May 2013 Photo Highlights
A selection of recent images from the Waterford community:
Kindergarten students finish their study of insect life cycle by releasing the butterflies they have raised from eggs. Three photos: Susan Banks
News
Our Amazing Students and Faculty: May 2013 Edition
More accolades in all sorts of realms for our students and faculty. We continue to be amazed!
Debate
Waterford’s Debate program continues to grow and have great success under the guidance of Dr. Luana Uluave. This year we had 23 students compete at 11 different tournaments, with many trophies won along the way. Here are some of our major honors from the year:
- Our team placed second in the Region 14 tournament.
- Earlier in the year we placed first in the small schools division of the Keifer Memorial Tournament at Westlake HS.
- Eliza Wells placed first in Lincoln-Douglas Debate at the 2A State Tournament.
- Sage Heuston was a finalist in Oratory at the 2A State Tournament.
- Our Ethics Bowl Team (Sam Sintz, Tony Liu, Max Xiong, Sage Heuston, Eliza Wells) placed 2nd in the State.
- Eliza Wells was a Qualifier in Oratory for the National Individual Events Tournament of Champions (NIETOC) in San Antonio, Texas, and a Qualifier for the National Forensics League National Tournament in Birmingham, Alabama.
State Championships for Men’s Tennis and Lacrosse Teams
We had double the excitement recently as the Ravens claimed two State titles this Spring season. First our Men’s Tennis team played to a dramatic finish against Rowland Hall, ending up as State co-champions. Jay T Anderson won the State title in first singles, and Quinn Pritchett won in second singles. Check out the articles in the Tribune and the Deseret News. Then the Ravens Men’s Lacrosse team made a powerful run through the playoff brackets, capped by a victory over Syracuse for the State title. Read more here.
Congratulations to our hardworking, talented athletes and coaches!
read more…Six Members of the Class of 2013 Inducted into the Cum Laude Society
Last month, six more Waterford students were inducted into the Cum Laude Society, a national honor society for secondary school students. Congratulations to:
Jay T Anderson
Tony Liu
Jenny Spaulding
Neil Sahasrabudhe
Dustin Dienhart
Hohyun Lee (not pictured)
Founded in 1906, the Cum Laude Society is dedicated to honoring scholastic achievement in secondary schools. The founders of the society modeled Cum Laude after Phi Beta Kappa and in the years since its founding, Cum Laude has grown to 382 chapters, approximately two dozen of which are located in public schools and the rest in private or independent schools. Membership is predominantly in the United States, but chapters also are located in Canada, England, France, Spain, Puerto Rico and the Philippines.
read more…College Admissions Report 2013
By Sari Rauscher, Director of College Counseling
We are excited about the college application results of the Waterford School Class of 2013. The 54 Seniors made 404 applications to 162 different colleges across the U.S., and every student has accepted an offer of admission at a high-quality college that is a good fit for them.
The Class of 2013 will attend:
American University
University of Arizona
Austin College
Baylor University
Brigham Young University
BYU-Hawaii
BYU-Idaho
University of British Columbia
University of California-Berkeley
Colorado College
Dartmouth College
Emory University