Several students representing Detroit Country Day Junior School recently competed in the WordMasters Challenge™—a national vocabulary competition involving nearly 150,000 students annually.
The following fourth grade students participated in the Gold Division and earned top scores. Congratulations to the following:
The DCDS Middle School Forensics team competed in the Michigan Interscholastic Forensic Association’s Middle Level State Tournament at Bloomfield Hills High School this past weekend. After three exciting rounds, our team was recognized with the following awards:
We congratulate these students, and all who competed this weekend!
This past weekend, the Model UN Club participated in the Model United Nations Conference at Michigan State University. The following students earned individual recognition:
Destiny Agomuoh '18, Honorable Mention for representing Japan in the Economic and Financial Committee
Grace Endrud '20, Best Delegate for representing Ángel Gabriel Borlenghi in Juan Perón's Cabinet
Alex Ge '19, Verbal Commendation for representing Valeriy Borzov in the International Olympic Committee
Maheen Haq '20, Honorable Mention for representing Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in the 2022 Saudi Arabian Council of Ministers
Brian Hu '18, Outstanding Delegate for representing Boris Kidrič in the Federal Executive Council of Josip Broz Tito
Julie Jaipati '19, Verbal Commendation for representing Freada Kapor Klein in the Summit of Silicon Valley
Ruhi Nayak '19, Best Delegate for representing General Alexei Kaledin in the Russian Provisional Government 1917 Committee
Sreeram Panicker '19, Honorable Mention for representing Japan in the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee
Val Selektor '20, Honorable Mention for representing Spain in the United Nations Environment Programme
Nick Sicilia '19, Outstanding Delegate for representing Dr. Mohammed abu Kudair in the Zaatari Refugee Camp Management Council
In addition, DCDS was recognized as the Best Large Delegation for the conference. Honored with this distinction were: Destiny Agomuoh '18, Ankur Bansal '18, JaeYoung Chang '18, Kevin Chang '19, Grace Endrud '20, Omar Fehmi '19, Alex Ge '19, Maheen Haq '20, Brian Hu '18, Julie Jaipati '19, Nate Kim '18, Chaitanya Manam '19, Ruhi Nayak '19, Sreeram Panicker '19, Anisa Pezeshki '18, Sam Redman '19, Henry Schwartz '18, Val Selektor '20, Nick Sicilia '19, Michael Stevanovich '19, Ashwin Surapaneni '19, Kevin Tang '19, and Elbert Yi '19.
Congratulations for these terrific results!
Commercial aviation business Corporate Eagle in Waterford recently hosted 70 second graders from the Detroit Country Day School. The field trip, part of the school’s career day programming, was meant to help inspire the students to consider careers in aviation. Recent projects from Boeing show a need for 558,000 new pilots worldwide in the next 20 years, including 95,000 in North America.
For the entire article and photos, click here.
Congratulations to 7th grade student Isabella Cook for taking the initiative to plan, research, and carryout a special environmental project she called “Earth Day Seed Bombing”. Seed bombing (also called Guerilla Bombing) is a way of spreading native wildflowers to neglected areas that have room for plants to grow. For example, neglected parks, the side of the road, empty lots, etc. Seed bombs are also great for areas like the banks of the rivers (like the Rouge) because the wildflower roots prevent erosion and also keep fertilizers and other chemicals from seeping into the river.
The seed bombs were delivered to others through Isabella's local network including: neighbors whose homes are nears the Rouge River, her church group, and Girl Scouts. For Isabella, the most rewarding thing about her project was the increased interest and awareness others had in the seed bombs. Many asked Isabella for advice in making seed bombs and others asked for seeds to spread in abandoned lots in Detroit.
We would like to congratulate Isabella for her role in environmental stewardship and will honor her in May.
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Five of the Junior School art students were awarded top honors from the Michigan Art Education Association “Young @ ART” Regional Show.
Congratulations to Socrates Karmanos '27 Anna Sadler '26, Maria Weiler '26, Nicholas Corrigan '26, and Dale Mylod '25
Both Maria and Nicholas were then awarded State “Top 100 Art Award.”
The highest award was the TOP Fifteen Elementary Artworks from the State of Michigan. Congratulations to Anna Sadler who was selected for this award and her work will be showcased on the national level.
The artwork will be placed on display at this year's National Art Education Conference. This is a great honor for students on the Elementary level.
Nicholas Corrigan, Maria Weiler and Anna Sadler were also invited to participate in the award ceremony and workshop in Grand Rapids on April 21, 2018.
The Forensic Team took one senior, one junior, nine sophomores, and three freshman to the State Individual Events Tournament this last Friday and Saturday. Even with such a young team the results were fantastic. Overall we finished 4th in the state for Class B, with lots of individual success! Also, thanks to our alumni assistant coaches Caroline Sulich (’13) and Erin Kay (’12).
