National History Bee Regional Qualifiers

January 17, 2017, 7:00 am

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The National History Bee is an optional test that is offered to all 8th graders at Detroit Country Day School. The test is put on by the Academic Competition Enterprise in conjunction with the History Channel created for, and taken by, 8th graders from around the country.

This year we were fortunate enough to have 13 8th graders from our school qualify for the Regional Finals, which will be held this April at Orchard Lake Middle School.

Please join me in congratulating:

• Cole Clark
• Myles Mathews
• Frank Tilli
• Avi Desai
• Zaid Siddiqui
• Adam Sun
• Kyle Holmes
• Maria Cheriyan
• Connor Shi
• Razeen Zaman
• Nathan Schechter
• Yiou Jiang
• Arnav Shah

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WordMasters Challenge Results from Junior School

January 17, 2017, 10:00 am

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A team representing Detroit Country Day Junior School achieved Highest Honors in the recent WordMasters Challenge™ a national vocabulary competition involving nearly 150,000 students annually. The fifth grade team scored an impressive 164 points out of a possible 200 in the first of three meets this year, placing fourth in the nation.

Competing in the very difficult Gold Division of the WordMasters Challenge™, third grader Julia Berghea and fifth graders Anirudh Baranwal, Trinity Chen, Vikram Goddla and Nishan Inampudi each earned a perfect score of 20 in the recent meet. Nationally, only 18 sixth graders achieved this result. Other students from Detroit Country Day Junior School who achieved outstanding results in the meet include third grader Harsha Narayan. The students were coached in preparation for the WordMasters Challenge™ by teachers; Angie Charlton, Meera Sundar, Airica Clapper and Jeremy Lublin.

The WordMasters Challenge™ is an exercise in critical thinking that first encourages students to become familiar with a set of interesting new words (considerably harder than grade level), and then challenges them to use those words to complete analogies expressing various kinds of logical relationships. Working to solve the analogies helps students learn to think both analytically and metaphorically. Although most vocabulary enrichment and analogy-solving programs are designed for use by high school students, WordMasters Challenge™ materials have been specifically created for younger students in grades three through eight. They are particularly well suited for children who are motivated by the challenge of learning new words and enjoy the logical puzzles posed by analogies.

New History Honor Society Chapter in the Upper School

January 17, 2017, 10:00 am

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The History Department of Detroit Country Day School proudly announces the establishment of a RHO KAPPA History Honor Society Chapter. Established in 2000, RHO KAPPA is the only national organization for high school juniors and seniors that recognizes excellence in the field of History. Through its sponsorship of RHO KAPPA, National Council for the Social Studies hopes to encourage an interest in, understanding of, scholarship in, and appreciation for History. Qualifying students are selected by the Upper School History RHO KAPPA Faculty membership. Juniors and seniors designated as History Scholars by the decision of the History Department Faculty must establish and maintain a significant interest in history, exhibit outstanding academic achievement including a production of major historical high school level dissertation/thesis and uphold the school’s tradition of academic integrity. The thesis/dissertation requirement of the Society can be fulfilled by submission of a major work submitted to any number of national essay contests including, but not limited to: National History Day, The Concord Review, The Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History or The D. Corwin Lincoln Book Prize. Honor Society Student Members will be allowed to wear RHO KAPPA cords at graduation and receive a RHO KAPPA Honor Society Certificate of Membership.

Students seeking additional information should speak with Mr. Kenney – RHO KAPPA Presiding Chair.

Concert Choir Performs at Michigan Music Conference

January 23, 2017, 6:00 am

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The Upper School Concert Choir had the honor of being invited to perform at the Michigan Music Conference in Grand Rapids on Saturday, January 21. They performed in front of an audience composed of music teachers and other student choir members from across the state. Mr. Weiler and the Concert Choir members were very excited with the audience response and positive feedback they have received.

Science Olympiad - Results of Cobra Invitational

January 23, 2017, 7:00 am

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On Saturday, January 21, Detroit Country Day Middle School brought 3 teams of students to the Cobra Invitational at Birmingham Covington School. The competition was fierce, but one of our teams walked away with a 6th place ranking and many individual awards!

