Congratulations to the seven members of the Hathaway Brown Class of 2016 who recently have received Letters of Commendation in recognition of their outstanding academic promise, based on their Preliminary Scholastic Achievement Test scores.
This year's HB National Merit Commended Students are:
Olivia Asmar, Kacey Gill, Olivia Leslie, Alexandra Margulies, Sophia Richards, Evie Schumann, and Molly Sharpe.
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Hathaway Brown is proud to announce today that three of its seniors have been named semifinalists in the 2015 Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology for their multiyear original research projects through the Science Research & Engineering Program (SREP). These three HB students are the only Siemens competition semifinalists from Northeast Ohio. They are (L-R):
Olivia Asmar, Halle Leneghan, and Kavya Ravichandran
Launched by the Siemens Foundation in 1999, the Siemens competition is the nation’s premier competition in math, science and technology, promoting excellence in math, science and technology.
Kavya has worked for four years on her research in the Case Western Reserve School of Engineering Department of Biomedical Engineering. The work she submitted to Siemens is on the topic of "A Nanomedical Approach for Targeted Thrombolysis,” focused on rapid thrombolysis achieved through site-targeted delivery of treatment.
Halle and Olivia worked as a team at NASA Glenn Research Center for the past four years on "The Effect of 1.5 Years of Space Exposure on the Optical Properties of Spacecraft Polymers.” The samples, analyzed for total and diffuse reflectance and transmittance, had been exposed to increased solar radiation while mounted on the exterior of the International Space Station. The analyses conducted by Olivia and Halle are for use by NASA and private companies such as Space X as they design long duration spacecraft.
For more information on the Siemens competition, click here.
Congratulations Olivia, Halle, and Kavya!
* PG-13 -- THIS SHOW CONTAINS SOME HUMOR THAT MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. *
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee -- a hilarious, touching, and sometimes irreverent musical about a group of middle school spelling bee competitors -- will be performed by the Hathaway Brown Upper School on Friday, November 20, and Saturday, November 21, at 7:30 p.m. Please join us! Tickets may be purchased online using our secure server here.
Marcy Park (Alex Wiebe '17), William Barfee (Kerry Gnandt '16), Olive Ostrovsky (Kat Holleran '16), Chip Tolentino (Amanda Merritt '16), Logainne Schwartzandgrubenniere (Ellen Young '17), and Leaf Coneybear (Emma Picht '17) are six anxious, high-energy middle school students from Putnam County who are the finalists in the Annual Spelling Bee.
The host of the Bee is professional real estate agent Rona Lisa Perretti (Rosalie Phillips '17) who was herself the Third Annual winner. Vice Principal Dottie Panch (Kavya Menon '16), who is returning after a five-year hiatus, is the word announcer. The cast also includes a counselor (Sam Scott '17), present to console the "losers," along with cheerleaders (Marion Siperstein '16, Katie Doherty '18, Josie Carlson '18, and Elizabeth Javorsky '18), Logainne's parents Carl (Molly Sharpe '16) and Dan (Maggie Gehrlein '17), a Putnam County Representative (Grace Rossi '16), and some surprise characters to round out the parade of misfits who make the whole experrience such a good time.
This musical is immensely entertaining and we guarantee that you will have a great time! At each performance, we even ask for a few audience volunteers to join the fun by participating as spellers. We hope to see you there!
HB maintains an open seating policy. Ticket prices are $10 for General Admission, $6 for children, students, and seniors. Reservations may be made online at www.hb.edu/putnamcounty.
Questions? Contact HB Theatre Director Molly Cornwell at mcornwell@hb.edu or 216.320.8796 ext. 7125.
Boys and girls in first grade through college are invited to join us on the HB campus December 21-29 for amazing theatre arts classes and workshops. Attend for a day, a few days, or come for all five. Classes run 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. every day, with a 30-minute lunch break.*
General information about each of the sessions appears below. You also can find detailed course descriptions and additional details at www.hb.edu/hbtiwinterbreak. Classes are held December 21, 22, 23, 28, and 29. Each session is $55. Save by enrolling in a full five-day session for $250. Register now and make your payment online using our secure server.
HBTI's Winter Break Program is open to all. Please feel free to share this information with anyone who may be interested in attending.
PRIME TIME is for students in 1st–4th grades. Come and share the FUN: acting, singing, dancing, storytelling, and stagecraft. Each day is filled with arts activities to explore your creativity and imagination. Students will work with trained professional instructors.
