was a member of the school record-setting 1600-meter relay team that made it to the state championships. As an individual, she placed eighth at state in the 800-meter in 1998
The Summit honored seven graduates Oct. 2 during Alumni Reunion Weekend. The Athletic Hall of Fame inducted a multi-sport standout who still holds several school records more than 15 years after she competed, and two members of state championship teams. Four other individuals received distinguished alumni awards for their professional achievements and exemplary service since leaving our classrooms.
and sixth in 1999. Upon graduation, Sarah owned individual records in the 800-, 1600- and 3200-meter events and three records with the 1600-, 3200- and 6400-meter relay teams. She held those records until 2010 and 2012.
Sarah attended Brown University and Northeastern University School of Law. While at Brown, she played varsity squash and was the captain in 2003. Sarah now is a special assistant attorney general in the Consumer Protection Division of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office.
Athletic Hall of FameJustin Sanders ’95Justin Sanders ’95 pitched on the 1995 baseball team, the first team in Summit history to win a state championship. Justin played baseball all four years of high school and was co-captain his senior year. During the championship year, the lefthander had an 11-1 record in regular-season play and a 5-0 record with two saves in seven postseason games. His earned run average was 1.31, with 101 strikeouts over 83 innings pitched.
As a senior, Justin was named to the All-Miami Valley Conference first team. Justin also played basketball his freshman year at The Summit.
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Justin went on to play baseball at the University of Chicago and University of Kentucky. During his season at Chicago, he recorded seven wins and one loss, and the team broke the school record for most wins in a season. At UK, he earned Academic All-Southeastern Conference honors from 1997-1999.
Today Justin is an attorney and partner at The Sanders Law Firm in Covington. He serves on the American Youth Foundation, the Board of Directors of the Northern Kentucky Forum, the Board of Governors for the Kentucky Justice Association, and the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Business Advocacy Council. He and his wife, Meredith, have two children, Griffin and Lorelei. During his free time, he coaches his son’s baseball and basketball teams and he plays softball for the Queen City Kings.
Athletic Hall of Fame Jamal Shteiwi ’00Jamal Shteiwi ’00 participated in track and basketball but found his true home on the soccer field, captaining the 1999 state championship team.
Jamal played soccer all four years of high school. He was named to the first team all-conference 1996-99; all-state 1996-99 and all-region 1997-99. He was Cincinnati Player of the Year in 1999 and ranks 18th in the state for the most career goals scored with 119.Jamal was on the track and basketball teams his first two years of high school. During his sophomore year in track, he had a spectacular season running the 200-meter dash, winning league, district and regional championships and placing 13th at state. His time of 21.91 in the regional preliminaries was the fastest in the 200-meter in Ohio in 1998, and that mark remains the school record.
Jamal went to the University of Kentucky, where he played soccer from 2001-04 and was captain in 2004. His team won the conference championship three times and made it to the second round and the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament. His personal accomplishments include first team all-conference, two-time conference Player of the Year, and National Soccer Coaches Association of America and College Soccer News All-American. He is the UK record holder in career assists and assists in a season, and second in overall points.
After college, Jamal played with the Columbus Crew and came back to The Summit to assist the soccer team in 2009. He is a lead trader with Geneva Trading. He and his wife, Lauren, have four children. During his free time, he coaches Mariemont youth soccer.
Meritorious Service AwardLt. Col. Ryan Chmielewski ’96Lt. Col. Chmielewski is director of operations for the 37th Airlift Squadron, 86th Operations Group, 86th Airlift Wing at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. He directs the employment of more than 150 airmen who operate 14 C-130J Super Hercules aircraft in the United States Air Forces in Europe’s only tactical airlift squadron. The mission of the 37th is to provide rapid mobility to joint and coalition forces using agile combat airlift.
He entered the Air Force in 2000 after graduating from the Air Force Academy with a bachelor’s in astronautical engineering. He has more than 1,500 combined combat and combat support flight hours as an instructor pilot for the KC-135R/T, a refueling Stratotanker; and as an evaluator pilot for both the C-20H, a twin-engine, turbofan aircraft and the
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Lockheed C-130 Hercules, a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. Lt. Col. Chmielewski has global operational experience and served combat tours in Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, New Dawn, Noble Eagle and Southern Watch. He was a member of the Air Mobility Command’s selective Phoenix Horizon aircraft crossflow program and served as an air advisor to the Afghan air force. As an advisor, his missions included leading a joint crew airlifting Afghanistan’s vice president to a region hard hit by landslides in 2014. Lt. Col. Chmielewski has been recognized as a leader among his peers. He was rated No. 2 among 52 majors by the Commanding General of NATO Air Training Command Afghanistan. He has been assigned to Ramstein since November 2014 and was promoted to his current rank this June. He and his wife, Patricia, also a 1996 Summit graduate, have two children, Declan and Maeve.
Meritorious Service AwardRob Dziech ’88Rob is an attorney with the Farrish Law Firm in Cincinnati. He is a former Hamilton County assistant prosecutor, serving five years as chief assistant prosecutor in the juvenile division. He is a cum laude graduate of the Salmon P. Chase College of Law and has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Wittenberg University. For five years he taught paralegal classes as an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati.
Rob was a lifelong student at The Summit and has remained unwavering in his support of the school. On his law firm’s website, he credits The Summit with teaching him the servant leadership that guides
his law career. He’s served in several positions for the school’s Alumni Board, Boosters, parent-run K-6 athletic program and development campaigns. He is past president of the Alumni Board, helped draft the Alumni Board constitution and served on several Alumni Board committees. He is treasurer for the Booster Board and has coached third, fourth, fifth and sixth grade girls basketball. He has also served on several of The Summit’s fundraising campaigns.
