Alan Tong '84 spends part of his time as a Stormtrooper and is a Star Wars novelty visitor for schools and special events. He entertained the Lower School students and Headmaster Shilling was eager to show the children his senior picture from when he was a student here.
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Stormtrooper Visits Lower School
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Two Students are Siemens Semifinalists
The Siemens Competition is the nation’s premier competition in math, science and technology for high school students. Every year, students submit innovative individual and team research projects to regional and national levels of competition as they vie for college scholarships ranging from $1,000 up to $100,000. This year, out of the 1860 submissions, 491 students were selected as semifinalists. This select group of semifinalists and their notable projects are judged to determine who advances to 6 regional competitions held in November. Individual and team winners of the regional contests earn the opportunity to compete in the National Finals held at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. in December where $500,000 in scholarships will be awarded, including two top prizes of $100,000.
Congratulations to the following DCDS Siemens Semifinalists:
Julia Shen '19 and Madeleine Yang '19
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Middle School National Geography Contest
The classroom winners from the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade competed in our Middle School National Geography Bee championship round. The questions this year for the final round were unusually challenging. However, in the final round, three students emerged showcasing a solid understanding of U.S. and World Geography.
Please join me in congratulating...
3rd Place: Richard Shao (7th grade)
2nd Place: Arvin Pandiyan (8th grade)
and our 2018 Geography Bee Champion...
1st Place: Ramzi Nassif (8th grade)
Ramzi will take an online geography test next week to see if he can qualify to compete at the state level later in the spring. Good luck Ramzi!
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HOSA Regional Competition Results
HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) is an international student organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Health Science Education (HSE) Division of ACTE (Association for Career and Technical Education). Its mission is to promote career opportunities in the health care industry and to enhance the delivery of quality health care to all people.
We had a very successful regional conference at Oakland University last Saturday. Forty-four students (39 US and 5 MS) competed and 33 qualified for the state conference!
We competed against 800 other students from 14 other schools in our area.
Congratulations to all our competitors!
Meghana Gudapati '18, Reshma Dukkipati '18, Helena Li '18, and Alexandra Soo '18 - 1st place HOSA Bowl
Vinay Gullapalli '19 and Vignesh Nalliah '19 - 1st place CPR/First Aid
Roma Bajaria '19 - 1st place Health Career Photography
Maria Cheriyan '21 - 1st place Medical Reading
Vivek Santhapur '22 - 1st place Medical Reading - Middle School
Vikram Goddla '24 - 1st place Medical Terminology - Middle School
Nehaar Nimmagadda '19 - 1st place Researched Persuasive Writing and Speaking
Eric Wang '18 - 2nd place Medical Law and Ethics
Aashni Khatri '19 - 2nd place Medical Math
Arya Chalasani '23 - 2nd place Medical Reading - Middle School
Tanmai Nimmagadda '22 - 2nd place Medical Terminology - Middle School
Anusha Santhapur '19 - 3rd place Epidemiology
Hassan Siddiqui '19 - 3rd place Medical Math
Sonya Zhang '22 - 3rd place Medical Terminology - Middle School
Riya Desai '18 - 4th place Extemporaneous Writing
Hana Habib '19 - 4th place Health Career Photography
Harliv Chahal '19 - 4th place Health Lifestyle
George Yalamanchili '19 - 4th place Researched Persuasive Writing and Speaking
Avi Desai '21 - 5th place Clinical Specialty
Meera Amin '19 - 5th place Health Career Photography
Bianca Desai '19 - 5th place Extemporaneous Writing
Molly Beachum '19 - 6th place Epidemiology
Ria Bajaria '19 - 7th place Health Career Photography
Megan Charlakolu '19 - 7th place Health Lifestyle
Erin Shi '19 - 8th place Medical Terminology
Lilian Glaza '21, Athene Jiang '21, Mackenzie Martin '21, and Sarina Yu '21 - 8th place Public Service Announcement
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MSVMA Solo & Ensemble Festival Results
Over 60 DCDS Middle and Upper School students helped host at our Thirteen Mile Campus over 400 high school student vocal musicians from around the region. Mr. Weiler received compliments throughout the two-day event from visiting teachers and adjudicators about how intelligent, polite, professional, and energetic our students are!
