The ZCS Friday Five
September 16, 2022
Eight (8) ZCHS students named 2023 National Merit Semifinalists
Zionsville Community High School 2023 National Merit Semifinalists
Zionsville Community High School 2023 National Merit Semifinalists
Congratulations to these eight Zionsville Community High School (ZCHS) 2023 National Merit Semifinalists!
Officials of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC®) have announced names of more than 16,000 semifinalists in the 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,250 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million that will be offered next spring.
The nationwide pool of semifinalists represents less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors and includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state.
ZCHS is proud to announce eight semifinalists, pictured.
Front Row:
Katie Berman, Anjali Gupta, Ashley Young, Jiaming Zhou
Back Row:
Akkash Rathnasabapathy, Alvin Xu, Kirtee Ayitha, Jiayi Zhou
ZCHS biology students experiment with Jell-O and pineapple
ZCHS students in Dr. Leman’s 7th period Biology class experimented with Jell-O and pineapple to learn about enzymes and macromolecules. They observed enzymes acting as biologic catalysts as well as the result when the same enzymes are denatured by high heat processes. Learners are doing important work all across ZCS.
BME STEM Teacher Kara Benson wins statewide recognition
The readiness building blocks to that story about Dr. Leman's exciting Biology class began at earlier grades for all of those engaged learners. Boone Meadow Elementary (BME) STEM teacher Kara Benson was recognized this week in a national awards program for math and science teachers. She and her elementary colleagues are supplying foundational experiences in sophisticated ways every day.
Superintendent Scott Robison and BME Principal Tom Hundley joined Mrs. Benson and her husband, a Marian University biology professor, for the state level awards luncheon in Indianapolis.
Mrs. Benson will now be entered into a national award competition that includes recognition and professional development travel study at the National Science Foundation in Washington, D.C.
Congratulations to BME Teacher Kara Benson!
"State of the Schools" presentation to be held September 27
Mark your calendar for the sixth annual State of the Schools presentation on Tuesday, September 27. Zionsville Community Schools Superintendent Dr. Scott Robison and Successor Superintendent Rebecca Coffman will offer a district update followed by a time for community questions.
Register for this free event here: http://ow.ly/QEL150KBKaF and submit questions in advance to info@zionsvillechamber.org.
Fall 2022 Mum Sale
ZCHS Student Opportunities to Achieve Real-Life Successes (SOARS) staff and students extend a sincere thank you to everyone in the school and community who supported the program through your mum purchase! See highlights below.
Pleasant View Elementary School receives Excellence in Early Literacy Award from the Indiana Department of Education
The Indiana Department of Education's (IDOE) Indiana Roof Ballroom Education Excellence Gala on September 9, 2022, saw Pleasant View Elementary (PVE) recognized with the Excellence in Early Literacy Award. This highest statewide recognition in this category resulted from PVE ranking number one out of 1,600 elementary schools in Indiana for early literacy achievement.
PVE's Dr. Stacy Smith led a delegation of teachers to the gala with Superintendent Dr. Scott Robison. Dr. Smith spoke of the experience at Monday night's Board of Trustees meeting. Dr. Robison shared that an accompanying monetary award totaling more than $400,000 is included with this statewide recognition.
Inside the
Stonegate International Fair
The Stonegate Elementary School staff, families and community members took students on a "walk around the world" at their recent International Fair. Take a brief look inside their event.
STAR 529 Savings Seminar
Thank you to those who joined us live and virtually for the first STAR 529 College Savings Seminar. If you missed the session, please note some exciting news regarding a STAR Cosmo Savings Account.
As students move through school there are so many opportunities to embrace: sports, arts, special trips, travel abroad experiences... All of those happen in such a short amount of time throughout the school years, and STAR is partnering to encourage families to prepare for those experiences with the Save Now, Shine Later savings initiative for our school community.
If you missed it, you can watch the seminar presentation here:
Growing up in the Digital Age
Thank you to the Zionsville Digital Technology Team for their recent school community presentation, Growing Up in the Digital Age. If you were unable to attend live or virtually, you can watch the session you are interested in below.
Elementary Session
Secondary Session
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