In the broader community, he also has served as an elder for the Covenant-First Presbyterian Church Downtown, on the property management board of the Presbyterian Child Welfare Association (Buckhorn Children’s Home in Buckhorn, Ky.) and on the advisory board for Llanfair Retirement Community.
Rob and his wife, Kelly, have one daughter, Elizabeth, who is in seventh grade at The Summit. They live in Amberley Village.
Artistic Achievement AwardNick Fryer BMS ’91Nick recently became executive director of Jazz and Roots Cincinnati, a nonprofit dedicated to presenting and promoting live music, creating high-level educational opportunities and providing community outreach through the celebration and appreciation of American jazz and roots music. Previously, he was associate director of the Brubeck Institute at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif. Established in honor of legendary jazz musician Dave Brubeck, the institute is home to one of the world’s foremost jazz programs.
Nick is a guitarist and composer and has performed
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at jazz festivals throughout the United States, Canada and South America. He has shared the stage with jazz greats including Peter Erskine, Anthony Cox, Mike Clark, Dennis Mackrel, Rufus Reid, Billy Hart, Bob Mintzer, Pete McCann, George Schuller and Ed Schuller. In a recent interview with cincymusic.com, Nick said: “I started Jazz and Roots Cincinnati because I wanted to create opportunities for our community to engage in music on a deeper level. I want to use the power of music to convene people and create community. I want to educate people about the rich history of American jazz and roots music, the cultures in which the music came from and the context in which it developed.” Long-term goals are to find a permanent space to expand educational offerings.
Nick holds a bachelor’s degree in jazz performance from the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music and a master’s degree in jazz performance/pedagogy from Northern Illinois University. He also studied at New York University and the School for Improvised Music in New York City. Prior to the Brubeck Institute, he was an associate professor of music at Minnesota State University Moorhead and taught at Harold Washington College and the Chicago Academy for the Arts.
Young Alumni AwardLily Raphael ’08Lily returned to Cincinnati in 2015 after a year as a regional coordinator and field consultant for Community Enterprise Solutions in Ecuador. The nonprofit supports organizations and individual entrepreneurs, especially women, in efforts to introduce products and services that will create a
sustainable economy and improve rural villagers’ health and education. Such products include water-filtration systems and eyeglasses. Lily studied international development and Arabic languages at McGill University in Montreal, graduating with honors. She went to Ecuador twice during her McGill years – first to manage a community agriculture volunteer program, and later to study at Trent University in Quito and complete thesis work on ways to preserve traditional ecological and cultural knowledge among coastal communities. She has also worked at a Montreal law firm, assisting clients with immigration applications. While living in Montreal, she served in various research and business development roles with the Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade, an organization that facilitates access to funds for sustainable trade activities in agricultural communities in Africa and Latin America. Her work included representing the alliance in Nicaragua.
Since graduation from The Summit, Lily has been a member and workshop leader for the Cincinnati-based True Body Project, which promotes physical and mental wellness and empowerment among youth and women. She’s hosted City Silence meditation sessions here and globally. She’s also been involved with arts nonprofits in Cincinnati, and as a community agriculture project manager for Borderless World Volunteers in Montreal and Ecuador. She is currently planning to return to Canada to pursue a master’s degree.
Nominations are being taken for the 2016 McKenzie-Sargent Distinguished Alumni Award,
Meritorious Service Award, Young Alumni Award, Artistic Achievement
Award, Spiritual-Christian Service Award and the Athletic Hall of
Fame. To submit a nomination, go to www.summitcds.org/alumni/
Nomination-Forms.cfm
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Dan LaBar BMS ’77, Mark Burke, Kim LaBar and Jane (Buse) Burke ’70
Russell Desch, Monica (Haas) Desch ’90 and Heather (Fullen) Lewis ’91
Homecoming Weekend provided lots of opportunities for alumni to catch up on old times. The Alumni Board staffed a booth at the SPA Fall Festival before the alumni reception and awards program in St. Cecilia Hall and Alumni Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Williams Field.
Alumni Board members Jack Deardorff ’02, Devon Rich ’04 and Jim Fisk ’03 get a visit from the Silver Knight at the SPA Fall Festival alumni booth
Scott and Christine (Walter) Kroencke ’82
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Liz (Glassmeyer) Spahr ’70 and Mary Ann (O’Donnell) Escudero ’71
Cary Daniel ’93 and David Hickenlooper ’85
Justin Sanders ’95, the pitcher on the 1995 state champion baseball team, is joined by his family at the Homecoming Weekend Alumni Reception just before he was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame. Front row, L to R: Julian Sandberg; Griffin Sanders, Justin’s son; Summit third grader Anna Grace Sanders; and Lorelei Sanders, Justin’s daughter. Back row, Kal Steinberg; Meredith Sanders, Justin’s wife; Maria Sanders ’93; Bob Sanders; Justin; Rob Sanders ’91; Delana Sanders; and Shirley Sanders.
Members of the Class of 1985 L to R: Tansy Wills, David Hickenlooper, Michelle (Walton) Hoehn, Shannon Ryan, Alice (O’Dell) Brannon, Tracy Law Ph.D. and Paul Stillpass
Roshni Shetty ’90, Sandhya Ballal ’84 and Laura (Nusekabel) Weldishofer ’90
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Jane (Brockhaus) Scallan ’54 volunteers her time at the Rancho Santa Fe Library. She has worked many years in the library’s Book Cellar, a resale book shop where all materials are donated by community members and all proceeds benefit the Rancho Santa Fe Library Guild.