Congratulations to the following students for the performance results at the recent Solo & Ensemble Festival.
- Anya Chinnaiyan '20 - DivisionI
- Nikol Uribe Guiza '19 - Division II
- Bella Rosenberg '18 - DivisionI
- Brett Arenberg '20 - Division I
- Ricky Warnicke '19 - Division I
- Shreya Chalasani '20 - Division II with Distinction (qualifies for state festival!)
- Maya Rajan '18 - Division I
- Suneja Quartet - Division I
- Jessica Patnaik '18 - Division I
- Nikki Movva '20 - Division I
- Grace Redman '21 - Divsion I
- Maria Cheriyan '21 - Division I
- Sahil Suneja '19 - Division I
- Isabelle Bepler '19 - Division I
- Andrea Gibson-DuPerry '18 - Division I
- Melissa Beyrand '18 - Division I*
- Choral-Aires (Middle School) - Division I
- Bella Voce - PERFECT Division I
*Melissa Beyrand also played the violin for both Bella Voce and Choral-Aires, in addition to participating in MSBOA festival in Brighton on Saturday morning, where she also earned multiple Division I ratings!
We had a student-run ensemble consisting of Sahil Suneja '19, Ricky Warnicke '19, Isabelle Bepler '19, and Melissa Beyrand '18 perform two Acapella pieces and earned a Division I rating.
Also, Choral-Aires performed at High School Solo & Ensemble Festival at the end of January and earned a solid Division II rating.
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Middle School Students Selected for District 4 Honors Band
Six Middle School students were selected to be a part of the MSBOA District 4 Middle School Honors Band this year. They will rehearse and perform a concert on Saturday, April 28 at 6:00 p.m. in Milford High School. The band consists of about 120 students from all over District 4 (Oakland and part of Livingston Counties).
Please congratulate the following:
Randy Bhattu '22 - bass clarinet
Grace Garrett '22 - clarinet
Kristine Ma '22 - oboe
Benjamin Olson '22 - percussion
Brody Ross '22 - trumpet
Sonya Zhang '22 - clarinet
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MSBOA District Solo and Ensemble Festival Results
Members of the Upper School Concert Band, Concert Orchestra, and Honors Symphonic Orchestra participated in the MSBOA District Solo and Ensemble Festival on Saturday, January 20 at Brighton High School. Our students represented DCDS in an exemplary way.
Students that received a First Division (I) rating have been invited to State festival at South Lyon High School on March 17, 2018.
Students are listed individually below, but these were the groups of students that performed together:
Duets
Melissa Beyrand and Sophia Sarda: String Ens Duet - I
Lucia Qian and Sohee Won: Woodwind Ens Duet - I
Alexandra Soo and Christopher Soo: String Ens Duet - I
Anna Sun and Madeleine Yang: String Ens Duet - I
Athene Jiang and Jeonghae Won: String Ens Duet - II
Quartet
Alexandra Soo, Anna Sun, Rachel Elias and Chrisopher Soo: String Ens Quartet - I
| Students | Event | District rating |
| Natalie Albaran '18 | Piano Solo | I |
| Ali Alomari '21 | Violin Solo | III |
| Melissa Beyrand '18 | Violin Solo | I |
| Melissa Beyrand '18 | String Ens. Duet | I |
| Kevin Chang '19 | Violin Solo | I |
| Rachel Elias '20 | Viola Solo | I |
| Rachel Elias '20 | String Ens. Quartet | I |
| Madeleine Yang '19 | Violin Solo | 1 |
| Alex Ge '19 | Cello Solo | I |
| Christopher Gilmer-Hill '18 | String Bass Solo | II |
| Meghan Guo '19 | Flute Solo | I |
| Andrew He '18 | Violin Solo | I |
| Min Ju Hong '20 | Violin Solo | I |
| Rachel Jeong '21 | Violin Solo | I |
| Athene Jiang '21 | Violin Duet | II |
| Hans Liu '20 | Piano Solo | I |
| Justin Lo '21 | Cello Solo | I |
| Ruhi Nayak '19 | Violin Solo | I |
| Lucia Qian '18 | Oboe Solo | I |
| Lucia Qian '18 | Woodwind Ens. Duet | I |
| Sam Redman '19 | Cello Solo | I |
