Student Spotlight

perform with the Youth Wind Ensemble as one of the top high school musicians in the area.

Clarinetist Mason Moyle ’25 was accepted by audition to the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Youth Symphonic Wind Ensemble. He and Meghana Curran ’26 also earned “superior” ratings, the highest level, at a live critique with the Ohio Music Education Association.

Addie Johnson ’24 took first prize in Cincinnati Art Club plein air contest. Her artwork will be on display at the Cincinnati Art Museum for one year, and it will then travel to the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden to be displayed for another year.

Six students received the National African American Recognition Award from the College Board: Arielle Barnes ’23, Braeden Austin ’23, Jerome Goodloe ’23, Madison Sievering ’23, Olivia Stapleton ’23 and Teresa Tarnowski ’24. Three students received the National Hispanic Recognition Award: Giulia Genung ’24, Sofia Ramirez ’24 and Tarek Hasan ’24

Middle School student and piano prodigy Sophia Suwiryo ’27 participated in a piano competition in New York. She is a Lang Lang International Music Foundation Scholar.

Upper School students Sophia Nery ’25 and Charles Rahner ’25 were accepted into the May Festival Youth Chorus which performs with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

Four seniors were named National Merit Semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Program: Ali Burns ’23, Lavina Grzymajlo ’23, William McLane ’23 and Mia Rahner ’23

Eight seniors were named Commended Scholars: Reagan Heard ’23, Oscar

Loehrer ’23, Logan Miller ’23, Samuel Parker ’23, PJ Schaaf ’23, Justinian Su ’23, Maya Wood ’23 and Ethan Wu ’23

Middle schoolers Beatrice Nery ’27 and John Trokan ’28, Bennett Kreeger ’28 and Ben Hofmann ’28 were chosen through an audition process to be members of the Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music Youth Wind Ensemble.

Tarek Hasan ’24 was selected to

Lily Fecher ’28 placed in the top ten nationally in the Synonym Cinema Contest hosted by Membean Vocabulary.

Five Upper School artists were selected by Ohio Art Education Association for the Emerging Artists Exhibition: Haley Potter ’24, Julia Daniher ’24, James Hinton ’23, Ana Leyendecker ’23 and Lavina Grzymajlo ’23

Four Middle School musicians were selected by Ohio Music Education Association District 14 to join the Junior High Honor Band: Beatrice Nery ’27,

Kat Shuey ’27, Ben Hofmann ’28 and Will Fox ’28.

Middle School musicians Shriyan Masineni ’27, Kyan Gatewood ’28 and Ben Hofmann ’28 earned “superior” ratings from the Ohio Music Education Association for their video recordings.

Four seniors were named 2022 Heisman High School Scholarship recipients: Jake Carrico ’23, Kennedi Dukes ’23, Patrick McHugh ’23 and Mia Rahner ’23.

The National Chinese EXPO of Student Works honored students in the Honors III Chinese class for a group project called Shadow Puppet Show of Moon Festival: Sydney Brinkman ’26, Ava Dona ’26, Carolyn Federle ’26, Esme Gonyo ’25, Kwadwo Karikari ’25, Grey Love ’26, Nia Neal ’25, Sofia Ramirez ’24, Connor Schaaf ’26, Annabelle Schlotman ’25 and Diego Schurmann ’25. Two students were also recognized for individual works, Annabelle for “Three Paintings for the Year of Tiger” and Sydney for “Poster of an Asian American Celebrity.”

Several students won art awards in the Hyde Park Art Show, including first place artists Lexy Beyerbach ’29, Austin Miller ’29 and Maya Wood ’23

Macey Adams ’31, Audrey Beltran ’27, Jack Erbeck ’29, Caroline Reynolds ’29, Nina Williams ’34 and Lilly Yarnell ’28 were named “honored artists” at the 43rd Annual Young People’s Art Exhibition sponsored by the Ohio Art Education Association.

Shriyan Masineni ’27 won the grades 7-8 geography bee.

Six students were recognized at the district Mock Trial competition. Outstanding Attorney was awarded to Iris Katz ’24, Ana Leyendecker ’23 and Jack Robinson ’23. Outstanding Witness was awarded to Olivia Bolan ’25, Reagan Heard ’23 and Kwadwo Karikari ’25 “Team A” advanced to the state level competition.

Avery Northern ’28 won first place (also known as Best of Round) for her grade level at the regional Power of the Pen competition. Her piece was titled “The Last Mission.”

Several students wrote award-winning essays in the Jerry Tollifson Art Criticism Open. Leo Lei ’33, Colin Kline ’31 and Kaitlyn Rassi ’26 placed first in their divisions.

The Upper School Robotics Team advanced to the state level competition.

The Cincinnati Chapter of Sons of the American Revolution awarded Kyle Lauckner ’24 second place in the George S. and Stella M. Knight Essay Contest for his essay titled “Free Expression: Our Nation’s Bedrock.” Kyle will attend a banquet in May to receive his award.

Summit students earn awards for art and writing

Congratulations to students who were awarded “keys” from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards program. Scholastic Awards are the nation’s longest-running, most prestigious recognition initiative for creative students (grades 7-12) and the largest source of scholarships for young artists.

Kelly Qiu ’24: Gold Key in drawing and illustration for “Susan and Me” and Gold Key in painting for “The Forgotten Corner.”

Maya Wood ’23: Gold Key in drawing and illustration for “Hey, Soul Sister” Honorable Mention in painting for “All She Sees is Pink,” Honorable Mention in drawing and illustration for “All the Stages and the Stars.”

Rimel Kamran ’23: Gold Key in Poetry for “Preserving Culture and Identity.”

Elena Stone ’25: Gold Key in critical essay for “I Will Never be Quiet, I Promise.”

Megan Ebken ’23: Silver Keys in drawing and illustration for “I See Stars” and “Home Body.”

Addie Johnson ’24: Silver Keys in drawing and illustration for “The Queen” and “St. Lucia.”

Madison Metzner ’24: Silver Key in poetry for "Pretty Pretty Legs."

Several students earned the Honorable Mention distinction in either the writing or art category: Braeden Austin ’23, Daisy Doran ’25, Lavina Grzymajlo ’23, Zaina Kamran ’26, Owen McEachern ’23, Mia Rahner ’23, Sophia Ramirez ’24 and Austen Young ’23