Chagrin Falls High School is pleased to announce that Maggie Mills, Parker Broz, Grace Lee and Ana Kevorkian have been named National Merit Semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
National Merit Recognition
Chagrin Falls High School is pleased to announce that Maggie Mills, Parker Broz, Grace Lee and Ana Kevorkian have been named National Merit Semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. There are approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 65th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically-talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,600 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $31 million that will be offered next spring.
To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the finalist level of the competition. About 90 percent of the semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, and about half of the finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar title.
In addition
Chagrin Falls High School is pleased to announce that nine students have been named as National Merit Commended Scholars. They are: Carolyn Bencko, John Cashy, Alexis Christie, Tyler Feeney, Eamonn Hunter, Virginia Kanzinger, Robert Snider, Wendi Song and Tyler Stinson.
More than two-thirds of the approximately 50,000 high scorers on the PSAT/NMSQT were named commended students. These students are named on the basis of a nationally-applied selection index score that may vary from year to year and is typically below the level required for participants to be named Semifinalists in their respective states. Although commended students do not continue in the competition for National Merit Scholarships, some of these students do become candidates for special scholarships sponsored by corporations and businesses.
Clark Named Homecoming Queen
On Sept. 13, Hannah Clark was crowned the 2019 Chagrin Falls High School homecoming queen. Clark was escorted by Evan Bargar.
The freshman attendant was Camille Zitney, escorted by Andrew Nachtwey. The sophomore attendant was Grace Goodin, escorted by Colin Joyce. The junior attendant was Abby Alberts, escorted by Ian Zitney.
The senior attendants were Carolyn Bencko, escorted by Ben Kniskern, Hannah Clark, escorted by Evan Bargar, and Kylee Cox escorted by JP Goss.
Volleyball Holds Dig Pink Event
The girls volleyball team at Chagrin Falls High School held a Dig Pink event at their match on Sept. 3 to raise money for a cancer foundation.
Team members from Chagrin and their opponents from West Geauga set the tone for the event by wearing pink jerseys during their match. All the proceeds from the concession stands and the raffle baskets that were created went directly to the cancer foundation called Alex’s Lemonade Stand.
This organization was founded by a young girl named Alex, who started a lemonade stand in her front yard to raise money to research cures for childhood cancer. It has since grown not only to fund research but raise awareness and support families dealing with childhood cancer. The volleyball team donated the profits to the foundation in the name of James Edmonds, a student who died last fall from cancer.
Parents of the team members baked items that were pink to sell at the concession stands and raffle baskets had themes of Halloween, Thanksgiving, movie night, and coffee/tea, which was donated by West Geauga. Among the baskets were two Cleveland Indians club seat tickets.
Overall, the volleyball team was able to raise $479 for the cause.
Rotary Student of the Month
Chagrin Falls High School (CFHS) senior Cameron Owen has been selected as the September Chagrin Valley Rotary Student of the Month. Owen was chosen based on his leadership and service qualities he has displayed in the community.
Owen has been the recipient of several awards during his high school career, including Outstanding Spanish Student Award, Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) Award, Honor Roll and Honor Roll with Distinction.
He has also received numerous sports-related awards, such as boys junior varsity lacrosse Most Valuable Player award, Ohio High School Lacrosse Coaches Association (OHSLCA) All Region Boys Lacrosse Team honorable mention, Academic All-American Lacrosse, Lacrosse All Region second team, Chagrin Valley Conference (CVC) second team football and won the 2019 Division II state championship in lacrosse.
In his time at CFHS, Owen has been involved with several clubs and sports. He is a member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes Club, Student Council, and a Writing Intern in the Write Place. Additionally, Owen is student body president, a Link Crew leader, a basketball youth counselor, was class vice president ninth- to eleventh-grade, and represented CFHS at Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) workshop for CVC athletes during eleventh-grade. Further, he is a member of the varsity football team, varsity boys basketball team and varsity boys lacrosse team, which he received three varsity letters thus far.
Outside of school, Owen has been involved with several activities. They include being a member of the LifeAct Youth Advisory Board, student representative for CFHS at HOBY Leadership Conference, student delegate for Post 383 at American Legion Buckeye Boys State Leadership Conference, a member of the second largest fundraiser for Chagrin Falls Leukemia/Lymphoma Society Student of the Year Team and was nominated to be Leukemia/Lymphoma Society Student of the Year for 2019-20.
His accelerated classes throughout his four years at CFHS include AP World History, AP United States History, AP Government, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP English Language, AP English Literature, AP Environmental Science, AP Physics I, AP Micro/Macro Economics, AP Spanish Language, Honors English 9, Honors English 10, Honors Algebra 2, Honors Pre-Calculus, Honors Chemistry, and Honors Spanish 4.
After high school, Owen plans to attend a four-year university.