• Madison Ashby '20: 8th place, "Food Science;"
• Sofia Balanay '22: 5th place, "Write It, Do It"
• Sunny Challa '22: 4th place, "Hovercraft"
• Maria Cheriyan '21: 1st place, "Ecology;" 1st place, "Write It, Do It"
• Arjun Janakan '20: 7th place, "Microbe Mission"
• Rose Li '22: 7th place, "Microbe Mission"
• Azeem Saifee '21: 5th place, "Rocks & Minerals"
• Maria Sicilia '21: 1st place, "Ecology;" 1st place, "Write It, Do It;" 1st place, "Optics"
• Abhinav Reddy '22: 8th place, "Food Science;" 4th place, "Hovercraft"
• Lilian Schechter '23: 5th place, "Rocks & Minerals"
• Brian Yang '20: 1st place, "Optics;" 2nd place , "Wright Stuff;" 6th place, "Scrambler"
• Jeffrey Yang '21: 2nd place , "Wright Stuff;" 6th place , "Scrambler"
• Raha Zaman '21: 5th place, "Write It, Do It"

You may have noticed some familiar names of students that are no longer in the Middle School. In Science Olympiad, a middle school team may have up to five 9th graders on their team. I am very grateful to have students like Brian Yang, Arjun Janakan, and Madison Ashby stick around with us for one more year.

MSBOA District Solo and Ensemble Festival Results

January 23, 2017, 8:00 am

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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 14 at Brighton High School. Our students represented DCDS in a positive and professional manner. 

Students that received a First Division (1) rating have been invited to State festival on Saturday, March 18 at South Lyon High School.

Students	Event	District rating
Alexandra Soo '18	Violin Solo	1
Rebecca Li '19	Violin Solo	1
Anna Sun '19	Violin Solo	1
Anna Sun '19 / Maddie Yang '19	Violin Duet	1
Justin Lee '17	Viola Solo	1
Ann Zhang '20	Violin Solo	1
Andrew He '18	Violin Solo	1
Madeleine Yang '19	Violin Solo	1
Anna Sun '19	Piano Solo	1
Natalie Albaran '18	Piano Solo	1
Jae Chang '18	Alto Saxophone Solo	1
Samuel Redman '19	Cello Solo	1
Leila Hilf '20	Cello Solo	1
Ruhi Nayak '19	Violin Solo	1
Min Ju Hong '20	Violin Solo	1
Lucia Qian '18, Sohee Won '18	Woodwind Duet	1
Miland Rao '17, Alex Bosch '17, Annie Fu '17, Jae Chang '18	Saxophone Quartet	1
Alex Bosch '17	Alto Saxophone Solo	1
Lucia Qian '18, Sohee Won '18	Oboe Solo	1
Sneha Shankar '17	Bb Clarinet Solo	1
Jacob Shenkenberg '17	Bb Clarinet Solo	1
Yurui Zhang '20	Piano Solo	1
Rebecca Li '19	Piano Solo	1
Melissa Beyrand '18	Violin Solo	1
Carol Chen '17, Christopher Soo '18	String Duet	1
Alex Ge '19	Cello Solo	1
Christopher Soo '18	Cello Solo	1
Andre Sosa '18	Cello Solo	1
Sohee Won '18	Flute Solo	1
Meghan Guo '19	Flute Solo	1
Elbert Yi '19	Violin Solo	1
Kevin Chang '19	Violin Solo	1
Kevin Shi '18	Piano Solo	1
Megan Charlakolu '19, Greg Jackson '19	Violin Duet	1
Rachel Elias '20	Viola Solo	1
Ethan Lee '19	Violin Solo	1
Brian Liu '18	Violin Solo	1
Kevin Tang '19	Violin Solo	1
Alexandra Soo '18	Harp Solo	2
Hans Liu '20	Piano Solo	2
James Sun '17, Liz Obermaier '17, Catherine Xie '17, Sophia Sarda '19	String Quartet	2
Carol Chen '17, Alexandra Soo '18, Justin Lee '17 , Christopher Soo '18	String Quartet	2
Melissa Beyrand '18	Flute Solo	2
Christopher Gilmer-Hill '18	String Bass Solo	2
Lily Gandhi '20	Cello Solo	2

Regional Scholastic Art Award Winners

January 23, 2017, 8:00 am

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Congratulations to all our Upper and Middle School students who recently received recognition for their art pieces entered in the Regional Scholastic Art competition. The award-winning work will be on display at the College for Creative Studies February 10 through March 6 and the students will receive an invitation to an award ceremony later this year.

