The Student Activities Board continued NDCL’s celebration of the start of the new school year with Restore the Roar Week...
New School Year
The Student Activities Board continued NDCL’s celebration of the start of the new school year with Restore the Roar Week, which included themed dress downs, special contests and treats at lunch and even a return visit from the therapy dogs of Rescue Village.
Believe in Ohio
NDCL students had more winners and alternates in this year’s Believe in Ohio state competition than any other high school in Ohio. Only 18 of more than 1,300 high schools in Ohio won awards in the competition.
Seniors John Cesen, Vince Mickey and Brandon Preseren won a $10,000 scholarship for their project titled “The Cleanstrument,” an ultrasonic device that sanitizes musical instruments of potential pathogens. John, Vince and Brandon also won a $1,000 scholarship in the regional competition last spring.
Seniors Zoe Allison, Abby Bouton, Liz Brey, Cailin Hyslop, Vivian Ha and Kaitlin Tabernik have been named alternates in the Believe in Ohio state competition. They previously won $1,000 regional scholarships.
Abby, Liz, and Cailin designed a hand sanitizer station that uses sensing technology to release a mist sanitizer. Vivian, Zoe and Kaitlin developed a wifi signal tracking device that uses mapping technology to color-code signal strength across a room.
Alternates will learn in the coming weeks if they will share in the $275,000 in scholarships to be awarded by the program this year.
Funded by the State of Ohio through the Department of Higher Education and operated as a program of The Ohio Academy of Science, Believe in Ohio is a STEM and entrepreneurship program that teaches students how to commercialize products and services and create innovation-driven business plans. Science teacher Evan Fritz coordinates NDCL’s participation in Believe in Ohio.
Senior Named to Teen Board
Senior Allie Beth Currier has been selected to serve on Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s 2021-22 Teen Ambassador Board.
Allie Beth will work with peers from throughout Ohio and staff from the attorney general’s office to study and recommend solutions to vital issues facing the state.
Through her participation, she will have the opportunity to learn about the attorney general’s office, meet and interact with government officials, work in groups on key initiatives and discuss issues of importance to Ohio citizens.
