At the end of every school year, the Upper School and Middle School gather for the presentation for awards. This the complete list of awards and recipients for the 2010-2011 school year.
Cincinnati Country Day School – Upper School Awards 2011
Extracurricular
Joseph F. Hofmeister Scroll Award Cody Pomeranz/Amanda Young
Archive Award Ilana Habib
InWords Award Ilana Habib
Patterson Award for Poetry Alanah Hall/Kate Taylor
Patterson Award for Prose Charles McKee
Clement L. Buenger FISC Award Tyrique Wilson
Tony Strauss Service Learning Award Emily Grupp/John Wildman
Athletic
James A. Wright Sportsmanship Award Kathryn Black/Will Fritz
Letterman Leadership Awards Jamie Huelskamp/Wyatt Tiffany
Shirley Heinichen Outstanding Female Athlete Elizabeth Blackburn
J. David McDaniel Outstanding Male Athlete Robert Pierce
Fine Arts
Drama Award Alyssa Breneman
Music Award – Vocal Richard Abrahamson
Music Award – Band Karis Kosar
Thomas D. Gettler, ’76 Creative Writing Award Jules Cantor
Dance Award Alyssa Breneman
Visual Arts Award Ilana Habib/Baldur Tangvald
William H. Chatfield Award Ilana Habib
Departmental
Robinson-Bye Award in English Alyssa Breneman
Bausch & Lomb Science Award Henry Pease
Gordon R. Wright Science Award Kate Taylor
Lee S. Pattison History Award William Duncan/Cody Pomeranz
Academic Research Award Jonas Luebbers
French Award Alexandra McInturf
Spanish Award William Duncan
Romance Languages Award Charles McKee
Ash Mathematics Award Kevin McSwiggen/Kate Taylor
David E. Laird Computer Science Award Alex Levinson
Scholastic
Cum Laude Society
Class of 2011 inducted in their junior year:
Alyssa Breneman Alexandra McInturf Kate Taylor
William Duncan Baldur Tangvald Amanda Young
Class of 2011 inducted this year:
Kathryn Black Lilly Fleischmann Cody Pomeranz
Elizabeth Blackburn Claire Heinichen
Class of 2012 inducted this year:
Bradley Hammoor Michael Morgan Anisa Tatini
Jonas Luebbers Henry Pease Gail Yacyshyn
Audrey McCartney
National Merit
National Merit Commended Students
William Bismayer Claire Heinichen Kate Taylor
Elizabeth Blackburn Charles McKee Gretchen Weigel
Michael Fitzgerald
National Merit Semi-Finalists
Alyssa Breneman Jordan Komnick Cody Pomeranz
Jules Cantor Alexandra McInturf Baldur Tangvald
Lilly Fleischmann Kevin McSwiggen Amanda Young
Ilana Habib
National Merit Scholarship Finalists
Alyssa Breneman Jordan Komnick Cody Pomeranz
Jules Cantor Alexandra McInturf Baldur Tangvald
Lilly Fleischmann Kevin McSwiggen Amanda Young
Ilana Habib
National Merit Scholarship Recipients
Alyssa Breneman Kevin McSwiggen
Jules Cantor Baldur Tangvald
Class Scholars
Templeton Briggs Memorial Award Brian McSwiggen
Alumni Award Holly Dayton
Caroline Gentile
Herbert M. Davison Award Audrey McCartney
Michael Morgan
Julius Fleischmann Memorial Award Alyssa Breneman
Country Day Missions
Peter Levinson Memorial Award Timothy Macrae
Gail Yacyshyn
Country Day Award Baldur Tangvald
Middle School Awards Ceremony
The following is a description of the awards that were presented at the Middle School Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, May 31, 2011.
Charles F. Yeiser Scholar Award
The Charles F. Yeiser Scholar Award was established by CCDS to honor Mr. Charles F. Yeiser at his retirement in 1977. An alumnus of Country Day in the class of 1939, Mr. Yeiser was Head of School from 1971 to 1977. Mr. Yeiser served the school for over three decades as a teacher and an administrator. The Charles F. Yeiser Award pays tribute to his hopes for, and confidence in, young people. Yeiser Scholar winners must be new students in grades five through eight. Award recipients have the potential for high academic achievement, exhibit excellent citizenship skills, and are leaders in co-curricular activities.
5th Grade Martha Foushee 6th Grade Anna Geohegan
7th Grade Ian Hayes 8th Grade Pratiti Ghosh-Dastidar
The William H. Hopple, Jr. Award
The William H. Hopple, Jr. Award recognizes the 6th Grade Class Scholars with the highest numeric grade averages. This award honors William H. Hopple, Jr., member of the CCDS class of 1939, who devoted 41 years of service to Country Day. Mr. Hopple joined the CCDS Faculty in 1946. He then served as Lower School Head from 1953 to 1978. Later, he led the alumni and development programs from 1978 to 1987.
Heman Duplechan Hailey Spaeth
The Bobby Pogue Prize
The Bobby Pogue Prize recognizes the 7th Grade Class Scholars with the highest numeric grade averages. The prize is given in memory of Bobby Pogue, a former student who attended CCDS from 1935 to 1941. Bobby Pogue gave his life in defense of our country in World War II.