SBS Class of ’59 held their reunion Homecoming Weekend, Oct. 2. Members gathered in the Alumni Parlor to reminisce and share stories from their Summit days and then joined the Alumni Reception in St. Cecilia Hall. L to R: Paul Schneider, Dick Toohey, Bill Baumann, Jim Ragland, Bren Ryan, Rev. Chuck Niehaus S.J., Jay Beech, Jay Rice and Phil Vollmer.
Fr. Chuck Niehaus SBS ’59 visited with Sr. Mary Alice Weber (AliceTherese), a past faculty member who taught him at The Summit Boys School in the ’40s and ’50s.
SBS Class of ’61 held a reunion luncheon at the University Club on May 28. They had a great turnout as 13 of their 28 members attended. L to R, top row: James Devanney, Stephen MacConnell, Peter Broeman, Robert Hogan, Thomas Hock, Peter Strasser and Robert Owens. Bottom row: Donald Gilligan, Robert Harpenau, Louis Ginocchio, James Centner, John Kropp and Thomas Murphy.
Class of 1961 had a reunion luncheon in Naples, FL last spring. L to R: Cora (Glassmeyer) Ogle, Kathy (Moran) Stineman, Sandy (Schlenck) Dubberly (Naples), Conky Greiwe, Sue (Carr) Hobbs (att). (Boca Raton). Not pictured but also attended were Mary Alice (Burtschy) Swenfurth (Naples), Allie (Devanney)Maggini’59 and Sue (Schott) Newman ’62.
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John Louiso ’84 was named varsity assistant football coach at Coconino High School in Flagstaff, Ariz. He is the wide receivers and special teams coach. He also joined the Special Needs Department as a staff member.
Tiffany Chenault ’92 ran her first marathon, the Flying Pig Marathon in May. In August, her first book was published, “The Unseen Politics of Public Housing: Resident Councils, Communities and Change.”
Victoria (Beimesche) Vermeer ’02 graduated in May with a Master of Science degree in Forensic Science from George Mason University’s College of Science, earning an Academic Achievement Award. She currently resides in Alaska with her husband and young son, and will be there for two years working with the U.S. Coast Guard.
Barbie “Babs” (Slageter) Horner ’72, a gourmet caterer of Absolutely Babulous and a needlepoint entrepreneur with It’s a Stitch has co-authored “Sophistication Is Overrated” with her sister. This whimsical book provides delicious recipes as well as tips and tricks for truly unforgettable, and ridiculous, entertaining.
Class of ’65 celebrated their 50th reunion, Sept. 18-20, with a weekend packed full of fun. They began their Friday evening at a classmate’s house for cocktails and dinner; Saturday evening began with a tour of The Summit, followed by Mass in the Chapel, a class photo on the front steps and dinner at the Cincinnati Country Club. They rounded out their weekend with brunch on Sunday at the National Exemplar. L to R, bottom row: Janet (Opp) Geeding, Lori (Murphey) Corden, Sally (Pundsack) Nunnelley, Peggy (Meyer) Kuhr, Barb (Dumler) Gallen, Paula (Bien) Yarnell, Andrea (Creevy) Schier, Caroline (Heekin) Stineman, Mary Kay (Bradley) Wick and Mary (Bramlage) Minton. Top row: Anne (Maddux) Zaring, Teresa (Joseph) Zelina, Tricia (Barton) Grunkemeyer, Barb (Cranley) Krause, Nat (Verkamp) Schoeny, Mary Carol (Conlan) Melton, Bridget (Breen) Bartholow, Mary (Hesselbrock) Sies, Elaine (Jacob) Goldschmidt and Carolyn (Klonne) Sauter.
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Julie Back ’87, executive sales vice president for Sibcy Cline, was recognized Sept. 20 by the Ohio Association of Realtors as the No. 2 agent in sales for the state for individual sales dollar volume. She was also named Sibcy Cline’s No. 1 agent for the company’s fiscal year of 2014-2015, the fourth consecutive year that she has received this honor.
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Class of ’95 celebrated their 20-year reunion. Some of the class gathered Homecoming weekend on Oct. 3 at Enoteca Emilia. L to R: Jerry Grayson, Noel (Owens) Grayson ’95, Nicole (Belmont) Russell SMS ’91, Gretchen (Clark) Cogan ’95, Justin Sanders ’95, Nick Fryer BMS ’91, Kirstin (Fullen) Klein ’95, Kavitha (Rajasekhar) Reddy ’95, Tatiana (Feghali) Carter ’95 and Joel Wyatt ’95.
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Joshua Shreve ’03 graduated from Brown University in May 2014 with a Master of Science degree in public health after earning his bachelor’s degree in political science with a minor in film. In between his studies, he worked on some movies in New York City and at a nonprofit in Washington, D.C. Josh lives in New Orleans and works at Dynamic Health IT. In the evenings, Josh performs improvisation at comedy clubs.
Adam Dalia ’06 will complete his anesthesiology residency at The Ohio State University in June 2016. Then, he plans to continue his education with further training in cardiothoracic anesthesia at Harvard’s Massachusetts General Hospital. He traveled to the Dominican Republic on a mission trip in November to administer anesthesia for underserved patients needing otolaryngological surgery. He is the chair of the Ohio Society of Anesthesiologists Resident Component and was selected to join the American Society of Anesthesiologists in Washington, D.C. in May 2016 for a month-long rotation to help advocate
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for expanded anesthesia care to underserved and rural patients both in Ohio and across the country. He is a 2012 graduate of the six-year B.S./M.D. program at Northeast Ohio Medical University.
