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E A G L E ’ S E Y E 2010 CHCA connected

THE CINCINNATI HILLS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY MAGAZINE

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CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS Celebration auction gathers friends, raises funds Winter Term snapshots from Turkey to Teton New instrumental music program launches at Armleder

COVER STORIES Making connections at CHCA

2010

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EAGLE’S EYE 2010 | Volume 12 EDITOR Liz Bronson‘’00 ASSISTANT EDITOR Jane Haslem CONTRIBUTORS Natalie Pfister Tracy Wolcott

LEARN, LEAD & SERVE The Class of 2010 graduates Junior aces SAT, ACT College-bound athletes sign with schools Tech teacher heads to Panama

ALUMNI NEWS Class notes - new babies, new businesses and more Alumni affecting their world Upcoming events

LEAD PHOTOGRAPHER Judi Alvarado

Eagle’s Eye is published annually by Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy Please send address changes to rebecca.sequeira@chca-oh.org or call (513) 247-0900 Visit us on the web at www.chca-oh.org

From the Head of School When I was a middle school principal, I used to closely watch how relationships grew for our new students. For most kids, the entire school experience often hinges on who notices them each day and wants to be with them. Rob Hall, principal at CHCA Middle School, had this idea in mind when he established his motto: “Every student. Connected.

Every day.” Even the smallest of connections makes a difference in the life of a child.

But I have also noticed that we parents are in the same boat. We may be many years removed from grade school, but we still want a meaningful connection with others who share our interests.

One of our school’s most compelling core values is “A vibrant sense of community.” We discovered years ago that CHCA is a place where people – students and parents alike – “draw life” from “doing life” with other people. That’s community. You’d think being in four separate buildings could create a challenge in fostering such an environment, but we don’t have to all be in one place to get the best out of community.

school better when we see it carried out in the lives of other students and their families. Second, doing life with others helps us identify the differences that make us even stronger – there is a richness and depth that develops in relationships where people can challenge each other. Lastly, our children are best served when we, as parents, are unified. “It takes a village to raise a child” is a cliché for a reason: I’ve noticed that the more connected the parents of a class are, the more peaceful and successful the class tends to be.

In this issue of Eagle’s Eye, you will hear stories of students, teachers, parents and alumni connecting in a variety of ways. I hope this will ignite even more ideas, bringing our community closer as a family in Christ. So whether tailgating before a CHCA football game, praying with one of the open groups for moms and dads at any of our campuses, volunteering at Fall Festival or helping another parent with carpooling duties, let’s stay connected and get the most out of this remarkable community called CHCA. In Christ,

With crowded schedules and various demands on our time, it’s easy to keep a distance and avoid plugging in when you have the choice. But I think there are three reasons this connectedness is so important: first, we understand the mission of the

Randy Brunk CHCA Head of School

Campus Highlights Celebration nets $257,000 for CHCA mission CHCA’s biennial Celebration auction is a great opportunity for our community to come together and do just what the name says: celebrate our students, celebrate the mission, and celebrate a community that cares enough to fund that mission for the next generation. This year, we raised over $257,000 for the school. Some other numbers to note: 앩 $80,000 in sponsorships went directly to tuition assistance 앩 673 people attended (the most ever), including parents, founders, alumni, grandparents, faculty and students 앩 200 people were at the auction by 6:00 p.m., five of whom won valuable early bird prizes 앩 93% of auction items were sold by the evening’s end

Students provided everything from greetings to entertainment, while some unique auction items provided the excitement. Two families won the chance to help design original stained glass pieces (to be installed in the Miracle Commons) by HS art teacher Tim Hilderbrand; our own junior high football coaches donated a campout for the team; an unforgettable trip to Jack Hanna’s cabin in Big Fork, Montana was won by one lucky family; and perhaps the cutest item of the night, the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, went home with the family who hosted him.

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The fellowship and friendships... are just as important as the dollars we raise.

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Thanks to our auction team (led by General Chair Kim Meador, it included fellow CHCA parents Kim Ackerman, Kay Carter, Brenda Durham, Carol Hughes, Carrie Lefker, Jayne McLeod, Cindy Merkel, Tammy Pacheco, Jennie Schretter, Rebecca Sequeira, Jill Strasser, Shelley Walchle and Mara Warncke), Celebration sponsors, and everyone who attended, donated, volunteered or lent a helping hand, the night was a great success.

“Celebration is such a wonderful opportunity to support the mission, bring people together, celebrate the things God is doing at this school and marvel at the ways CHCA changes kids’ lives,” says Meador, mother of a Class of 2010 grad. “The fellowship and friendships that come as a result of preparing and hosting this event are just as important as the dollars we raise.” 쐌 For more on Celebration, including a slideshow of photos from the event, visit chca-oh.org and search keyword: Celebration.

Many thanks to our Celebration 2010 sponsors:

Celebration auction items included sports memorabilia, one-of-a-kind experiences, gift certificates, and special pieces like plates signed by the classes of 2010 and 2014, and chairs painted by EBL elementary students.

LEFT: CHCA Board of Trustees member Patti Younkin with husband (and HS basketball coach) Jay. RIGHT: Class of 1995 grad and current parent Jon Adams with wife Katie.

LEFT: Karen and Tom Woelk (parents of ‘’08 &‘’12 CHCA students) eye some of the hundreds of items in the silent auction. RIGHT: Cast members from the CHCA MS production of “The Wizard of Oz” were on hand to greet everyone who arrived.

LEFT: CHCA parents Kara and Rodney Ringer enjoy a moment before the live auction begins. RIGHT: New CHCA parents Molly and Doug Tyger were the winners of the $10,000 gala draw prize.

LEFT: Students from the MSL HS orchestra (accompanied by instructor Amanda Mangialardo) provide music before dinner. RIGHT: Students help sell gala draw tickets in the silent auction room.

LEFT: Board of Trustees member and guest auctioneer Evan Andrews encourages the bidding. RIGHT: Ellen, Grace and Molly Packer sing "How much is that doggie in the window?" before the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is auctioned.

LEFT: Angela Stutz, mother of three CHCA students (Kristen '99, Darrah '02 and Meredith '12) led the evening events as Celebration emcee. CENTER: General Chair of Celebration Kim Meador watches the live auction. RIGHT: CHCA mom (and Channel 9 news anchor) Julie O'Neill Gregory kicks off the live auction.

LEFT: CHCA’s Jr. high football coaches auctioned off a campout for the team. In May, players and their dads enjoyed swimming, a campfire, volleyball, plenty of food and a night outside at Jim & Lisa Stull’s house.

RIGHT: Jr. high football coach (and Class of 2000 grad) Chad Leland, center, with football dads Mike Prescott (left) and Randy Renners.

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Campus Highlights Winter Term 2010: a few snapshots from the road LAODICEA AND EPHESUS, TURKEY Students visited places where the Apostle Paul first established churches, experienced the customs and cuisine of modernday Turkey, and learned about the religious, political and cultural history of Asia Minor.

Comments by CYLE CUCINOTTA, 10th grade

We are in the Pamukkale hot spring (close to where Jesus told the Laodiceans that he would rather they be cold or hot than lukewarm). The white stuff is a result of calcium deposits left by the hot springs - the one we’re standing in was really cold, but others were warmer. They supposedly have healing properties, but my knees were still sore afterward!

This is on the main street in Ephesus - we have just left the amphitheater and are heading toward the library.

This is a cabin owned by the U.S. Government that we passed on a 2-hour cross country skiing trek. Skiing was fun - there were some good hills, and we saw lots of trees where bears had clawed the bark and a place where squirrels burrow in the winter. This was the coldest day of our trip - 25 degrees below zero - but we had plenty of layers.

We were skiing on a trail at the base of the Teton Mountains when our guide, Doug, showed us where we could dig up a bunch of animal bones. Only after I held this up to my face did I find out it was a moose pelvis.

G RAND TETON NATIONAL PARK (near Jackson, Wyoming) Students studied at the Teton Science Center, lived in cabins, kept field journals, and took part in recreational activities like cross-country skiing.

Comments by HAYES DOLLAR, 11th grade

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MAMELODI, SOUTH AFRICA Starting in Johannesburg and continuing on to Mamelodi, students got a chance to go on safari, visit historical sites, and serve at schools, clinics and a home for children born with AIDS.

At the Bophelong School, our group washed chairs and organized books in the library. In this photo, you can see TJ Eilau being “attacked” by some very rambunctious boys at break time. Duhann (standing off to the right) wisely stayed out of it.

WYOMING

CHCA students helped with medical services and health consults in informal settlements in Mamelodi. Here, Taylor Davis (white shirt), Katie Jonas (blue shirt) and Duhann Jacobs (black shirt) help fill out paperwork before funneling patients to the proper tent for treatment. Each student had an interpreter from a local church (Charity and Faith) to help with language issues.

