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Theatre Production
 

Title: Almost, Maine

Directed by Shannon Coffey ‘10

Performances: Thurs., March 25 & Friday, March 26

Time: 7PM

Tickets: $5.00 at the door

Where: Studio 100, McNicholas H. S,

Journey to Justice Retreat

McNicholas High School faculty members Stephanie Morris, Lauren Wulker, Jeff Hutchinson-Smyth accompanied students to Wheeling, West Virginia for the 6th annual Journey to Justice Retreat. The group departed Friday, March 5th and returned on March 8th. The following seniors attended the retreat; Lori Bosse, Emily Bradley, Hannah Christmann, Emily Feck, Anne Kunkler, Chris Luehrmann, Erin Morrisroe, Morgan Rice, and Katherine Wiesenhahn.

McNicholas students joined with students from 16 other Catholic high schools and 18 Catholic colleges and universities for the Ignatian Solidarity Network’s Spring Teach-In on Sustainability and Environmental Justice.  Students stayed at the Wheeling Jesuit University dormitories for three and half days, leaving their cell phones behind, and digging deeper into their commitment as Christians to live faithfully. 

The group gathered with three hundred people for service, learning, worship, and reflection upon our church’s call to stewardship of God’s creation.  Featured speakers included Dan Misleh, the executive director of the Catholic Coalition for Climate Change, a working group launched in 2006 to help the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the broader American Catholic community to pursue justice and sustainability as stewards of the environment.  The weekend also involved direct action in the Wheeling community that helped students to develop the skills to bring their learning and carry the work home to Cincinnati and to McNicholas upon return.



“Birds of Prey” Program

On Wednesday, March 10, the McNicholas Ecology Club sponsored a “Birds of Prey” program presented by the Hamilton County Park District. Julie Stubbs, an outreach naturalist, gave student and faculty participants an up close and personal view of a Black Vulture, a Great Horned Owl, and a Red-tailed Hawk.  The presentation was both informative and fun. The setting at McNicholas’ Paradise Gardens was a perfect venue on a beautiful spring-like afternoon.



TechOlympics Expo

"There is no better way to engage a young person these days than to meet them where their passions are and take them to the next level of sophistication. TechOlympics Expo was designed to do exactly that." said Doug Arthur, Executive Director of the INTERalliance and member of the business development team for Atos Origin.
 
Eleven McNicholas High School students (Alex Stern, Brad Arvin, Clare Grall, Jack Ehemann, Jake Belt, Jordan Bossman, Matt Heskamp, Patrick Rehl, Quinn Gordan, Scott Grimsley, and Sterling Shaw) took part in the 2010 TechOlympics Expo at the Millennium Hotel in downtown Cincinnati this past weekend. These students competed in events ranging from Wii Bowling, Madden Football, and Numbskull to Techno Cornhole and a Wiki Race. Our students found this experience to be very fun while they learned a lot. "It was very worthwhile." said sophomore Patrick Rehl.
 
Congratulations to Matt Heskamp for bringing home a gold medal for Disaster Recovery and the bronze medal in Wii Tennis, Patrick Rehl for ranking 4th out of 61 competitors in Smash Brothers, Jordan Bossman domimating in Speed Typing, and Jake Belt and Sterling Shaw for making it to the finals beating out over 100 competitors in Guitar Hero. Congratulations also go to our Journalism Department for winning the bronze medal in two categories: the classic style newspaper and the 2009 yearbook.
 
According to Jim Scott, Chief Technology Officer for the Kroger Co., "The goal of the TechOlympics Expo was quite simply to get regional high school students jazzed about high tech jobs in the Greater Cincinnati region and the career pathways that can lead them to these careers." Lead delegate and coach, Jordan Bossman, was very excited to talk to representatives from Microsoft and is currently researching about a summer internship program with P&G.

 

Students Assist in Homiletics Study

Mt. St. Mary Seminary and homiletics professor, Deacon Dave Shea (IHM) were awarded a grant for an “Unmet Needs Assessment of Preaching from a Teenager’s Point of View.”  Deacon Dave has enlisted the help of McNicholas High School in this endeavor. He and Marianne Griffin from StrataMark Dynamic Solutions met with two groups of our students with the objective of identifying key homily attributes for a survey instrument, asking such questions as “what do you like most in the Sunday homily? What do you dislike in the Sunday homily? What is missing in the Sunday homily? What is most important in the Sunday homily?”

Deacon Dave says “the sessions have been rich, lively, particular, and inspiring—the teens have strong and clear convictions about Catholic preaching. It is has been a great experience to be involved in those discussions.” Thank you to juniors Gretchen Weber, Emily England, Lucy Frey, and Anna Bloemer as well as seniors DJ Delvecchio, Lauren Bridges, JT Weir, Chris Luehrmann, Kody McLaughlin, Marie Paquette, Chelsea Ritter, and Shannon Coffey for representing McNick well in these discussions. The next step will be for McNicholas’ Campus Minister Sarah Dodds to assist as a “key project staff” as the survey is developed and then about 200 of our students will take an online survey. Deacon Dave’s hope is that in this study he will learn how to better prepare seminarians as they learn to write and preach homilies that speak to and challenge all members of their future congregations, including young people.