Brandon Sharp ’09 is stationed at Ft. Bragg, N.C. and was in charge of his platoon until the end of 2015. Brandon plans to take the law school admission test and apply to Harvard Law School after completing a course at the Pentagon War College in D.C.
Rachel Shreve ’11 graduated from St. Louis University (SLU) in May 2015. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in occupational science. She is completing a graduate year at SLU to receive a master’s degree in occupational therapy in May 2016. She will do her clinical work in Cincinnati at Christ Hospital and ABC Pediatrics.
Liz Arnold ’12 received a second-team berth for the All-University Athletic Association (UAA) team for Emory University soccer. This is Liz’s second-consecutive All-UAA Second Team selection.
Andrew Lyons ’12 completed a summer meteorology internship with the National Weather Service in Colorado. He also participated in the Plains Elevated Convection at Night Field, providing computer programming while aboard an aircraft that flew into nighttime thunderstorms.
Maria Temming ’12 spent her summer working for the American Association for the Advancement of Science Mass Media Fellow for Scientific American. A student at Elon University, she is double-majoring in physics and creative writing and is a published writer. Her publications can be found at www.scientificamerican.com/author/maria-temming. Maria was also inducted into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. She plans to pursue a master’s degree in science writing after graduation.
10sChris Daniell ’10 worked as a postgraduate research associate at the Yale Child Center and has gone on to graduate school, majoring in psychology.
Stephanie Wenzel ’10 graduated from the University of Cincinnati and is enrolled in graduate school. In her free time, she is working for two OB-GYN physicians, volunteers at Fernside weekly and shadows psychiatrists at Christ Hospital.
Jane Abbottsmith ’11 is studying pre-med at Bryn Mawr College and plans to start the M.D./Ph.D. program at Yale in 2016.
Ali Amend ’11 graduated in May with a Bachelor of Science degree in pre-medicine from the University of Dayton. She is continuing her education at the University of Cincinnati’s Nursing School. During spring semester, Ali worked with the Community Engaged Learning Team as a student intern. She was a teacher’s assistant for a course that prepares students to volunteer with Reach Out, a healthcare organization which provides access to healthcare services for the underserved and underinsured.
Simon Chow ’11 graduated with a Bachelor of Science in
industrial engineering from Georgia Tech in May. Still at Georgia Tech, he is working on his Ph.D. in industrial engineering specializing in statistics. Simon’s research is focused on improving healthcare systems through analytics.
Colin Cotton ’11, a student at Williams College, earned All-American Honors in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III. He also was named to the Capital One District I All-Academic First Team and was on the ballot for consideration for Academic All-America recognition.
Kelsey Hock ’11 is at Tulane University working on her master’s degree in accounting. She hopes to pursue a career with a “big four” accounting firm in Nashville or Denver and then gain international experience in microfinance/social entrepreneurship in developing countries in South America.
Hayden Klei ’11 graduated cum laude in May from the University of Cincinnati with degrees in finance and business analytics. He is employed with Nielsen Catalina Solutions as a “subject matter expert” in the field of programmatic ad serving. He splits his time between Cincinnati
Tommy Crowl ’13 earned an honorable mention for the 2015 All-Ohio Athletic Conference Team as the
and New York City where he works with advertising agencies helping them maximize their clients’ desktop and mobile ad spending.
Victoria Kranz ’11 graduated from Haverford College with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and started a new job as Lab Manager at Drexel University College of Medicine in the directors’ lab of the Spinal Cord Research Center.
Benjamin McBride ’11 is a fifth year senior at Indiana University studying economics. He will graduate in May 2016.
Lauren Meister ’11 is working as a project manager for Champlin Architecture’s Dayton office after graduating spring 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Miami University.
Christian Melson ’11 is in his final year at the University of Dayton studying mechanical engineering. Christian’s co-op opportunities included Ethicon Endo Surgery, Barnes Aerospace, Speedway LLC and Emerson Climate Technologies.
Alex Nourse ’11 graduated from Marietta College in May 2015. Alex is a financial representative with Northwestern Mutual.
Brianna Scott ’11 graduated from Marietta College May 3, 2015. She will continue at Marietta College for her masters degree in psychology.
Alex Nourse and Brianna Scott, shown here at on graduation day at Marietta College, went to school together since they were age 4.
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BIRTHS
Class Notes
Warren Hill ’13, a junior majoring in finance at Hampton University, was one of 11 young men selected into the 2016 class of The Institute for Responsible Citizenship in Washington, D.C. Through the Institute, he had a summer internship at The Trust, an organization committed to the well-being of former members of the National Football League Players Association. He is a presidential scholar at Hampton and was accepted into the university’s honors college.
Caelen Hueber ’13 was named First Team of the Northeast-10 All-Conference for Adelphi University soccer. Starting in all 18 games during the fall season, Caelen scored seven goals along with one assist to total 15 points.
Jake Rawlings ’13 and the other members of the DePaul men’s soccer team were named to the 2013-2014 Big East All-Academic Team. The team posted a GPA of 3.34. Jake was named to the DePaul Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for all three quarters of the same season.
Bryce Hueber ’14 was one of four members of the Wright State women’s soccer team to be honored at the Horizon League postseason awards. Bryce was named to the all-freshman team as a midfielder.
Daniel Kiley ’90 and his wife Katherine welcomed Evelyn Therese born into their family on March 26, 2014. Evelyn joins big brothers Jude and Rafe and big sister Frances.
Marietta Pioneers baseball team No. 2 starting pitcher. Tommy was 6-3 with a 4.22 earned run average and recorded one save.