Comments by NICK ROSENFELDT, English teacher

HIGHGATE, JAMAICA

EPHESUS

Students helped build two homes for Jamaican families with the help of Christian Service International. They also got a chance to sightsee, catch some rays at the beach, attend church and visit orphanages.

Laura Atkins and Sarah Atallah are standing with Aston, the man we were building a house for. In this photo, we have just finished the house and are getting ready for the dedication. Aston had two sons who had been living in an orphanage - now that he has a house, they can live with him.

Comment by NATHAN CONWAY, 11th grade

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Campus Highlights Instrumental music program begins at Armleder Thanks to a grant procured by the CHCA Development Office and Fine Arts Department, Armleder enjoyed a full instrumental music program this year. Before, students took part in choral classes or used Orff instruments (think xylophones and glockenspiels); now they also have access to a bass guitar and a full complement of percussion instruments, including steel drums, meringue guiros, claves and various hand instruments.

In addition to providing money to purchase instruments, chairs and music stands, the grant (from an anonymous local foundation) also funded installation of sound attenuation materials, initial set-up costs, and two years of a teacher’s salary. (After two years, the salary will be included in the Armleder budget.)

The program is open to all 5th-8th grade students, but is mandatory for all 5th-6th graders. “Getting our Armleder students an instrumental music program has been a goal of mine for years,” says Mona Summers, Director of CHCA Fine Arts. “Receiving this grant is exciting for me, the parents, our faculty and of course, the students. This will really add to their middle school experience.” Principal Susan Miller agrees. “Kids want a chance to create, whether through drawing, making music or writing a story. I’m so glad we can offer another way for our students to express themselves creatively.” 쐌

Deja Malone hammers out a few notes on one of Armleder’s steel drums.

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I’m so glad we can offer another way for our students to express themselves creatively.

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Congratulations to CHCA Athletes Who Went to State This Year

DIVING: Sarah Pyles

TENNIS (doubles): Logan Henize and Ben Tedrick Holly Dahmus and Kassie Faugno

TRACK AND FIELD: Isaiah Bell Javon Campbell Logan Lally Andrews Perkins Andrew Wallace

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Campus Highlights A Beauty of a time at the Cappies Martha S. Lindner High School’s production of “Beauty and the Beast” (directed by Susan Jung) captured nine 2010 Cappies nominations and one win. The Cappies program recognizes the best in local high school theater each year at a spring awards gala. (Fun fact: Cincinnati is the second-largest Cappies chapter in the United States.)

Chris Barger, a senior, won for Best Male Vocalist.

CHCA was also nominated for Best Stage Crew (Abby Bowman, Kelsee Foreman, Cara Janney and Jon Pyles), Orchestra, Ensemble in a Musical (Brett Fields and Ben Stevens), Featured Actress in a Musical (Amy Mirlisena), Featured Actor in a Musical (Josh Thiel), Male Dancer (Ben Scott), Comic Actor in a Musical (Ben Stevens) and Supporting Actress in a Musical (Maddie Drees). 쐌 The 2010 Cappies Commendees (students that the director appoints for their overall impact on the theater program) were Kristen Zabbatino, Molly Packer, Alicia Grant and Maria Richart.

The Cappie-nominated orchestra was directed by Dan Grantham and Amanda Mangialardo and included (back row, left to right) Mallory O'Connor, Michelle Feeney, Heather Morrison, Kellie Hesse, Abbie Marosi, Ashley Staarmann, Dylan Eilau, Matt Alvarado, Joseph Kabalin, Mark Swartz, Patrick Lyle; (front row, left to right) Yerim Kim, Kara Hanes, Alex Schaffeld, Tessa Michels, Anna Love, Cecily Bacon, Jessica Wilhite and Anna Campbell.

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2010 Cappies nominees (back row, left to right) Brett Fields, Ben Scott, Josh Thiel, Chris Barger, Ben Stevens; Amy Mirlisena (center); (front row, left to right) Kelsee Foreman, Jon Pyles, Cara Janney and Abby Bowman.

Artist-in-residence builds Armleder, one tile at a time A familiar face brought her artistic skills to CHCA’s downtown campus this year: EBL Elementary art teacher Dawn Marosi, who was named Artist-inResidence at Armleder for 2009-10. With the help of 150 Armleder students, art teacher Gail Varner and a few faculty and staff members, Marosi created a beautiful mosaic that greets all who walk the east hallway.

Meant as a celebration of Armleder’s upcoming 10th anniversary, the mosaic features a city scene with the school building front and center, plus an assortment of handmade clay kids, teachers and Principal Susan Miller.

High above the buildings, the words “A light in the city” float as a reminder of what Armleder has been and will continue to be for Cincinnati. Funding for the mosaic was provided by CHCA’s Friends of Fine Arts. 쐌

Shalom!

EBL campus transformed for Marketplace 29 A.D.

Dancing the hora

For one week every three years, CHCA’s Edyth B. Lindner Elementary campus travels back to a time and place Jesus knew well: Jerusalem, circa 29 A.D. Shofar trumpets sound, Hebrew lessons are taught (by our very own Pete Dongell, Christian Studies teacher at the high school), a tax collector (played by CHCA grandparent Steve Sargent) roams the grounds, the Hora is danced and students experience the arts, crafts and culture of Israel for Marketplace A.D. More than 600 PK-4 students (from both Armleder and EBL Elementary) were separated into 12 tribes to take the journey this time around. “This activity is a great extension of their Christian Studies instruction and draws them closer to an understanding of who Jesus was,” says Holly Getter, EBL third grade teacher and Marketplace organizer. “It’s also an opportunity for peers at both campuses to get together and experience some interesting hands-on opportunities.” 쐌 To see more photos from Marketplace A.D., visit chca-oh.org and search keyword: Marketplace A.D. 2010.

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CHCA Connected How do four buildings on two campuses, each with a separate personality, come together as one family?

by Liz Bronson

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ou’ve probably heard it said that CHCA is not just a school, it’s a family. Not only do we come together for things like ArtBeat, Fall Festival and Homecoming, we also have a tendency to circle the wagons when someone is hurting or needs extra help. This kind of extracurricular sharing of God’s love is a hallmark of Cincinnati Hills and has been since its early days.

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But until recently, it wasn’t as easy for us to connect during the school day. Besides being geographically separate, each of CHCA’s four buildings has their own distinct flavor. What if those differences could yield learning opportunities? “Coming together as a school family not only models what students must do to have an enriching personal and professional life, it is a reflection of the body of Christ,” says Dr. Dean Nicholas, Martha S. Lindner High School Principal. “Paul tells the Corinthians that the body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts. Our students see this in action when they cross geographic and age lines to learn, lead and serve together.”

With that in mind, after redefining the school’s vision, mission and core values in 2008, each building became more purposeful about connecting with each other.

“We are offering a preschool through 12th grade education, so it’s important that CHCA act as one unit,” Sandy Breitholle, principal at Edyth B. Lindner Elementary, points out. “Working together helps reinforce the CHCA mission and lets parents know we really are with them from beginning to end.” Rob Hall, CHCA Middle School Principal, thinks it’s especially important to foster bonds between his campus and Armleder during the 5th-8th grade years. “Doing things together has created a sense of anticipation for being together at the high school,” he says. From socials and sports to musicals and dances, cross-campus activities have made that transition something to look forward to.

“They see it as ‘we get another set of friends!’” Hall adds.

In addition to building relationships, it can be a matter of accessing available resources. As a downtown campus, Armleder has lots of options nearby when taking field trips. When it came time to give the 150 PK-8 students access to arts, athletic and academic activities that had Christ-centered focus, they knew all they had to do was head north. “Because of Armleder’s size, connecting with other buildings for activities opens up opportuni-

SOME WAYS CHCA CAMPUSES CONNECT Marketplace A.D. Colonial Days Middle school musical Chapel Grade 3-8 athletics Field Day Walk through the Bible Eagle’s Landing Leadership Scholars Program Middle school socials Pathways Faculty in-services Band concerts

ties we might not otherwise have,” says Armleder Principal Susan Miller. “It also is a great way to build relationships, broaden perspectives and share different life experiences. It provides leadership opportunities for older students and role models for younger ones.”

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we’re all in this to make these children as successful as we can, academically, spiritually, in every way.

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Effort is made to get faculty together too, both to build cross-campus relationships and to share classroom strategies. “It builds a sense of community,” Breitholle says. “We find we have something in common: that we're all in this to make these children as successful as we can, academically, spiritually, in every way.”