Crepes Breakfast Raises Money for Haitian Earthquake Relief
 
McNicholas High School French National Honor Society members organized a crepes breakfast before school as a fundraiser for Haiti.  For two dollars, students could buy a homemade crepe with fruit and chocolate toppings.  Crepes for a Cause earned $248, and the money was given to Catholic Relief Services to assist earthquake recovery in Haiti.  French NHS members are Alex Nyktas, Katie Streit, Catherine Paquette, Audrey Trauth, Chelsea Ritter, Jeff Schnirring, and Puddy Wilch.  French IV students Jon Flatt and Peter English also helped with the breakfast.



Students Take Initiative on Drug / Alcohol Education

In early March, thirty McNicholas students convened with Turpin and Anderson High School students to discuss how best to handle drug and alcohol education at the Anderson Township Youth Leadership Summit. The students were broken up into small groups and given a body of people to present to, including parents, law enforcement, school administrators, coaches and business owners. The goal was to have students share their perspectives on how those bodies of people could better help high school students avoid the dangers of drugs and alcohol. Congratulations to the McNicholas students who represented their school well by taking initiative and conducting all seven group presentations.




McNicholas High School Science Fair

Congratulations to the following McNicholas students who received awards in the annual science fair. Students who were awarded honorable mention or higher are eligible to compete in the district fair at the University of Cincinnati on Saturday March 13. Winners from the district fair will then have the opportunity to attend the state fair, which is held at the Ohio State University in May.

Science Fair Awards 2010

Honorable Mention in Physical Science
Abby Block, Lucy Frey, and Sammy Gabbard.

Honorable Mention in Life Science
Riley Johnstone, Evan McPhillips, and Josh Juback.

Physical Science Awards
3rd place: Mykaela Moller
2nd place: Katie Paeltz
1st place: Jacob Boehm

Life Science Awards
3rd place: Steven Hykle
2nd place: Olivia Fitzpatrick
1st place: Leah Bartel

Special awards
Governor’s Award for Materials Science: Mykaela Moller
Governor’s Award for Environmental Sciences: Riley Johnstone
Governor’s Award for Energy Research: Jacob Boehm and Bryan Bohl



Second Quarter Honor Roll 2009-2010

SENIORS

DEAN’S LIST -   Hannah Aicholtz, Emily Bradley, Christopher Bresler, Sarah Buhr, Shannon Coffey, Lucas Custer, Peter English, Haley Fitzpatrick, Thomas Fraiz, Brian Frenzel, Deanne Gauch, Clare Grall, Kathleen Hiltz, Mathew Johnson, Robert Kuhlman, Anne Kunkler, Erin Morrisroe, Amanda Murphy, Rachel Neltner, Chelsea Ritter, Joseph Schoettelkotte, Jennifer Severyn, Sabrina Smyth, Samantha Tucci, Austin Van Dusen, Mariah Vraniak, Yiyang Zhang, Brittany Zumach

FIRST HONORS  - Elizabeth Birk, Lauren Bridges, Maria Chambers, Margaret Daly, Evann Farrell, Emily Feck, Justin Flynn, Dylan Gerding, Daniel Hermanns, Marcella Isemann, Kathleen Johnstone, Jill Kent, Emily King, Alyssa Leyritz, Carolyn Martin, Jonathan Martin, Kathryn Martin, Jeffrey Miller, Nam Nguyen, Catherine Paquette, Morgan Rice, Felicia Rinaldi, Jillian Ruhe, Jeffrey Schnirring, Andrew Sherman, David Sweet, Audrey Trauth, Nicole Waits, Lydia Wall

SECOND HONORS –Taylor Bechtol, Jillian Bloemer, Delores Bosse, Jordan Bossman, Jesse Bramble, Meghan Bush, Hannah Christmann, Anna Christy, Hope Curran, Leah Curran, Ryan Curran, James Deighen, Evan Druffel, Jarred Dumford, Jillian Dyer, Donald Esz, Adam Farwick, Maureen Fehn, Timothy Gormly, Jeffrey Griffiths, Kaitlyn Grogan, Alex Hay, Dakota Hoffman, James Hofmann, Jennifer Hueneman, Craig Hyson, Charles Ingram, Robert Jubak, John Kearney, Colleen Kelly, Sean Kelly, Allison Kirby, Andrew Lamping, Phoebe Larkin, Austen Leach, Christopher Luehrmann, Kody McLaughlin, Haley Mehring, John Mezger, Jessica Murphy, Dakota Neff, Duong Nguyen, Minh Nguyen, Kelsey O’Flaherty, Carmen Ostermann, Lauren Overley, Marie Paquette, Anna Pieper, Alex Rechtin, Austin Reid, Holly Roberto, Richard Rogers, Sarah Rudolph, Teresa Rudy, Alexander Schneider, Nathan Semancik, Erin Sheehy, Margaret Snyder, Abigail Stapp, Chelsea Stegman, Margaret Stewart, Jacob Tetrault, Chloe Tippmann, Daniel Wendelken, Evan Whalen, Samantha Whitmore