Theresa (Uckotter) Bailey ’01 and her husband, Bill, and their daughter Josephine welcomed Griffin Patrick on Oct. 30, 2015. Griffin is the grandson of Technology Director Ken Uckotter and retired teacher Diane Uckotter.
Alicia Bond-Lewis ’97 and husband Dr. Christopher Lewis, welcomed Grace Gabrielle on Aug. 18, 2014.
Marcie (Stayton) Krauss ’01 and her husband, Christopher, welcomed Charles Erwin on Sept. 16, 2015. Charles is the grandson of Upper School teacher Jeff Stayton.
Kevin Quinn ’96 and his wife Jennifer welcomed Leah Prince Quinn on Nov. 10, 2015.
Colin Stayton SMS ’99 and his wife Abby welcomed Owen Jeffrey on April 22, 2015. Owen is the grandson of faculty member Jeff Stayton.
Sarah (Kelly) Trautmann ’01 and her husband John welcomed Sophia Love on Feb. 10, 2015. Sophia joins her sibling Thomas. Sophia is the granddaughter of Upper School teachers Patrick and Sue Kelly.
WEDDINGS In the Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel
Caroline Conners ’99 and George Lewis, Oct. 25, 2014. The wedding party included Summit alumni Kristin Conners ’97, Lauren Conners ’01, Kate Goodroe ’01, Katie (Klekamp) Cotton ’99 and Paige Groen ’99.
Carrie Melson ’14 is in her sophomore year at The University of Dayton and is planning to become a physician’s assistant. She spent her summer visiting family in Poland.
Elizabeth Nourse ’14, a fashion design sophomore at Miami University, was invited to have dinner with Tim Gunn from the Project Runway television show when he was a speaker at Miami University’s University Lecture Series. She is a member of Miami’s Club of Fashion and Design. She was one of 10 designers chosen to showcase a collection April 16 in Miami’s fashion show.
Monica Windholtz ’14 is studying computer science at Case Western Reserve University where she has continued her cheerleading.
Tori (Beimesche) Vermeer ’02 and her husband, Peter, welcomed their first child, Jack Henry, Feb. 25, 2014.
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IN MEMORY
Class Notes
ALUMNIAnn “Nancy” (Heekin) Bachmeyer ’41, mother of Ann (Beckmeyer) Winnecke ’74, Steve (att) and sister of Martha (Heekin) Bunker ’44, Sept. 14, 2015.
James Barrett “Barry” Buse SBS ’45, father of Beth (Buse) Carroll ’77, J.B. Buse BMS ’75, Brian Buse ’84 and Annie (Buse) Bathalter ’87, April 14, 2015.
Mary Lois Jung ’45, Sept. 25, 2015.
Weddings Elsewhere
Dominique Hardy ’02 and Jeromy Romero, Sept. 12, 2015.
Kelly Cavallaro ’09 and Nicholas Garner, Sept. 19, 2015.
Claire Sweeney ’05 and John McDermott, Oct. 3, 2015. Lizzie Murphy (att) and Ted Dohrmann, Oct. 10, 2015.
Jennifer Winterhalter and Kevin Quinn ’96, the Camargo Club, Aug. 9, 2014.
Elaine (Pachoud) Horan (att) mother of Karen (Horan) H’Doubler ’75, Jan. 20, 2015.
FRIENDSLouise Aug, mother of Louise Aug ’60, Vincent Aug, Jr. SBS ’60, Victoria Aug ’69 and Celeste (Aug) Weil ’72, March 24, 2015.
Melvin Barth, father of Upper School staff Marsha Wermes, May 17, 2015.
Jeane Bott, mother of Alexis (Bott) Thompson ’61, Dec. 5, 2014.
David Brockman, Sr., husband of Gail (Ruddy) Brockman ’55, father of Holly (Brockman) Pritchard ’79 and David Jr. BMS ’73, Dec. 24, 2014.
Diane Buschbacher, mother of Derrick Buschbacher ’14, July 18, 2015.
Jean Maxwell (Schmidlapp) Clipson, mother of Charles Pauly ’76 and Sanford Pauly ’82 and former member of the Board of Trustees, Aug. 19, 2015.
Emily Decker, mother of Linda (Decker) Condon ’58, Christine Decker ’69 and Gregory SBS ’70, Dec. 14, 2014.
John Diehl, father of Sarah (Diehl) Fernandez ’63 and Susan (Diehl) Kahn ’66, Jan. 18, 2015.
Ronald DiPaola, father of Middle School teacher Michael DiPaola, April 3, 2015.
Brendan Donovan, brother of Patricia Donovan ’78 and Teresa Donovan ’82, April 21, 2015.
Albert Eiselein Jr., father of Jane ’84, Emily ’85 and Ann ’89, and former member of the Board of Trustees, June 27, 2015.
Hayley Littlejohn SMS ’00 and Jared Howe, Sept. 20, 2014.
Courtney Piana and Andy Hein ’00, Oct. 18, 2014.
Molly Bayer ’01 and Alejandro Bonilla, Nov. 22, 2014.
Emily Geier (att) and Alexander Vollmer, May 16, 2015.
Molly O’Brien ’08 and Spencer Stierhoff, Aug. 8, 2015.
Mia Escudero ’06 and Gordon Myers ’05, August 15, 2015. Ben Brinker ‘05 and Jamie Escudero ‘04 served as groomsmen. Brett Schnirring ‘05 and David Koepfer ‘06 served as ushers. Marisa Escudero ‘09 was maid of honor. Kaitlin Przezdziecki ‘06 was a bridesmaid.