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A friendlier freshman year

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Megan Parcell teaches freshman biology at MSL High School

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inth grade: you’re no longer the top of the middle school heap, there are tons of new people around, you can't see over the heads of the seniors and you don’t know where to sit in chapel. Megan Parcell, biology teacher at Martha S. Lindner High School, remembers these feelings and decided to do something about it. “When I was in high school, we had juniors and seniors who ran freshman orientation and got us through the craziness of freshman year,” she says. “At CHCA, we have been trying to find ways to build community in homeroom as well as help freshmen get connected early on. So I thought, why not try what we did at my high school and help our ninth graders feel a part of CHCA?” Parcell proposed the idea to 2009-2010 sophomores and juniors, then had them apply. “We know the freshman class is eclectic and each student is different, so we were looking for all personalities,” she explains. “Not just leaders, but kids who are dedicated to the school and who have a passion for helping someone have a great first year of high school.” Applicants submitted a teacher recommendation and underwent a panel interview. Competition was stiff. Out of 47 students who applied, only 24 were accepted, enough for each of the 12 single sex freshman homerooms to have a junior and senior of their gender.

These upperclassmen will serve as mentors, meeting the freshmen at orientation in August and running their 15-minute daily homeroom period when school starts.

“It’s theirs to own. They can decide to build community with their homeroom through dodge ball tournaments, birthday celebrations, discussions, service projects, things like that,” Parcell says. “Outside of school, these juniors and seniors will help get the freshmen excited for dances and Winter Term, hold tailgates before football games, and generally help them feel proud to be a part of CHCA.” The program will undoubtedly affect the upperclassmen as much as the freshmen. “The junior and senior mentors get a shot at a leadership opportunity that doesn't involve grades or sports, and the freshmen see a face on the first day of orientation - someone who will be on their side throughout their entire first year of high school,” Parcell contends. “What's more, there are school traditions that you want students to embrace, and I think getting our younger and older students together will help that happen.”

Getting connected when you’re new at CHCA

by Natalie Pfister, Director of Enrollment

When our family enrolled our oldest child at CHCA in 2001, we knew only one other family at the school. At the back-to-school party and during the first few weeks of school, I remember thinking that it seemed like everyone else already knew people, and I longed to be that connected. I decided at that point it was my choice to get plugged in. I volunteered in the classroom, arranged play dates, drove kids to field trips, attended parent gatherings and generally pushed myself beyond my comfort zone to meet other parents and encourage friendships for my son. As our other children enrolled, we continued to look for ways to widen the circle. As I look back on the ways our family has experienced the joy of CHCA community, I know that investment has paid off.

It just required a little initiative to make it happen.

As the Director of Enrollment, it’s now part of my job to help new students and their parents get acclimated to life at CHCA. The Parent Ambassador Program focuses on helping new families plug in, and with all the events on campus, there are literally dozens of opportunities for students and parents to connect and find a home here. (And with four kids on three of our campuses, I’ve probably been to every one of them!)

From the Homecoming picnic in the fall to ArtBeat in

the spring, there’s something for everyone. Read on for some additional perspectives from two people who were new at CHCA in 2009-10.

James Riley, Class of 2013 “After being homeschooled for the majority of my elementary and middle school years, it was a big difference to come to CHCA for freshman year of high school. But I found that the school has a great community, and it was easy to get involved. The transition went well because everyone was open and accepting.

“For me, being on the JV football team was a huge help. Lifting weights every day with my team and classmates, I developed friendships and even met kids who played other sports. There was also the student ambassador program that helped me get to know other new ninth graders.

“For anyone who’s new at CHCA, I would say find an activity, club or sport you enjoy and get involved. You’ll meet people with the same interests as you and will develop relationships with a variety of people.”

Rebecca Sequeira, mom of Gabe (Class of 2013) and Jonathan (Class of 2017) “I knew I wanted to get involved, so I contacted [CHCA Volunteer Coordinator] Julie Carnes and asked her where she needed help the most. She gave me a few ideas, and I ended up selling spirit wear at home football games and covering the front desk at the high school.

“I also attended some PTF meetings. It was there that I met [CHCA Development Director] Anne Venters, who was looking for help with the Celebration auction. I became part of the Data Management team, met lots of other parents, and served at a great event.

“I tell anyone who’s new here to speak up, ask questions, and tell people ‘I’m new!’ You can learn a lot that way. And don’t just volunteer where your kids are - go where help is needed. You’ll meet a variety of people who are excited to serve the school, too!”

LEFT: James Riley, ABOVE: Jonathan, Rebecca and Gabe Sequeira.

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Learn, Lead & Serve Congratulations to the class of 2010!

Students in the Class of 2010 were accepted to 120 colleges and universities. They will be attending the following schools: Air Force Academy Preparatory School, American University, Asbury College, Auburn University, Baylor University, Belmont University, Butler University, Calvin College, Cedarville University, Centre College, Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, Clemson University, College of Mount Saint Joseph, DePaul University, Drexel University, Duke University, Evangel University, Furman University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Hillsdale College, Indian River State College, Mercyhurst College, Miami University, Miami University-Middletown, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Northern Kentucky University, Northwestern University, Ohio University, Purdue University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Taylor University, The Citadel, The College of Wooster, The Ohio State University, The Pennsylvania State University, The University of Alabama, The University of Texas at Austin, University of Cincinnati, University of Dayton, University of Kentucky, University of Miami, University of South Carolina, West Liberty University, Wittenberg University, Xavier University.

2010 GRADUATES Ariel Balske Christopher Barger Kayla Bedinghaus Donald Bell Kaitlin Beverly Daniel Brainer Javon Campbell Samantha Candee Wesley Carlson Mark Caswell Ryan Chappelle Yujin Cho Jeremy Cobb Veronica Colwell Hana Conway Colin Cooper Andrew Copp Chloe Cucinotta Taylor Davis Alexander Dixon

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Taylor Dixon Kathryn Durham Dylan Eilau Tucker Eilau Joshua Everhart Morgan Feeney Alysse Feldman Scott Ferguson Brett Fields Nathan Flint Blaire Flory Michael Fogg Hannah Fussner Brandon Gerlinger Victoria Getter Alicia Grant Doyen Harris Stephanie Harris Zachary Harvey Heather Hobold Katherine Horvath

David Hughes Cara Janney Kathryn Jonas Nickolas Keith Jumi Kim William Kissel Stephen Koch Emily Lake Sean Lally Hannah Lambert Rachel LeCompte Christopher Lehky Benjamin Lewis Taylor Lewis Erin Lloyd John Lloyd William Lovellette Grady Ludeke Evan Machan Amanda Mary Emily McDonnell

Paiten Meador Alexandria Merkel Tessa Michels Katherine Myers Brynn Neyer Mallory O'Connor Molly Packer Renee Painter Jordan Palmer Andrew Perkins John Peters Caroline Phelps Andrew Philip Timothy Pockras Nathaniel Post Sarah Pyles Mallory Rabold Jonathan Ratcliff Rachelle Reed Joseph Reifenberg Maria Richart

Caroline Sanders Jacob Schomaker Alexis Shull Ian Smith Ashley Staarmann Alec Swartz Christopher Taylor Michelle Tobeson Wilfred Tso Johanna Maria van den Berg Daniel Vanwinkle Brandon Walker Andrew Wallace Margaret Weaver Elizabeth White Matthew Williams Rachael Williams Sara Wilson Christopher Workman Jiapan Yan Kristen Zabbatino

Graduation speaker DR. JOAN MIRACLE

Valedictorian DAVID HUGHES

Salutatorian ANNA MARIA VAN DEN BERG

CHCA Commends 2010 Seniors Who Gave Above and Beyond Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy requires 120 service hours for graduation, but many of our students give far more than the minimum. In total, the Class of 2010 gave more than 24,000 hours and averaged three mission trips each.