JUNIORS

DEAN’S LIST - Jeffrey Archer, Austin Baurichter, Maximillian Becker, Anna Bloemer, Jacob Boehm, Connor Brumfield, Lauren Clark, Molly Cremons, Alexandra Day, John Dooling, Christopher Dorson-King, Kevin Easley, Allison Ecker, Anne Farwick, Lucy Frey, Sarah Hayes, Joseph Horan, Nicholas Hunt, Zachary Jubak, William Keri, Dustin Mai, Mitchell McClellan, Jesse Mehring, Sarah Nimmo, Alexander Nyktas, William Otto, Mitchell Poole, Mary Jane Sandmann, Jill Schmidt, Ashley Schneider, Andrew Schrand, Nicholas Schweickart, Sterling Shaw, Andrew Sorrels, Katherine Streit, Jennifer Taylor, Patricia Walsh, Gretchen Weber, Rebecca Weisshaar, Megan Whitesell Allison Woll, Jamie Zumach

FIRST HONORS  -- Samuel Bruno, Austin Buettner, Samuel Cardosi, Leanna Cooper, Lauren Cox, Heather Denison, Mackenzie Frank, Megan Gilene, Justin Hebeler, Alli Hehemann, Donovan Herbert, James Hunt, Timothy Klatte, Cody Kramer, Nicole Latreille, Emily Lehnhoff, William Losekamp, Michaela Meakin, Johnathan Monsey, Claire Motz, Matthew Mowery, Courtney Murphy, Nicole Piening, Carly Quehl, Chelsea Rohlfs, Lauren Schenz, Jessica Sharkey, Kati Sinclair, Matthew Staubach, Katelyn Tomblin, Nora Vonder Meulen,

SECOND HONORS – Grant Barry, Zachary Bolling, Eric Cox, Jessica DeLuca, Nina DeSalvo, Sara Eby, Emily England, Eric Ernst, Paul Estes, Rebecca Feldkamp, Payne Fisher, Gerald Fitzgerald, Kyle Frankenfield, Jacob Grieco, Emily Haas, Ryan Haynes, Maria Hornsby, Hallie Jenkins, Jessica Kaising, Sarah Kaising, Mark Keller, Stephanie Krusling, David Lawrence, Sarah Lott, Natasha Lovely, Cheyenne Meyer, Alexandria Miller, Olivia Mitchell, Matthew Norrish, Brandon Oney, Grant Pharo, Austin Pierce, Ryan Quinn, Kerry Ragland, Robert Rice, Julia Salyers, Rebecca Schaller, Rudolph Schieldknecht, Peter Schmitt, Matthew Schneider, Hannah Schoolfield, Bradley Sherman, Rachel Smith, Michael Staderman, Emily Stern, Elizabeth Tabet, George Tabet, Andrew Tepe, Christine Uebel, Kate Wagner, Ryan Wampler, Alexandra Wilch, Elizabeth Zerhusen

SOPHOMORES

DEAN’S LIST - Edwin Allgeier, Katelyn Barger, Amanda Bradley, Gabriella Camacho, Jonathan Castleman, Ryan Coldiron, Eric Cornelius, Luke Eveler, Jennifer Foltz, Christine Graham, Jenna Heitker, Molly Hiltz, Charles Jorden, Kimberly Kollsmith, Michelle LeMaster, Michael Nimmo, Claire O’Malley, Jennifer Ruhe, Theresa Schneider, Daniel Schoettelkotte, Jennifer Siemer, Dillon Stanfield, Rachel Wadell, Elizabeth Zofkie

FIRST HONORS  Alexandra Burkart, Daniel Cole, Savanna Espelage, Christopher Hamad, Rebecca Heise, Allison Hickman, Ali Miller, Kelsey Mueller, Ryan Pachuta, Taylor Roberts, Samantha Scheidler, Stephanie Schmidt, Aaron Vennemeyer, David Wiesenhahn

SECOND HONORS  - Edward Birk, Bryan Bohl, Tara Bramble, Andrea Bridges, Rachel Buhr, Bishop Burton, Andrew Bush, Molly Cardosi, Maria Clark, Courtney Curran, Rosalie Daly, Maggie Dames, Caroline Dill, Katelyn Dornbach, Lana Elfar, Emily Forsthoefel, Christine Foster, Kara Frey, Albert Friend, John Gauch, Seth Gerke, Natalie Grever, Sydney Hardoerfer, Maxwell Harmon, Joshua Harness, Brenna Hartwell, Melina Hazzard, Jacob Headings, Jenna Hebeler, Matthew Heyl, Lindsey Hladky, Matthew Hofmann, Sophie Huston, Stephen Hykle, Lauren Jacobs, Aaron Jenkins, Craig Kaimer, Anna Kennedy, Joshua Lewis, Kyle Lewis, Veronica Lopreato, Henry Mackay, Hannah Martin, Kevin McCarthy, Karley Miller, Marissa Mocahbee, Kerry Morrow, Amanda Muse, Zachary Petrosky, Margaret Piker, Olivia Randolph, Claire Redington, Patrick Rehl, Daniel Roeding, Bradley Rolfes, John Sandmann, Brian Schlagheck, Tyler Seibert, Gretchen Semancik, Lindsay Shepherd, Haley Stultz, Brendan Sullivan, Christopher Tippmann, Faith Tucker, Matthew Vieth, Sarah Wampler, Emily Wesselkamper, Daniel Whitford, Adam Zalewski

