The Lady Yellowjackets are MHSAA State Champions once again! This marks the 13th in program history and the 3rd in 4 years! Congratulations girls, coaches, and staff on a job well done!
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Lady Yellowjackets Basketball State Championship
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Michigan Math Prize Competition Top 100 Ranking
Congratulations to the 13 Upper School students that finished in the Top 100 in the Michigan Math Prize Competition. Below is the final ranking and awards (Bronze includes $250 and Honorable Mention is a Book Award). The award banquet was held Saturday, March 10 at Albion College.
Sahil Suneja '19 - Bronze 12th place
Justin Lee '18 - Bronze 16th place
Kevin Jiang '18 - Bronze 20th place
Maddie Yang '19 - Bronze 33rd place
Tony Zhao '18 - Bronze 48th place
Katherine Pan '19 - Hon Mention 54th place
Gene Chu '18 - Hon Mention 62nd place
Collin Wang '19 - Hon Mention 66th place
Yannis Wu-Yip '19 - Hon Mention 69nth place
Anna Sun '19 - Hon Mention 81st place
Chris Gilmer-Hill '18 - Hon Mention 87th place
Shrikant Chand '18 - Hon Mention 90th place
Jason Zeng '20 - Hon Mention 90th place
Number of students in Top 100 by school:
Troy High - 15
Detroit Country Day School - 13
Ann Arbor Pioneer - 10
Cranbrook and Novi - 8 each
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Scholastic National Writing Award
Congratulations to the following students who have been named 2018 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards National Medalists:
Mariya Khan '22 - Title: "The Chicago Sun", Silver Medal, Category: Personal Essay & Memoir
Laurel Lyngklip '18 - Title: "The Harvesting Project", Silver Medal, Category: Art Portfolio
Julia Shen '19 - Title: "A series of supermarket produce", Gold Medal, Category: Poetry, and Title: "Bloodbounding", Gold Medal, Category: Poetry
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Middle School State Mathcounts
On Saturday March 10, four members of the DCDS Middle School traveled to Michigan State University and competed at the State Mathcounts competition against the state's top mathematicians. Christopher Bernitsas '22, Nicholas Frieler '23, Himani Yarlagadda '23, and Vikram Goddla '24 represented Detroit Country Day and earned 3rd place in the state.
We are very proud of this strong performance by our Middle School Mathletes. Individually, Himani placed 5th and Vikram placed 2nd in the state. Vikram's score qualifies him to compete in May at the National Mathcounts competition in Washington DC. Congratulations to all of our competitors.
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You Be the Chemist Oakland County Regional Challenge
Arvin Pandiyan '22, Faraz Rahman '22, and Rahul Barpanda '22 competed in the You Be the Chemist Oakland County Regional Challenge. Faraz finished in first place and Rahul finished in second place. Since both Faraz and Rahul finished within the top four in the county, they advance to the state challenge on April 14th in Troy. Congratulations to Faraz, Rahul, and to all of our students who competed!
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Science and Engineering Fair of Metropolitan Detroit
Congratulations to the following students who won awards at the recent Science and Engineering Fair of Metropolitan Detroit:
Reece Chae '23 and Aeres Zhou '23: Outstanding Project Award
Joseph Fisher '24, Ani Baranwal '24, and Tony Carson: Outstanding Project Award
Shafeek Halabi '24 and Zach Rodger '24: Award of Excellence
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Accolades
Charlie Metz '24, and his Little Caesar’s ‘06 team won the Tier 1 State Championship in Taylor, beating Conpuware 5-1 for the Pee Wee Minor title in the finals. Congratulations, Charlie!
Congratulations to Jordan Bouchillon '23, who finished first for 11-12 years olds in the 2018 Michigan YMCA 9 & Up Swim Championship!
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First DCDS Big Band to Perform in State Jazz Festival
For the first time in school history the Jacket Big Band (the upper school jazz ensemble) performed at the State Jazz Festival! The group performed well and received some excellent feedback to help them with their future performances. The following is a list of students who participated in the festival:
Santiago Uribe-Guiza '21
Jaeyoung Chang '18
Maria Cheriyan '21
Cameron Collins '19
King Machain '21
Maxwell Morgan '21
Duoduo Nie '19
Stefanie Roche '19
Nigel Sanders '19
Jonah Stern '21
Michael Stevanovich '19
Trey Timban '21
Sohee Won '18
Jeffrey Yang '21
Yurui Zhang '20
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Chemistry Olympiad
Congratulations to Sahil Suneja '19, who qualified for the next round of the Chemistry Olympiad. DCDS had 13 students participate in the event last Thursday, March 22 at UM-Dearborn. In total, 190 students from 25 schools participated in the two hour test. In late April, Sahil will be sitting for the National Chemistry Olympiad exam which involves content knowledge, problem solving skills, and lab practicals.