SENIORS WHO PERFORMED 200-299 SERVICE HOURS

SENIORS WHO PERFORMED 300-499 SERVICE HOURS

Ariel Balske, Chris Barger, Ryan Chappelle, Jeremy Cobb, Taylor Davis, Brett Fields, Katie Horvath, Jumi Kim, Sean Lally, Will LoVellette, Molly Packer, Jordan Palmer, Andrew Perkins, Caroline Phelps, Sarah Pyles, Mallory Rabold, Rachelle Reed, Maria Richart, Ashley Staarmann, Brandon Walker, Rachael Williams

Kayla Bedinghaus, Daniel Brainer, Yujin Cho, Chloe Cucinotta, Alex Dixon, Taylor Dixon, TJ Eilau, Dylan Eilau, Morgan Feeney, Alysse Feldman, Blaire Flory, Victoria Getter, Stephanie Harris, Cara Janney, Amanda Mary, Paiten Meador, Tessa Michels, Andrew Philip, Nathaniel Post, Ian Smith, Michelle Tobeson, Meg Weaver, Elizabeth White, Christopher Workman

SENIORS WHO PERFORMED 500+ SERVICE HOURS

PRESIDENTIAL SERVICE AWARD WINNERS

Kristen Zabbatino, Renee Painter, Erin Lloyd, John Lloyd (served over 600 hours), Kaitlin Beverly, Anna Maria van den Berg

Alex Dixon, John Lloyd, Cara Janney, Kristen Zabbatino, Stephanie Harris, Erin Lloyd

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Learn, Lead & Serve 2400 + 36 = smooth sailing to college In March, CHCA junior Brett Shackson got some very good news: he’d earned a composite score of 36 on the ACT, the highest score a student can receive. The score reflects the average Brett earned on each section of the college-entrance exam, consisting of English Language, Reading, Mathematics and Science Brett Shackson portions. The ACT is taken by more than 1.4 million students each year and the national average composite score is 21. Less than one

tenth of one percent of 2009 graduates taking the ACT earned a 36.

More glad tidings came his way in April: he also scored a perfect 2400 on his SAT. This means Brett got an 800 on each of the test’s three portions - Critical Reading, Mathematics and Writing - on his second attempt. Just eight students in the entire state of Ohio (297 nationwide) received a 2400 in 2009.

Brett, a CHCA student since first grade, says test prep courses helped him get an extra boost. “With the ACT score, I wasn’t that surprised because I came close the first time I took it,” Brett recalls. “But for the SAT, I was pretty shocked because there are some more difficult questions and I didn’t do as well the first time.” With the weight of college entrance testing off his mind, he says he’s looking forward to a great senior year. “Next year I have five AP classes, plus my final season of soccer and last year in the EJO,” Brett says. “Hopefully I’ll do a lot of college visits this summer to get ready for applications in the fall.”쐌

College-bound CHCA athletes

Pictured (left-right) with MSL HS Principal Dean Nicholas and CHCA Athletic Director Matt Coleman are four Class of 2010 seniors who signed on February 3rd to play a sport with their respective colleges and universities. DOYEN HARRIS will be playing football for The Citadel in Charleston, SC; ALEC SWARTZ will be playing football for Mercyhurst College in Erie, PA; MATT WILLIAMS will be playing baseball for the University of Cincinnati; and JOHN LLOYD will be playing football for the University of Cincinnati.

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On May 3rd, four more seniors committed to play a sport for their schools. ANDREW WALLACE will be running track and field for Butler University in Indianapolis, IN; SARAH PYLES will be diving for Asbury College in Wilmore, KY; ERIN LLOYD will be playing basketball for Wittenberg University in Springfield, OH; and WES CARLSON will be playing basketball for West Liberty University in West Liberty, WV.

Champs Doug Hansford, Patrick Bruns, Melissa Lucht, Steven Harbort

Quizmasters: Bible-savvy students win big First, sit down and memorize seven chapters of the Bible (or 18, if you want to compete in the Junior Varsity division). Go ahead, we’ll wait. Ok - now demonstrate your knowledge and speedy reaction time against local and regional competitors. How’d you do? Ready for the big time? Now pack up your knowledge and compete against quizzers from across the U.S., Canada and even Belize.

Thirteen CHCA students - nine from EBL Elementary, three from Armleder, and one from CHCA Middle School - did exactly that, traveling to Chicago in March to compete in the World Bible Quiz national finals. Twelve competed in the Little League Division (Katelyn, Patrick and Suzanna Bruns, Logan Flum, Steven Harbort, Doug Hansford, Melissa Lucht, Ruth and DeMetrius Masuka, Danny Reagan, Emmanuel Tait and Caleb Tomlin), while 8th grader Beth Hansford competed

Tech teacher takes skills to Panama Janet Bremer, technology instructor at MSL High School, spent the last 19 years teaching CHCA students the finer points of everything from keyboarding to digital video editing. This fall, things will look a little different: she and her husband, Wayne, will be taking a sabbatical to spend a year in Panama.

“Educational technology is still in its infancy there and many schools are looking to expand their programs,” Bremer says.

After hearing that a school in Panama City (Crossroads Christian Academy) was hoping to do just that, she wrote to them and offered her services. “The school has a computer lab but needs a plan to use it,”

National Little League Division first place winner Ruth Musaka

with a Junior Varsity team representing Southwest Ohio.

The Little Leaguers memorized seven chapters of 1 and 2 Corinthians for the competition, while Beth put 18 chapters of those books in her brain bank. At the end of the national finals, Armleder 4th grader Ruth Masuka took 1st place, which means Ruth is the number one Little League Bible quizzer in the nation. In team competition, EBL’s “Sensible People” (Doug, Patrick, Melissa and Steven) made it to the finals after three overtimes. After recovering from a 50 point deficit, the Sensible People won the national championship by one question. This makes the fourth year in a row that CHCA has won the national finals.

The rest of CHCA’s quizzers did well too: Armleder’s “Corinthian Kids” took 6th place; EBL 3rd grader Doug Hansford finished individually in 7th place; EBL’s “Bible Monsters” finished in 10th place; and Beth Hansford competed on the Southwest OH Junior Varsity, teaming with other top quizzers from our region. Beth’s team won 1st place, and she placed 7th individually in her division. 쐌

she explains. “I will implement new software, teach the faculty how to use it, and develop a program for them to continue when I leave.”

Since Central America is an emerging market for technology in schools, Bremer got respected software providers Tech4Learning, Kidspiration and netTrekker to sign on for one-year pilots, and Dell has agreed to supply a mobile classroom to CCA. She also plans to do collaborative projects between CCA and CHCA students.

Bremer fondly remembers starting the CHCA computer program and is looking forward to starting from scratch again. “I love it here, but I’m also excited for this opportunity and the chance to apply everything I’ve learned here in a new and creative way,” she reveals. Even though much is still uncertain about things like living arrangements, the fear is outweighed by anticipation. “It’s scary and exhilarating, but I can’t wait to see where God leads.” Let’s just hope He leads her back to CHCA in a year’s time.

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Learn, Lead & Serve

Twelve students receive National Merit recognition

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Class of 2010 seniors David Hughes, Lexi Shull and Brandon Walker were named Finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Competition this year.

It’s no small feat: to become a National Merit Finalist, a Semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by the school principal, and earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s earlier qualifying test performance. More than 1.5 million juniors in over 22,000 high schools entered the 2010 National Merit Program by taking the 2008 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), which served as an initial screen of program entrants.

With the announcement, David, Lexi and Brandon joined the approximately 15,000 Semifinalists nationwide who advanced to the Finalist level, and it is from this group that all National Merit Scholarship winners were chosen. Other highflying CHCA seniors received National Merit recognition: Jeremy Cobb and Ben Lewis made it to the Semifinalist level; Nate Flint, Michael Fogg, Katie Horvath, Mallory O'Connor, Andrew Philip, and

Chris Taylor were named Commended Students in the competition; Jeremy Cobb was named a National Achievement Semifinalist; and Javon Campbell was named a National Achievement Outstanding Participant.

“We are so proud of these bright young people who represent us well,” MSL High School Principal Dr. Dean Nicholas said. “This recognition denotes extremely bright students who also work carefully and diligently. It also reflects a learning community of excellence where teaching and learning are happening at the highest levels. Furthermore, this high honor is built upon the foundation of supportive families who create an environment and expectation for excellence.”

(L-R) National Merit Semifinalists included Lexi Shull, Jeremy Cobb, Ben Lewis, David Hughes and Brandon Walker. Lexi, David and Brandon were later named Finalists.

National Merit Commended students (L-R) Katie Horvath, Michael Fogg, Chris Taylor, Andrew Philip, Mallory O'Connor and Nate Flint.

National Achievement Outstanding Participant Javon Campbell

Scholarship winners come to high school campus next fall Call them the Fantastic Fifteen: the twelve students awarded CHCA’s third annual Learn, Lead & Serve Scholarships, along with three Armleder 8th graders named Lindner Scholars, will be coming to Martha S. Lindner High School for the 2010-11 school year.

A commemoration of CHCA’s vision statement, the Learn, Lead & Serve Scholarships (which are merit-based) will be paid out to the recipients over their four years of high school at CHCA. Learn Scholarships (the top six scorers on the Independent School Entrance Examination administered at CHCA) went to Andrew Minnich ($10,000), Zachary Alvarado ($6,000), Angela Carver ($6,000), Kevin Bao ($4,000), Kimberly Bolsinger ($4,000), and Kohl Eisenhauer ($4,000). The winners of the six Lead & Serve Scholarships (which takes into consideration ISEE test scores as well as completion of a scholarship-specific essay and submission of a résumé) are Hannah Chait ($10,000), Trenton Pfister ($6,000), Sean Daniher ($6,000), Casey Ochs ($4,000), Caroline Schutte ($4,000), and Ella Coggins ($4,000).