Finalists
2nd place Storytelling 9/10 division Shreya Chalasani ‘20
2nd place Informative Nikhil Mantena ‘20
3rd place Storytelling 9/10 division Ania Uzieblo ’21
4th place Broadcasting Sahil Hanumolu ’20
5th place Broadcasting Nikitha Movva ’20
Semifinalist
9th place Prose Val Selektor ’20
10th place Impromptu 9/10 division Dwight Ellis ’21
10th place Storytelling open division Madison Copley ‘18
11th place Storytelling open division Alicia Wang ’19
11th place Poetry Anya Chinnaiyan ‘20
12th place Prose Krishna Kiru ‘20
Also placing
13th place Impromptu open division Colin Ableson ’20
16th place Poetry Brett Arenberg ’20
19th place Impromptu open division Arnav Shah ’21
Congratulations to the DCDS Science Olympiad Team who finished in 5th Place at this year's State Competition
This is a significant achievement, in that they finished ahead of one of our perennial rivals IA Central, while missing 4th place a few slim points behind Ann Arbor Pioneer.
This accomplishment is even more significant when one considers that there are roughly 350 teams throughout the state, with 60 of them invited to the state tournament.
Congratulations on a great season, DCDS Science Olympiad team!
Team members include: Gene Chu '18, Justin Lee '18, Roshen Patel '20, Shivan Prasad '19, Julia Shen '19, Hassan Siddiqui '19, Zaid Siddiqui '21, Sahil Suneja '19, Yannish Wu-Yip '19, Jeffrey Yang '21, Jason Zeng '20, Tony Zhao '18, Josh Zhe '19, Celina Zhuang '20, Brian Yang '20, Vivian Bai '19, and Allen Gu '21.
The fourth grade students enjoyed another great few days at science camp. Students enjoyed studying nature, learning survival skills, and participating in the various craft activities. It is also the first time for many students to spend a few days away from home and learn what it's like in a camp setting that requires team work and cooperation with classmates. More pictures can be viewed in Vidigami.
Congratulations to the following groups that recently performed at the State Band and Orchestra Festival at Ann Arbor Skyline High School:
The Honora Symphonic Orchestra (US) - First Division rating
Band
Student Event Rating
Connor Adams '22 Clarinet Duet II
Chris Bernitsas '22 Piano Solo II
Michael Beyrand '23 Trumpet Duet II
Sunny Challa '22 Clarinet Trio II
Jordan Dong '22 Clarinet Trio II
Grace Garrett '22 Flute Trio II
Anthony Ge '22 Clarinet Trio II
Asim Handy '23 Piano Solo II
Thamim Hussain '22 Clarinet Duet I
Arnov Khatri '22 Trumpet Trio II
Caden Kuang '22 Clarinet Duet I
Caden Kuang '22 Piano Solo I
Kristine Ma '22 Flute Trio II
Kristine Ma '22 Piano Solo I
Aunvi Mahajan '23 Clarinet Solo I
Aunvi Mahajan '23 Woodwind Ens Trio II
Louis Marnat '22 Alto Saxophone Solo I
Silvia Negrut '23 Woodwind Ens Trio II
Arvin Pandiyan '22 Clarinet Duet I
Liliana Schechter '23 Alto Saxophone Solo II
Himani Yarlagadda '23 Flute Trio II
Shanshan Ye '22 Alto Saxophone Solo I
Sonya Zhang '22 Woodwind Ens Trio II
Orchestra
Student Event Rating
Dylan Agha '23 Violin/Cello Duet II
Dylan Agha '23 Violin/Viola Duet I
Asher Bewersdorf '23 Violin Solo I
Andy Bossert '22 Cello Solo I
Kyle Campbell '23 Violin Solo I
Reece Chae '23 Violin/Viola Duet I
Charlie Chen '23 Piano Solo I
Conner Daneshvar '23 Piano Solo I
C.J. Davis '22 Cello Solo I
Solene DeGaynor '23 Viola Solo I
Tulia Henderson '22 Violin Duet II
Snighda Kondor '23 Viola Solo II
Sophie Liu '23 Violin/Cello Duet II
Arman Madani '22 Violin Solo I
Priya Mittal '23 Viola Solo I
Arya Radhakrishnan '23 Violin Duet II
Arya Radhakrishnan '23 Violin Solo II
Faraz Rahman '22 Viola Solo II
Alyssa Rahmani '22 Violin Duet II
Richard Shao '23 Piano Solo I
Richard Shao '23 Violin Solo I
Liliana Schechter '23 Violin Duet II
Marggie Yang '22 Violin Solo I
Raha Zaman '22 Viola Solo II
Congratulations to Jason Zeng '20 for his recognitions as the Grand Prix Prize winner in the Rising Talents music competition and as a Gold Prize winner in the Golden Key Music Festival of the United States. For his accomplishments, Jason performed a piano solo of Sonata in D Major by Domenco Scarlatti on April 15 at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the Rising Talents competition. He has been invited back to perform on June 2 for the Golden Key Music Festival recognition.