FRESHMEN

DEAN’S LIST – Leah Bartel, Abigail Block, Michele Cabell, Maria Clark, Anna Crooker, Patrick DiSalvio, Alexandra Enders, Olivia Fitzpatrick, Stefan Games, Kate Gorman, Anna Heineke, Savannah Hisch, Danielle Lynd, Mykaela Moller, Katherine Paeltz, Katherine Rogers, Lauren Scott, Madeline Scott, Corey Shrader, Megan Simmons, Micaela Taylor, Alexandra Thul, Katherine Weiler, Paul Wilson

FIRST HONORS  - Kayla Ackerman, Samuel Bechtol, Lee Brandon, Michael Byrne, Richard Day, Cassidy Deimling, Rachele DeLuca, Courtney Dunne, Rebecca Evans, Kayla Fritz, Riley Johnstone, Matthew Ketchum, Haley Kocisko, Antonio Losekamp, Margaret Luther, Evan McPhillips, Nicole Moser, Molly Norrish, Jessica Osterday, Daniel Poole, Kendall Powers, Christian Ray, Scott Sage, Brandon Stout, Drew Timmons, Grant Witte

SECOND HONORS  - Kelsey Anderson, Samuel Becker, Rita Beckman, Sarah Bouley, Grace Bruno, Brandon Bucksath, Kyle Cardone, Hannah Carey, Olivia Cox, Mackenzie Curran, Tristan Dumont, John Ehemann, Austin Ernst, Kevin Fagin, Sarah Fay, Matthew Forsthoefel, Jessica Frey, Matthew Gabbard, Samantha Gabbard, Elizabeth Gaffney, Morgan Gardner, Ann Gilfilen, Donovan Guilfoyle, Sarah Haas, Maxwell Havlis, Ashley Hickey, Daniel Hoffman, Haley Homan, Peter Huffman, Joshua Jubak, Erin Kaising, Allison Kamphaus, Hannah Katzenstein, Marissa Kidwell, Katherine King, Natalie Klein, Hannah Klump, Robert Kump, Olivia Laing, Alexander Lankester, Jacob Lind, Theodore Mayer, Alison Meineke, Alyssa Miller, Bridgett Miller, Elise Moeller, Emily Nalepka, Joy Neltner, Paige Noday, Chappell Otto, Bradley Rice, Katie Robinson, Brent Rudolph, Anna Sarra, Kathryn Scheidler, Matthew Siemer, T’Chanie Smith, Alexander Tomblin, Jack Wagner, Anna Winkelman, Ryan Winkler, Heather Witherby, Corey Witsken, Francine Wright, Evan Yannetti




LaRosa's MVP

Congratulations to Matt Luehrmann on his nomination for LaRosa's MVP of the week.  Please go to Larosasmvp.com  and vote for Matt.
 

Athletic Signings

The McNicholas Rockets had three student athletes sign letters of intent on Wednesday, February 3.  From left to right, Morgan Rice will be attending Wright State University, Carrie Martin will be attending SUNY Binghamtom and Samantha Whitmore will be attending Miami University.


McNicholas High School Science Fair

Congratulations to the Biology students who will be participating in the Archbishop McNicholas science fair. The science fair will be Wednesday January 27 after school in the science labs. All Biology students have completed a science fair project; the finest were invited to participate in our local fair. Students who do well can move on to the district fair at UC in March and even the State Fair, which is held at Ohio State University in May. A brief awards ceremony in the McNicholas Library at 6 pm on January 27 will wrap up the afternoon. Parents of the students who are entered in the fair are invited and encouraged to attend this short ceremony.

AP Biology students will be helping with the organization of the fair, and Science National Honor Society students will be serving as judges. The science fair is the culmination of a lot of hard work by the biology students and their teachers. The science fair project is an opportunity for students to experience and practice true science: find the answer to a real question by designing and executing an experiment of the student’s own design.

In order to prepare for the science fair, students have had the opportunity to practice their presentation for a panel of teachers and senior Science National Honor Society Students. The panel presentations are helpful for science fair entrants because it gives them a chance to get feedback on their oral presentation, data analysis, and display board. We have found that this opportunity for practice in a setting where no one is evaluating the project has helped enormously in preparing the students for the science fair. We are grateful to the Science National Honor Society students for helping serve the science department by sitting on the panels with 2 adults from the department. The presence of a student on the panel makes the whole experience less intimidating for the freshmen and sophomores who are presenting and it provides a great experience for the seniors.

The SNHS students will be helping out in two other ways in the next few weeks. They will all serve as judges at our local fair. Each project will be judged by a team of judges; most often the team will be a SNHS student along with an adult professional scientist. Teams of judges are used at the district and state fairs as well. Our seniors will also be judging at several of the local middle school science fairs. Middle school teachers who would like to take advantage of SNHS students as science fair judges should contact Regina Goines, department chair.




