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The National Merit Scholarship Program has named three Cincinnati Country Day School students as National Merit Semifinalists, six as Commended Students, and 10 who were honored in the National African American Recognition Program and National Hispanic Recognition Program.

On the Saturday morning of Homecoming Weekend, a record-breaking crowd gathered for the annual alumni breakfast in the school’s Dining Terrace to celebrate the 2024 recipients of the school’s major alumni awards. William H. Hopple III `71 received the Virtue in Action Award for his commitment to service, and Maya Amoils `08 (posthumously) and the Honorable Scott L. Kafker `77 received the Distinguished Alumni Award for their outstanding achievements.

We are proud to announce our first cohort of Cum Laude Society inductees for the 2024-25 school year. Congratulations to seniors Aayan Arif (Mason), Donovan Gray (Liberty Township), Louisa Joy (East Walnut Hills), Jordan Lowe (Montgomery), Vic Quintero (Blue Ash), Nik Shah (Indian Hill), and Addie Sweeney (Milford)

In today’s hyper-charged political atmosphere, schools may feel obligated or even pressured to issue statements on contentious issues in society. At Cincinnati Country Day School, we follow a different approach. Grounded in our mission, we commit to free expression and civil discourse as essential components of our educational environment.

For some, summer is a time to relax. For others, it’s a time to disconnect. And then for those like Kevin Pearson `25 and Jason Starodub `26, it’s a time to roll up your sleeves and try something new.   

Cincinnati Country Day School is proud to announce the nine class scholars for the 2023-24 school year.

Tim Dunn graduated from Williams College in 1977 and later earned a master’s degree from Wesleyan University in Connecticut. He arrived at Country Day in 1986 from an east coast boarding school. He then went on to teach AP biology and chemistry while coaching baseball and football over the span of his 35-year Country Day career.

Neither Robert Kreidler `24 nor Madden Smith `24 plan on studying physics or engineering when they head to college in the fall, but both were named semifinalists (two of 15 high school students across the country!) in NASA’s Future Engineers: Power to Explore Challenge.

If you seek mastery, autonomy, and community, you will find success, meaning, and purpose – and yes, you will probably even discover your passions, be happy, and change the world. But keep in mind that these three concepts are pursuits, not destinations.

Recent Cincinnati Country Day School graduates Elizabeth and Megan Zimmerman `24 continue to add to their impressive collection of awards. United Soccer Coaches announced that Elizabeth has been named to the 2023-24 High School All-America Team. Megan Zimmerman `24, along with her sister Elizabeth, was named to the All-Region (Midwest) Team for the 2023-24 school year for her outstanding academic and athletic performance.

Melissa Teke `24 was named as one of the recipients of the 2024 Straight ‘A’ Scholarship award by the Anthony Muñoz Foundation.

The foundation seeks to recognize students who best represent their interpretation of what it means to be considered a Straight ‘A’ Student: high school students who are pursuing academic excellence and athletic achievement, are actively serving in the community while possessing strong ambition, have a winning attitude, and are able to overcome adversity.

Matty Colston is a sommelier turned vintner négociant, sourcing grapes from organic vineyards through connections to create bespoke limited-run wines marked by their rugged transparency and cultural temporality. He also DJs and likes to look at wine under a microscope.

And while we have no intention of examining Matty, a graduate from the Class of 1998, under a microscope, there is so much more to him than his seemingly boundless bio conveys.

Alexandra Sukin graduated with an interest in venture capital investing. With that in mind, she headed to the east coast where she attended Harvard University and graduated magna cum laude with a concentration in government. Alexandra now works as an investor for Bessemer Venture Partners in the company’s New York office. We (virtually) sat down with Alexandra to find out what it is like to work in the compelling world of venture capital investing.

Marley Handler `24 has been named a finalist for one of the top academic awards in the country: the 2024 National Merit Scholar Award.

After welcoming 17 French students to the Country Day campus this past fall, the Country Day French exchange students embarked on a journey this spring across the ocean to France, where they spent two amazing weeks immersed in French culture and language.

Find out what student council president Parker Corbin's favorite Cincinnati Country Day memory was, where he is planning on going to college, and what it meant to him to attend Cincinnati Country Day. 

Cincinnati Country Day School has participated in athletics – initially of the intramural variety and eventually of the state championship variety – for most of its nearly 100-year existence. A great many coaches have stalked its sidelines. But there can be no doubt that near the top of any list of outstanding Country Day coaches is Tim Dunn. A legendary coach in both baseball and football – and a gifted teacher in the classroom and science lab – Coach Dunn’s impact on decades of Country Day graduates cannot be overstated.

Out of more than 500 nominees from 33 sports in three seasons, the Enquirer awarded 49 plaques to the best teams, coaches, and athletes of the year, including Elizabeth and Megan Zimmerman `24, who were selected as the athletes of the year.

The CCDS InvenTeam attended EurekaFest “Where High School Teams Display World-Class Inventions” in June 2024 to present the patent-pending invention the team worked on extensively throughout the past year, after being selected as one of eight teams across the country for the grant. The team was also awarded two of the three possible Eurekafest awards.

As summer settles in at Cincinnati Country Day School, it brings with it a new pace and rhythm. But this shift doesn’t mean empty hallways and deserted playing fields. Far from it. In fact, summer at CCDS sometimes finds more students on campus than during the school year. Between thriving summer camps, athletic practices, and Breakthrough Cincinnati, our campus is a hub of activity all summer long.