| Sophia Sarda '19 | String Ens. Duet | I |
| Kevin Shi '18 | Piano Solo | I |
| Alexandra Soo '18 | String Ens. Duet | I |
| Alexandra Soo '18 | String Ens. Quartet | I |
| Alexandra Soo "18 | Violin Soo | I |
| Christopher Soo '18 | Cello Solo | I |
| Christopher Soo '18 | String Ens. Duet | I |
| Christopher Soo '18 | String. Ens. Duet | I |
| André Sosa '18 | Cello Solo | II |
| Jonah Stern '21 | Piano Solo | I |
| Anna Sun '19 | Violin Solo | I |
| Anna Sun '19 | Violin Duet | I |
| Anna Sun '19 | String Ens. Quartet | I |
| Sophia Sutter '21 | Violin Solo | I |
| Charla Tang '21 | Violin Solo | I |
| Kevin Tang '19 | Violin Solo | I |
| Trey Timban '21 | Snare Solo | II |
| Jeonghae Won '21 | Violin Duet | II |
| Sohee Won '18 | Flute Solo | I |
| Sohee Won '18 | Woodwind Ens. Duet | I |
| Brian Yang '20 | Piano Solo | II |
| Madeleine Yang '19 | Violin Duet | I |
| Madeleine Yang '19 | Violin Solo | I |
| Elbert Yi '19 | Violin Solo | I |
| Ann Zhang '20 | Violin Solo | I |
| Yurui Zhang '20 | Piano Solo | I |
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Regional Scholastic Art Award Winners
Congratulations to all our Upper and Middle School students who recently received recognition for their art pieces entered in the Regional Scholastic Art competition. This year, more than 6,400 individual entries were submitted for the 7th-12th grades. Our Middle School received the most awards at the middle level in both Southeastern and the thumb region of Michigan. All Gold Key work will now be juried at the national level and national winners will be announced in March.
Winning artists will be invited for the award ceremony on Tuesday, February 6 at the Detroit Film Theater at the Detroit Institute of Arts. The Scholastic Art Exhibit will be open before and after the ceremony. In addition, it will remain open through March 2 at the College for Creative Studies Walter B Ford II Building, Ford Campus.
2018 Gold Key Art Portfolios
| Student | Title | Instructor |
| Brett Barr '18 | "Atomic Structures within Metals" | Jiro Masuda |
| Jared Freeman '18 | "Building Blocks" | Susan Lucas |
| Jared Freeman '18 | "Impacting Nature" | Susan Lucas |
| Peter Gallette '18 | "Circular Negative Space" | Jiro Masuda |
| Isaish Johnson '18 - BEST OF SHOW | "Best Friends" | Mary Ann DeVogel |
| Sloan Kiriluk '18 | "Feminine Identity" | Jiro Masuda, John Schwarz |
| Helena Li '18 | "The Subtleties of Light and Dark" | Mary Ann DeVogel |
| Laurel Lyngklip '18 | "The Harvesting Project" | Jiro Masuda |
| Anusha Mamidipaka '18 | "Metamorphosis" | Mary Ann DeVogel |
| Lillian Mullany '18 | "Deconstructed Fairytales" | Mary Ann DeVogel |
| Maya Nassif '18 | "Addicted" | Mary Ann DeVogel |
| Nishal Patel '18 | "Rustic Raku" | John Schwarz |
| Grant Petrucci '18 | "Ceramic Spectrum | John Schwarz |
| Akash Rau '18 | "Hindustani Heritage" | Jiro Masuda |
| Sophia Zhang '18 | "Nature Close to Home" | Mary Ann DeVogel, Jiro Masuda |
| Yining Zhang '18 | "People Around Me" | Mary Ann DeVogel |
| Jiayu Zhu '18 | "Memories" | Mary Ann DeVogel |
Individual Category Awards
| Meera Amin '19 | Silver Key, Honorable Mention | Digital Art |
| Brett Barr '18 | Honorable Mention | Jewelry |
| Kendal Belanger '21 | Silver Key | Ceramics & Glass |
| Anjul Bhangu '19 | Gold Key, Silver Key (3), | Jewelry, Photography |
| Luke Bienhold '20 | Gold Key | Digital Art |
| Lauren Boos '18 | Honorable Mention | Photography |
| Henry Cantor '20 | Honorable Mention | Jewelry |
| Shrikant Chand '18 | Silver Key | Ceramics |
| Jocelyn Chu '19 | Gold Key, Silver Key | Drawing |
| Tejas Desai '21 | Silver Key | Ceramics |
| Jack Dolan '19 | Silver Key | Photography |
| Grace Endrud '20 | Gold Key (2) | Photography |