Tuition: $55 per day or $250 for the full five days
PERFORMING ARTS TRAINING is for older students in 5th grade–college. Full-day technique and specialty workshops available, with many offered for the first time!
Tuition: $55 per day or $250 for the full five days
TECHNIQUE CLASSES (12/21, 12/22, 12/23) Choose a Focus: Acting, Musical Theatre, or Dance (classes are leveled by age and skill) Daily classes may include some of the following: stage combat, storytelling, scenes study, acting for the camera, vocal techniques, act the song, ballet, tap, lyrical dance, and turning techniques.
“MOCK” AUDITION WORKSHOP (12/28, 12/29) Students will go through a series of workshops to prepare them for the audition process. Following that, they will go through the audition process, including callbacks. Callbacks will include singing and reading from the script, and dance. This two-day workshop will walk you through a typical audition process for a musical, using West Side Story.
“THEATRE AFTER HIGH SCHOOl” (12/23 - for students in 8th grade-college)
Classes in how to prepare for auditions in a wide range of areas such as acting for the camera, voice overs, commercials, professional theatre and higher education. The day will conclude with a panel discussion featuring HBTI and FPAC alums sharing details about the college audition process and their lives as Musical Theatre majors.
Questions? Contact HBTI Director Bebe Weinberg Katz HBTI at bkatz@hb.edu or visit the HBTI Winter Break 2015 page online.
*HBTI Winter Break students are encouraged to bring their own drinks and bagged lunches that do not require refrigeration.
More than 180 HB student musicians in the Upper and Middle School will recreate masterpieces from the rich musical heritage of Venice. We invite you to join us for the performance at Tri-C East in the evening at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.
It is a wonderful time to come together as a community and celebrate the musical accomplishments of our students.
Selected from record-breaking number of applicants; Invited to participate in weeklong intensive conference in Miami
We couldn’t be more excited to announce that Isabella Nilsson, a Hathaway Brown senior who lives in Cleveland Heights, has been named one of only 20 writing finalists in the country by the National YoungArts Foundation for 2016. Her work in the category of short story was selected from more than 12,000 applications across 10 literary, visual, design, and performing arts disciplines from U.S. students in grades 10-12—the largest number of applications received in the program’s history.
As a finalist, Isabella has been invited to attend the 35th Annual National YoungArts Week program, to be held January 3-10, 2016, in Miami, Florida. This weeklong intensive conference aims to foster cross-disciplinary collaboration and community, with master classes and workshops facilitated by internationally renowned leaders in their fields—professional artists, actors, and authors, including Academy Award and MacArthur Genius winners.
Isabella also will be considered for a cash award of up to $10,000, and she is eligible to become a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, as YoungArts is the exclusive nominating agency for this high honor, which is given by the White House to 20 students each year.
YoungArts alumni who have gone on to become leaders in their fields include actresses Anna Gunn, Viola Davis, and Kerry Washington; Broadway stars Raul Esparza, Andrew Rannells, and Billy Porter; recording artists Josh Groban, Nicki Minaj, Chris Young, and Judith Hill, and New York Times bestselling author Sam Lipsyte.
At Hathaway Brown, Isabella has had the opportunity to hone in on her own authentic and creative voice through the Osborne Writing Center, and she’s refined her writing under the direction of award-winning and bestselling authors who have been workshop leaders at the school’s annual Young Writers and Artists Festival. She’s also been closely mentored by Paula McLain, a Cleveland native and author of The Paris Wife, whom she met at HB in 2014.
Congratulations, Isabella!
Mary Motch of Moreland Hills and Julia Armitage of Cleveland Heights, both members of the Hathaway Brown Class of 2016, have committed to participate next fall in NCAA Division I swimming for the College of William & Mary and for Brown University, respectively.
At a special signing ceremony held in the Anne Cutter Coburn Reception Room, Blazers Varsity Swimming Head Coach Roderick Speed hailed both of these scholar-athletes as being "inspirational" in and out of the pool. He called particular attention to Julia's discipline and Mary's finesse. "I hate to see them go," he remarked to the standing-room-only crowd.
Also in attendance at the ceremony were the girls' families, teammates, teachers, and school administrators. After a few words from Mary and Julia, Assistant Athletic Director for Aquatics Stacey Vayo-Aroney, Athletic Director Paul Maes, and Head of School Bill Christ shared their thoughts as well about the girls as athletes, role models, and valuable members of the HB community, and wished them continued success in their academic and athletic careers.