Also honored were Lindner Scholars Yadiah Graham, Raelyn Klusmeyer and Donna Odhiambo. These three Armleder 8th graders earned the opportunity to continue their CHCA educational experience through graduation.

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Martha S. Lindner High School Principal Dr. Dean Nicholas with the 2010 Learn, Lead and Serve Scholarship winners

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Learn, Lead & Serve Meet the Musician: Ben Lapps, class of 2012 Plays: the acoustic guitar, drums and piano How long I’ve been playing: I’ve been playing the guitar for about 4 years now, and I am constantly going in and out of so many different styles of music that I really never get tired of it.

Why I play: Music is a huge part of the most fun experiences in my life.

I can’t stress it enough. For me, nothing is cooler than falling in love with a song I hear, and then learning to play for myself.

It all adds up: students earn top scores at math competitions

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Whether you can recite the Pythagorean Theorem in your sleep or barely know your sine from your cosine, you can appreciate the level of brilliance our students demonstrated in math competitions this year. Sherri McFarland, who serves as Mu Alpha Theta advisor in addition to teaching AP Statistics and Precalculus VT at the high school, believes math competitions allow students the opportunity to challenge themselves with mathematics that is new, different and outside the box. “These outstanding students really represented our school well at the various contests and I couldn’t be more proud,” she says. “The results are a product

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Where it’s taken me: For the past couple years, I've developed a pretty solid range of experience in live performance. It started with my playing at restaurants around the city like Pitrelli’s and Anthony’s in Mason, Relish in Deerfield, and Coffee Emporium downtown. From those building blocks, I earned my way into bigger things like being the youngest

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of lots of study and practice, but also indicate the preparation CHCA provides. I look forward to seeing what next year brings!”

Some results from 2009-10:

앩 Students completed a series of 6 weekly tests in the Ohio Mathematics League Competition; Matthew Tan was CHCA’s top scorer. 앩 At the Miami University High School Competition in October, Matthew Tan finished 4th on the individual test; on the math relay, Yujin Cho finished 4th, Soon Jung finished 6th and Matthew Tan finished 6th; over all, Matthew Tan and Yujin Cho finished 4th and 5th, respectively.

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competitor in the International Fingerstyle Guitar Championship a few years ago in Winfield, Kansas, have also worked with Bootsy Collins at his studio, was invited to play downtown at the Midpoint Music Festival last fall, and am currently very involved with the development of a music scene in Mason, playing in their Heritage Festival and Thursday Night Concert Series. Aside from performance, my debut album was released a year ago internationally as far as Japan and Thailand.

Ben says he is currently working on another album, and encourages you to visit benlapps.com to find out more.

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앩 At November’s Rose Hulman High School Mathematics Competition, Matthew Tan placed 1st in the ninth grade male division, Yujin Cho placed 5th in the twelfth grade female division, Brett Shackson placed 6th in the eleventh grade male division, and Zhuoline Wang placed 10th in the eleventh grade female division.

앩 After participating in the American Mathematics Competition tests in February, Matthew Tan (competing above grade level in the AMC10) and Michael Fogg (who took the AMC12) emerged as CHCA’s top scorers. After such an outstanding showing, Matthew was invited to compete in the challenging three-hour American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME). He scored so well on the AIME that he qualified to participate for the

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United States of America Junior Mathematical Olympiad in April. Only 237 students from the entire country qualify to participate in this competition.

앩 At the Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics High School Competition, CHCA’s team of Matthew Tan, Brett Shackson, Michael Fogg and Cheng Hu placed 4th. Brett and Matthew scored high enough to qualify for the next level of competition, the Ohio High School Mathematics Invitational Olympiad held in March at Capital University in Columbus. Matthew placed 10th on the individual test (which covers all high school math topics including calculus) and placed 14th overall in the championship.

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CLASS NOTES

Alumni News Class of 1996 KARLY (KOLB) ADAMS and her family have slowly adjusted to life in northern New York and recently bought a house.

“We are stationed at Fort Drum and my husband, Lee, has been deployed to Iraq with the 2-15 Field Artillery since October,” Karly says.

“We are hoping and praying for a short and safe deployment for his entire brigade and for all our troops! I finally got my teaching certification for the state of New York, but am still staying at home with Wylie (pictured, who turned 2 in May) while Lee is deployed.” For fun, Karly is a consultant with Scentsy Wickless Candles (scentsy.com/candlemaniac) and enjoys catching up with CHCA friends on Facebook.

KOURTNEY (PORTER) TOWNSEND married in June 2009 and plans to move to North Carolina in July.

Class of 1997 ANNIE (BELL) ROSEN and husband Robby welcomed Jane Eleanor Rosen to the family on April 5, 2010. Jane joins siblings Lucy (3) and Jude (2). The Rosens reside in Wheaton, IL. BEN BESHEAR and wife Lindsey had a baby boy, Logan Benjamin, on June 8, 2010. Logan weighed 7lbs and 13 oz.

BRADLEY BODLEY began a new civilian job in May 2010 as a Human Resource Supervisor with the 194th Armored Brigade. He is still an Army Captain in the Reserves with his unit at Fort Knox. He resides with wife Faith and their children, Colin (7) and Faith (3).

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RIAKA JACKSON worked at CHCA’s Armleder campus during the 2009-10 school year as a 3rd and 4th grade Instructional Assistant and Administrative Aide. She was also a part-time Adjunct

Instructor teaching Intro to Business courses for Gateway Community & Technical College. This summer she is moving to Grand Rapids, MI to pursue her teaching certification (K-5 all subjects, and grades 6-8 Language Arts) at Calvin College. “The Lord has blessed me in ways unimaginable since working at Armleder and I am very excited to see where He takes me in my career and personal life.”

ELIZABETH (MCVEY) CULLEN and her husband have had the blessing of being part of many different communities in their five year marriage thanks to various job opportunities. “As newlyweds, we lived in Cincinnati for awhile, then moved to Minneapolis for a couple years where Gracie was born,” Elizabeth says. “Most recently we moved to Huntsville, AL where Jake was born. We’ve enjoyed different aspects of each city, but most recently we love the mild temperatures in the south compared to the cold arctic air up north!” Pictured, Gracie (2) and Jake.

Class of 1998 BRIAN GARLOCK and wife, Brittany, welcomed their first child, Colin Michael Garlock (pictured), on February 6, 2010.

TAMIKA (REEVES) THOMAS has three children Mikayla (1), Nigel (2), and Tre (5) and celebrates her ninth wedding anniversary with husband BJ this year. She is currently in graduate school to become a special education teacher.

REBEKAH (SJOGREN) OSYPIAN and her husband, Tom, launched an apparel company for sororities and fraternities (CustomGreekGear.com). She is also working full time as a marketing and sales consultant, training for a triathlon with Tom and learning how to surf.

Alumni Affect Their World: Melissa (Kleine) Bingham ’99

by Liz Bronson Melissa (Kleine) Bingham loves an adventure. “I think it stems from watching Indiana Jones movies with my older sister, Julie, when we were young," the Class of 1999 grad says. “I’d sit on the couch, mouth hanging open, dreaming of jumping onto a train or slashing a whip to a tree to jump over a crevasse.

There is a fire that ignited and it’s never died.”

These days, instead of searching for the Holy Grail, Melissa seeks out people. As a nurse living in Denver, she takes every opportunity she can to minister to the sick and needy all over the world.

“My first medical missions trip was to Bosnia in 2004,” she recalls, describing the eye-opening trip where she helped with basic medical exams and set up a clinic on wheels. “It was a mission trip to serve the Roma (the politically-correct name for gypsies) of inner-city Sarajevo. Of all the places I’ve traveled, the Roma were perhaps the most mystifying and also the most impoverished. Not only was the wreckage of the war still very visible, but it blew my mind to see the lives of people who are so discriminated against, the only place they could find to live safely was in the city dump.”

After that, Melissa says, she was hooked. What followed were trips to Benin, West Africa, where she worked in an orphanage; leisure excursions to Japan, Indonesia, Croatia, the Dominican Republic, Italy and France; and most recently, a trip to Port-auPrince, Haiti. “I went with Matthew 25:Ministries five weeks after the earthquake,” Melissa says. “We worked at several orphanages doing basic medical exams. After we finished, we’d open the clinic to

those living in the tent camps.” The destruction was great, but she realized even one small group of people can make a difference. “The body is just one dimension of human healing. In a time of such trauma, devastation, and sorrow the mind and spirit need to be nurtured too,” she explains. “In the short time we were there, we didn't have enough medicine or tools to physically sustain these people, but our presence, attitude, and joy seemed to do the most healing.”