Best of Show Portfolio

Rachel Barra'17 (Top 7 Gold Key portfolios)

Senior Gold Key Portfolios

Student (Teacher)

Rachel Barra (Mary Ann DeVogel)
Wes Bertschy (Jiro Masuda)
Aiman Boxwalla (Mary Ann DeVogel)
Rishev Mehta (Susan Lucas)
Samina Saifee (Brett Salamin)
Sofia Spencer (Mary Ann DeVogel)
Amanda Williams (Mary Ann DeVogel)
Helen Yang (Mary Ann DeVogel)

Individual Category Awards

Ammar Akhtar '17	3 Silver Keys	Film & Animation
Meera Amin '19	Silver Key	Digital Art
Quinn Babcock '17	Silver Key	Ceramics & Glass
Rachel Barra '17	2 Gold Key	Portfolio, Fashion
Molly Beachum '19	Silver Key	Painting
Wes Bertschy '17	Gold Key, Silver Key, Honorable Mention	Portfolio, Jewelry
Anjul Bhangu '19	3 Gold Key, Silver Key, 2 Honorable Mentions	Jewelry, Photography
Sheldon Bochenek '17	Honorable Mention	Ceramics & Glass
Aiman Boxwalla '17	Gold Key, 2 Silver Keys, Honorable Mention	Portfolio, Photography, Mixed Media
Larah Haj Diab '17	Gold Key	Photography
Jack Dolan '19	Honorable Mention	Photography
Ria Dubey '19	Honorable Mention	Photography
Ryan Findling '19	Silver Key	Jewelry
Jared Freeman '18	2 Gold Key, Silver Key	Mixed Media, Photography, Digital Art
Peter Gallette '18	Gold Key, Silver Key	Jewelry
Harrison George '18	Honorable Mention	Ceramics & Glass
Meghana Gudapati '18	Honorable Mention	Jewelry
Meghan Guo '19	Honorable Mention	Jewelry
Sasha Hartje '17	Gold Key	Photography
Olivia Heppard '17	2 Gold Keys, Silver Key	Ceramics & Glass
Blake Israel '18	Honorable Mention	Jewelry
Julie Jaipati '19	Silver Key	Photography
Isaiah Johnson '19	Gold Key, Silver Key, 2 Honorable Mentions	Drawing
Jiyeon Kim '18	Silver Key, Honorable Mention	Photography, Mixed Media
Sloan Kiriluk '19	2 Silver Keys, Honorable Mention	Jewelry
Alexis Kralovich '19	Silver Key	Ceramics & Glass
Angela Lee '17	Honorable Mention	Painting
Kayla Lee '17	Honorable Mention	Painting
Lucy Liu '18	2 Silver Keys, Honorable Mention	Ceramics & Glass
Laurel Lyngklip '18	2 Honorable Mention	Jewelry
Anusha Mamidipaka '18	Honorable Mention	Mixed Media
Connor McGeorge '19	Honrable Mention	Jewelry
Rishuv Mehta '17	Gold Key, Honorable Mention	Portfolio, Digital Media
Maya Nassif '18	Honorable Mention	Fashion
Nishal Patel '18	Honorable Mention	Ceramics & Glass
Grant Petrucci '18	Honorable Mention	Ceramics & Glass
Ava Porter '19	Gold Key, Silver Key	Digital Art, Jewelry
Anushri Radhakrishnan '20	Gold Key	Jewelry
Alyssa Reiter '19	Honorable Mention	Ceramics & Glass
Mitchell Rits '19	Gold Key	Jewelry
Max Roesler '19	Honorable Mention	Jewelry
Paul Roesler '18	Gold Key	Jewelry
Samina Saifee '17	Gold Key	Portfolio
Christian Sarafa '18	Silver Key	Jewelry
Nick Shaman '18	Honorable Mention	Jewelry
Aditi Sharma '19	Honorable Mention	Drawing
Amanda Sherrill '19	Honorable Mention	Ceramics & Glass
Erin Shi '19	Silver Key, Honorable Mention	Mixed Media
Max Shilling '20	Honorable Mention	Drawing
Sofia Spencer '17	Gold Key	Portfolio
Julia Stankiewicz '19	Silver Key	Photography
Isabel Stanton '17	Silver Key, Honorable Mention	Mixed Media
Chris Trerice '17	Silver Key	Jewelry
Brendan Van Cleave '17	Honorable Mention	Jewelry
Eleni Varelas '19	Silver Key	Photography
Rory Wagner '18	Honorable Mention	Film & Animation
Amanda Williams '17	2 Honorable Mention	Film & Animation
Yannis Wu-Yip '19	Honorable Mention	Drawing
Helen Yang '17	Gold Key, Honorable Mention	Portfolio, Drawing
Sophia Zhang '18	Honorable Mention	Painting
Yining Zhang '18	Honorable Mention	Drawing
Celina Zhuang '20	Silver Key, Honorable Mention	Photography
	Middle School Award Winners
Avery Appleby '22	Silver Key	Design
Alexis Butcher '22	Honorable Mention	Mixed Media
Jack Copley '22	Silver Key	Mixed Media
Sara Elyas '21	Honorable Mention	Painting
Angelo Furno '22	Gold Key	Photography
Anthony Ge '22	Gold Key	Design
Scott Hanna '21	Silver Key	Mixed Media
Quintin Hopkins '22	Honorable Mention	Mixed Media
Aidan Khaghany '21	Gold Key	Design
Marissa Malleck '22	Honorable Mention	Mixed Media
Marc Meltser '22	Honorable Mention	Design
Pratha Rattan '21	Gold Key	Mixed Media
Ellie Sarda '21	Honorable Mention	Design
Jeslyn Wang '21	Honorable Mention	Sculpture
Julia Wang '21	Gold Key	Drawing