| Jared Freeman '18 | Honorable Mention | Photography |
| Peter Gallette '18 | Silver Key | Jewelry |
| Sophia Gallette '19 | Silver Key | Jewelry & Glass |
| Meghan Guo '19 | Gold Key, Silver Key | Jewelry, Drawing |
| Julie Jaipati '19 | Honorable Mention | Photography |
| Isaiah Johnson '18 | Gold Key, Silver Key (2), Honorable Mention | Drawing |
| Sheena Khan '20 | Gold Key | Jewelry |
| Jiyeon Kim '18 | Honorable Mention | Digital Art |
| Sheena Khan '20 | Gold Key | Jewelry |
| Chloe Kiriluk '20 | Honorable Mention (2) | Photography |
| Sloan Kiriluk '18 | Silver Key, Honorable Mention (2) | Jewelry, Mixed Media, Sculpture |
| Mia Kirkman '20 | Gold Key (4), Silver Key | Photography |
| Joergen Klakulak '19 | Silver Key, Honorable Mention | Jewelry |
| Therese Labordo '19 Amber Akhtar '19 Julia Stankiewicz '19 Zoë Neugebohr '18 Sophie Sarda '19 |
Gold Key | Film & Animation |
| Helena Li '18 | Honorable Mention | Drawing |
| Laurel Lyngklip '18 | Gold Key, Silver Key (2) | Jewelry |
| Anusha Mamidipaka '18 | Silver Key, Honorable Mention | Drawing |
| Connor McGeorge '19 | Gold Key (2) |
Jewelry |
| Becket McNulty '18 | Honorable Mention (2) | Jewelry |
| Kate Mullany '20 | Gold Key | Photography |
| Maddie Novak '19 | Gold Key | Digital Art |
| Madelyn Ohryn '19 | Silver Key | Jewelry |
| Areebah Qureshi '18 | Honorable Mention | Digital Art |
| Akash Rau '18 | Honorable Mention | Jewelry |
| Mitchell Rits '19 | Silver Key | Jewelry |
| Kristina Roberts '19 | Gold Key (2), Silver Key, Honorable Mention (2) | Ceramics |
| Max Roesler '19 | Silver Key, Honorable Mention | Jewelry |
| Dominic Sarafa '20 | Silver Key | Film & Animation |
| Julia Shen '19 | Silver Key | Drawing |
| Julia Stankiewicz '19 | Silver Key | Film &Animation |
| Eli Stanton '21 | Gold Key | Jewelry |
| Camryn Tynan '19 | Silver Key | Film & Animation |
| Eleni Varelas '19 | Gold Key (2), Silver Key (3), Honorable Mention | Photography |
| Charlotte Venn '20 | Honorable Mention (2) | Digital Art |
| Ariana Zarghami '19 | Silver Key (2), Honorable Mention | Photography |
| Ann Zhang '20 | Gold Key, Silver Key | Painting |
| Yining Zhang '18 | Silver Key | Drawing |
| Jiayu Zhu '18 | Gold Key (2), Honorable Mention (2) | Drawing |
| Celina Zhuang '20 | Gold Key (2), Honorable Mention | Photography |
| Jen Zimmerman '20 | Gold Key, Silver Key (2) | Photography |
| Mohammad Alnajjar '23 | Gold Key | Design |
| Adil Bahrainwala '23 | Gold Key | Jewelry |
| Nicolas Bellissimo '22 | Gold Key | Printmaking |
| Isabella Cook '23 | Honorable Mention | Sculpture |
| Grace Degazio '22 | Honorable Mention | Painting |
| Josiah Elam '22 | Honorable Mention | Drawing |
| Anthony Ge '22 | Gold Key | Drawing |
| Lana Haddad '22 | Honorable Mention | Drawing |
| Rachel Jackson '23 | Silver Key, Honorable Mention | Mixed Mdia |
| Lalithkumar Jalakam '22 | Silver Key | Printmaking |
| Sophie Liu '23 | Silver Key | Sculpture |
| Marissa Malleck '22 | Gold Key, Honorable Mention | Photography |
| Noah Michaelson '22 | Honorable Mention | Ceramics |
| Silvia Negrut '23 | Honorable Mention | Sculpture |
| Kendall Ptasznik '23 | Honorable Mention | Sculpture |
| Aryasai Radhakrishnan '23 | Silver Key, Honorable Mention | Printmaking, Mixed Media |
| Julia Williams '22 | Honorable Mention | Digital Art |
| Raha Zaman '22 | Honorable Mention | Photography |
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Junior School Snowman Contest
Just before all the snow melted this weekend, the Junior School Houses had a snowman building contest. Each house was extremely creative, with one building animals, another using their character trait as a theme, and a third using personal snow gear to enhance their snowman. All had a blast working together.