Melissa found a match in her husband Greg, who likes an adventure just as much as she does. “Greg and I tend to like traveling to places we shouldn't go, like Pakistan,” she admits. “We went there in the fall of 2008, right after a few bombings in Islamabad. We took so much criticism for going, but were determined to visit some missionary friends there. It ended up being an incredible, ‘warm-fuzzy’ experience. I’d go back in a second.”

Far from being a passing fascination, Melissa’s love for travel and using her skills to help others has only grown in the years since she watched Indiana Jones outrun boulders and unearth wonders. “The culture and simplicity of the developing world is more intriguing to me now that I’ve experienced it,” she says, as she makes plans to return to Haiti this summer and establish a micronutrient program for orphanages. “I’m addicted to traveling, to helping, to experiencing something other then what I’m used to. To me, medical missions is mixing business with pleasure.”

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CLASS NOTES

Alumni News MATTHEW TOY and wife Melissa live in Franklin, TN, just south of Nashville. Their daughter Annie turned one on May 31st. Matt works as the Corporate PR Director for D1 Sports Training and Therapy (D1SportsTraining.com). D1 just opened training facilities in Sharonville and Columbus, allowing him more travel back to Ohio. Melissa works part-time in marketing for VeggieTales. Pictured are Matt, Melissa and Annie with Matt's parents at D1 Columbus.

HANNAH (PETERS) SIEGFRIED earned her J.D. from the John Marshall Law School. She opened her own practice, the Law Offices of Hannah Peters Siegfried, and resides in Chicago, IL with husband Mark.

REBECCA (PIERCE) GRADY and husband Tim welcomed their new little girl, Hannah Irene Grady (pictured), born May 21. She weighed 8lbs 7oz and was 21 inches.

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MICHELLE (TOY) WARNER and husband, Jared, have created blogs, insightforgirls.com and insightforguys.com, that deal with faith-related issues in women’s and men’s lives. Michelle also has written about her experience dealing with ovarian cancer and the lessons God taught her as a result. She and Jared reside in Chicago, IL.

LIZ BRONSON recently became engaged to Greg Rosenau with plans to wed in spring of 2011. The couple met and became friends at the University of Cincinnati. Greg is a Cleveland native and avid Browns fan, but Liz thinks they will overcome this through their shared love of Seinfeld and the outdoors.

Class of 1999 ERIC HEIS works in Washington, D.C. at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank on Capitol Hill. “I do government relations, working every day with Hill staff to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values and a strong national defense.”

SARA (KIIHNL) WIGGERSHAUS and family still live in Troy, OH and are so excited about their new business launched this year. Wiggy Dip (wiggydip.com) is a mobile ice cream experience, serving hand-dipped ice cream in the Miami Valley and Greater Cincinnati area.

Wiggy Dip hired CHCA Class of 1995 graduate Audrey (Duren) Keyes’ firm, Tarte Advertising (hellotarte.com), for their branding, logo creation, strategic planning and website development. Sarah says it has been a pleasure to work with a fellow CHCA graduate and woman entrepreneur!

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LITA (HITCHCOCK) HOLMAN lives in Deer Park with husband, Ryan, and daughter, Grace (16 mos).

Her part time job with the nonprofit National Church Residences enables her to stay home more with Grace.

Lita and Ryan are expecting their second child at the end of September.

Class of 2001 WREN (BLESSING) HANTO and JOHN HANTO live with their son Isaac in Hillsborough, NC where John works as a bread baker and Wren works as a youth minister. Wren graduated from Duke University Divinity School in December 2009 and is a postulant for Holy Orders in the Episcopal Church.

TIFFANY BOWDEN just finished her first year of doctoral study at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, looking at issues of diversity. She created a slam poetry class on campus called “Theater and Pedagogy of the Oppressed” that aims to move marginal groups from spectators to active producers in the classroom as well as sharpen their voices

against oppression. She is in a group at Vineyard Community Church dedicated to increasing diversity of church membership and leadership as well as creating culturally relevant messaging and ministry. She published poems on race and racism and is also exploring the media's role in spreading misrepresentations of people who are traditionally shut out of media ownership (people of color, women and other nations). Tiffany plans to go to Africa this summer with Black to Africa, a nonprofit geared toward bridging the gap between Africans and African Americans. The group also sponsors schoolaged children and finances school projects. She also recently worked with Operation Snowball, an organization that focuses on overlooked at-risk youth (white, middle to upper-class) challenging issues like cutting and drug use as a result of the pressures they feel.

JACKIE (DOBBINS) MASON and husband Chris Mason, both 2005 graduates of Belmont University, have three beautiful daughters, Joy (4), Melody (3) & Samantha (2). Jackie is working as the Assistant Director at Precious Harvest Child Center and has partnered in starting the new early childhood ministry at LifeChurch West Chester.

PATRICK HEALY currently resides in Cincinnati and is an associate attorney at Markesbery & Richardson Co. LPA. He has taken and passed the Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana Bar exams. In his free time Patrick enjoys golfing, attending concerts, and Reds, Bengals and Bearcats games.

STEPHEN MURPHY currently attends the Christ College of Nursing and has two years left. Stephen has completed five marathons toward his goal to run one marathon in each state. Next up is the Buffalo, NY Marathon at the end of May and the Mayor's Challenge Marathon in Anchorage, Alaska in June.

SARAH (PRICE) STOKES’ biggest news is the arrival of her son, Beckett Price Stokes (pictured). He was born on July 26, 2009 and weighed in at a whopping 10 lbs. “Life is pretty sweet with him these days!” Sarah adds that Beckett is friends with Liz

(Cesler) Glotfelty and Phil Glotfelty's son Rudy, born last year, as they live in the Charlotte area also.

Sarah also recently started working as Event Director at an upscale restaurant called Youssef 242. “It’s an awesome return to my college years in south Florida when I worked on events in professional tennis and charity. I also continue to love painting for galleries and donating pieces to charity benefits (probably thanks to the new inspiration that arrived last July!). My latest piece was featured in a silent auction at a charity benefit for the Carolina P.A.W.S. animal welfare society in Charlotte.”

Class of 2002 LINDSAY ADAM (soon Lindsay Adam, MD) graduated from the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine this May. She begins her residency in ophthalmology at The Ohio State University Havener Eye Institute in Columbus. Lindsay says she was able to complete her medical school requirements a couple of months early so she went on a European adventure to visit friends in Germany and France.

ZACH BOHANNON received an MA in Religion in 2009 from Olivet Nazarene University, where he previously graduated magna cum laude, earning a BS in Mass Communication with a concentration in radio broadcasting. Upon finishing his graduate work, Zach completed a five-month staff internship at Springdale Nazarene Church where he served in young adult ministries. After that, he took a job as an Outside Marketing Representative for Minuteman Press of Lebanon.

Beginning July 2010, Zach will work in the CHCA Development Office as a Donor Relations Associate. He says it has always been his dream to one day come back and work for his alma mater and he is thankful the Lord has helped him realize this dream. Zach is excited about getting to know CHCA families and alumni and to share his passion for the school and its mission.

CAMERON (COOPER) PSIAKI and husband Tim welcomed their daughter, Linnea Michelle, on August 28, 2009.

Cameron stays home with her and loves every minute!

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CLASS NOTES

Alumni News

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CHCA: your home for academic excellence, top-notch athletic facilities and… weddings?

Danielle Presley ’02 Lots of people marry someone they went to high school with. But when CHCA grads Danielle Presley ’ 02 and Robbie Wilson ’ 04 decided to say “I do,” they knew the location they chose for their nuptials had to be extra special. “We wanted to get married where we met and where our friendship started,” Danielle recalls. With that in mind, they started planning the first-ever wedding to take place at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy.

Danielle and Robbie were married on Sunday, June 7th, 2009 in a beautiful ceremony in the high school’s Miracle Commons. Afterward, the wedding party gathered on the football field for photos.

There were eight groomsmen and seven bridesmaids, four of which were CHCA alumnae: Denise Presley ’ 00 (Danielle’s sister), Tallie Betscher ’ 03 (Danielle’s cousin), Dori (Dostal) Edmonson ’ 02 and Kai (Harris) Heath’ 02. The couple honeymooned in Negril, Jamaica.

Robbie is currently a DB with the Cincinnati Commandos, a Continental Indoor Football League team that plays at the Cincinnati Gardens. (At press time, the team had a 9-1 record and a #1 seed in the playoffs.) The couple lives in Miamiville, OH.