Congratulations to Sahil and the rest of the chemistry olympians!
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Michigan Youth Arts Festival
Please congratulate the following students for being nominated into the Michigan Youth Arts Festival. The festival takes place on the campus of Western Michigan University, May 10-12, 2018.
Nominations are based upon proficiency performance at State Solo and Ensemble Festival. Students in grades 10-12 are considered based up on their performance which includes: scales, sight reading and solos. The numerical rating and nominations are based upon seniority and final proficiency scores.
Outstanding Soloist Nomination - Lucia Qian '18
Honors Orchestra Nominations - Melissa Beyrand '18, Alexandra Soo '18, Christopher Soo '18, Ann Sun '19
MYAF Composition - Alex Ge '19
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Second Annual Conservatory Scholars Dinner
Friends of the Arts hosted the Second Annual Conservatory Scholars Dinner for seniors who will be graduating with a conservatory designation in one or more of the following areas: vocal music, instrumental music, film, dance, theatre, and the visual arts. Visual art students can specialize in one or more of these areas: metals, fibers, drawing, sculpting, ceramics, photography, and painting. Several students were selected to speak and tell their "art story" before the crowd of fellow students, parents, arts faculty, and Friends of the Arts members.
Congratulations to the following seniors:
Natalie Albaran, Music (O)
Blake Bailey, Theatre
Brett Barr, Jewelry
Jake Belanger, Jewelry
Melissa Beyrand, Music (O)(V)
Laura Bongers, Photography
Lauren Boos, Photography
Shrikant Chand, Ceramics
Maushmi Chitale, Music (V)
Tori Dedo, Musical Theatre
Harrison Dunbar, Jewelry
Alissa Elanjian, Theatre
Jared Freeman, Photography & Mixed Media
Peter Gallette, Jewelry
Harrison George, Ceramics
Andrea Gibson DuPerry, Music (V)
Andrew He, Music (O)
Sydney Jiang, Drawing
Isaiah Johnson, Drawing
Andrew Jonna, Ceramics
Jane Kim, Photography
Sloan Kiriluk, Jewelry
Rohit Koganti, Film
Helena Li, Drawing/Painting
Lucy Liu, Ceramics
Laurel Lyngklip, Jewelry
Anusha Mamidipaka, Painting
Anna Mascarenas, Drawing/Painting
Becket McNulty, Jewelry
Lily Mullany, Fashion
Thomas Nardicchio, Fashion
Maya Nassif, Fashion
Zoë Neugebohr, Film
Nishal Patel, Ceramics
Jessica Patnaik, Drawing/Music (V)
Maya Rajan, Music (V)
Akash Rau, Jewelry
Paul Roesler, Jewelry
Isabella Rosenberg, Jewelry/Music (V)
Nick Shaman, Jewelry
Alexandra Soo, Music (O)
Christopher Soo, Music (O)
Andre Sosa, Music (O)
Natalie Trerice, Photography
Rory Wagner, Theatre/Film
Sohee Won, Music (B)
Yining Zhang, Drawing
Sophia Zhang, Painting/Jewelry
Jack Zhu, Drawing
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DCDS Student-Athlete Named Michigan's Mr. Hockey
Congratulations to our state champion goalie Sam Evola '19 on receiving two outstanding honors this past weekend. Sam was recognized as the first ever selection from the Metro League as Michigan's Mr. Hockey. An honor and not typically given to a junior. He was also awarded Most Valuable Goaltender.
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Student Accolades
Congratulations to Maria Cheriyan '21 who received honorable mention in the 2018 High School Student Art Competition Awards, announced by The City of Farmington Hills Cultural Arts Division, the Farmington Area Arts Commission and the Festival of the Arts Planning Committee. Cheriyan will be honored at the Festival of the Arts reception and awards ceremony Friday, April 13. Read full article..
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Piano Keys for Syrian Kids
On Sunday the 25th of March, ‘Piano Keys for Syrian Kids,’ a fundraising concert to benefit Syrian refugee children, was held in the Seligman Performing Arts Center. The event was organized and led by Omar and Ziad Fehmi '19, together with the Detroit Country Day School UNICEF Club. Also performing piano pieces were Anoushka Dev '20, Kristian Zheng '19, and Nina Khaghany '20. This year’s event raised over $22,000 to aid millions of Syrian children who have been displaced by years of war.
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District Choral Festival Results
Congratulations to the choirs of Detroit Country Day Middle and Upper School for their outstanding performances at District Choral Festival last week. Choirs from grades 6 through 12 travelled to Hartland, Clarkston, and Walled Lake to perform for certified choral adjudicators as well as visiting schools from around the region.