PROJECT PARADISE

Groundbreaking for Project Paradise, an all-purpose field and running track, took place on January 13, 2010.

Project Paradise has been undertaken by individuals who are devoted to the goal of providing McNicholas with an all-purpose stadium of its own. Phase I of the project includes expanding the field area to accommodate spectator stands that will come in subsequent phases and the installation of an artificial turf playing surface, donated by Penn Station, Inc. & Jeff Osterfeld class of 1978. The phase also includes creation of an asphalt eight-lane running track surrounding the field, donated by Denver Stanfield and Wellington Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine. Construction began on November 23, 2009 and Phase I is expected to be completed by May 10, 2010.

For subsequent phases, the Project Paradise committee will seek as potential donors those individuals and organizations who share their passion for providing McNicholas with excellent athletic facilities. Archbishop McNicholas High School is very grateful to the donors who have enabled this initial phase, knowing that their generosity serves as an inspiration to others, and enabling future plans for a complete stadium facility to come to fruition.

The next phase of Project Paradise includes the installation of a synthetic surface on the running track and sufficient seating to accommodate daytime varsity football games. Additional phases include a plaza, more parking, pressbox, and enhanced restrooms, concession facilities, and lighting.

For further information please contact Chandra Davidson at (513) 231-3500 ext. 5804.



Service Club Food Collection

The McNicholas 2009 Thanksgiving Food Collection was a huge success. Students brought canned goods in the week before Thanksgiving in a school-wide competition. Faculty, staff, students, alumni and Bingo attendees also participated by bringing items in, which truly made the collection a community-wide effort. The collection culminated on Friday with a “Jean’s Day” Pass for students and staff who donated at least 2 canned goods. The following week, the McNicholas Service Club delivered 7 carloads of food to Hope Emergency and the YWCA Emergency Assistance Program. The senior class won the competition and as part of an incentive program faculty member and varsity men’s basketball coach, Mr. Monahan, was taped to the wall outside of the cafeteria during lunch. Service Club moderator, Sam Roflow said “the collection was a lot of fun and we were able to help many families in need in our region”.

The upcoming Service Club project is the 9th annual “Christmas Gifts for Kids” program which begins in early December. Rolflow said, “Every year we collect money, purchase gifts and deliver them to inner city children at Millvale Community Center. We usually supply gifts for about 200 children. One of the really fun parts of this project is to visit the kids for a couple hours and just have fun with them.” If any parent or alum would like to contribute in any way, please feel free to contact Sam Roflow at sroflow@mcnhs.org.





Forest-Aires Awards

Lauren Bridges and Charlie Ingram are among six students winning Forest-Aires voice scholarships.  Click here for details.

Men's Basketball Tickets

The men's varsity basketball team opens their season this Sat. Dec.5th. at Thomas More vs. Covington Catholic at 7:00p.m..  Presale tickets will be sold at all lunches on Friday, Dec. 4th.  Please purchase your tickets at McNicholas for $5.00.  McNicholas gets S1.00 for every ticket sold. 
 
Throughout the boys basketball season, tickets for all home and road “league” games will be sold the day of the games during all lunches.  Presale tickets are $5.00.



 

McNicholas Celebrates AP Scholars

Many students who were part of the McNicholas High School AP program have recently been recognized by CollegeBoard for their performance on the AP exams. 18 students received the distinction of "AP Scholar" by earning a score of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams. Katherine Hennekes, Brett Straka, and AJ Veleta received the distinction of "AP Scholar with Honor" by earning an average score of 3.25 on all AP exams taken and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. Daniel Rasfeld received the distinction of "AP Scholar with Distinction" for earning an average grade of 3.5 or higher on all AP exams taken and grades of 3 or more on five or more of these exams.

McNicholas Congratulates all of the students for their great performance on the exams!



Rocketeer Ads for Winter 2010

The McNicholas Athletic Boosters are offering parent ads in the Rocketeer athletic program as a way for parents to show support for their children, teams and school. Also, a parent ad helps make the Rocketeer a lasting keepsake for their families. The Boosters offer special reduced ad rates for parent ads. Ad sizes and costs are shown on the linked form, along with sample ads from previous edition of the Rocketeer.


First Quarter Honor Roll 2009-2010

SENIORS

DEAN’S LIST -   Emily Bradley, Christopher Bresler, Lauren Bridges, Sarah Buhr, Shannon Coffey, Lucas Custer, Peter English, Haley Fitzpatrick, Brian Frenzel, Deanne Gauch, Clare Grall, Daniel Hermanns, Kathleen Hiltz, Mathew Johnson, Robert Kuhlman, Erin Morrisroe, Amanda Murphy, Rachel Neltner, Felicia Rinaldi, Chelsea Ritter, Jeffrey Schnirring, Joseph Schoettelkotte, Jennifer Severyn, Sabrina Smyth, Samantha Tucci, Austin Van Dusen, Mariah Vraniak, Katherine Wiesenhahn, Yiyang Zhang

