By Isaac Guttman, ‘10, News Editor. Dean of Service Learning Deborah Floyd said she hopes her role will be “less administrative and about number crunching, and more about trying to inspire others to find and pursue their passion.”

By Avery Maier, ‘13, Contributor. While CCDS has a very prominent language program, until now the languages available for study have been limited to French and Spanish. Beginning Nov. 2, Mandarin Chinese will be offered as an after-school club to all divisions of CCDS.

By Amanda Young, ‘11, News Section Editor. For CCDS Athletic Director Theresa Hirschauer, fondly known as “Hirsch,” ovarian cancer is just another challenge to be overcome with strong character, openness, and optimism.

By Haleigh Miller, ’12, News Editor. The Upper School fall drama production this year is All in the Timing, a collection of one-act plays by American playwright David Ives. It runs Oct. 22-24 at 7 p.m., with an additional performance on Oct. 24 at 1 p.m.

By Victoria Mairal-Cruz, ‘12, Contributor. Last weekend, members of the CCDS community, from alumni to students, gathered to attend the annual Homecoming festivities, from the Pep Rally during school, to Fall Fest, to the many Alumni Class Reunions all over Cincinnati.

By Kevin McSwiggen, ‘11, Contributor. During the weekend of Oct. 3-5, the junior class traveled down to West Virginia for the annual rafting trip. Kevin McSwiggen reveals what really happened that weekend

Local newspaper publishes article on The Scroll’s shift online.

By Haleigh Miller, ’12, News Editor. CCDS has had no confirmed case of the H1N1 flu since early last summer. School Nurse Diana Wyrick suggests maintaining a good diet, getting enough sleep, washing your hands frequently, using good judgment about staying home when you’re ill, and getting the seasonal flu and H1N1 vaccines.

By Rebecca Miller, ’12, Contributor. The Parents’ Association aims to bring CCDS together through the CCDS Business Exchange and Community Bulletin Board website, a place for families, alums, students, faculty, and staff to post and peruse business information, employment and volunteer opportunities, want ads, and other notes of interest.

By Isaac Guttman, ’10, News Editor. Of the 1.7 million students worldwide who took Advanced Placement exams last May, 18 percent scored high enough to earn recognition. At CCDS, 39 members of the Classes of 2009 and 2010 achieved such distinction.

Eleven members of the Class of 2010 have been named Semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship program.

Getting an M.B.A. at Harvard Business School is like taking a test every day: each night you have to work on a case, and you must be prepared to present and defend that case in class the next day. Julie Fleischmann, the first female president of the Board of Trustees, went through this rigorous experience at Harvard and said that it taught her to “look at situations and issues and say, how can we solve this problem [and] be action-oriented in your thinking.”