In addition to Sight Reading, their performance was scored by 3 performance judges and combined to a 120 point scale and assigned an overall rating.
Our Men’s Choir gave a terrific performance and earned 28 points out of 30 in sight reading to come just 2 points shy of a First Division Rating. Treble Choir earned a First Division rating with a perfect score from 2 performance judges. Women’s Choir earned a First Division Rating, and qualified for State Choral Festival in April. Our Concert Choir also earned a First Division rating, with perfect scores from 3 of the 4 judges, and will also perform at State Choral Festival in April.
Congratulations again to the DCDS choirs!
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HOSA State Competition Results
The combined Upper and Middle School HOSA (Health Occupation Students of America) clubs traveled to Grand Rapids, Michigan last weekend to compete in the State HOSA Leadership Conference. HOSA is a national leadership organization for students that are interested in the health profession. Nationally, they have over 200,000 members and Michigan has over 7800 members. We had 31 students that traveled to Grand Rapids to compete against 3300 other students from all over the state. It is my pleasure to announce the following 10 students placed in the top 8 in their event. The students who placed in the top three qualified for the national conference and competition to be held in Dallas, TX in June!
Congratulations to the following:
Anusha Santhapur '19 - 3rd place Epidemiology
Sonya Zhang '22 - 3rd place Middle School Medical Terminology
Arya Chalasani '23 - 4th place Middle School Medical Reading
Vikram Goddla '24 - 4th place Middle School Medical Terminology
Vivek Santhapur '22 - 5th place Middle School Medical Reading
Ria Bajaria '19 - 7th place Health Career Photography
Tanmai Nimmagadda '22 - 7th place Middle School Medical Terminology
Hassan Siddiqui '19 - 7th place Medical Math
Molly Beachum '19 - 8th place Epidemiology
Eric Wang '20 - 8th place Medical Law and Ethics
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Miracle Box Collection - Wish List - 2018
Miracle Box Wish List
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Breakfast bars Oatmeal Coffee Dried Fruit Gum Toothbrushes Toothpaste Frisbees Granola bars Cereal Tea |
Pens/pencils Instant breakfast Ramen noodles Dry creamer Cookies Lifesavers Sunscreen Sudoku/puzzles Dry Gatorade Instant foods/soups Beef Jerky |
Pop-tarts Rice Krispy Treats Hard candy Toiletries New socks Fun stuff Tang Nuts Playing cards Kleenex Stationary |
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Middle School Vocal Solo and a Ensemble Results!
We are proud to announce that we had an outstanding showing at the Solo and Ensemble Festival.
Jacqueline Yoo '22 - First Division Rating
Christian Bepler '22 - First Division Rating
Daniel Upton '23 - First Division Rating
Arthur Gayden '23 - First Division Rating
Patrick O’Callaghan '23 - First Division Rating
Chiara Sessa '22 - First Division Rating
Alexis Butcher '22 - First Division Rating
Kaitlyn Du '23 - Second Division Rating
Tanisha Khare '23 - First Division Rating
Please join us in congratulating our young musicians!
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DCDSx Science and Humanities Competition
Congratulations to our students who won awards at the DCDS x Science and Humanities competition on March 6, 2018.
A list of students and their awards can be found here.
In addition, Madeleine Yang '19 won a Grand Award at the Science and Engineering Fair of Metro Detroit. Her project was titled "Incorporating Matrix Protein M2 in Influenza VLP to Improve Vaccine Production. She will be attending the INTEL ISEF (International Science and Engineering Fair) in May.
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DCDS Entrepreneurs Excel in Competitions
During the spring series of entrepreneur club competitions, the Detroit Country Day Entrepreneur Club posted winning results.
In the University of Michigan Start Up High School competition held April 8, Alex Mettler '19, Connor McGeorge '19, and Ryan Findling '19, pitched their ideas to panel of 6 judges and earned the victory podium for their innovative entrepreneurial concepts. Alex took top honors with his Great Lakes Initiative – a biodegradable lure design that would ensure the environmental safety of the Great Lakes. Ryan and Connor pitched their idea of a new business, “NonProfit Promos” which provides nonprofit organizations an easy and affordable promotional product ordering system. Both proposals earned significant monetary ‘seed’ awards from M Powered Entrepreneurship. Ryan and Connor also entered their idea in the Detroit Entrepreneurship Network Final Showcase and earned finalist honors for their submission.
Start-up High School was founded in 2013 with the primary goal of expanding high school students’ creativity and innovation and inspiring them to get involved in entrepreneurship. Hundreds of high school students submit their unique startup ideas to compete in a national video pitch challenge.
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