 

 

This Week's Accolades

January 30, 2017, 5:00 am

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Five U/S Students Named 2016 Siemens Competition Semifinalists

January 30, 2017, 6:00 am

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Congratulations to the following students for their recent success in the 2016 Siemens Competition:

• Yusang Huang '17
• Helena Li '18
• Julia Shen '19
• Omer Siddiqui '17
• Madeleine Yang '19

MMPC Results for Top 100

January 30, 2017, 7:00 am

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Congratulations to the following 12 students for finishing in the Top 100 in the state on the Michigan Math Prize Competition (3 seniors, 4 juniors, 4 sophomores, 1 freshman):

• Gene Chu ‘18
• Kevin Jiang, ‘18
• Justin Lee ‘18
• Arnav Mahajan ‘17
• Omer Siddiqui ‘17
• Anna Sun ‘19
• Sahil Suneja ‘19
• Collin Wang `19
• Helen Xu ‘17
• Madeleine Yang ‘19
• Jason Zeng ‘20
• Hongxiang Zhao ‘18

The final rankings will be announced at the Top 100 Banquet, which will be held at Eastern Michigan University on Saturday, March 11, 2017.

The Top 100 in the state was populated by students from 32 schools, with the following distribution for the top five schools:

• Troy High – 15
• DCDS – 12
• Novi – 11
• Ann Arbor Huron - 10
• Ann Arbor Pioneer – 6

http://www.emich.edu/math/mmpc/results.php

Fifth Grade Spelling B Champ

January 30, 2017, 7:00 am

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Congratulations to Vikram Godla on becoming the Fifth Grade Spelling Champ! His winning word was significance. He will represent the Junior School in the Regional Bee on Sunday, March 26, at Pontiac Oakland Schools in Waterford, Michigan. Congratulations also to Trinity Chen who was our runner-up.

M/S Quiz Bowl Tournament Results

January 30, 2017, 7:00 am

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The following students came in 2nd place in their division in the recent Quiz Bowl tournament. This is the second tournament in which they have had qualifying scores for nationals.

• Dylan Shefman '21
• Zaid Siddiqui '21
• Connor Shi '21
• Sreelakshmi Panicker '21

Our second team has not qualified yet, but was the ONLY B team (out of 15) to make it to the championship round! Congratulations to the following for another fine effort:

• Jack Linn '21
• Griffin Geiger '21
• Arvin Pandiyan '22
• Ramzi Nassif '22

Friends of the Rouge River Art Contest Winners

January 30, 2017, 7:00 am

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Congratulations to four of our students for earning awards in the Friends of the Rouge River art contest. The art contest seeks to bring awareness to the Rouge River Watershed and water quality. This year’s theme was "My Actions-My Impact-My River"

Congratulations to:

• Raha Zaman '22 1st Place (Raha’s artwork will be featured on the Rouge Education Project Spring Monitoring materials)
• Marissa Mallek '22 2nd Place
• Annika Thakur '23 Honorable Mention
• Elizabeth Williams '22 Honorable Mention

Friends of Rouge River Art Contest from The Buzz on Vimeo. Pictures in order of list of winners.

