Category: Mercy Awards and Honors

  1. Mercy Celebrates Staff at Years of Service Mass

    In May, Mercy Montessori honored six educators and staff members who, collectively, share over 65 years of service to children at the school.  “In the United States, the average person stays at their job for four years and six months. Mercy is grateful to have a staff full of dedicated professionals who commit their time… Continue Reading »

  2. Essa Britt Selected As Honor Camper

    Out of the nearly 3,000 campers who attended YMCA Camp Ernst this year, Essa Britt was among the two percent who won the prestigious Honor Camper Award. A tradition since 1928, Honor Camper was created by Willard  L. Wade (Camp Ernst’s founder) to recognize campers with outstanding character and leadership. Camp Ernst’s staff of more than… Continue Reading »

  3. FIRST LEGO League Team Moves on to District Tournament

    At the FIRST LEGO League Regional tournament, Mercy’s team placed 3rd in the robot competition (they scored a 380 with the highest score being a 447), was recognized for their robot programming with a trophy, and the best part…advanced to the District competition at iSpace on January 16th. Only 5 of the 17 teams were… Continue Reading »

  4. Eight Mercy Montessori Students Recognized by Pentel Art Awards

    First level student, Tommy Milligan, was honored with the Pentel International Children’s Art Exhibition’s Special Gold Award for his painting titled, “Happy Man” at the school’s year-end assembly on May 29th.  Tommy is one of three honorees to receive the award in the United States.  143 American students have been recognized this year from a… Continue Reading »

  5. Students Featured at Local Art Shows in May

    Visionaries & Voices TAP Graduation and Student Show Show Runs: May 1 – May 22 Opening Night: Friday, May 1st 5PM-8PM 3841 Spring Grove Avenue, Cincinnati, OH  45223 The V+V Teaching Artist Program (TAP) expands opportunities for artists who have an interest in teaching and public leadership positions in the field of visual art. The… Continue Reading »

  6. Congratulations 2014 Confirmandi Class

    Congratulations to our students and their sponsors who celebrated the sacrament of confirmation on November 5th at St. Peter in Chains Cathedral. Our celebration was coordinated with St. Ursula Villa. Keith Kaiser helped prepare our Confirmandi class. Name (Confirmation Name)  Caitlin Barnes (Rose) Will Bronsil (Rodríguez) Katherine Cassedy (Suzanne) Lucia Castellini (Elizabeth) Drake Cooper (Anthony) Grace Coughlin (Marina) Sophia Dugan… Continue Reading »

  7. Two Students Selected as Honor Campers

    Mercy Montessori 6th grade students, Margie Fronduti and Eliza Lucas were the recipients of the prestigious Honor Camper Award at the YMCA’s Camp Ernst. Just two percent of the nearly 3,000 attendees receive the Honor Camper designation.   Margie and Eliza were nominated by and voted upon by camp counselors for displaying the characteristics of honesty,… Continue Reading »

  8. Mercy Students Receive International Art Awards

    Mercy Montessori 8th Grader, Caitlin Barnes, was recently honored with the Pentel International Children’s Art Exhibition’s Foreign Minister Award for her painting titled, “Ice Dancing”. Caitlin is one of 10 honorees to receive the award internationally and competed against a pool of 40,000 works from over 40 countries. She is the only Foreign Minister Award… Continue Reading »

  9. Mercy Montessori Takes 7th In Nation at National History Day

    Mercy Montessori recent graduates, Audrey Felton and Alexia Scholl have been recognized by National History Day as 7th in the Nation and Best Overall in Ohio for their project, “Angelina and Sarah Grimke: Advocates for Racial and Gender Equality”. Their project was selected out of 600,000 entries nationwide and 2,400 at the national award ceremony…. Continue Reading »