NDCL School News
After sweeping the district competition at the Lake County Courthouse on Jan. 17, two NDCL mock trial teams will compete in the regional trials on Feb. 7.
Mock Trial Teams Advance
After sweeping the district competition at the Lake County Courthouse on Jan. 17, two NDCL mock trial teams will compete in the regional trials on Feb. 7. This marks the fifth consecutive year that the Lions have advanced to regionals.
When the gavels fell after a series of morning and afternoon trials, NDCL students won eight individual awards. Best attorney awards went to seniors Emily Callahan and Pierce Thomas, junior William Seeds and freshman Bailey Rice; while best witness awards went to Juniors Madison Rogers and William Seeds, freshmen Peter Wesen and Contessa Wilson.
Each year, mock trial teams throughout the state focus on a single case for district, regional and state competition. This year’s case involves a suit brought against a school district by a student claiming an unconstitutional violation of his First Amendment rights after his principal disciplined him for leading a march in support of individual gun ownership.
The Lions owe much of their success to the expert advice provided by their dedicated and generous volunteer legal advisors, including Martin Delahunty; Judge Carolyn Paschke, mother of senior Garrett Sah and sophomore Mallory Sah; Kimberly Baioni, mother of freshman Victoria; and Donovan DeLuca ’05 and Nick Burling ’01 from the Geauga County Prosecutor’s Office.
Special thanks to Judge Terri Stupica, Magistrate Bruce Smalheer, Judge Michael Shaughnessy and Judge Deena Calabrese ’88, who officiated scrimmages for the teams. Briana Cowman ’18, a current member of the mock trial team at Miami University, also helped the teams during her winter break.
English teacher Victoria Frabotta ’86, social studies department chairperson Molly Schneiderand social studies teacher Ross Martin advise NDCL’s mock trial teams.
Scholastic Art awards
Seven NDCL student artists recently earned recognition in the Cleveland Institute of Art’s Scholastic Art Competition, a highly competitive program that drew more than 3,000 entries from more than 1,800 students in the region’s top art programs.
Senior Victoria Brown and junior Anna Tokich won prestigious Silver Key awards for their photography entries, which will be displayed at the Cleveland Institute of Art’s Reinberger Gallery until Jan. 31.
Earning honorable mention awards are juniors Sadie Judd, Sophia Kroto and Barry Markiewich; and seniors Grace Koenig and Lauren Minerd.
The award winners are the students of Mary Ann Sedivy, art department chairperson, and art teachers Claire Raack and George Yaniga.
