School News

A hearty congratulations to John Greelish ‘25 for winning the Covington Latin School Spelling Bee. He will represent CLS at the Scripts Howard Spelling Bee in February. Good luck, John!

Prep 7 students Anthony Bohannon, Truitt Moore, and Brenna Fredrick were selected to represent Covington Latin School at Leadership Day sponsored by the Museum Center in March. Way to go!

Brady Boyer ‘22 and Anthony Brown ‘23 were selected to the West Point Society Leadership and Ethics Seminar.

Olivia Brown ‘23 and Lily Hagan ‘23 will be representing Covington Latin School at the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Program this summer.

Covington Latin School Junior Classical League won the club of the month for November and December for their efforts to keep the CLS Chapter active during the pandemic. They have hosted halloween-inspired events as well as virtual opportunities to keep our students engaged.

Art Students Mia Ionna ‘21, Laurynn Smith ‘21 and recent alums, Daniel Zalla ‘16, and Maria Bossert ‘18 created a mural of Our Lady of Guadalupe that was dedicated by Father Maher at the Rose Garden Home Mission.

Covington Latin School was selected as the Nonprofit of the month by Dressman, Benzinger, and LaVelle Law Firm to present at the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Eggs and Issues.

The CLS Student Y Club participated in a virtual Kentucky State Assembly. Our delegates earned several awards. As a group, they earned the distinction of the Premier Delegation. Ella Thornberry ‘21 was awarded the Outstanding Speaker; Jack Wilburn ‘21 was awarded the Outstanding Speaker. Finally, Greta Koszarek ‘22 was named the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for the 2021 state assembly. Congratulations, delegates!

Kaylee Johnsonbaugh ‘23 and Ella Thornberry ‘21 com-

peted at the Cross Country State Meet. They were also each awarded the Northern Kentucky Fall High School Athlete of the Week. Ian Giblin ‘23 was also nominated for the award.

Jay Kroger ‘22 was selected as the winner of McConnell Center’s “Who is Your Hero from American History?” essay contest. He was featured on the McConnell Center’s podcast for his essay on Henry Johnson.

Sophia Yanis ‘25 is a synchronous learner from Eastern Kentucky. Sophia participated in the 4H Livestock show. She did amazing and came away with several first place ribbons for Showmanship and Best in Breed for her chickens. She also competed at the UK Confucius Institute’s 10th Annual Moon Festival Art and Essay Competition that received over 100 artwork and essay submissions from K-12 Chinese language students across Kentucky. Sophia submitted a piece of artwork that took 2nd place! Way to go, Sophia!

Ally Knotts ‘21 was selected to participate in the Regional Youth Leadership Program.

Covington Latin School was featured in NKY Magazine for our response to the Covid-19 Pandemic.