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Assembly Lines, Mustaches, and Ozobots!
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| The Munchkins an assembly line and even dressed the part! | Second graders added a little pizzazz to the art class and work. | Super Friends are super excited to see the results from coding with Ozobots! |
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Learning the Ear Anatomy using Clay
Junior School students had fun learning the various parts of the ear by building their models with colored clay. They also discussed the concept of sound.
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Spectrum 2017 Wins Award from NCTE
Spectrum, the literary magazine for the Upper School, has again this year received an award from the National Council of Teachers of English. The magazine was selected to receive a rank of Recommended for Highest Award in the Program to Recognize Excellence in Student Literary Magazines.
The magazine is created under the direction of Mrs. Beverly Hannett-Price.
Editors-in-chief from last year were Anusha Mamidipaka and Sophia Zhang.
Associate editors were Amanda Bradley and Lorraine Yuen.
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World Read Aloud Day at the Lower School
On Thursday, February 1 the Lower School Hamlet was a buzz with reading activity. The teachers read aloud some of their favorite books to classes. The preschool students along with older Lower School students read books together in various areas of the classroom. Below is a video created by the Lower School librarian, Kelly Hincks.
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Student Sings National Anthem at Red Wings Game
Christian Bouchillon '22 was the featured national anthem singer at the Hurricane vs Red Wings game on Friday, February 3.
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Students Compete and Qualify for State MATHCOUNTS Competition
On Saturday February 3, ten Middle School students competed at the Oakland County Chapter MATHCOUNTS competition. Christopher Bernitsas '22, Charlie Chen '23, Jordan Dong '22, Nicholas Frieler '23, Vikram Goddla '24, Nishan Inampudi '24, Eddy Wang '24,Jay Xiao '22, Margaret Yang '22, and Himani Yarlagadda '23 did a wonderful job competing against 150 top mathletes in Oakland County. Himani and Christopher scored in the top 10, making it to the countdown round and advancing to the State competition on March 10 in East Lansing. Congratulations to all of our competitors!
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Students Recognized at Model United Nations Conference
The Model UN club attended the University of Chicago Model United Nations Conference on Saturday, February 3 and Sunday, February 4. With 2,500 students participating, DCDS had a great showing for our representation of Albania. Due to the number of participants, many students worked in pairs on the committees. Ruhi Nayak '19 and Julie Jaipati '19 won Outstanding Delegate for their work in the Social and Humanitarian Committee. Grace Endrud '20 and Nick Sicilia '19 won Outstanding Delegate on the Committee for the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, while Brian Hu '18 earned Honorable Mention in NATO.
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78 Scholastic Writing Awards for Our Middle and Upper School Students
The Scholastic Writing Awards for our region were announced yesterday, and DCDS students received a total of 78 awards! This includes 18 Gold Keys, 2 portfolio awards, and 18 awards for middle school students! The gold keys will go on to national judging, so wish them luck!
Congrats to the winners, and thanks to all who participated. The awards are listed below by category:
Portfolio
Silver Key
Anusha Mamidipaka '18 - "Branches"
Honorable Mention –
Ami Sanghvi '18 - "Under the Bricks"
Critical Essay
Gold Key
Maddy Yang '19 - "The White Man's Burden: Can the West Save the Rest?"
