February 2018 News

2018 National Merit Finalists

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Congratulations to our 2018 National Merit Finalists:

Anna Beach
Michael Hu
Keith Murray
John Tade
Stanley Zheng


Model UN Conference

Monday, January 29, 2018

The following Academy students recently participated at the Earlham College Model UN conference. Our students presented themselves with skill and articulation in various UN committees with three delegations earning award recognition.

  • Grace Siefker and Mary Streett: Best Delegation in General Assembly (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
  • Rachael Snow and Hanbit Lee: Best Delegation in Human Rights Committee (Brazil)
  • Collin Banasiak and Reeya Chenanda: Most Improved Delegation in General Assembly (Germany)
  • Kaitlin Scott and Mario Cardenas: ECOSOC (Venezuela)
  • Cassidy Regan and Stanley Zheng: Human Rights (United States)
  • Dustin Bucher and Dawson Reprogle: Security Council (Russian Federation)
  • Anna Beach and Kay Leigh Wahl: UNICEF (United Kingdom)

Academy Students Go Abroad to Study Foreign Languages

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

The following three students in French 202 were recently accepted to the IU Honors Program in Foreign Languages to study in France this summer:

  • Josiah Zintsmaster was accepted to the program in St. Brieuc
  • Luc Baker-Stahl was accepted to the program in Brest
  • Caleb Albright was accepted to the program in Saumur

Additionally, three students studying Japanese at the Academy were also accepted into the IU program:

  • Shantel Hochstetler
  • Katie Basey
  • Leah Chambers

All three will study in Osaka, Japan.