Helen Hobson (att) and Andrew Brennan, Aug. 29, 2015.
Cindy Maag ’04 and Paul Bowen, Sept. 4, 2015.
Melinda Curran ’06 and Rob MacDougall, Northville Hills Golf Club in Northville, MI, March 14, 2015.
Ronald Nieman SBS ’46, March 15, 2015.
Jean (Luttmer) Freeman ’47, mother of David (att) and Joseph (att) Freeman, sister of Mary Margaret Luttmer ’46 and Patricia (Luttmer) Donath ’53, Dec. 8, 2014.
Betty (Koch) Hefele ’47, mother of Laura (Hefele) Ftacnik ’70, July 15, 2015.
Jackie Rush ’48, Jan. 13, 2015.
Ann (Hoban) Gibbs ’49, May 22, 2015.
Col. Judith (Hoyt) Wood ’58, Sept. 3, 2015.
Carole (Decker) McIntosh ’64, sister of Linda (Decker) Condon ’58, Christine Decker ’69 and Gregory Decker SBS ’70, April 17, 2015.
Kathy (Pohl) Wagner ’66, mother of Lindsey Wagner ’06 and David Wagner ’08, sister of Vickie Pohl ’73 and past faculty Karen Pohl, July 12, 2015.
Linda (Liebel) Karr ’71, mother of Keith (att) and Craig (att) Karr, Aug. 7, 2015.
Carol Reis ’75, March 12, 2015.
Christopher Brockman BMS ’77, son of Gail (Ruddy) Brockman ’55, brother of David Brockman BMS ’73 and Holly (Brockman) Pritchard ’79, Feb. 15, 2015.
Emma McGoff ’11, March 11, 2015.
Walter Bunker (att), husband of Martha (Heekin) Bunker ’44 and father of Mary (Bunker) Ragland ’71, brother to Jack Bunker (att), Dec. 2, 2014.
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BaseballDoug Compton ’14, DePauw University; Tommy Crowl ‘13, Marietta College; Mark Peterson ’15, University of Dallas; Gabe Scott ’12, George Washington University; Eric Terry ’15, Emory University
BasketballKiley Barnard ’15, Berea College; Amauria Campbell ‘13, Ohio Northern University; Malauna Campbell ’15, University of Charleston; Evan Davis ’15, Clarmont-McKenna College; Kevin Johnson ’13, University of Cincinnati; Antonio Woods ’14, University of Pennsylvania
CheerleadingAndrea Bacho ’12, Denison University; Monica Windholtz ’14, Case Western Reserve University
Cross Country & TrackEllie Adams ’14, St. Louis University; Sophie Adams ’14, St. Louis University; Mia Schreibeis ’14, Winthrop University; John Murdock ’15, University of Cincinnati; Mason Moore ’15, Xavier University; Adelaide Tsueda ’15, Wooster College
DivingAllison Brophy ’14, Clemson University; Stewart Spanbauer ’15, North Carolina State University
Collegiate All-Stars
Class Notes
Daniel Ferone, father of Brittany Ferone ’07 and Lisa Ferone ’13, July 18, 2015.
Peggy Jo Fry, mother of Kelly (Fry) Ross ’88, Feb. 28, 2015.
Todd Hardin, brother of Haven Hardin ’71, Hilary (Hardin) Broyles ’73, and Howard Hardin SBS ’70, March 23, 2015.
Mary Louise Wagner Hawley, mother of Ed Terrill SBS ’58, Oct. 5, 2015.
Mary “Mim” (Homan) Hillenbrand, mother of Carol Lynne (Hillenbrand) Vollmer ’68, Diane Mary Hillenbrand ’68, and Janet Claire (Hillenbrand) Sherman ’71, Aug. 11, 2015.
Dr. James Kegler, father of Colin Kegler ’93, Aug. 25, 2014.
Kenneth Kohn, husband of Christine (Lippert) Kohn ’90, July 2015.
Sr. Imelda Laub, a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur and former member of the Board of Trustees, Feb. 5, 2015.
Thomas Long, husband of Maridot (Barton) Long ’58, July 11, 2015.
ANGEL DONORSSponsors Who Prepare Young People for Success
An incomplete list of Angel Donors was published in the 2014-2015 Annual Report. We regret our error. The complete list of Angel Donors follows:
Anonymous (3)Peggy and Edwin BarkerJennifer and David BastosLorraine and George BergeronAnne and Michael BergeronMelanie Chavez and Jeremy CampbellSusan and Robert CastelliniMichael J. ChasnoffMacKenzie and Manuel Chavez BMS ‘91Cheviot Savings Bank Charitable FoundationKim and Scott David Drive For The Knights Golf OutingFund for Independent SchoolsAndrea and Robert HintonRebecca and Michael HolmesKimberly and Stephen HuntThe Harry J. and Edna D. Husman FoundationLama and Saeb KhouryNicci and Brent KohlheppMaya and Gregory Lalonde BMS ‘83Susan and Chuck LaMacchiaBryn and Joshua LorentzKathy and Michael McQueenMarissa and Michael MillerKim and Drew MyersBambi and Joseph PappanoJoelle and Howard Ragland BMS ‘83Beth and Ken RobinsonJames Scharf, Jr Valerie Newell and Timothy SmithThe Robert C. & Adele R. Schiff Foundation (Adele Schiff, Dawn & Robert Schiff, Jr., and James A. Schiff)Steve R. Schueler BMS ‘80Holly (Friesz) ‘86 and P. Stuart Seltman ‘86Lisabeth and Kevin ShawPatricia and James StahlCenona Taveras and Eric BeattyDeborah Good and Thomas Theobald SBS ‘50Therese (Rohde) ‘70 and William Tobler
Rosemary Makepeace, mother of Holly (Makepeace) Hummel ’79, Feb. 7, 2015.