FIRST HONORS  - Hannah Aicholtz, Jordan Bossman, James Deighen, Evann Farrell, Thomas Fraiz, Yeonjae Hwang, Charles Ingram, Marcella Isemann, Kathleen Johnstone, Anne Kunkler, Alyssa Leyritz, Sara Maloney, Carolyn Martin, Jonathan Martin, Kathryn Martin, John Mezger, Jeffrey Miller, Minh Nguyen, Nam Nguyen, Anna Pieper, Jillian Ruhe, Alexander Schneider, Erin Sheehy, David Sweet, Nicole Waits

SECOND HONORS –Lucas Bartel, Elizabeth Birk, Jillian Bloemer, Andrew Boppel, Jesse Bramble, Meghan Bush, Emily Castellini, Maria Chambers, Hannah Christmann, Anna Christy, Richard Cmar, Jordan Cunningham, Ryan Curran, Margaret Daly, Evan Druffel, Jarred Dumford, Caroline Eldridge, Donald Esz, Adam Farwick, Emily Feck, Maureen Fehn, Justin Flynn, Dylan Gerding, Timothy Gormly, Jeffrey Griffiths, Kaitlyn Grogan, Alex Hay, James Hofmann, Jennifer Hueneman, Craig Hyson, Robert Jubak, John Kearney, Colleen Kelly, Sean Kelly, Emily King, Allison Kirby, Destiny Lake, Andrew Lamping, Phoebe Larkin, Ian Lee, Jung Lee, Christopher Luehrmann, Corey Mai, Taylor Martin, Kody McLaughlin, Haley Mehring, Jessica Murphy, Dakota Neff, Duong Nguyen, Kelsey O’Flaherty, Carmen Ostermann, Lauren Overley, Catherine Paquette, Marie Paquette, Elizabeth Penker, Alex Rechtin, Austin Reid, Morgan Rice, Holly Roberto, Richard Rogers, Sarah Rudolph, Teresa Rudy, Elizabeth Scheidler, Adam Schmalz, Zachary Schmidt, Nathan Semancik, Andrew Sherman, Nathaniel Shrader, Margaret Snyder, Abigail Stapp, Chelsea Stegman, Margaret Stewart, Shane Sullivan, Jacob Tetrault, Chloe Tippmann, Audrey Trauth, Lydia Wall, Evan Whalen, Annie Wolfer, Andrew Zofkie, Brittany Zumach

JUNIORS

DEAN’S LIST - Jeffrey Archer, Austin Baurichter, Anna Bloemer, Jacob Boehm, Connor Brumfield, Samuel Cardosi, Lauren Clark, Leanna Cooper, Molly Cremons, Alexandra Day, John Dooling, Christopher Dorson-King, Kevin Easley, Allison Ecker, Anne Farwick, Sarah Hayes, Joseph Horan, Nicholas Hunt, Zachary Jubak, Sarah Kaising, Emily Lehnhoff, Dustin Mai, Mitchell McClellan, Jesse Mehring, Sarah Nimmo, Alexander Nyktas, William Otto, Mitchell Poole, Mary Jane Sandmann, Jill Schmidt, Ashley Schneider, Andrew Schrand, Nicholas Schweickart, Sterling Shaw, Katherine Streit, Jennifer Taylor, Christine Uebel, Patricia Walsh, Gretchen Weber, Rebecca Weisshaar, Allison Woll, Jamie Zumach

FIRST HONORS  -- Maximillian Becker, Austin Buettner, Eric Cox, Lauren Cox, Heather Denison, Paul Estes, Mackenzie Frank, Megan Gilene, Alli Hehemann, Donovan Herbert, James Hunt, William Keri, Cody Kramer, David Lawrence, William Losekamp, Cheyenne Meyer, Johnathan Monsey, Claire Motz, Courtney Murphy, Nicole Piening, Carly Quehl, Chelsea Rohlfs, Kati Sinclair, Andrew Sorrels, Matthew Staubach, Katelyn Tomblin, Nora Vonder Meulen, Megan Whitesell

SECOND HONORS – Zachary Bolling, Evan Boychan. Samuel Bruno, Brian Burke, Michael Callahan, Olivia Croweak, Jessica DeLuca, Nina DeSalvo, Allison Doran, Sarah Dorgan, Sara Eby, Emily England, Eric Ernst, Rebecca Feldkamp, Danielle Ferris, Payne Fisher, Gerald Fitzgerald, Lucy Frey, Jacob Grieco, Jacob Groh, Andrew Gula, Emily Haas, Justin Hebeler, Gabrielle Hernandez, Kevin Hoffman, Meghan Hoke, Maria Hornsby, Hallie Jenkins, Jessica Kaising, Timothy Klatte, Stephanie Krusling, Nicole Latreille, Christopher Linneman, Sarah Lott, Natasha Lovely, Ashley Mackey, Michaela Meakin, Alexandria Miller, Matthew Mowery, Kevin Newman, Matthew Norrish, Grant Pharo, Austin Pierce, Robert Rice, Julia Salyers, Rebecca Schaller, Lauren Schenz, Peter Schmitt, Matthew Schneider, Hannah Schoolfield, Bradley Sherman, Michael Staderman, Elizabeth Tabet, Andrew Tepe, Jessica Tiettmeyer, Alexandra Wilch, Jacob Wiles, Elizabeth Zerhusen