KIRBY COPELIN is getting married this October in Honolulu, HI, to Leo Florkowski. Kirby is an adjunct professor at Antonelli College in Cincinnati.

AMANDA (CUSHMAN) JACKSON and husband Mike welcomed their first child, son Bryce Mackinley Jackson, on November 27th, 2009. He is such a joy and a blessing to their lives!

ANNA (MEYERS) BROWN is pursuing a degree in Administration/Public Relations from Ashland University. She is currently the Assistant Director for KinderCare Learning Center in Richfield, OH. She resides with her husband David in Medina.

LIZ (CESLER) GLOTFELTY and husband PHIL GLOTFELTY’ 02 live in Charlotte, NC. Phil is an Apache pilot for the South Carolina Army National Guard. Their new addition to the family is Philip Rutherford “Rudy” Glotfelty VI, born October 5, 2009.

JANELLE NUTTER and ALEX HAUS reconnected about two and a half years ago through mutual CHCA friends.

Engaged in November 2009, the couple married on June 26, 2010. Janelle is completing nursing school while working as a home health aide and Alex is working at Printers Bindery in Cincinnati. They plan to buy a home in Loveland where they will live with their dog, Sandy.

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SARA COPELIN graduated from Maryville College in Tennessee where she studied psychology. She’s now a psychological case worker for a Denver hospital and is engaged to paramedic Taige Malone. They plan to marry in April 2011.

CHRISTINA CESLER has enjoyed working as a sales rep in Eli Lilly's diabetes division since August 2008 in Panama City, FL.

JENNIFER (DORL) VOSE married Ryan Vose in Cincinnati last fall (“of course both my sisters were maids of honor!”). Jennifer works for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital as part of the Communications team in the Information Services department, and will begin her Masters in communication this fall at NKU. The couple lives in the Cincinnati home they bought last year.

JENNIFER (FLINT) TERHAR earned her BA in Accounting and a BS in Criminal Justice from Xavier University in 2008. She passed the CPA exam last year and married Marc Terhar, also an XU grad who works as the training director for the Boy Scouts of America. She is currently employed as a CPA with Plante & Moran, a public accounting firm in Cincinnati and resides in Loveland.

SAL CHURI is finishing his second year of law school at the University of Chicago. He will spend the first half of his summer working at a Washington, D.C. law firm and the second half at Frost Brown Todd LLC in Cincinnati.

RACHAEL (HERMANN) MARTINEZ attended the University of Michigan for her undergrad. During her time there, she played for the U of M softball team and competed on the 2005 National Championship team. She graduated in 2008 with a BA in Psychology, then followed with a research assistantship in the Applied Social Psychology PhD program at Loyola University in Chicago. She is finishing her master's degree and will hopefully earn her PhD within the next few years.

Academics aside, she and her husband, Ian Martinez, were married August 9, 2008 and plan to stay around Chicago for awhile. They don’t have any kids yet but did bring Jake, an Alaskan Klee Kai puppy, into the family.

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Alumni News KEVIN NEAD graduated from the University of Florida in 2008 with his bachelor’s degree and hung up his cap and goggles for good, heading north to New Haven, CT. While applying to medical school, he spent six months as a non-degree seeking graduate student at Yale taking history classes and doing research on insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. While there he was accepted to Stanford University Medical School and is now working to complete his first year. He’ll spend the summer working in a Stanford lab through an American Heart Association research fellowship.

On a more personal note, Kevin has decided to spend every extended break exploring the world. Thus far he has been to China and Costa Rica with plans for Israel and Patagonia for the coming summer and winter breaks, respectively. Pictured is Kevin's hike through Manuel Antonio National Park in Costa Rica. Want to contact Kevin or meet up with him as he travels the globe?

E-mail him at Kevin.nead@gmail.com.

GRACE SCHULER attended Hillsdale College where she was the Chapter President for the Pi Beta Phi sorority, during which time they were ranked one of the top 12 international chapters. She graduated in May 2008 and is currently working in Colorado Springs for WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group, the Christian division of Random House. In the fall, she will attend Regent University and study for her master's degree in counseling.

Class of 2005 TOMMY ANDREWS spent the last year living in Washington, D.C., working on Capitol Hill as a Staff Assistant for House Minority Leader John Boehner of West Chester.

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RYAN BEYER will marry Cassie Bloss in August. They met in college at TCU their freshman year.

T.R. BOOTH recently got engaged to Samantha Ann Erli. The couple met at Mount Union College, where T.R graduated in May 2009 with degrees in International Business, Economics and German.

CRISTIE (COPELIN) ROBINETTE married Ryan Robinette of Ashland, KY. Ryan is a staff sergeant in the army in Afghanistan; their first baby girl, Peyton Nicole Robinette, was born in February 2010. The family resides in Ft. Carson, CO. KATLYN (KERSEY) DAVID and husband Brian had a baby boy, Jack Kurtis David on June 5, 2010. He weighed in at 5 lb. 12 oz.

BEN KOCH resides in Mariemont, living in community with some friends, seeking God and His direction as He leads them into being His church. “We have recently started a ‘church plant’ for lack of better words,” Ben says. “God has been doing some amazing things. We have really seen an igniting of the college-aged set, as evidenced by the ‘small group’ of about 50 people on Thursday nights, comprised mostly of students from UC, MU, XU and other stages of life beyond college.”

Ben is participating as a pastor in his community/house church, and also a youth pastor of sorts. “God has been very good, and is teaching me a lot as I continue to pick up my cross and follow in His son’s footsteps. I am very thankful for the time I spent at CHCA and find that it has been a big part in my growth as a man and also as a disciple of Jesus.”

Ben has also started a handyman/landscaping/home services business called Mount Moriah Services.

Understandably, he says all this has been keeping him pretty busy.

KATIE MALCZEWSKI earned her BA and BS degrees from the University of Richmond in Virginia in 2009.

She is currently in her first year of medical school at the University of Pittsburgh. “It’s hard work,” Katie says, “but the challenges are exciting and we are learning all sorts of interesting mechanisms of pathogenesis and clinical presentations.”

Alumni Affect Their World: Lauren Rasmussen ’05 Even though she’s dreamed of it since taking art in 10th grade, Lauren says she never really thought about how far her love of animation would take her. “I was definitely in the minority in the Class of 2005 with my interests drawing cartoons, reading comic books, watching animated films and studying the history of animation as a hobby,” she remembers. “All I knew when I graduated was that I wanted to tell stories, and I wanted to draw them; whether those drawings ended up on the page or on a screen. My classmates were more correct than they know when they predicted I'd be ‘drawing cartoons’ in ten years.”

After a year of Gen Ed classes at Evangel University, she transferred to one of the best animation schools in the country, the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). “Needless to say, coming to this school is one of the best things that ever happened to me. I’d never been able to sit down with a group of friends over pizza and discuss our favorite

“Self Portrait”

opening credit sequences for movies (for example, 101 Dalmatians), and then find that another person shared my favorite,” she explains. “I was able to really open up as a person, realizing that although I may be in an extremely small minority - I’m not alone in my ideas and fascinations.”

While attending SCAD (in between “Like Lightning” freelance design work for ’ 05 CHCA alumnus Nick Petricca’s “various and awesome” music projects), Lauren spent 3 months abroad in Lacoste, a tiny town in the south of France.

“Being able to soak up the natural beauty and the deep history of the place was just wonderful, and spending it all with a group of fellow animation students made it all the more memorable,” she says.

It’s been a good year for Lauren, and in October it got even better: she got engaged to her dear friend, Matthew Sparks. “We met the first year I transferred to SCAD and it was all downhill from there,” she says with trademark wit. “Believe me, I never thought I’d meet my future husband in a Spider-man costume at a comic book club meeting.

God certainly has a sense of humor!” The couple plans to get married in fall 2011.

Lauren is on track to graduate with a BFA in both hand-drawn animation and sequential art in March 2011. “My first contract animation job will begin this summer, for a small theatrical/animation company in Savannah,” she says. There, she’ll start a number of other projects that will likely take years to complete.

“Whether I end up working in an animation studio or writing and drawing comic books independently is still in the shadowy future,” Lauren says. “I'm excited to see where God will point me next.”

Want to see more of Lauren’s work? Check out her blog at wingedelfgirl.blogspot.com.

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CLASS NOTES

Alumni News

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Alumni Affect Their World: Ian Daniher ’08

by Liz Bronson When I caught up with CHCA grad Ian Daniher, he had slept three hours in the last 48. While allnighters and crazy sleep schedules are common for your average college freshman, it's apparent there’s nothing average about Ian. After graduating from CHCA in 2008, Ian left the Midwest to attend the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in Needham, Massachusetts. This school is unique in that they admit a small class every year (only 85 students in Ian’s Class of 2013 he’s the only one from Ohio), and each one who enrolls receives a full scholarship covering the eight semesters of the baccalaureate program, currently valued at approximately $140,000.