Model UN Success in Chicago

February 5, 2017, 7:00 am

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February 4 - 5, 2017 - Chicago - The Upper School Model UN club participated in the Model United Nations of the University of Chicago conference. Brian Hu ’18 received Honorable Mention for representing Turkey in the World Health Organization, while Julie Jaipati ’19 and Ruhi Nayak ’19 won Honorable Mention for representing Turkey in the Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee. Another notable moment was the club’s visit to the Turkish Consulate General in Chicago, where the students met with Mr. Umut Acar, Consul General, gaining invaluable insight into Turkey’s position on many world issues.

Students Art Showcased at MAEA

February 6, 2017, 5:00 am

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The following students had work up for the Michigan Art Education Association (MAEA) art show this past weekend at Oakland Schools. Each art teacher in Oakland County is invited to participate.

Lower School 

• Reid Lipnitz '28
• Daphne Cicotte '29
• Sasha Kebl '29
• Amelia Roth '27
• Michael Chang '28

Junior School

• Stella Chang '26
• Ryan Sahba '26
• Zain Halabi '26
• Leah Barbash '25
• Lucy Lepkowski '24

Middle School

• Jenna Al-Nouri '21
• Jonathan Bouchillon '23
• Sara Elyas '21
• Jalen Hunter '22
• Vijval Nandigala '21
• Londyn Ptasznik '22
• Jacqueline Sarafa '22
• Connor Sims '21

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M/S and U/S Regional Scholastic Writing Results

February 6, 2017, 7:00 am

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Congratulations to the following students for their recognition in the Regional Scholastic Writing Awards:
(HM = Honorable Mention) 