SOPHOMORES

DEAN’S LIST - Edwin Allgeier, Katelyn Barger, Amanda Bradley, Gabriella Camacho, Jonathan Castleman, Ryan Coldiron, Daniel Cole, Luke Eveler, Jenna Heitker, Molly Hiltz, Charles Jorden, Kimberly Kollsmith, Michelle LeMaster, Michael Nimmo, Claire O’Malley, Jennifer Ruhe, Theresa Schneider, Daniel Schoettelkotte, Dillon Stanfield, Aaron Vennemeyer, Rachel Wadell

FIRST HONORS  Tara Bramble, Alexandra Burkart, Molly Cardosi, Eric Cornelius, Savanna Espelage, Christine Foster, Christine Graham, Maxwell Harmon, Brenna Hartwell, Craig Kaimer, Claire Redington, Taylor Roberts, Daniel Roeding, Stephanie Schmidt, Tyler Seibert, Elizabeth Zofkie

SECOND HONORS  - Bradley Arvin, Matthew Battaglia, Jacob Belt, Bryan Bohl, Rachel Buhr, Bishop Burton, Andrew Bush, Jennifer Christman, Maria Clark, Paul Conrady, Courtney Curran, Rosalie Daly, Maggie Dames, John Davis, Caroline Dill, Katelyn Dornbach, Emily Forsthoefel, Kara Frey, John Gauch, Seth Gerke, Connor Gerome, Natalie Grever, Scott Grimsley, Andrew Hall, Christopher Hamad, Sydney Hardoerfer, Joshua Harness, Melina Hazzard, Jacob Headings, Jenna Hebeler, Rebecca Heise, Allison Hickman, Jason Hinson, Lindsey Hladky, Justin Hollander, Sophie Huston, Stephen Hykle, Lauren Jacobs, Aaron Jenkins, Anna Kennedy, Kaitlin Kenney, Joshua Lewis, Kyle Lewis, Henry Mackay, Brian Massa, Kevin McCarthy, Ali Miller, Karley Miller, Marissa Mocahbee, Kelsey Mueller, Amanda Muse, Kelsey Overley, Ryan Pachuta, Zachary Petrosky, Margaret Piker, Alexandra Quitter, Olivia Randolph, Mark Rastani, Patrick Rehl, Bradley Rolfes, John Sandmann, Samantha Scheidler, Brian Schlagheck, Blake Schmidt, Lindsay Shepherd, Jennifer Siemer, Haley Stultz, Faith Tucker Matthew Vieth, Mitchell Webb, Emily Wesselkamper, David Wiesenhahn, Jacob Willenbrink

FRESHMEN

DEAN’S LIST – Leah Bartel, Samuel Bechtol, Abigail Block, Michele Cabell, Alexandra Enders, Olivia Fitzpatrick, Stefan Games, Kate Gorman, Anna Heineke, Savannah Hisch, Danielle Lynd, Mykaela Moller, Katherine Paeltz, Christian Ray, Katherine Rogers, Lauren Scott, Madeline Scott, Corey Shrader, Megan Simmons, Micaela Taylor, Alexandra Thul, Katherine Weiler, Paul Wilson

FIRST HONORS  - Samuel Becker, Brandon Lee, Michael Byrne, Maria Clark, Anna Crooker, Patrick DiSalvio, Courtney Dunne, Rebecca Evans, Kayla Fritz, Matthew Gabbard, Riley Johnstone, Matthew Ketchum, Katherine King, Haley Kocisko, Antonia Losekamp, Margaret Luther, Evan McPhillips, Nicole Moser, Molly Norrish, Scott Sage, Brandon Stout, Drew Timmons 

SECOND HONORS  - Kayla Ackerman, Kelsey Anderson, Rita Beckman, Sarah Bouley, Grace Bruno, Brandon Bucksath, Kyle Cardone, Hannah Carey, Devin Carmosino, Olivia Cox, Mackenzie Curran, Richard Day, Cassidy Deimling, Rachele DeLuca, Emily Diekman, Tristan Dumont, John Ehemann, Austin Ernst, Kevin Fagin, Sarah Fay, Matthew Forsthoefel, Jessica Frey, Samantha Gabbard, Elizabeth Gaffney, Morgan Gardner, Ann Gilfilen, Daniel Guerrette, Todd Gula, Sarah Haas, Maxwell Havlis, Patrick Henry, Ashley Hickey, Daniel Hoffman, Haley Homan, Peter Huffman, Joshua Jubak, Erin Kaising, Allison Kamphaus, Hannah Katzenstein, Natalie Klein, Hannah Klump, Robert Kump, Olivia Laing, Alexander Lankester, Jacob Lind, Megan Lundrigan, Courtney Mai, Theodore Mayer, Kevin McHale, Alison Meineke, Alyssa Miller, Bridgett Miller, Elise Moeller, Emily Nalepka, Joy Neltner, Paige Noday, Jessica Osterday, Daniel Poole, Kendall Powers, Katie Robinson, Bretton Rossmann, Elizabeth Salyers, Danielle Schaefer, Kathryn Scheidler, T’Chanie Smith, Thomas Tenhundfeld, Jack Wagner, Brendan Wambaugh, Kevin Williams, Anna Winkelman, Ryan Winkler, Heather Witherby, Corey Witsken, Grant Witte, Evan Yannetti

H1N1 Vaccination Program

For details regarding the cooperative effort between McNicholas High School and the Cincinnati Health Department to provide protection against the H1N1 virus, please click here.