Edward William Makstell, father of Nadine (Makstell) Whitsett ’74 and Lloyd Makstell ’79, Oct. 30, 2015.
Malcolm A. Meyn, father of Alexandra Meyn ’97 and Madelyn Meyn (att), Nov. 17, 2014.
Joseph Morrissey, brother of Barbara (Morrissey) Stautberg ’53, Jan. 26, 2015.
Patrick “Pat” Mullen, husband of Margaret (O’Donnell) Mullen ’72 and father of Laura Mullen ’07, June 7, 2015.
H. Frederick Nebel, father of Mary Ann (Nebel) Chappelear ’63 and Aileen Nebel ’70, Oct. 18, 2014.
Audrey Ortman, mother of staff member, John Ortman, March 13, 2015.
James Perry, husband of Renee (Joseph) Perry ’55, Dec. 26, 2014.
Margaret Peters, mother of John Robert Peters Jr. SBS ’57, David Peters SBS ’60
and Margaret (Peters) McKnew ’62, July 14, 2015.
Perry Robinson, father and father-in-law of retired faculty Jan and Mark Wiesner, July 25, 2015.
Rosemary Roeding, former faculty member and mother of Sue (Roeding) Lanter ’74, Randy Roeding ’79, Patricia Roeding ’76, Tom Roeding ’81 and Meg (Roeding) Ryan ’82, May 26, 2015. Lyle Stetzer, Sr., father of Eric Stetzer ’05, Oct. 10, 2015.
Rita Uehlein, mother of Karen (Uehlein) Crumley ’73, March 6, 2015.
Richard Wagner, father of Anne Wagner ’85 and Christine (Wagner) Carli ’89, Feb. 16, 2015.
Casey Wilson, Summit track and cross country coach, Oct. 2, 2014.
Sally Wilson, mother of Holden Wilson ’87, Aug. 28, 2015.
Marie Zobay, mother of Allen Zobay SBS ’58, Jan. 31, 2015.
FootballMichael Barwick ’14, Indiana University; Daniel Bruns ’14, Marist University; Tyler Hannah ’15, Mount St. Joseph University; LaDon Laney ’12, Kentucky Wesleyan; Armand Walker ’13, Morehead State; CJ Suggs ’15, Wittenberg University
LacrosseEvan Albertson ‘11, College of Wooster; David Smith ‘13, Transylvania University; Rebecca Stromberg ’14, Belmont Abbey College
SoccerLiz Arnold ’12, Emory University; Isaiah Chapman ’14, University of Rio Grande; Matt De Jesus ’14, Carnegie Mellon University; Eddie de St. Aubin ’12, Franciscan University; Ben Emery ’13, University of Dayton; Addie Englehart ’14, Xavier University; Christian Hay ’14, University of Cincinnati; Caelan Hueber ’13, Adelphi University; Bryce Hueber ’14, Wright State University; Joey Kunkel ’13, University of Louisville;Brandon Lorentz ‘13, Thomas More College; Ayanna Parker ’13, University of Kentucky; Meredith Schertzinger ’14, University of Alabama – Birmingham; Mia Schreibeis ’14, Winthrop University; Emily Wiser ’15, University of Chicago
VolleyballDana Thomas ’14, Oberlin College
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Legacy FamiliesParents and grandparents were invited to join their students for our annual legacy photograph. Current legacy students include:
MontessoriHenry Ahouse; Elyse and Lily Arling; Jack Baker; Huck Bortz; Deirdre Brinkmeyer; Miles Butler; J.J. Castellini; Finley and Gabby Chavez; Asher Clauder; Emery Cosgrove; Clara and Maddy Dobbs; Elliot and Evan Fox; Henry Fraser; Dylan Gonyo; James Griffith; Allison Grove; Hunter and James Heekin; Robert Johnson; Aiden and Avery Lilly; Henry Moran; Hadley and Nolan O’Brien; Dallas Parker; William Potter; Crosley Price; Andrew and William Ragland; Lily Ray; Caroline Reynolds; Charlotte Rudolph; Alex and Riley Stagnaro; Holly Stagnaro; Natalie Tabone; Madeleine Wade; Natalya Wangler; Elizabeth Wilson; Walker Williams; and Tucker Yarnell.
Lower SchoolHaley Baker; Mason Butler; Mia Cavallo; C.C. and Jillian Chavez; Joshua Clauder; Rowan Cosgrove; Devlan Daniel; Grant Desch; Dillon Fox; Christian Francis; Lily Fraser; Bebe Heekin; Trey Joseph; Gracey Kelly; Finn and Paige Kropp; Annette LaLonde; Holland and Trey Lippert; Ellen Love; Aliviah and Jasmine McCarter; Ann and Tripp Miller; Peter Misrach; Abigayle and Benny Penote; Cecelia Ragland; Chloe Ragland; Jack and Mercer Reynolds; Charlie Ritch; Anna Grace Sanders; Michael Stagnaro; Sam Stagnaro; Susie Stahl; Patrick Williams; Addie Grace Wilson; and Shareef Zawaideh.