Congratulations, Julia and Mary! Good luck at States! #GoHBBlazers
At the close of the school year, after they complete their exams, Upper School students enrolled in William Adler’s AP Calculus BC class use the skills they’ve gained to try to solve some of the most complex problems presented throughout the history of mathematics. Working in groups of two or three, the girls choose a challenging question to tackle from the book 100 Great Problems of Elementary Mathematics by Heinrich Dorrie.
According to Adler, “the word ‘elementary’ in mathematics can be deceiving. It does not mean easy by any means. It usually means that the proof did not require calculus or set theory. What makes these problems so challenging is that they require the students to interpret and fill in the missing pieces of the proof, use technology to develop a visual lecture, and present it to faculty and peers. The proofs require the students to think strategically and experience, collaboratively, what it is like to be a mathematician.”
When it comes to the complexity of the problems the HB students took on this year, reader reviews of Dorrie’s book help to put things in perspective:
Wonderful book for anyone who A.) is a genius; B.) truly loves mathematics; and C.) doesn't mind discovering that there are things that can be done with algebra that they never dreamed of!
I love this book, and recommend it very highly if you're the type who would like to understand, say, why the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra (every polynomial equation as a (possibly complex) root), is true. Yes, it takes intellectual effort to follow the proofs, but that can be incredibly rewarding, once you finally understand.
If these descriptors pique your interest, Adler highly recommends that you check out Dorrie’s book this summer or any time you really want to put your brain to work.
In the meantime, Lauren Gillinov ’17 and Regan Brady ’17 have shared their presentation for how they solved Edouard Lucas’ Problem of the Married Couples, which asks, “In how many ways can n married couples be seated about a round table in such a way that there is always one man between two women but no man is ever seated next to his own wife?” You can find the impressive steps they took and their well-reasoned explanation here.
This problem was first presented by Lucas in 1891 in his Théorie des Nombres. When it comes to this complex question, English mathematician Rouse Ball said, “the solution is far from easy.”
Congratulations to Lauren and Regan and all of Mr. Adler’s AP Calculus BC students. We can’t wait to see what great problems you’re going to solve next.
Twenty-four Hathaway Brown students earned 30 regional commendations from the Scholastic Art Awards, a longstanding, highly competitive local and national visual arts program.
Scholastic Art Awards are classified as Gold Key, Silver Key, and Honorable Mention. All of the HB students' Gold Key and Silver Key award-winning work, as well as digital works of the Honorable Mentions, will be on display January 16-29 at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Exhibition hours are Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday 1-5 p.m. (Closed January 18)
Each Gold Key-designated work is eligible for the Scholastic national competition and will be sent to New York City for judging at the close of the exhibition.
Congratulations to the following award-winning HB students in grades 8-12:
Madeleine Kattan '16 - Photography
Amelia Seger '18 – Photography
Silver Key Awards:
Sophie Clark '18 – Photography
Regina Egan '18 - Editorial Cartoon
Regina Egan '18 – Printmaking
Molly Gleydura '18 - Photography
Molly Gleydura '18 - Photography
Callie Gordon '18 - Photography
Erica Kahn '18 - Printmaking
Carrie Kaufman '19 - Mixed Media
Amanda Merritt '16 - Ceramics & Glass
Raea Palmieri '17 - Painting
Vala Schriefer '19 - Mixed Media
Madeline Shade '16 - Architecture
Zoe Solt '17 - Painting
Honorable Mention Awards:
Emma Borrow '18 - Painting
Ainsley Bradbury '19 – Mixed Media
Hanna Brinn '16 - Digital Art
Melody Buca '17 - Painting
Grace Burleson '17 - Painting
Regina Egan '18 - Editorial Cartoon
Regina Egan '18 - Printmaking
Ellie Felderman '18 - Photography
Katrina Frei-Herrmann '18 - Photography
Olivia Leslie '16 - Drawing and Illustration
Xinyue Liu '19 – Painting
Sophie Sacks '18 – Photography
Amelia Seger '18 – Photography
Zoe Solt '17 (Poem by Maria Perilla, Art by Zoe Solt) - Comic Art
Sydney Gerteis '19 - Painting
> See a selection of these works on the HBlog.