McNicholas Service Club Project

The McNicholas high school Service Club will partake in “The Student Philanthropy Project” (www.studentphilanthropy.org) with several other area high schools (10 – 12). This is a hands-on, student centered program designed to help young people learn how to become effective and inspired philanthropists. All participating schools will receive $1000 to donate to a specific local non-profit service agency. Junior and Senior Service Club members will research various local charitable agencies. After research they will narrow the number of agencies, interview the directors or administrators and possibly make site visits. At the end of this process, after much study, reflection and discussion, the students will donate their allotted money to the agency in which they choose. McNicholas is very excited to make this student centered project a part of the many outreach projects that we do as a Service Club.



Two McNicholas Seniors Named National Merit Semifinalists

Today officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 55^th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Among these students were Kathleen Hiltz and Robert Kuhlman of McNicholas High School. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the completion for some 8,200 National Merit Scholarships, worth more than $36 million, that will be offered next spring. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition. About 90 percent of Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and approximately half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship.


McNicholas Attends the Anthony Munoz
Youth Leadership Seminar

This is a one-day event that brings youth leaders together from over 100 area schools to re-enforce the importance of strong leadership within our schools and communities and reward those students who are recognized as leaders within their schools and communities. Twelve McNicholas students will be going to Xavier University on October 8 to take part. The event is presented by the Anthony Munoz Foundation and sponsored by many area businesses. Mr. Munoz addresses the attendees on a variety of subjects, as do other former and current professional athletes, leaders from community, business, and military sectors, and local and national celebrities. The Master-of-Ceremonies is Harvey Alston, a man who spoke to our student body in the spring of 2009. The day is a celebration of the students and the great things that they are already contributing to their schools and communities. The mood is very positive and the students are truly given great respect for their work. The twelve students who will represent McNicholas have been nominated and chosen by the faculty and staff of the school and they represent various aspects of student life - academics, athletes, the arts, student government, and stewardship. The students that will be attending from McNicholas are:

SENIORS - Lori Bosse, Maggie Daly, Lucas Custer, and Brian Frenzel
JUNIORS - Anna Bloemer, Sarah Hayes, Jack Dooling, and Billy Losekamp
SOPHOMORES - Rebecca Heise, Rachel Wadell, Max Harmon, and John Sandmann
 

McNicholas Students Artwork is Entered into London Gallery Competition

The Sunday Telegraph and the Saatchi Gallery in London have launched The Saatchi Gallery / Sunday Telegraph Art Prize for Schools 2009. In a bid to find and showcase art’s brightest young stars, primary, secondary and sixth form schools from around the world were invited to submit art work from students, up to the age of 18.

Over the next four months, a panel of judges - artists Antony Gormley and Peter Blake, The Sunday Telegraph's art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon, Ekow Eshun, the artistic director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, and Camila Batmanghelidjh, CEO of Kids Company - will consider work from the most promising young aspiring artists around the world and winners to be announced in October.

A first prize of £10,000 will be awarded to the winning school’s art department, with a further £2,000 given to the winning pupil to be spent on art and computer equipment. There will be two further runner-up prizes of £5,000 each to be awarded to the second and third placed schools, with a further £1,000 to each of the winning pupils.

The winning entries for The Saatchi Gallery / Sunday Telegraph Art Prize for Schools will be exhibited in the Saatchi Gallery in London and will also be displayed in The Sunday Telegraph.

During the competition, The Sunday Telegraph will also showcase a selection of new submissions every week at www.telegraph.co.uk and a rotating selection of works submitted for the prize will be on display at the Saatchi Gallery.

The Saatchi Gallery / Sunday Telegraph Art Prize for Schools is part of the gallery’s education programme which is committed to introducing contemporary art to younger audiences. More than 650 school groups have visited the new Saatchi Gallery since it opened in October 2008.

McNicholas is proud to announce that the following students works have been granted entrance into the competition:

Haley Fitzpatrick, Senior        House at Big Sur, "Pretense", Art Studio
Carmen Ostermann, Senior     Bug Eyed
Katie Grogan, Senior             Rain Drops
Justin Flynn, Senior              Raining Fire
Megan Bush, Senior              Untitled
Megan Bush, Senior              Untitled
Katie Johnstone, Senior         1-2-3 Jump
Maggie Stewart, Senior         Pink Flower
Yiyang Zhang, Senior            Night Waves
Matt Luehrmann, Senior        Umbrella Glass By D.C.



MILITARY MEMORIAL FUND

The McNicholas Military Memorial Committee is sponsoring fundraising activities to  finance the construction of a military memorial on our campus to honor graduates who have served in the United States Armed Forces.  Below are the two current activities:

Memorial Paver Brick Sale