By Timmy Macrae ’12, Contributor. This summer I worked at Breakthrough, teaching six grade Math and Beginners Spanish. Aside from discovering a passion for teaching, I also loved meeting the eager students.

Compiled by Kathryn Black, ’11, The Lens Section Editor. Yet, although most girls’ visions of paradise involve dragging their begrudging fathers to spend a day shopping with them at Nordstrom, I had a different destination in mind. Staples. The mecca of all that is holy in school supplies and office equipment, otherwise known as my personal heaven.

By Will Portman, ‘10, Editor-in-Chief. As the 2010-11 Scroll staff, led by incoming Editors-in-Chief Cody Pomeranz, ‘11, and Amanda Young, ‘11, takes over the reins of the newspaper this week, I thought it’d be appropriate to take a look back at the work of the 2009-10 staff.

By Isaac Guttman, ‘10, News Editor. Shortly after the torch for Winter Olympics was extinguished, another breed of Olympians, the CCDS Science Olympiad team, competed at the Regional Science Olympiad competition at Raymond Walters College. The team earned district honors at the Saturday, March 6 event, placing fourth out of 24 of the top teams in Cincinnati and qualifying for the State competition.

By Claire Heinichen, ‘11, Lighter Fare Editor. You’ve seen The Scroll’s past double-takes with teachers: Mr. Tumolo as Santa, Mr. Brownstein as Elliot Gould, Dr. Martin as King Leonidas. But what about the students of CCDS? Who are their famous doppelgangers?

By Jayne Caron, ‘10, The Lens Section Editor. Our school’s focus on getting students into big-name Ivy League (or similarly prestigious) institutions has created an environment where the name of the college we’re attending, and the classes we took to get there, define our identities at school.

By The Scroll staff. Thirteen juniors and seniors have been inducted into the CCDS chapter of the Cum Laude Society (pictured: inductees from the Class of 2010).

By Jayne Caron, ‘10, The Lens Section Editor. I thought I would give Scroll readers a glimpse into the life of Jayne Caron, volleyball setter, Scroll editor, and Science Olympian extraordinaire. Take this for what you will – the Bible, the Torah, or perhaps just a depressing depiction of a girl who wishes she could catch the senioritis bug.

By Isaac Guttman, ‘10, News Editor. In its third showing at the Northmont Invitational, Country Day’s Science Olympiad team earned its most impressive finish yet, placing an 9th out of 27 teams from across Midwest. With three ribbons and two medals in the 23 event competition, Country Day out-performed all other Cincinnati schools, including perennial powerhouses Wyoming and Mason.

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