On January 6, Hathaway Brown senior Kavya Ravichandran of Westlake was named a semifinalist in the Society for Science and the Public’s Intel Science Talent Search competition. The Intel STS is one of the nation’s most prestigious math and science competitions and rewards rigorous original research conducted by high school seniors. Kavya was recognized for her work in Case Western Reserve University’s Department of Biomedical Engineering, where her research is helping to develop a targeted therapy for heart attack, stroke, and other vascular diseases. She worked in the laboratory of Dr. Anirban Sen Gupta under the mentorship of post-doctoral fellow Dr. Christa Pawlowski.
She is one of only two Intel 2016 semifinalists in Ohio. She also is the only girl in the state to be recognized by both the Siemens Foundation Competition and Intel STS for her work this school year. In October, Kavya was named a semifinalist in the 2015 Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology for her multiyear original research project conducted through HB’s signature Science Research & Engineering Program.
HB’s SREP is a four-year elective course of study offered through the school's Institute for 21st Century Education. The program, which was founded in 1998, places students in innovative research settings, where they work directly with practicing scientists. Kavya’s Intel semifinalist status brings the number of Intel and Siemens competition semifinalist/finalist designations for HB SREP students to an impressive 160. HB is honored to have more Intel Science Talent Search finalists than all other schools in Ohio combined in the last 18 years.
As an Intel semifinalist, Kavya wins a $1,000 prize for herself, a $1,000 prize the SREP, and a chance to win between $7,500 and $150,000 and an all-expenses paid trip to Washington D.C. in March if she becomes a finalist.
Congratulations, Kavya, and good luck!
In the 2016 regional Scholastic Writing Awards competition, 59 Hathaway Brown students in grades 9-12 earned 132 awards for their poetry, short stories, memoirs, critical essays, fiction, and writing portfolios. This is a record number of Scholastic Awards for HB, and it represents more than half of all the writing honors given to Northeast Ohio students this year.
Several HB girls earned multiple awards in multiple categories, some even having up to 10 pieces of writing selected in this longstanding, highly competitive local and national written arts program.
Scholastic awards are classified as Gold Key, Silver Key, and Honorable Mention. All of the award-winning work will be displayed digitally on iPads in the new Reinberger Gallery at the Cleveland Institute of Art from January 13-29, and on Saturday, January 16, all Gold Key winners will be celebrated at a special ceremony in the Peter B. Lewis Auditorium at CIA. Each Gold Key-designated work also is eligible for the Scholastic national competition and will be sent to New York City for judging at the close of the exhibition.
HB students earned 19 Gold Keys, 46 Silver Keys, and 67 Honorable Mentions in the 2016 competition. The winners represent all Upper School grade levels, with 24 seniors, 25 juniors, eight sophomores, and two freshmen included on the list. Special thanks to HB's Osborne Writing Center Director Scott Parsons, Upper School English teacher Marty Frazier, and the entire Upper School English department for mentoring the 2016 Scholastic Writing Award recipients and all of our students.
Please join us in congratulating the following students, listed here in alphabetical order:
Hathaway Brown senior Kavya Ravichandran of Westlake has been named the only finalist in the state of Ohio in the Society for Science and the Public’s Intel Science Talent Search competition. The Intel STS is one of the nation’s most prestigious math and science competitions and rewards rigorous original research conducted by high school seniors. Kavya has been recognized for her work in Case Western Reserve University’s Department of Biomedical Engineering, where her research is helping to develop a targeted therapy for heart attack, stroke, and other vascular diseases. She worked in the laboratory of Dr. Anirban Sen Gupta under the mentorship of post-doctoral fellow Dr. Christa Pawlowski.
Until today, she was one of only two Intel 2016 semifinalists in Ohio. She also is the only girl in the state to be recognized by both the Siemens Foundation Competition and Intel STS for her work this school year. In October, Kavya was named a semifinalist in the 2015 Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology for her multiyear original research project conducted through HB’s signature Science Research & Engineering Program.
HB’s SREP is a four-year elective course of study offered through the school's Institute for 21st Century Education. The program, which was founded in 1998, places students in innovative research settings, where they work directly with practicing scientists. Kavya’s Intel semifinalist status brings the number of Intel and Siemens competition semifinalist/finalist designations for HB SREP students to an impressive 160. HB is honored to have more Intel Science Talent Search finalists than all other schools in Ohio combined in the last 18 years.
