News - Upper School
04.18.12
Lately we have received news of many fantastic recognitions for our students in a broad range of fields. We have collected a number of them here, but please forgive us if we have overlooked any — we are bursting at the seams!
Robotics
The Upper School Ravens Robotics team, in only its third year of existence, has twice this season won regional competitions, and thus twice earned an invitation to the World Championship in St. Louis. At the Utah Regional tournament the Ravens faced robots from Utah and 10 other states. As part of the 8th seeded alliance the team pulled off an upset win over the much-favored number 1 alliance and then went on to win the elimination rounds with its two alliance partners. At the Las Vegas Regional competition, the Ravens faced tougher competition and did well throughout the tournament. A highlight was when the top-seeded team (a very experienced team with a long history of success) chose Waterford as their first pick for elimination round alliance partner. Waterford played its part and our alliance went undefeated in the final rounds. To win one regional competition is a great success; to win two is exceptional. The team will be competing among the world’s best April 26-28 in St. Louis. You can watch our exciting upset win at the Utah Regional here (Waterford is blue, “Team 3245”).
Debate
Waterford’s burgeoning Debate team recently completed its season. Thirty-five students participated this year, with twenty-eight entering multiple tournaments in multiple events. Waterford students were recognized for awards or trophies a total of ninety-three times. Our team finished second overall in the Region and fourth overall in the State.
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04.16.12
By Sari Rauscher, Director of College Counseling
Most of the responses from the college application process are in for the Senior Class, and we have celebrated many exciting acceptances. The 54 students in the Class of 2012 turned in 266 applications to colleges across the country. Every student has good choices of top-quality colleges. They have until May 1st to decide where to attend. Here is a list of acceptances, with most of the colleges having reported:
Class of 2012 College Acceptances
University of Arizona
Bard College (NY)
Barnard College (NY)
Bates College (ME)
Beloit College (WI)
Boston University
Brandeis University (MA)
Brigham Young University
Bryn Mawr College (PA)
Bucknell University (PA)
University of California—Berkeley
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01.12.11
So many of our students are doing great things that at times it is hard to keep up with them all. We wanted to pause to highlight five of our students who have recently received outstanding recognitions.
The multi-talented Portia Cao was recently the subject of a fantastic article in the Salt Lake Tribune. It starts with her achievements on the basketball court, but the writer was clearly impressed by her excellence in a variety of realms.
Ben Crosland has been “making noise” in the Mustang Challenge racing series, going up against much older and more experienced drivers, and winning the last race of the season. He was featured recently on Fox 13 News.
Laura Lee Judd ran the table on recognitions for her play this year on our Varsity Women’s Volleyball team. She was selected for the All-Region Team and the Coaches Association Senior All-Star Team, and was named First Team All-State by both the Tribune and the Deseret News. But she’s not just a great athelete: one of her photographs recently placed first in a statewide contest put on by the Kimball Arts Center.
Gifted cellist Steven Bennett will be playing at Carnegie Hall next month, after being selected for the 2011 American High School Honors Performance Series. More about Steven and this honor can be found in this Tribune article or read this KSL feature which includes video.
And for a late addition, and the only non-Senior on our list, Class VIII’s own Mufi Hunt was selected for the second year in a row to the Eastbay Youth All-American Bowl, and featured in a segment during the ABC 4 “Sports Zone.”
We’re proud of these five, and of all of our talented and dedicated students. These young people regularly leave us in awe of the things they do — in academics, the arts, athletics, and service to others.
06.13.10
Over the course of the school year, a number of Waterford students have achieved regional, state, and national recognition for their individual achievements in academics, service, the arts, and athletics. Here we present a selection of these achievements. We would like to honor these students, while also apologizing for any we may have overlooked.
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05.10.10
by Sari Rauscher, Director of College Counseling.
Class XII students have worked hard on their studies for many years, and have worked hard on college applications for many months. They will be rewarded over their college careers and their lifetimes for their academic engagement and for the talents they have developed. The rewards began this spring with college acceptance letters.
Waterford’s 73 Seniors in the Class of 2010 have been accepted to the following most-selective colleges and universities:
Bates College
Bowdoin College
Boston College
Brandeis University
CalTech
University of California—San Diego
Cornell University
Duke University
Emory University
Harvard University
Kenyon College
Mount Holyoke College
New York University
Reed College
Rice University
Stanford University
Swarthmore College
Tufts University
Tulane University
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