Honorable Mention
Faraz Rahman '22 - "Cyberbullying"
Dramatic Script
Silver Key
Maria Cheriyan '21 - "The Ashes"
Honorable Mention
Grace Redman '21 - "What They Hide"
Flash Fiction
Silver Key
Leila Hilf '20 - "All The Same"
Val Selektor '20 - "Roses"
Honorable Mention
Anusri Radhakrishnan '20 - "Tears"
Humor
Gold Key
Maria Cheriyan '21 -"Musings on Bittersweet Existence: A Taro Bun's Thoughts on Life in a Kitchen Cupboard"
Brian Hu '18 - "Pig Male Lion"
Honorable Mention
Brian Hu '18 - "Second Amendment"
Journalism
Silver Key
Anisa Pezeshki '18 - "Breaking the Reputation of Detroit Public Schools"
Honorable Mention
Olivia Bossardet '18 - "Women CAN Support Half the Sky"
Andrea Gibson-Duperry '18 - "Leaping to Victory"
Novel Writing
Silver Key
Brett Arenberg '20 - "Arcon"
Personal Essay/Memoir
Gold Key
Chris Bernitsas '22 - "The Eighty-Eight"
Erin Brennan '19 (2) - "Color Theory", "In the Footsteps of Giants"
Mariya Khan '22 - "Chicago Sun"
Marissa Malleck - "A Delicious Memory"
Alex Soo '18 - "In Focus"
Maddy Yang '19 - "Yellow Notepads"
Silver Key
Jordan Dong '22 - "A Mom's Lesson"
Anusha Mamidipaka '18 - "A Time of Ease"
Noah Michaelson '22 - "The Longest Ride"
Lily Mullany '18 - "Learning from Elizabeth"
Alex Soo '18 - "Dragon Heart"
Raha Zaman '22 - "10 Dollars, Big Change"
Honorable Mention
Rithik Aggarwal '18 - "Elegant Tumbling"
Natalie Albaran '18 (2) - "Dreams of My Sister", "The Ghettomobile"
Nikhil Mantena '20 - "Hidden Beauty"
Nehaar Nimmagadda '19 - "Gray Hair"
Anisa Pezeshki '18 - "A Touchscreen World"
Akash Raman '22 - "The Power of the Mind"
Ami Sanghvi '18 - "Driven by a Mercedes Benz"
Alex Soo '18 - "The Lie"
Maddy Yang '19
Poetry
Gold Key
Maria Cheriyan '21 - "A Song and Dance"
Lana Haddad '22 - "The Man in the Wheelchair"
Maheen Haq '20 - "Superman"
Lilly Higgins '22 - "GRACE"
Anusha Mamidipaka '18 - "Geneaology"
Julia Shen (2) '19 - "a series of supermarket produce", "blood bounding"
Silver Key
Isabel Aviles '22 - "Sal"
Erin Brennan '19 - "Fault Lines, The Things I Know"
Maria Cheriyan '21 - "A Secret Kept"
Grace Endrud '20 - "Experience"
Rosalyn Li '22 - "Baiju"
Nehaar Nimmagadda '19 - "Tweet"
Anushri Radhakrishnan '20 - "My Ancestors' Creation"
Anna Sun '19 - "Ten Little Students"
Ariana Zarghami '19 - "Who Will Say a Prayer for the Roadkill?"
Sophia Zhang '18 - "Slow Silence; At Dusk; November Afternoon"
Honorable Mention
Erin Brennan '19 (2) - "love like life, Cocytus," "Stars, Stardust, Ink Galaxies"
Alexis Butcher '22 - "Another Universe at Your Fingertips"
Kevin Chang '19 - "A Dog's Soliloquy, Don't you dare, The Old Oak"
Maria Cheriyan '21 (2) - "Blueshift", "To Cage the Wind"
Bianca Desai '20 - "Don't ask for permission"
Grace Endrud '20 (2) - "How Can I Explain This?", "Premature Eulogy"
Krishna Kiru '20 - "Dragon's Eye, the Keeper of Secrets, Monster Under My Bed, The Lifeguard, Autumn Tears"
Rebecca Li '19 - "Abandoned"
Kristine Ma '22 - "Growing Up"
Kristine Ma '22 - "Voices"
Anusha Mamidipaka '18 - "Massacre; Cleansing; Repercussion"
Priya Mittal '23 - "Embrace the Change"
Akash Raman '22 - "My First Swim Meet"
Aditi Sharma '19 - "Diagnosis: Lovesick"
Jay Xiao '22 - "Anger"
Science Fiction
Gold Key
Maria Cheriyan '21 - "Higher Than The Stars"
Silver Key
Kevin Chang '19 - "The Traveler"
Honorable Mention
Maria Cheriyan '21 - "Synodic"
Short Story
Honorable Mention
Amanda Bradley '18 - "Tulip"
Maheen Haq '20 - "The Princess and the Flower"
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DCDS CLOSED 2/9/2018 - ALL CAMPUSES
Due to the weather advisory and anticipated snow fall, ALL DCDS campuses will be closed tomorrow.