As an Intel finalist, Kavya has been awarded $7,500 prize for herself, a $1,000 prize for the SREP, and an all-expenses paid trip to Washington D.C. in March, which includes a visit to the White House and a meeting with President Barack Obama.
On March 15, winners will receive additional awards totaling more than $1 million at a black-tie gala and dinner.
Congratulations, Kavya!
Hathaway Brown School is excited to once again offer a variety of engaging and educational programming for boys and girls this summer. Beginning June 6 and running through August 19, HB will offer a wide array of academic, athletics, and enrichment camps in the summer.
Registration is now open -- sign up to join us today!
Programming at a glance:
Athletics Camps: Girls will learn individual fundamental skills, team strategies, sportsmanship and character development in a fun, yet competitive environment. Sports include soccer, field hockey, lacrosse, tennis, and more.
> NEW for 2016: GameOn Sports Camp
Broad Horizons Day Camp: Our flagship program, this customizable camp offers flexible scheduling, lunch options, tennis and swimming lessons, and before and after care.
> NEW for 2016: Broader Horizons camp for girls grades 6-8
Vacation Camps: Less structured programming for Spring Break (March) and Summer Break (August) campers.
Specialty Camps: A fun, hands-on set of unique and immersive experiences for the summer. From leadership to archaeology and discovery to digital photography, these camps will keep boys and girls entertained and engaged this summer.
> NEW for 2016: Camp bundles and Mini-Maker, Minecraft, Snapology Lego, Mixed Media Art, and Election 2016 camps.
Summer Studies: These courses offer credit in a co-ed program designed to provide an optimum learning experience for high school students across the region. Courses include economic policy, chemistry, computer science, Arabic, U.S. History, and more.
> NEW for 2016: College Essay Bootcamp, Honors Chemistry, Freshman Fitness, Sophomore Wellness, Junior Wellness, From Bach to Rock, and more.
Superstart: Jumpstart the new school year with a refreshed approach to math, reading, writing, foreign language, or study skills for students in grades 2-8.
HB Theatre Institute: HBTI is committed to helping young people improve their skills in performing arts through a challenging curriculum of drama, dance, music and/or design, and the opportunity to participate in fully staged productions. For grades 1-12 and college students.
> NEW for 2016: HBTI’s summer season will present the award-winning musicals, "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Into the Woods."
We're happy to create a flexible option to meet your childcare needs! Contact Siva Grossman at 216.320.8085 or sgrossman@hb.edu for details.
HB summer programming is open to everyone, and public programming like this help support the school's mission and educational activities year round. Please share this information with any of your friends and family who may be interested in joining us on campus for learning and fun!
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The annual Private Schools with Public Purpose Conference brings together hundred of teachers, leaders, trustees, community partners and many others for the purpose of sharing best practices and creating solutions for the betterment of our nation’s children.
Collaborative partnership is essential to successfully tackle the challenges facing the field of education today. PSPP is designed to provide a space within which passionate people can come together to Connect, Learn, and Engage.
Hathaway Brown School is thrilled to host the ninth annual two-day conference from Thursday, March 10 to Saturday, March 12, 2016. This year’s event, titled PSPP in CLE, looks forward to helping professional work together to build partnerships and create solutions for the children we serve.
Keynote speakers include Reem Rahim Hassani, co-founder and chief brand officer of Numi Organic Tea, and Eric Gordon, chief executive officer of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.
For a full list of events, outreach activities, workshops, and to register, visit privateschoolspublicpurpose.org.
#PSPPinCLE
Today at a special luncheon presentation during its 2016 Global Forum on Girls' Education, the National Coalition of Girls' Schools unveiled a brand new award named for HB's own visionary Head of School Bill Christ. Beginning next year, the H. William Christ Educator Prize will annually be awarded to a man or woman who has demonstrated commitment to extraordinary teaching, program design, and curricular innovation in an NCGS member school.
"The Christ Educator will be an individual whose teaching efforts have been noted as innovative by his or her peers and institution," said NCGS Executive Director Megan Murphy. "The recipient will reflect the creative excellence, cutting-edge programming, entrepreneurial teaching, and collaborative design in his or her teaching that have characterized Bill Christ's own leadership style as the quintessential 'educator's educator.'"
Bill's generative three-decade tenure at Hathaway Brown School has inspired this national organization to recognize his contributions to the field of girls' education in this way. Please join us in congratulating him on such a prestigious honor.
