Alan Kleesattel ‘06 is currently in his sophomore year at the School for Creative and Performing Arts.  He has made the “A” Honor Roll every quarter, and is a member of the Junior National Honor Society.  He is very interested in theater production, and has recently done designs for the Black Box theatre and Jersey Productions.   He was awarded the Faculty Award at SPCA for his focus and dedication to his major – theatrical lighting design.  This year he is taking AA English and working as a lighting designer for show playing at the Aronoff Fifth Third Theater.  Alan says his goal is to be “an LD/LD – Learning Disabiled Lighting Designer!” (01-18-08)

Megan Northway ’06 is a sophomore at Turpin High School.  She serves on the Color Guard team, has been on honor roll several times, and has been awarded Student of the Quarter.  Last winter, Megan traveled with her Color Guard team to London, England to perform at the Queen’s New Year’s Day Parade. (01-18-08)

Michael Stewart ’06 was the runner up for the Citizen of the Year Award from The Vanguard School this past year.  This award is the most significant honor given at Vanguard, and is based on nominations from staff members.  The award is given to a student who shows exemplary achievement in the following areas: attitude, helpfulness, leadership, grades, room care, cooperation, teamwork, and more.  As described by his mom, “He has come a long way this year!” (01-18-08)

Santino Ellis-Perez ’04 is a junior at the School for Creative and Performing Arts.  He was chosen as one of seven students who won the Corbett-Mayerson Award.  In the spring of each year, SCPA junior compete for this prestigious award, performing or displaying their talent in their chosen field.  The winners are chosen by a jury of community professionals, and are considered to be students who best exemplify a professional artistic standard.  Santino’s field is Instrumental Music, and he performed the Finale of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto. (01-18-08)

Gretchen Pott ’04 is a recipient of the American Jewish Committee’s 42nd annual Simon Lazarus, Jr. Human Relations Award for outstanding high school volunteers.  The Lazarus Awards recognize students who “unselfishly reach out to people from diverse racial, religious, or socio-economic groups.”  Gretchen, a junior at Withrow University, works with the Angel Tree network to deliver holiday presents to children whose parents are incarcerated.  She also tutors, volunteers at a soup kitchen, and provides childcare at her church. (01-18-08)

Geoff Lovett ’03 is a senior at Moeller high school.  He is a member of the National Honor Society, has made honor roll every quarter of his high school career, and has been singing in the men’s chorus for 4 years.  He has also acted as a student manager for the Varsity Volleyball program.  Outside of school, Geoff has become very involved in the Invisible Children program, as well as the Over-the Rhine Community Housing Project.  In the fall, he hopes to attend Wright State University in order to prepare himself to eventually attend medical school. (01-18-08)

Tess Pendery ’03 did well at Mariemont as a freshman during the  2004-05 school year. Her grade point average the last 1 ½ years has been 3.5.

Andy Gorman '02 graduated from Roger Bacon High School with second honors in the spring of 2006.  In November 2005, he received his Eagle Scout Award.  He has been accepted into the University of Cincinnati's School of Education, where he will major in Elementary Education.

Kelsey Doyle ’01 is doing very well as a junior at Anderson High School. She has taken several AP courses, and will be going to the Rhode Island School of Design Pre-College summer program for six weeks this summer.  There, she will be fine-tuning her area of concentration and working on her portfolio for college admission.  She is also active in the community.  Kelsey is a group leader for the Just Say No program at Sherwood Elementary as well as a Peer Consoler at both Sherwood and Ayer Elementary Schools. (01-18-08)

Caleb Lipsey ‘01 has signed a National Letter of Intent to play football at Murray State University.  He has earned all-city, all-conference and honorable mention all-state honors and lead Sycamore High School to a 9-2 record and a district championship his senior season.  As a senior he recorded 60 tackles, 22 of which were for a loss and made 11 sacks.  He is the first Sycamore High School football player to be invited to play in the Big 33 All-Star game, which pits the best seniors from Ohio against the best seniors from Pennsylvania.  He also earned all-city and honorable mention all-state recognition as a junior.  He is also a member of Sycamore’s track and wrestling teams.  In his first year of wrestling he qualified for the state tournament as a heavyweight.  The next year, his junior season, he finished fourth in the state tournament. (01-18-08)

Taylor Sunderhaus '01 graduated from Oak Hills High School in 2005.  Next year he will attend Diamond Oaks to study Computer Programming.  Taylor is also a member of the Ohio Athletic Boosters, and is a board member for the Westside Relay, part of the American

Cancer Society. 

Arielle Bachrach '00 was recognized as an outstanding student at Sycamore Junior High School’s “Pride in Excellence Breakfast.”

Andrew Babey '99 graduated in 2005 from Highlands High School with a 3.98 GPA, having taken several advanced classes including German III and AP Physics. He will go to the University of Dayton in the fall on an $11,000 scholastic scholarship studying engineering.

Andrew Reutcke ’99 is currently studying to be a Graphic Artist at the College of Dupage in Glen Ellyn IL, and will graduate in summer of 2007 with a certificate in Digital Prepress Productions. (01-18-08)

Kim Johannigman '98 graduated Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania on May 20th, 2006, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Hotel Restaurant & Institutional Management.  At Mercyhurst, Kim played varsity lacrosse for 4 years, and studied abroad in Sydney, Australia.  Following graduation, Kim relocated to Cincinnati and is currently working in the restaurant field. 

Stephen Brandner '96 graduated with a Bachelor in Science and Marketing Concentration from The College of Mt. St. Joseph in May of 2006.

Kelly Reindl ’96 recently received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice, with a Minor in Theatre Arts, from Northern Kentucky University. (01-18-08)

Cathleen Mahin ’95 graduated in 2005 from St. Ursula Academy. Cathleen was presented with the Danielle E. Hater Award. This award, given in memory of Danielle, is presented to the senior who best exemplifies Danielle’s courage, perseverance, and optimism in the face of adversity. (Danielle was a 1996 Springer graduate and graduated from St. Ursula in 2000.)

Roger Long ’94 graduated from Miami University in 2005 with a degree in Finance and a minor in Anthropology.  He is currently a Financial Analyst in the Commercial Real Estate Department with Wells Fargo Bank in Seattle. (01-18-08)

Caroline “Cece” Gehrig ‘93 graduated cum laude in 2005 from Loyola University in New Orleans. She majored in Communications with a focus in Advertising; she has a minor in Marketing. Along with her role as president of Delta Gamma, Cece served as a mentor in the Big Brother/Big Sister program working with children in the New Orleans public school system. This fall, Cece will attend the fashion marketing program at the Parson School of Design in New York City.

Adam Sherman '91 graduated from the University of Illinois.  He began dental school at Boston University this fall and is doing very well.

Chris Mercurio ’90  After his 1997 high school graduation from St. Xavier, Chris attended Villanova for his undergraduate degree, graduating in 2001.  He earned his MBA from Xavier University last year, received his professional engineer license and currently works as a mechanical engineer for Intertech Design Services.