Brady Noble knows his way around the globe. The Greenhills eighth-grader won the middle school’s National Geographic Bee for the third straight year earlier this week, qualifying for further competition that could result in a $50,000 college scholarship. This week’s bee was only the first round in the competition, which ends in a televised national competition in Washington, D.C. in May. School champions like Brady take a qualifying test, with up to 100 of the top scorers in each state eligible to compete in the state bee in March. Winners of those contests qualify for an all-expenses trip to Washington…
Six Greenhills seniors are among about 35 Ann Arbor students named semifinalists in this year’s National Merit Scholarship competition. Across the nation, about 16,000 students became semifinalists, with roughly half of the students who make it to the semifinals going on to share National Merit Scholarships totaling $32 million. The Greenhills semifinalists are: Monica Choi Naveen Fujii Shea Sanvordenker Vishal Tien Sabrina Wu Zoe Zimmerman The competition began with about 1.5 million juniors at 22,000 high schools around the nation entering the program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying test. Those who become semifinalists are the top scorers…
Greenhills seniors Rahul Kak, Madeline Parks, and Libby Reeves have been named winners of National Merit Scholarships this year. The three are among only 7,500 high school students nationwide to earn the scholarships, which come with a $2,500 award. They were chosen from among 16,000 semi-finalists based on their combination of accomplishments, skills, and potential for success in rigorous college studies. The number of winners in each state is proportional to that state’s percentage of the nation’s graduating seniors. Included in judges’ assessments were academic records, the difficulty level of classes taken, scores from standardized tests, community contributions, and an…
…In addition, members of the pit crew act as team emissaries, as they are interviewed throughout the day by other teams and by FIRST competition judges. Judges come by to listen and learn how the team employs the engineering process to design, build, and test the robot and the corresponding systems that support each function. It should be noted that at the Belleville Qualifying event in March, the FIRST competition judges awarded the Lawnmowers the “Excellent in Engineering” trophy (sponsored by Delphi) for the team’s scouting process and data collection app that runs on students’ phones. The state championship event…
For the first time this year, Greenhills is sending three teams to the National Ocean Sciences Bowl’s regional competition, to be held at the University of Michigan Saturday. The NOSB, a forum for talented students to test their knowledge of the marine sciences including biology, chemistry, physics, and geology, was created in 1998 in honor of the International Year of the Ocean. Since its inception, the competition has grown to include 25 regional locations across the U.S. Greenhills won regionals and took sixth place nationally last year. The regional competition, which includes Michigan and parts of Ohio and Indiana, will…
…(12th grade) Greenhills Spanish II Students: Creativity, Service and Community Sra. Elaine Moffat was so impressed with the illustrated books her Spanish II students have been writing during the last several years that she knew a service learning/local community project had to come out of their creative work in Spanish class. She, Greenhills Service Learning Director Alyssa Friendly, and Kathleen Evans from Ypsilanti’s Perry Child Development Center worked together, and the result was a wonderful experience for Greenhills Spanish II students and 4-to 6-year-old English Language Learner students – who are native Spanish-speakers – at Perry. See more photos of…
…own in the second half.” The Greenhills players chose the latter. They more than held their own in the second half; in fact, they outscored their opponents. A week later, the Gryphons dominated Cabrini High School 38-17, then fought a fierce battle against Cranbrook Kingswood High School, competing down to the final seconds but ultimately losing 31-30. Unfortunately, a positive COVID test from an opponent forced the team to shut down for two weeks. They missed practices and games, and couldn’t hold conditioning sessions; the temporary shutdown, Sterling said, “set us back a little.” But the team barely showed it….