The Middle School Quiz Bowl Team had another great season beating out 50 other teams to qualify for the National Quiz Bowl Tournament in Rosemont, Illinois the weekend of May 11-13, 2018. Good luck!
Congratulations to Katherine Shao for being selected as one of thirty-eight winners for the 2018 Governor's Service Award. The winners are a combination of individuals, businesses and nonprofit organizations that were selected for their commitment to volunteerism, service or philanthropy.
Katherine was selected under the category of Youth Volunteer of the Year. She has volunteered consistently to improve literacy and education in Detroit youth. She has made it her mission to ensure that financial circumstances do not inhibit the reading opportunities for those children. To read more about Katherine's accomplishments and the award see website.
Congratulations to the following metals students who won four out of the six awards at the recent Grinstein Jewelry Scholarship Competition. The competition was open to Oakland County high school juniors and seniors whose entries were then judged by three independent and esteemed jewelry professionals from the area.
Joergen Klakulak '19 - 2nd Place
Connor McGeorge '19 - 3rd Place
Bella Rosenberg '18 - Honorable Mention
Anjul Bhangu '19 - Honorable Mention
All pieces will be on display at Grinstein Jewelry & Design Thursday, May 10 through Saturday May 12. Prize-winners will be announced at an awards event at Grinstein Jewelry and Design. The event, open to the public, will take place on Saturday, May 12 from 5 -7pm.
On Friday, April 27, Middle School students participated in a Day of Service. The 6th graders worked with community agencies and their literacy buddies at Alcott Elementary. The 7th graders completed projects to donate to the dogs and cats at the Michigan Humane Society, and they also sorted and cut more than 5,600 plastic bags for Mats that Matter, an organization that weaves the plastic bags into sleeping mats for the homeless. The 8th grade students collaborated to plan a day to honor military veterans, and they packed 106 Miracle Boxes of donated items for Desert Angels in memory of DCDS graduate Steven Williams '03. More pictures can be viewed on Vidigami.
The results for the national language exams in French, German, Japanese, Latin and Spanish were released last week. The national language exams measure students' abilities in vocabulary, grammar, reading, and listening skills. The students take an exam corresponding to their current level of study. Many of our Upper School and Middle School students received national recognition.
The National German Exam
Gold - Sydney Holter '21
Bronze - David Wang '20, Isabelle Bepler '19, Harry Xu '18
Achievement Award - Kate Schira '21, Luke Bienhold '20, Ava Porter '19, Sophia Sarda '19, Ava Abu-Akeel '21, Santiago Uribe Guiza '21, Skylar Farrah '21
The following Upper School students placed in the top ten nationally for their performance on the National French Exam (Le Grand Concours):
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LEVEL |
STUDENTS AND PLACES |
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2A |
Gold Silver Bronze |
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3A |
Gold Silver Bronze |
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4A |
Gold Silver Bronze |
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5A |
Gold Silver Bronze |
The following were the results for our Middle School and Upper School students in the National Latin Examinations:
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LEVEL |
GOLD SUMMA CUM LAUDE |
SILVER MAXIMA CUM LAUDE |
MAGNA CUM LAUDE |
CUM LAUDE |
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HIGH SCHOOL |
Jeonghae Won '21 |
Henry Cantor '20 |
Scott Hanna '21 |
Zoe Neugebohr '18 |
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8TH GRADE |
Marissa Malleck '22 |
Noah Michaelson '22 |
Anthony Ge '22 |
Beren Akpinar '22 |
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LEVEL |
PERFECT SCORE |
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT |
NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT |
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7th GRADE |
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Aeres Zhou '23 |
Reece Chae '23 |
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The following were the results of the National Spanish Examinations for Middle and Upper School:
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LEVEL |
GOLD (Percentile) |
SILVER |
BRONZE |
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7TH/8TH Grade |
Jack Freeman '22 |
Sophia Kitsopanidis '23 |
Demi Baston '22 |
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2 |
Peter Hofley '21
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Ali Alomari '21 |
Lukas Denner '18 |
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3 |
Catherine Glazier '20 |
Brett Arenberg '20 |
Elle Hartje '19 |
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4 |
Chloe Burns-Krul '19 |
Anjul Bhangu '19 |
Austynn Bradfield '19 |
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5 |
Gene Chu '18 |
Rithik Aggarwal '18 |
Natalie Albaran '18 |
