…Alex Choi earned a certificate from mathematics honors society Mu Alpha Theta, while senior Cameron Perrin was honored by the U.S. Navy with a letter of congratulations, a certificate of achievement, a medallion, and $50 gift card for his work. More information about the competition is available at http://www.sefmd.org/. Altogether, 14 Greenhills students participated in the competition. Here is a complete list, with their respective projects: First Name Last Name Grade Title Alex Choi 10 A Graph Theoretical Approach to the Financial Market Julia Friedman 12 Correlates of the Aspiration-Expectation Gapin African American Adolescents Aarushi Ganguly 9 Bayesian probablity technique…
Tenth-grader Andrew Gitlin recently won several awards at the 2012 National Academic Games Tournament held in Wheeling, W.V., April 27-30. He competed against hundreds of 9th and 10th graders from across the country in the Junior Division. Individually, Gitlin placed first in Equations, first in Onsets, second in Linguishtiks, ninth in Presidents, and second overall (“individual sweepstakes”). His team of five students from Michigan placed first overall (“team sweepstakes”). This was Andrew’s fifth consecutive year competing at the National Academic Games Tournament. According towww.academicgames.org, these tournaments challenge students to use higher order thinking skills in the subjects of language arts,…
…Greenhills a $5,000 grant for its efforts to improve energy efficiency in the school building. Greenhills’ plan includes the use of occupancy sensors to control HVAC air flow, a boiler tune-up and an infrared scan of the building to detect problem areas. Emile Lauzzana, Energy Works Director, says, “This is a great opportunity to help our schools when they need it most. Investing in energy efficiency improvements saves energy and improves the comfort and quality of learning spaces for students, teachers and staff, while reducing the carbon footprint of the facility.” To learn more about Energy Works Michigan, visit www.EnergyWorksMichigan.org….
It’s almost time to take a walk “Into the Woods” with the Greenhills Upper School Theater Department. The first performance of “Into the Woods,” a Stephen Sondheim musical, is slated for Friday, March 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Campbell Center. Subsequent shows are 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 22 and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 23. The show weaves together several Brothers Grimm fairy tales, including Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, and Cinderella. And, because no fairy-tale mash-up could be complete without one, there also is a witch. Tickets are available at http://www.seatyourself.biz/greenhillsschool. Enter the password “woods2014.” Tickets will also be…
…will win the everlasting respect of their English teachers and the intellectual admiration of their peers. MAGNETIC POETRY COMPETITION April 23 (MS & US lunch) Four students from each grade will compete in a bracket-style poetry competition. Using Magnetic Poetry Kits, students will work in teams of two to create poems on small metal sheets in timed rounds of elimination. English teachers will score poems to determine who will advance to the next round. The winning team will receive iTunes gift cards. 24 HOURS OF POETRY April 24 12:01 a.m.-11:59 p.m. (online) On April 24, beginning at midnight, there will…
After a successful six-week build season, three district competitions, and a strong effort at the state championship, the Greenhills’ Robotics Team, The Lawnmowers, have qualified to compete in the FIRST Robotics World Championships in Detroit! Team 5530 is currently ranked 60th out of nearly 600 teams in our state due in large part to the the creativity, persistence, and problem solving of the students on the team. We invite everyone in the Greenhills’ community to join us in person, or in spirit, at Cobo Center and Ford Field in Detroit on April 25-27 to cheer on Team 5530 and Larry…
…College, Brown, Cornell, Emory, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, Smith College, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Randolph, daughter of Greenhills English teacher Mark Randolph, was one of only 33 students across Michigan selected for the award, and the first Greenhills student ever to apply for the scholarship. She’ll be attending a special writing class at Brown University this summer. Awardees will be honored May 10 at a reception in Ypsilanti featuring a talk by the 2014 Joyce Ivy Foundation Leader of the Year, Lisa Payne, the vice chair and chief financial officer of Taubman. More information is available at www.joyceivyfoundation.org….