Middle SchoolTrey Butler; Drew Cavallo; Katie Conway; Conlan and Keelan Daniel; Mary Ann Drew; Elizabeth Dziech; Hughie Headley; Oren Jenkins; Sadie Joseph; John LaBar; Grace and Greg LaLonde; Lily Lippert; Oscar March; John Penote; Liza and Molly Ragland; Sydney Ragland; Addie and Auggie Ransick; Hudson and Lily Ritch; Margeaux Saba; Benjamin and Jack Schmerge; Luke Schneider; Kate and Maggie Stagnaro; James Stahl IV; Matthew and Sarah Sutton; Luis Valencia; and Charlie Wilson.
Upper SchoolElise Becker; Sydney Beckmeyer; Francis Bohlke; Katie and Meghan Byrne; Courtney Chamberlin; Sammi Crew; Katherine Cummings; Kerri Daniel; Luke Desch; William Dowling; Shabnam Fayyaz; Eric and Maggie Fisk; Elisabeth and Hannah Gottenbusch; Maggie Harsh; Katie Anne Headley; Robert Kerr; Allison and Scott Kinross; Eric Kroencke; Madelyn LaBar; Nick Latham; Helena March; Jackson McKeever; Connor McMurry; Elena Montag; Luc Moser; Emma Nies; Jacob and Will Pauly; Alex Ragland; Mikayla Roma; Maxwell Rowitz; Bella and Monica Saba; Caroline Schmerge; Jake, Kyle and Ryan Schneider; Lucy Schroder; August Schweitzer; Henry and Martha Seltman; Hope Thomson; Mary Towell; Ale Valencia; Carli and Diego Vallota; Avery Walter; Caroline and Victoria Walton; and Robert Wilson.
FEB. 20, 2016125th Anniversary Gala and
Live AuctionMusic Hall, 7 p.m.-Midnight
APRIL 22, 2016Fleur-de-lis Mass and LuncheonCelebrating alumni who have
graduated 40+ years agoChapel and St. Cecilia, 11 a.m.
MAY 1, 2016Campus Day
Alumni 125th Anniversary Mass Chapel, Noon
May 29, 2016Class of 2016 Graduation
Chapel, 2 p.m.
Sept. 23, 2016Homecoming & Reunion
WeekendReception 6-8 p.m.
All alumni are invited. Class years ending in “01” and
“06” are encouraged to plan individual reunion gatherings
on Saturday, Sept. 24
Alumni Book Club The Alumni Board started a
book club discussion group in October. English teacher
Pat Kelly and retired English teacher Carole Fultz served as moderators. The group
will meet quarterly. If interested in joining the group,
please email [email protected]
for details.
Save The Date
Educating the heart, the head and the hands
For 125 years, change has been constant at The Summit. Remember, The Summit was built in the days before the school had electricity, automobiles or telephone, and we all know how rapid development of the 20th Century changed our lives. Grounds and facilities have been continually updated with the times as additional buildings and renovations have met ever-changing needs of Summit students. Faces have changed every year as one graduating class exits and a new group of preschoolers begin. But one thing has remained constant throughout those 125 years – the devotion that people have for The Summit. I hear that sentiment often from our alumni, students and parents. They remember the people and events that shaped their lives – a favorite teacher or class, a special project, a field trip or Kairos. The list goes on but the one thing that remains the same is the tradition of devotion for The Summit.
From the very beginning, the Sisters promised to train “the heart, the head and the hands.” We strive to continue the promise to provide programs and opportunities that surpass expectations. In this issue, we highlighted the latest changes with looks at the new spaces created through the summer renovation and expansion, the new IGknight classes for babies and parents, an Outdoor Learning Space, a Lower School Service Club and the Early Childhood Education Symposium. These measures of excellence are reflected in the alumni we highlight in this issue – Alumni Award and Hall of Fame recipients as well news about marriages, babies, jobs, promotions and other achievements in Class Notes. All of these stories reinforce the traditions that began in 1890, when the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur promised parents and students that they would educate the whole person – “the heart, the head and the hands.”
As we continue the celebrations of The Summit’s 125th anniversary year, know that we are moving in a direction that promises to make The Summit strong for another 125 years. All of these opportunities would not be possible without a tradition of support from alumni, parents, grandparents, friends and students. We’ve included a donation envelope in this magazine. Please consider using it to make a gift to the Annual Fund for Excellence to help ensure that future generations will get to experience what it means to be a Summit graduate.
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Here are just a few of the items to be auctioned online.
• Week trip to a luxurious, ocean-front condominium in Long Boat Key Florida • Notre Dame football tickets• Walt Disney World tickets• American Girl Doll package• Wine and paint night in our state-of-the ‘art’ new classroom• Second City Comedy Club tickets• Keeneland bus trip for a day at the races• Commemorative, anniversary Summit charms • Golf and lunch for three in Whisper Rock Golf Club in Phoenix, Ariz.• Concert ticket packages for Selena Gomez, Maroon 5, Billy Joel and more to come• Class projects from the students in every grade• Grade level themed baskets from parents of each grade• Cyclones hockey package• Seattle Seahawks signed football and photo from their visit to The Summit• Orthodontic care package from Dr. Grace Kerr• Restaurant gift cards• Dazzling jewelry• Dinner with the Sisters of Notre Dame• Famous jellybean art from Paula Yarnell• Cincinnati Reds private suite for a day• Original signed artwork
The Love Your School Auction is the annual fundraiser for The Summit, with the proceeds benefiting all students, faculty and members of our community. The online auction opens Feb. 7 and closes Feb. 20 during the 125th Knight of Stars gala celebration. In addition to our online offerings, we will have several exclusive items auctioned live during our gala celebration.
If you are not able to join the celebration at Music Hall, you are still able to support The Summit by participating in the Love Your School online auction in the comfort of your home.
To register for bidding and to learn more, go to
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