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ALL DCDS CAMPUSES CLOSED 2.9.18 - SNOW DAY
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Regional Scholastic Art Award Winners
Congratulations to all our Upper and Middle School students who recently received recognition for their art pieces entered in the Regional Scholastic Art competition. This year, more than 6,400 individual entries were submitted for the 7th-12th grades. Our Middle School received the most awards at the middle level in both Southeastern and the thumb region of Michigan. All Gold Key work will now be juried at the national level and national winners will be announced in March.
Winning artists will be invited for the award ceremony on Tuesday, February 6 at the Detroit Film Theater at the Detroit Institute of Arts. The Scholastic Art Exhibit will be open before and after the ceremony. In addition, it will remain open through March 2 at the College for Creative Studies Walter B Ford II Building, Ford Campus.
2018 Gold Key Art Portfolios
| Student | Title | Instructor |
| Brett Barr '18 | "Atomic Structures within Metals" | Jiro Masuda |
| Jared Freeman '18 | "Building Blocks" | Susan Lucas |
| Jared Freeman '18 | "Impacting Nature" | Susan Lucas |
| Peter Gallette '18 | "Circular Negative Space" | Jiro Masuda |
| Isaish Johnson '18 - BEST OF SHOW | "Best Friends" | Mary Ann DeVogel |
| Sloan Kiriluk '18 | "Feminine Identity" | Jiro Masuda, John Schwarz |
| Helena Li '18 | "The Subtleties of Light and Dark" | Mary Ann DeVogel |
| Laurel Lyngklip '18 | "The Harvesting Project" | Jiro Masuda |
| Anusha Mamidipaka '18 | "Metamorphosis" | Mary Ann DeVogel |
| Lillian Mullany '18 | "Deconstructed Fairytales" | Mary Ann DeVogel |
| Maya Nassif '18 | "Addicted" | Mary Ann DeVogel |
| Nishal Patel '18 | "Rustic Raku" | John Schwarz |
| Grant Petrucci '18 | "Ceramic Spectrum | John Schwarz |
| Akash Rau '18 | "Hindustani Heritage" | Jiro Masuda |
| Sophia Zhang '18 | "Nature Close to Home" | Mary Ann DeVogel, Jiro Masuda |
| Yining Zhang '18 | "People Around Me" | Mary Ann DeVogel |
| Jiayu Zhu '18 | "Memories" | Mary Ann DeVogel |
Individual Category Awards
| Meera Amin '19 | Silver Key, Honorable Mention | Digital Art |
| Brett Barr '18 | Honorable Mention | Jewelry |
| Kendal Belanger '21 | Silver Key | Ceramics & Glass |
| Anjul Bhangu '19 | Gold Key, Silver Key (3), | Jewelry, Photography |
| Luke Bienhold '20 | Gold Key | Digital Art |
| Lauren Boos '18 | Honorable Mention | Photography |
| Henry Cantor '20 | Honorable Mention | Jewelry |
| Shrikant Chand '18 | Silver Key | Ceramics |
| Jocelyn Chu '19 | Gold Key, Silver Key | Drawing |
| Tejas Desai '21 | Silver Key | Ceramics |
| Jack Dolan '19 | Silver Key | Photography |
| Grace Endrud '20 | Gold Key (2) | Photography |
| Jared Freeman '18 | Honorable Mention | Photography |
| Peter Gallette '18 | Silver Key | Jewelry |
| Sophia Gallette '19 | Silver Key | Jewelry & Glass |
| Meghan Guo '19 | Gold Key, Silver Key | Jewelry, Drawing |
| Julie Jaipati '19 | Honorable Mention | Photography |