8th Grade

Calihan Bearden	Poem - Alooohaa!!	Silver Key
Kendall Belanger	Poem - A Ride on the Train	Silver Key
Saborn Campbell	Poem - My Dog, Raven	HM
Maria Cheriyan	Flash - Window People Flash - Hope's Child Flash - Perfect Memoir - Never Alone Humor - Mendeleev's Book of Carols Sci-Fi/Fantasy - The First Light Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Sumitara's Son	Gold Key Silver Key Silver Key HM Gold Key Silver Key HM
Cole Clark	Poem - The Game	Silver Key
Michaela Cooney	Poem - Fleeting Hate	HM
Julia Fliegner	Poem - Pressure	Silver Key
Justin Guo	Poem - The Textbook	HM
Victoria He	Poem - The Last Time	Silver Key
Kyle Holmes	Memoir - Chi-Town Experience	HM
Rachel Jeong	Poem - Who is She	HM
Yiou Jiang	Poem - Ode to a Friend	HM
Swathi Kambhatla	Poem - Anger	HM
Sean Li	Poem - The Demolished Skull	HM
Jake London	Poem - My Best Friend	HM
King Machain	Memoir - New School, New Flavor	HM
Eva Niederhofer	Poem - The Everyday Gift	HM
Pratha Rattan	Short Story - The Call	Silver Key
Grace Redman	Poem - A Boy and a Girl	HM
Zain Rodger	Memoir - The Screamer	HM
Azeem Saifee	Poem - The Peak of My Memories	Silver Key
Nathan Schechter	Memoir - The Shop Remaining	Gold Key
Arnav Shah	Memoir - Fractured	Gold Key
Dylan Shefman	Poem - Small Knees	Silver Key
Maria Sicilia	Poem - Gently Ripping Through Silence	Silver Key
Anna Stockreef	Poem - Snow Globe	Silver Key
Adam Sun	Poem - Silent Beauty	HM
Caleb Tonon	Memoir - The Last Time with My Dog	Silver Key
Alyssa Underwood	Poem - Trust	HHM
Jeslyn Wang	Poem - Ocen Cave	HM
Julia Wang	Poem - Insecurity is a Puppeteer	Silver Key
Jeffrey Yang	Poem - The Hike	HM
Sarina Yu	Memoir - The Smiles	HM
Razeen Zamen	Memoir - Eid Mubarak!	Silver Key
7th Grade
Isabel Aviles	Memoir - Kelsey	HM
Chris Bernitsas	Poem - The thousandth personality	HM
Lana Haddad	Poem - The Rush	HM
Rosalyn Li	Poem - Panic Hall	Silver Key
Tess McNulty	Poem - Yas Jemma	Silver Key
Noah Michaelson	Memoir - The Best 24 Days of My Life	HM
Maya Nayak	Poem - Youth	HM
Faraz Rahman	Critical Essay - All Schools Should Have Coding Classes	Silver Key
Rimisha Srivastava	Memoir - Emily Z	Silver Key
Clara Yuhn	Memoir - Holding My Baby Brother	Silver Key
Raha Zaman	Poem - The Universe Under the Sea Poem - A New Beginning	Silver Key HM
Upper School
Destiny Agomuoh '18	Poem Poem Journalism Personal Essay	Gold Key HM HM Silver
Amber Akhtar '19	Dramatic Script	Silver Key
Natalie Albaran '18	Personal Essay Journalism	HM HM
Quinn Babcock '17	Short Story	Silver Key
Anjul Bhangu '19	Personal Essay	HM
Alana Blumenstein '18	Personal Essay	Silver Key
Amanda Bradley'18	Poem	Silver Key
Kevin Chang '19	Science Fiction	HM
Maushmi Chitale '19	Journalism Personal Essay	Silver Key Silver Key
Madison Copley '18	Personal Essay Poem Poem	HM Silver Key Silver Key
Bianca Desai '19	Flash Fiction	HM
Julianna Di Pasquo '18	Personal Essay	Silver Key
Scott Greenhalgh '18	Poem	HM
Meghana Gudapati '18	Poem Poem	HM HM
Aneesha Gummadi '17	Flash Fiction	Gold Key
Maheen Haq '20	Short Story	Silver Key
Leila Hilf '20	Personal Essay Short Story	Silver Key Silver Key
Brian Hu '18	Humor Flash Fiction Flash Fiction	Silver Key HM HHM
Amy Huang '17	Portfolio Critical Essay Dramatic Script Poem Poem Poem Poem	HM Silver Key HM Silver Key HM HM HM
Rajeev Kambhatla '18	Poem	HM
Emma Kreil '18	Personal Essay	Silver Key
Tiffany Li '20	Poem	HM
Anusha Mamidipaka '18	Flash Fiction Poem Poem Short Story	HM Silver Key HM HM
Connor Matthews '18	Flash Fiction Poem	HM HM
Jessica Patnaik '18	Poem	HM
Anisa Pezeshki '18	Critical Essay Journalism Personal Essay Poem Poem	HM HM HM Silver Key HM
Anushri Radhakrishnan '20	Poem	HM
Sarah Rehman '18	Critical Essay Personal Essay	HM HM
Kiana Sadri '17	Portfolio Flash Fiction Personal Essay Poem Poem	Gold Key Gold Key Silver Key HM HM
Samina Saifee '17	Portfolio Critical Essay Flash Fiction Flash Fiction Flash Fiction Flash Fiction Personal Essay Poem Poem	HM Gold Key Silver Key Silver Key HM HM HM HM HM
Val Selektor '20	Poem Poem	Silver Key HM
Katherine Shao '18	Critical Essay Critical Essay Critical Essay Critical Essay Critical Essay	Silver Key HM HM HM HM
Julia Shen '19	Journalishm Personal Essay Personal Essay Poem	HM Silver Key Silver Key Gold Key
Sofia Spencer '17	Personal Essay Poem Poem Short Story Short Story	HM HM HM Silver Key HM
Justine Thomas '19	Personal Essay	HM
Alicia Wang '19	Flash Fiction Poem	HM HM
Collin Wang '19	Poem	HM
Amanda Williams '17	Flash Fiction	HM
Madeleine Yang '19	Personal Essay	Silver Key
Jiwon Yun '17	Portfolio Dramatic Script Flash Fiction Flash Fiction Personal Essay Poem Short Story  Short Story	HM Silver Key Gold Key Gold Key Silver Key Silver Key Silver Key HM
Fatimah Zeni '19	Poem	Siver Key
Sophia Zhang '18	Flash Fiction Poem	Silver Key Silver Key

Regional Scholastic Art Award Winners

January 23, 2017, 8:00 am

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Congratulations to all our Upper and Middle School students who recently received recognition for their art pieces entered in the Regional Scholastic Art competition. The award-winning work will be on display at the College for Creative Studies February 10 through March 6 and the students will receive an invitation to an award ceremony later this year.