The Greenhills Lawnmowers FIRST Robotics team launches the 2017 season with this year’s kickoff event on the University of Michigan engineering campus Jan. 7. The team is excited about this year’s competition, called “FIRST Steamworks,” which is sure to be interesting, as teams around the world have been told to “prepare to take flight.” And if you’re wondering what that means, just check out this pre-season teaser video: [youtube id=”37GBEBLfhWA” width=”450″ height=”223″] To get ready for the new season, students and mentors on the Greenhills team, also known as Team 5530, spent the fall developing team skills, completing educational…
For the third time in four years a Greenhills National Science Bowl team has won its regional competition to advance to the national finals in Washington, D.C. Team One, flanked by teacher-coaches Bob Ause, left, and Deano Smith. The competition, held over the weekend at Saginaw Valley State University, featured three five-person teams from Greenhills, according to coaches and Greenhills science teachers Bob Ause and Deano Smith. The competition consisted of morning round-robin contests, followed by 12 teams progressing to the double-elimination afternoon bracket. All three Greenhills teams made it to the afternoon competitions, Ause said. “Coach Smith and I…
…Hahr, Cameron Kabacinski, Jacob Kauppi, Robert Keller, Benjamin Kovacs, Ayla Kurdak, Peter Lastoskie, Joaquin Moeller, William Ng, Jackson Powers, Alex (AJ) Pynnonen, Patrick Quinn, Alexander Schneider, Aryan Seth, Sushruta Shankar, Olivia Shulman, Justin Tseng, Kalea Vendola, Alex Wu, and Alan Zhu. Parent mentors include Craig Angold-Stephens, Gopal Chamarthi, Kevin Kabacinski, Thomas Quinn, and Jau-Wen Tseng. The team is supported by University of Michigan Mentors Nick Eidsmoe and Michelle Wang. The team is sponsored by Ford Motor Company and ZF and coached by Greenhills teachers Alexander Monte-Sano and Charles Dershimer. More information about Michigan’s FIRST Robotics competition is available at http://www.firstinmichigan.org/frc/mi_district_structure.php….
…redecorating, and FaceTiming friends. We discussed the social pressure to respond immediately that can sometimes accompany interactions on social media, especially Snapchat. At the conclusion of our discussion, some students were looking forward to returning to social media, while others were still deciding whether or not they wanted to redownload their apps. Everyone seemed to agree that the week without social media sparked a new awareness of our relationship to our devices, our peers, and the world around us. Feeling inspired to complete a social media blackout? Check out the ideas generated by our students and faculty about what to…
…the rainforest and getting to know people who live with very little. “You see what those people don’t have, and what they do with nothing, and they don’t want, because they’re so happy with what they do have,” Vorva said. “And you come back and you don’t want now either. Going somewhere where that’s not the focus, it’s a great place to learn humility.” Vorva was one of 29 students from across the country (and the only Michigander) who traveled to Cambodia with Globe Explorers, an organization sponsored by the U.S. State Department. Read the full story at Ann Arbor.com….
The Search Committee for the next Head of School is looking for 6-10 Greenhills parents to join its Search Advisory Committee. The committee’s first duty will be to meet with search consultant Stephen DiCicco the week of January 9. If you have an interest in serving on the committee, please email Joyce Chance at jchance@greenhillsschool.org by Dec. 30. For more information on committee members’ responsibilities/expectations, please contact Dave Huntoon, Greenhills Board of Trustees president-elect at dave.huntoon@yahoo.com….
Phill Pappas ‘03, son of French teacher Mijo Pappas, recently published a book called One Page at a Time: Getting Through College with ADHD. Pappas attended MSU and currently resides in Austin, Texas. “Phill has written a wonderfully honest and funny book about managing life at college when one has ADHD,” remarks Greenhills school counselor Rochelle Flumenbaum. “Part memoir, part manual of things to think about and try, Phill’s narrative about his own college experience and how he ultimately found his way to greater success is both practical and inspiring.” Copies are available for purchase on amazon.com for $9.99. Click…
Senior Marissa Thompson is profiled in this week’s “Athletes to Know” section of Ann Arbor.com. A captain and four-year veteran of the girls’ varsity basketball team, Marissa is the leading scorer for the Gryphons. She currently ranks second in scoring for all players in Washtenaw County with an average of 17.5 points per game. Click here to read the story….
…America’s Paulo Adario (Brazil) and North America’s Rhiannon Tomtishen and Madison Vorva (United States)…Each hero embodied innovative approaches and grass-roots initiatives that make a direct impact on the forests to which they have dedicated themselves.” “No students better embody our school’s mission than Rhiannon and Madison; they are, indeed, ‘curious, creative, and responsible citizens. . . whose meaningful and balanced lives will better the world,’” says Greenhills head of school Peter Fayroian. “The United Nations is appropriately honoring these two incredible young women, and acknowledging what young people everywhere are capable of accomplishing.” Watch award webcast. Read Ann Arbor.com article….