You may have seen a group of Greenhills students standing curbside with clipboards in hands, keenly studying the traffic during pick-up and drop-off times. They’re known as the Gryphon Guards, and they are on a mission to make these comings and goings safer, more efficient, and less stressful, while reducing the environmental impact from idling. Data has been the foundation of their work, and they have spent months gathering and analyzing their research to identify opportunities. Now they’re ready to make some recommendations and test their efficacy in a two-week trial. Origins of the StudyThe Gryphon Guard Association was formed…
…tournament to come in under par. Her effort was enough to take home the Division 4 title, another first in the history of Greenhills girls golf. And as a freshman, there’s nowhere to go but up. “They both had fantastic seasons, unlike any that we’ve seen for individual athletes. They’ll stand the test of time for sure,” said Athletic Director Meg Seng. “Both of them are talented enough that if they chose to, they could simply focus on their sports outside of school, as athletes at that level often do, so we’re really grateful that they’ve chosen to play for…
Seven Greenhills seniors, chosen from more than 1.4 million students around the country, have been named semifinalists in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship competition. Nationwide, about 16,000 high school seniors—or less than one percent of American seniors—became semifinalists. Most semifinalists go on to the finals, and those who are ultimately named National Merit Scholars will share about 7,600 scholarships worth a total of about $33 million. Students enter the program when they take the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test, which serves as a first screening for the competition, operated without taxpayer support by the National Merit Scholarship Corp. The Greenhills semifinalists…
…scholarships underwritten by businesses that also fund merit scholarship awards. Winners of National Merit Scholarships are chosen from each state’s finalists and are judged to have the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills, and potential for success in rigorous college studies. The number of winners in Michigan is proportional to Michigan’s percentage of graduating high school seniors. Twelve Greenhills seniors were named semifinalists this school year. Final selections were made by a committee of college admissions officers and high school counselors, who reviewed candidates’ academic records, scores from two standardized tests, contributions and leadership in their schools and communities, an essay…
…type of mouth guard that doesn’t have to be removed to drink or talk. “I wanted to test…if my theory was true: athletes get exposed to many pathogens (disease-causing germs) through the use of mouth guards. Would switching to a mouth guard that didn’t need to be popped in and out of the mouth to drink or talk eliminate the problem?” Her bacterial analysis from mouth guards used by lacrosse and field hockey teams showed conventional mouth guards did indeed end up with all kinds of disease-carrying pathogens on them, while the thinner mouth guards had no pathogens at all….
…Williams brought the commonplace book format to Greenhills when she arrived in 2007. Commonplace books have since become a unique part of the writing experience at Greenhills. The conference presentation is an exploration of how commonplace books promote critical thinking, analytical writing, and ongoing reflection for students. The National Council of Teachers of English, with 35,000 individual and institutional members worldwide, is dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education. NCTE convention attendees hear presentations from award-winning speakers, attend thought-provoking sessions, share best practices, and test the latest teaching materials….
…Shakespeare Company) for an acting workshop with an RSC player and a spectacular (quite literally) performance of Julius Caesar. Next stop, York, in the north country, for a tour of the impressive York Minster Cathedral and a walk on the medieval wall. From Edinburgh the tour headed into the Highlands to experience one of the greenest and most dramatic landscapes in the world. The Highland road wound through Inverness, the Loch Ness (famed home of Nessie), Fort Augustus, Fort William, the Battlefield of Culloden and finally Glasgow before winging homeward.Travelling by train the MAL trippers arrived in Edinburgh, the capital…
…Shea Sanvordenker. The National Ocean Science Bowl (NOSB) is a nationally recognized and highly acclaimed high school academic competition that provides a forum for talented students to test their knowledge of the marine sciences including biology, chemistry, physics, and geology. The NOSB was created in 1998 in honor of the International Year of the Ocean and since its inception the competition has grown to include 25 regional competitions with 300 schools and over 2,000 students participating annually. The Consortium for Ocean Leadership, representing leading oceanographic institutions universities and aquaria, manages the competition at a national level. Locally it is supported…
…academic competition that provides a forum for talented students to test their knowledge of the marine sciences including biology, chemistry, physics, and geology. The NOSB was created in 1998 in honor of the International Year of the Ocean and since its inception the competition has grown to include 25 regional competitions with 300 schools and over 2,000 students participating annually. The Consortium for Ocean Leadership, representing leading oceanographic institutions universities and aquaria, manages the competition at a national level. Locally it is supported by a number of businesses and institutions including the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and…
…Piedmonte-Lang The competition began with about 1.5 million juniors at 22,000 high schools entering the program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying test. Those who become semifinalists are the top scorers in each state, with each state’s number of semifinalists proportional to the state’s percentage of total graduating seniors. Those students who become finalists compete for three types of scholarships: a National Merit $2,500 Scholarships, awarded on a state representational basis; one of 1,000 corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarships, or about 4,500 college-sponsored Merit Scholarships. Announcements of the winners will begin in April and run until to July, 2014. …
The National French Contest is sponsored annually by the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF), and it is a longtime tradition at Greenhills that 7th through 12th graders participate in this contest. The test consists of an aural comprehension section and a written section with grammar questions and reading comprehension passages. The following information shows our students’ results at both the national and state levels. LEVEL 01 (7th Grade) National placement: Yara el Tawil (7th), Luca Angelino (7th), Aisling Cooper (9th), Charles Rivkin (9th) Michigan placement: Yara el Tawil (2nd), Luca Angelino (2nd), Aisling Cooper (3rd), Charles Rivkin (3rd),…
Over the weekend Greenhills golfer Henry Do ’13 shot a 74 and 67 to win the Division 4 state title — the first individual title in Greenhills School history. The team (comprised of Do, Curtis Heisel ’11, Travis Hindle ’12,Sean Saint ’12 and Andrew Khouri ’13) finished second overall behind Auburn Hills Oakland Christian. Greenhills’ runner-up finish is its best finish as a team since winning the state title in 1994. Click here for full story in Ann Arbor.com….