Best of Show Portfolio

Rachel Barra'17 (Top 7 Gold Key portfolios)

Senior Gold Key Portfolios

Student (Teacher)

Rachel Barra (Mary Ann DeVogel)
Wes Bertschy (Jiro Masuda)
Aiman Boxwalla (Mary Ann DeVogel)
Rishev Mehta (Susan Lucas)
Samina Saifee (Brett Salamin)
Sofia Spencer (Mary Ann DeVogel)
Amanda Williams (Mary Ann DeVogel)
Helen Yang (Mary Ann DeVogel)

Individual Category Awards

Ammar Akhtar '17	3 Silver Keys	Film & Animation
Meera Amin '19	Silver Key	Digital Art
Quinn Babcock '17	Silver Key	Ceramics & Glass
Rachel Barra '17	2 Gold Key	Portfolio, Fashion
Molly Beachum '19	Silver Key	Painting
Wes Bertschy '17	Gold Key, Silver Key, Honorable Mention	Portfolio, Jewelry
Anjul Bhangu '19	3 Gold Key, Silver Key, 2 Honorable Mentions	Jewelry, Photography
Sheldon Bochenek '17	Honorable Mention	Ceramics & Glass
Aiman Boxwalla '17	Gold Key, 2 Silver Keys, Honorable Mention	Portfolio, Photography, Mixed Media
Larah Haj Diab '17	Gold Key	Photography
Jack Dolan '19	Honorable Mention	Photography
Ria Dubey '19	Honorable Mention	Photography
Ryan Findling '19	Silver Key	Jewelry
Jared Freeman '18	2 Gold Key, Silver Key	Mixed Media, Photography, Digital Art
Peter Gallette '18	Gold Key, Silver Key	Jewelry
Harrison George '18	Honorable Mention	Ceramics & Glass
Meghana Gudapati '18	Honorable Mention	Jewelry
Meghan Guo '19	Honorable Mention	Jewelry
Sasha Hartje '17	Gold Key	Photography
Olivia Heppard '17	2 Gold Keys, Silver Key	Ceramics & Glass
Blake Israel '18	Honorable Mention	Jewelry
Julie Jaipati '19	Silver Key	Photography
Isaiah Johnson '19	Gold Key, Silver Key, 2 Honorable Mentions	Drawing
Jiyeon Kim '18	Silver Key, Honorable Mention	Photography, Mixed Media
Sloan Kiriluk '19	2 Silver Keys, Honorable Mention	Jewelry
Alexis Kralovich '19	Silver Key	Ceramics & Glass
Angela Lee '17	Honorable Mention	Painting
Kayla Lee '17	Honorable Mention	Painting
Lucy Liu '18	2 Silver Keys, Honorable Mention	Ceramics & Glass
Laurel Lyngklip '18	2 Honorable Mention	Jewelry
Anusha Mamidipaka '18	Honorable Mention	Mixed Media
Connor McGeorge '19	Honrable Mention	Jewelry
Rishuv Mehta '17	Gold Key, Honorable Mention	Portfolio, Digital Media
Maya Nassif '18	Honorable Mention	Fashion
Nishal Patel '18	Honorable Mention	Ceramics & Glass
Grant Petrucci '18	Honorable Mention	Ceramics & Glass
Ava Porter '19	Gold Key, Silver Key	Digital Art, Jewelry
Anushri Radhakrishnan '20	Gold Key	Jewelry
Alyssa Reiter '19	Honorable Mention	Ceramics & Glass
Mitchell Rits '19	Gold Key	Jewelry
Max Roesler '19	Honorable Mention	Jewelry
Paul Roesler '18	Gold Key	Jewelry
Samina Saifee '17	Gold Key	Portfolio
Christian Sarafa '18	Silver Key	Jewelry
Nick Shaman '18	Honorable Mention	Jewelry
Aditi Sharma '19	Honorable Mention	Drawing
Amanda Sherrill '19	Honorable Mention	Ceramics & Glass
Erin Shi '19	Silver Key, Honorable Mention	Mixed Media
Max Shilling '20	Honorable Mention	Drawing
Sofia Spencer '17	Gold Key	Portfolio
Julia Stankiewicz '19	Silver Key	Photography
Isabel Stanton '17	Silver Key, Honorable Mention	Mixed Media
Chris Trerice '17	Silver Key	Jewelry
Brendan Van Cleave '17	Honorable Mention	Jewelry
Eleni Varelas '19	Silver Key	Photography
Rory Wagner '18	Honorable Mention	Film & Animation
Amanda Williams '17	2 Honorable Mention	Film & Animation
Yannis Wu-Yip '19	Honorable Mention	Drawing
Helen Yang '17	Gold Key, Honorable Mention	Portfolio, Drawing
Sophia Zhang '18	Honorable Mention	Painting
Yining Zhang '18	Honorable Mention	Drawing
Celina Zhuang '20	Silver Key, Honorable Mention	Photography
	Middle School Award Winners
Avery Appleby '22	Silver Key	Design
Alexis Butcher '22	Honorable Mention	Mixed Media
Jack Copley '22	Silver Key	Mixed Media
Sara Elyas '21	Honorable Mention	Painting
Angelo Furno '22	Gold Key - BEST IN CATEGORY	Photography
Anthony Ge '22	Gold Key	Design
Scott Hanna '21	Silver Key	Mixed Media
Quintin Hopkins '22	Honorable Mention	Mixed Media
Aidan Khaghany '21	Gold Key - BEST IN CATEGORY	Design
Marissa Malleck '22	Honorable Mention	Mixed Media
Marc Meltser '22	Honorable Mention	Design
Pratha Rattan '21	Gold Key	Mixed Media
Ellie Sarda '21	Honorable Mention	Design
Jeslyn Wang '21	Honorable Mention	Sculpture
Julia Wang '21	Gold Key	Drawing