Ian, who is a natural at figuring out how things work, decided to major in electrical engineering.

He's enjoying every minute. “It’s not an overstatement to say that I’m having the time of my life,” he says. “Olin goes out of its way to facilitate personal growth in a manner that is truly mind-blowing. I have the freedom to rabidly pursue my interests, and Olin’s Passionate Pursuit and Academic Endeavor funding programs have proven to be a tremendous asset in my attempts.”

But don’t let the exclusive programs and challenging curriculum fool you: Ian is no bookworm.

You're more likely to see him running across campus to a club meeting, etching circuit boards or teaching tutorials on lock picking (yes, lock picking - educational purposes only, of course) than huddled over a textbook in the library. “I’ve become extremely involved,” Ian reveals. “Most notably, I’ve been building. I was always very hands-on during my CHCA years and Olin has given me the chance to expand that. I recently assumed leadership of Circuiteering, a club dedicated to electronics education and practical knowledge, sort of a supplement

to the traditional courses.”

Then there are the businesses. Since his high school days, Ian has been tirelessly entrepreneurial.

“I’m running my OLPCinci laptop repair business that I started three years ago, and it's been profitable enough to fund further tinkering and creation,” he says. “And the Olin Foundry, an incubator for student business ventures, has been quite useful as I continue with OLPCinci and work on a new startup, prôto (a rapid product design, development, and prototyping group).” The Foundry program provides office space, a conference room, an idea room for brainstorming, and access to a network of entrepreneurs, invaluable resources for any business student-run or otherwise.

Ian is clearly a talented, inventive individual, but he is quick to give CHCA credit when it comes to preparation for his life today. “CHCA did a wonderful job,” he notes. “The AP and Honors courses I took prepared me well for my first year classes, and CHCA’s focus on being well-rounded, especially with regard to arts, humanities, and social sciences, greatly enhanced my personal and scholastic growth.”

Ian has become an unstoppable innovator and idea-man, and there’s no telling where his next project will lead. What’s certain is that whatever he does, it will be anything but average.

CASI MCCLELLAN graduated from Miami University May 2009 with a degree in Strategic Communication. She works at Procter & Gamble in Consumer and Market Knowledge in the Hair Care category. She will wed Rob Egli (whom she met at Miami) in spring 2011. Pictured, their engagement in NYC at Rockefeller Center.

JOHN PATE graduated with both a bachelor's and a master's degree in linguistics in just four years from Ohio State in June 2009. He left this past September to live and study at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. He will be working on a PhD in the school of informatics. His education is fully funded plus he gets a stipend to cover his living expenses.

MOLLY PHILLIPS graduated from Indiana University in 2009 and earned her degree in Telecommunications/ Marketing. She is a pharmaceutical rep for Galderma Laboratories and resides in Tampa, FL. Class of 2006 CARRIE CAMPBELL graduated from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music with a bachelor's degree in Viola Performance. This summer she will attend Canada's Banff Music Centre on scholarship for a master class and festival orchestra program. In the fall, she will begin the master of music program for viola performance at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music in Montreal, QC. JENELLE HOWE graduated from Lee University in Cleveland, TN with a BA in public relations. She will work at home this summer, and then prayerfully, start a career at Walt Disney World in late August in the college program. She hopes to plan events for Disney or another great company one day.

HEIDI MONROE begins her senior year at Lee University where she is studying political science with an emphasis in international relations. She is president of Pi Sigma Alpha, the political science honors society, and is involved in Invisible Children, Phi Eta

Sigma, the Honors program and Student Leadership Council. This year she ran the Lee University Film Festival and is proud to have retained that position for next year.

Currently Heidi is an assistant camp director and continues to work toward getting published. There are a lot of possibilities on her horizon, but the thing she’s most excited about? “Graduating without student loans!” Pictured, Heidi with friends in the United Nations building at the Model UN conference she participated in this spring.

SARAH MORRIS graduated cum laude from Xavier University this spring thanks to the support and encouragement of her parents, Ron & Rosemarie Morris. She leaves with a BS in psychology and minor in gender and diversity studies. Her plans include going to Purdue University-Calumet in Hammond, IN, where she has a full tuition scholarship and accompanying graduate assistant stipend to earn a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy. She says she is very excited for the next chapter in her life that God has planned for her.

JASON TAYLOR graduated from Duke University this May, majoring in mechanical engineering. He will start working at GE’s Aviation division in July.

Class of 2007 BRYN CLARK completed his sophomore year at Wheaton College then moved to Bar Harbor, Maine for the summer of 2009, where he worked as an ocean kayak guide, paddling under the sun and getting paid for it. He returned to Wheaton in the fall and continued with Army ROTC, various Bible studies and long distance running.

Weekends and vacations when he's not training with the Army are spent on adventures ranging from ice climbing to backpacking in hidden canyons and developing amazing friendships he’s been blessed with while at Wheaton.

Class of 2008 AMELIA GLENCHUR completed her sophomore year at Cedarville University. She is looking at possible internships for her junior year and is traveling to Mozambique this summer.

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Alumni News Life after graduation: how alumni stay connected

by Tracy Wolcott As the Class of 2010 prepares to go to college, they join fifteen classes of fellow CHCA alumni who are making their mark on the world. As Alumni Relations Coordinator, I get to stay connected to them, hearing about the degrees they’re earning, the families they’re starting, and the businesses they’re creating. Read a few of the Class Notes in this issue and you'll see the ways our grads are using the knowledge, leadership and heart for service they developed at this school to impact others.

In an effort to find more ways to serve our alumni community, we tried some new things this year:

life in general. Some of the results: 앩 161 grads participated (the free Chipotle gift card incentive didn’t hurt) 앩 90% of those surveyed felt CHCA prepared them for college 앩 80% felt CHCA helped them grow spiritually 앩 Facebook was named the top way to stay connected with fellow alumni 앩 The Classes of 2004 and 2006 had the highest participation rate, at 12.4% We hope that our alumni (alumni parents too!) will continue to stay in touch - be sure to let us know if you’re moving, starting a new career, or just want to find out what’s happening on campus. Need to update your contact info? Want a CHCA bib for that adorable new baby of yours? Contact Tracy anytime at alumni@chca-oh.org.

앫 “Wingin’ it,” a new quarterly alumni newsletter, was created and e-mailed in March 2010. Alumni get it sent directly to their inbox, but anyone can read it on our website by visiting the Alumni community at chca-oh.org. 앫 Our alumni parent group, PAX, organized its first getaway weekend in October 2009. Seven couples (including Head of School Randy Brunk and wife Nancy, alumni parents) traveled to The Greenbrier in West Virginia. PAX is planning its next trip to French Lick, Indiana for October 2010. Contact julie.carnes@chca-oh.org for more info. 앫 A survey was sent to our alumni to gauge how they feel CHCA prepared them for college and

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Alumni Events

October 7, 2010

ATHLETIC HALL OF EXCELLENCE AWARDS BANQUET

Here’s a look at what's happening in 2010-11. Please check chca-oh.org or contact alumni@chca-oh.org for the latest and most accurate event info.

October 8, 2010

HOMECOMING PICNIC (5:30PM) & FOOTBALL GAME (7:30PM) HS grounds

July 17, 2010

CLASS OF 2000 10 YEAR REUNION Montgomery Inn

Fall 2010

CLASS OF 2005 FIVE YEAR REUNION TBA

August 14, 2010

ALUMNI SOCCER GAME HS stadium

May 11, 2011

ALUMNI CHAPEL Lindner Theater

Alumni parents gather with Class of 2010 parents at the Montgomery Inn Boathouse for the spring Senior Parent Dinner

Parent Alumni Exchange (PAX) Events

September 2010

CLASS OF 2011 SENIOR PARENT WELCOME LUNCHEON Silver Spring House

Join us as we reach out to CHCA families, serve our graduates and enjoy fellowship with alumni parents. To find out more about any of these events, contact Julie Carnes at julie.carnes@chca-oh.org or (513) 247-0900 ext. 215.

October 7-8

HOMECOMING FESTIVITIES HS campus

October 19

ASSEMBLY OF CARE PACKAGES FOR CLASS OF 2010 HS cafeteria

October 22-24

2ND ANNUAL PAX FALL GETAWAY French Lick Spa and Resort

November

FLOWERS FOR THE HOLIDAYS EVENT TBA

December

CHRISTMAS RECEPTION FOR ALUMNI MOMS Vickie Gregory's home

March

DINNER AT VALLEY VINEYARD Morrow, OH

April

SENIOR PARENT DINNER Montgomery Inn Boathouse

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