| Isaiah Johnson '18 | Gold Key, Silver Key (2), Honorable Mention | Drawing |
| Sheena Khan '20 | Gold Key | Jewelry |
| Jiyeon Kim '18 | Honorable Mention | Digital Art |
| Sheena Khan '20 | Gold Key | Jewelry |
| Chloe Kiriluk '20 | Honorable Mention (2) | Photography |
| Sloan Kiriluk '18 | Silver Key, Honorable Mention (2) | Jewelry, Mixed Media, Sculpture |
| Mia Kirkman '20 | Gold Key (4), Silver Key | Photography |
| Joergen Klakulak '19 | Silver Key, Honorable Mention | Jewelry |
| Therese Labordo '19 Amber Akhtar '19 Julia Stankiewicz '19 Zoë Neugebohr '18 Sophie Sarda '19 |
Gold Key | Film & Animation |
| Helena Li '18 | Honorable Mention | Drawing |
| Laurel Lyngklip '18 | Gold Key, Silver Key (2) | Jewelry |
| Anusha Mamidipaka '18 | Silver Key, Honorable Mention | Drawing |
| Connor McGeorge '19 | Gold Key (2) |
Jewelry |
| Becket McNulty '18 | Honorable Mention (2) | Jewelry |
| Kate Mullany '20 | Gold Key | Photography |
| Maddie Novak '19 | Gold Key | Digital Art |
| Madelyn Ohryn '19 | Silver Key | Jewelry |
| Areebah Qureshi '18 | Honorable Mention | Digital Art |
| Akash Rau '18 | Honorable Mention | Jewelry |
| Mitchell Rits '19 | Silver Key | Jewelry |
| Kristina Roberts '19 | Gold Key (2), Silver Key, Honorable Mention (2) | Ceramics |
| Max Roesler '19 | Silver Key, Honorable Mention | Jewelry |
| Dominic Sarafa '20 | Silver Key | Film & Animation |
| Julia Shen '19 | Silver Key | Drawing |
| Julia Stankiewicz '19 | Silver Key | Film &Animation |
| Eli Stanton '21 | Gold Key | Jewelry |
| Camryn Tynan '19 | Silver Key | Film & Animation |
| Eleni Varelas '19 | Gold Key (2), Silver Key (3), Honorable Mention | Photography |
| Charlotte Venn '20 | Honorable Mention (2) | Digital Art |
| Ariana Zarghami '19 | Silver Key (2), Honorable Mention | Photography |
| Ann Zhang '20 | Gold Key, Silver Key | Painting |
| Yining Zhang '18 | Silver Key | Drawing |
| Jiayu Zhu '18 | Gold Key (2), Honorable Mention (2) | Drawing |
| Celina Zhuang '20 | Gold Key (2), Honorable Mention | Photography |
| Jen Zimmerman '20 | Gold Key, Silver Key (2) | Photography |
| Mohammad Alnajjar '23 | Gold Key | Design |
| Adil Bahrainwala '23 | Gold Key | Jewelry |
| Nicolas Bellissimo '22 | Gold Key | Printmaking |
| Isabella Cook '23 | Honorable Mention | Sculpture |
| Grace Degazio '22 | Honorable Mention | Painting |
| Josiah Elam '22 | Honorable Mention | Drawing |
| Anthony Ge '22 | Gold Key | Drawing |
| Lana Haddad '22 | Honorable Mention | Drawing |
| Rachel Jackson '23 | Silver Key, Honorable Mention | Mixed Mdia |
| Lalithkumar Jalakam '22 | Silver Key | Printmaking |
| Sophie Liu '23 | Silver Key | Sculpture |
| Marissa Malleck '22 | Gold Key, Honorable Mention | Photography |
| Noah Michaelson '22 | Honorable Mention | Ceramics |
| Silvia Negrut '23 | Honorable Mention | Sculpture |
| Kendall Ptasznik '23 | Honorable Mention | Sculpture |
| Aryasai Radhakrishnan '23 | Silver Key, Honorable Mention | Printmaking, Mixed Media |
| Julia Williams '22 | Honorable Mention | Digital Art |
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