 

 

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February 12, 2017, 7:00 am

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Kindergarten Art Exchange with Japanese Students

February 13, 2017, 5:00 am

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A group of kindergarten students has been selected for an art exchange with our sister school in Japan. We will be mailing the original “Sweet Treat” drawings to them, and in exchange, the students in Japan will be sending us original artwork. We selected the theme when our sister school was visiting DCDS back in October. The kindergarten students learned about American artist, Wayne Thiebaud. He likes to paint scenes and objects that are familiar to him and likes to make people smile through his art. He worked in a bakery as a boy and became intrigued with the dessert displays. Later in life, he would draw upon those familiar and happy images. Some of his popular paintings include pies, cakes, ice cream, and pastries. We hope our new friends in Japan will enjoy our sweet drawings.

The students sharing their artwork are:

• John Darwin
• Hettie DeWire
• Garrett Erickson
• Nikita Fishman
• Payton Garn
• Jolie Hamway
• Justin Holden
• Kavin Lala
• Jack Sidle
• Claire Strickland

Science Olympiad, Great Lakes Invitational Results

February 13, 2017, 5:00 am

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On Saturday, February 11, the Middle School sent two teams to the Great Lakes Science Olympiad Invitational held at L’Anse Creuse North High School. This was our fourth and final invitational of the season and our school earned an overall rank of 6th place!

Please congratulate the following students for their individual awards:

• Pranav Balasubramanian ’22: 6th place, “Scrambler”
• Sunny Challa ’22: 7th place, “Hovercraft”
• Maria Cheriyan ’21: 8th place, “Ecology;” 5th place, “Road Scholar”
• Allen Gu ’21: 8th place, “Ecology”
• Rose Li ’22: 6th place, “Crime Busters”
• Shrihan Nalamati ’22: 6th place, “Crime Busters”
• Arya Radhakrishnan ’23: 2nd place, “Rocks & Minerals”
• Faraz Rahman ’22: 6th place, “Scrambler”
• Abhinav Reddy ’22: 7th place, “Hovercraft”
• Jeffrey Yang ’21: 2nd place, “Dynamic Planet;” 5th place, “Wright Stuff”
• Brian Yang ’20: 2nd place, “Dynamic Planet;” 4th place, “Optics;” 5th place, “Wright Stuff”
• Himani Yarlagadda ’23: 2nd place, “Rocks & Minerals”
• Raha Zaman ’22: 5th place, “Road Scholar”
• Yurui Zhang ’20: 4th place, “Optics”

The team's next tournamante is at Detroit Country Day School on March 4, 2017