By Edwin Sam ‘13, Sports Editor. Senior Lilly Fleischmann ‘11 has epitomized the term student-athlete over the course of her career at Cincinnati Country Day School. She has shown hard work, dedication, and determination to excel in the classroom and on the water, and has thus been accepted to Dartmouth College where she will compete for the school’s varsity rowing team.

By Amanda Young ‘11, Co-Editor-in-Chief. Ten members of the Class of 2011 have been named National Merit Semifinalist. The Semifinalists make up 18.9 percent of this year’s seniors, the highest percentage of Semifinalists in any senior class in Cincinnati.

By Cody Pomeranz, ‘11, Sports Section Editor. Cynics call it a cult. Team members call it a way of life. One thing is for certain: rowing requires a blend of talent and determination. The rowing achievements of Lilly Fleischmann, ‘11, and Jimmy Stafford, ‘10, can be attributed to hundreds of hours of tough physical training.

By Rebecca Miller, ‘12, Contributor. Senior Alyssa Magarian and Lilly Fleischmann, ’11, both have been named finalists in the prestigious Overture Awards Competition. In the Scholastic Arts Regional Competition, juniors Ilana Habib and Amanda Young, whose collage is depicted, earned Gold Keys, while Jessup Smith,’10, and Jonas Luebbers,’12, earned Silver Keys.

By Lilly Fleischmann, ’11, Contributor. In first grade, I was very jealous to learn that Baldur Tangvald’s initials spelled “bat” while mine made the incomprehensible “lrf.” And yes, I think it was about this time that my middle name became the “root” of many jokes… pun intended.

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 Lilly Fleischmann ’11, Contributor. News of the swine flu injection’s upcoming arrival at CCDS has traveled swiftly among the student body. Should you get the vaccine or not? Having researched the facts, this needle-phobic will not be going about the world unprotected.