Hathaway Brown School hopes that the H. William Christ Educator Prize will galvanize even more creative advancements by teachers in girls' schools all around the country. For more information, visit ncgs.org.
Proceeds benefit Youth Challenge
Hathaway Brown School is conducting its 28th Annual 5K Carnival Race on Sunday, April 17, 2016. The 5K begins at 9 a.m., followed by a Fun Run at 10 a.m. All proceeds from this year's events will benefit Youth Challenge.
Registration can be completed online at www.hb.edu/5K or you may download a hard copy of the registration form here.
Pre-registration is strongly encouraged, as it helps the registration process move quickly on Race Day. All pre-registrations must be received by April 12, 2016. If you plan on registering on Race Day, please arrive at least 45 minutes before race time so all racers make it to the start line on time.
There will be bagels and coffee available for all runners. For more information on the 5K, please click here or contact Julie Wojtkowski at 216.320.8792.
Parking is available at Hathaway Brown School and at the Warrensville-Shaker Rapid at the intersection of Shaker Boulevard and Warrensville Center Road, which is a short walk to the campus.
Bring a friend and join us for a day of fun and festivities with games for the children starting at 10 a.m., raffles for everyone, and of course the Fun Run and 5K!
If you are unable to join us this year but would like to contribute to our efforts, please complete the bottom of this form and return to Hathaway Brown School c/o Julie Wojtkowski, 19600 North Park Blvd., Shaker Heights, OH 44122.
Six students represented Hathaway Brown School at the American Junior Association of Science (AJAS) meeting in Washington, D.C. from February 11-14, 2016. AJAS is the country's only honor research society for high school scientists.
Pictured here (L-R), Maaryah Malik '16, Nitya Thakore '16, Olivia Asmar '16, Madeline Ference '16, Lina Ghosh '17, and Halle Leneghan '16 were named as Melvin Scholars in 2015 after writing reports on their research projects and were selected as six of the 14 Ohio representatives to AJAS. This meeting occurs annually in conjunction with the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) meeting. AAAS is the largest scientific organization in the world. During the conference, AJAS delegates tour local institutions of scientific importance, share their research with their peers and with other scientists, attend conference sessions, and are inducted as lifetime Fellows into the American Junior Academy of Science. Congratulations, Blazers!
Five members of the Hathaway Brown Class of 2016 are among the candidates under consideration for the 2016 U.S. Presidential Scholars program. Kavya Ravichandran, Kelsey Rich, Aarathi Sahadevan, and Nitya Thakore have been selected as nominees for their outstanding academic achievement, and Isabella Nilsson has been nominated based on her accomplishments in creative writing. Participation in this program is by invitation only. Students do not apply individually to the program, nor do their schools nominate them. Kavya, Kelsey, Aarathi, and Nitya were identified for the program based on their high ACT and SAT scores, and Isabella was nominated by the National YoungArts Foundation after excelling in the organization's creative writing curriculum during National YoungArts Week, which took place in Miami in January.
These students now have the opportunity to be among a small number of American high school seniors who are named Presidential Scholars. Of the pool of roughly 4,000 candidates, approximately 800 students will be named semifinalists, at which point the U.S. Presidential Scholars Commission will further review the students' qualifications and up to 161 will be named U.S. Presidential Scholars. All Scholars are honored for their accomplishments through the National Recognition Program, held in June in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Presidential Scholars are guests of the U.S. Department of Education, and they enjoy an all-expenses-paid trip to the nation's capital to meet with government officials and educators. To commemorate the achievement, the Scholars will be greeted by the President of the United States, and they will receive special Presidential Scholars Medallions at a ceremony sponsored by the White House.
The United States Presidential Scholars Program was established in 1964 by Executive Order of the President to recognize and honor some of our nation's most distinguished students graduating from high school. The Scholars represent "excellence in education and the promise of greatness in young people."
Hathaway Brown is proud to be the alma mater of five U.S. Presidential Scholars: Alyssa Bryan '13, Laney Kuenzel '08, Amy Hollinger ’05, Caroline Campbell '98, and Genevieve Mathieson Kilmer ’96.
At Berea Midpark High School last week, Hathaway Brown competed against area schools in the Cleveland District State Qualifying State tournament. Twenty-one HB students have qualified to attend the 88th Ohio High School Speech League State Finals at Cincinnati's Princeton High School on