Nathan Grant Ian Hayes Margaret Hodson
The Herbert Snyder Award
The Herbert Snyder Award recognizes the 8th Grade Class Scholars. The award is given in memory of the Mr. Snyder, the Second Headmaster of CCDS, whose tenure was from 1929 to 1941.
Elizabeth Grace Pranav Madabhushi Elizabeth Miller
The Ramsey Runyon Wright Award
The Ramsey Runyon Wright Award is an award given to an 8th grader each year. This award is named for Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wright’s son, Ramsay, who was born with a congenital heart defect. He was on medication all of his relatively short life. Ramsey attended Cincinnati Country Day from Montessori until he died as a middle schooler. He was a very special person with an unbelievable sense of humor. He was a great writer and avid reader. He had a love of life and brought much joy to others. Ramsey exemplified creativity, a beautiful sense of humor, and a joy of life.
Mr. Wright was always creative about the form in which the award took from year to year. It consists of a cash prize. One year, the money was tossed into a salad complete with lettuce and tomatoes. Another year the cash was pennies in a shoe box. The prize has also been presented as change in an old black sock. The previous year’s recipient is now responsible for the form the award takes the following year. The award goes to the 8th grade student who most exemplifies the humor and creativity of Ramsay Runyon Wright.
Marissa Beyette
The Dr. Charles F. Clark Character Award
The Dr. Charles F. Clark Character Award recognizes one student in each grade who most exemplifies the CCDS Code of Conduct. The award honors Dr. Charles F. Clark, Country Day’s 9th Head of School, whose tenure was from 1994 to 2003. The Dr. Charles F. Clark Character Award recognizes the middle school student in each grade who has demonstrated the following: respect for the dignity of each individual, kindness toward others, honesty, compassion, intellectual curiosity, concern for the environment, and courage to do the right thing.
5th Grade John Pettengill 6th Grade Kevin Pruis
7th Grade Margaret Hodson 8th Grade Jacob Scheper
The Richard O. Schwab Middle School Award
The Richard O. Schwab Middle School Award is the Middle School’s highest award. It recognizes the boy and girl in each grade who exemplify the following qualities: positive attitude, dedication to school work and school activities, leadership, respect for others, and kindness to everyone.
5th Grade Sachi Bhati, John Blang 6th Grade Grace Pettengill, Adam Ushpol
7th Grade Davis McMaster, Emma Robitaille 8th Grade Will Cohen, Danielle Wolf
The National French Contest
Le Grand Concours, or the National French Contest, is a French event in the form of a 60 minute national test, designed, written, financed, and disseminated by the members of the American Association of Teachers of French. Its purpose is to help stimulate further interest in the teaching and learning of French, and to help identify and reward achievement on the part of both students and teachers. Over 115,000 students nationwide took this year’s test. Congratulations to the following middle school students who earned a national ranking on the Level 1 exam.
Elizabeth Miller 1st Adam Baker 8th Ryan Dougherty 9th
The National Spanish Exam
The mission of the National Spanish Examination (NSE) is to recognize student achievement and to promote language proficiency in the study of the Spanish. The National Spanish Examinations are online, standardized assessment tools given by over 3400 teachers throughout the United States, to measure proficiency and achievement of students, who are studying Spanish as a second language. A total of 115,218 students participated in the online version of the exam. Congratulations to the following middle school students who earned a national ranking.
Margaret Hodson 1st Level 01 Pranav Madabhushi 1st Level 1
Emma Robitaille 2nd Level 01 Elizabeth Grace 2nd Level 1
Nathan Albrink 3rd Level 01 Jennifer Gonzales 1st Level 1 Bilingual
Sergio Zarate 2nd Level 1 Bilingual
The Middle School Alumni Writing Contest
The Middle School Alumni Writing Contest Award recognizes students who have demonstrated mastery of written expression. The recipient has written a powerful and eloquent essay combining research, personal observation, and creative inspiration. This essay is judged by a panel of distinguished alumni from all over the country.
5th Grade Arys Anderson 6th Grade Sophie Hudson
7th Grade Megan Naber 8th Grade Marissa Beyette
Two other excellent essays are selected for honorable mention by the judges.
5th Grade Jenna Macrae, Zach O’Brien 6th Grade Holly Jacobs, Cait Ushpol
7th Grade Ian Hayes, Emma Robitaille 8th Grade Elizabeth Miller, Hannah Taylor
The MATHCOUNTS Competition
The MATHCOUNTS Competition is a national middle school coaching and competitive mathematics program that promotes mathematics achievement through a series of fun and engaging “bee” style contests. The program exists in all 50 states plus U.S. territories. The program is supported by the National Society of Professional Engineers. All students in sixth, seventh and eighth grades are eligible to participate. Congratulations to the following students, who were part of the CCDS MATHCOUNTS team that competed at the state level.
7th Grade J’Quaan Waite
8th Grade Adam Baker, Kevin Geohegan, Elizabeth Grace, Isabelle Hudson, Stephen Liao,
Celia Macrae, Pranav Madabhushi, Elizabeth Miller, Connor Wiley
