Ensights Magazine

Heart Nebula by Owen Shaffer

For the Record: Summer 2022

Editorial Staff
How have our students been living Ensworth's mission in and out of the classroom?

Middle School Language Exams

World Language classes in the Middle School tested their knowledge against their peers outside of Ensworth.
 

Chinese Proficiency Test, Level 1

Ensworth is honoring the top three scores in Grades 7 and 8.
Grade 8: Stefano Boschi Asbun (received a perfect score), Mary Nell Pettigrew, Coco McGehee, Caroline Greer (pictured above)
Grade 7: Hollis Jacobs, Tully Johnson, Aaliyah Williams 
 

Middle School National Spanish Exam

Oro (Gold): Cameron Herring, Frances Duvall, Plata (Silver): Cate Barfield, David Choma, Elliott Parker, Evie Denbo, Julia Grace Linn, Mason Brunson, Mia McDermott, Mención Honorífica (Honorable Mention): Aadi Srivastava, Alaena Smith, Blake Surratt, Caroline Sifford, Charlotte Garza, Edward Coppeans, Gabi Bullock, Hayden Cherry, Jack Tompkins, Jordan Scott, Lily Sonnenschein, Paige Haas, Sumner Hiett
 

Middle School National Latin Exam

Grade 8 - Summa Cum Laude: Hobs Atwood, Cameron Obee, Collin Spitzer, Avery Franklin, Maxima Cum Laude: Sadie Anderson, James Heinrichs, Zoe Eveland, Isaiah Batten, Jacob Francy, Mya Jones, Magna Cum Laude: Henry Turberfield, Cum Laude: Michael Cowhey, Peter Bryant, Harrison Kilgore
 
Grade 7 - Summa Cum Laude: Tom Courtney, Christian Kurtz, Claire Murray, Delaney Flack, Adeline Courtney, Drew Bass, Giselle Michael, Tyler Roh, Georgi Karmo, Hugh Mixon, Maxima Cum Laude: Cael Tierney, Alannah Wong, Lillian Mosher, Emerson Darr, Noah Franklin, Lilly Goorevich, Neriah Taylor, Madison Miller, Henry Oeser, Magna Cum Laude: Nathalie Peete, Cum Laude: Tanner Tapp, Makaylah Batten, Maggie Kate Cowles
 

Bar Pin Awards

This distinction is awarded to those students who earn Optime Merens for both semesters of a school year. Students who do so for one year earn one-bar pins; those who do so for two years earn two-bar pins, and so on. Students who graduate from Ensworth, having earned Optime Merens for every semester all four years, earn four-bar pins.
 
Optime Merens recognizes students who earn a GPA of at least 90 in all their academic courses in a semester and who have no individual academic semester grade below 75.
 
Student Government Leaders Elected
Congratulations to President Katherine Sales ’23 and Vice President Caleb Park ’23 who will represent the High School student body during the 2022–2023 school year. 
 

“Heart Nebula” 

Owen Shaffer ’22 was named a recipient of the American Vision Medal and Gold Medal winner! Owen was recognized for his astrophotography and the image Heart Nebula, for which he spent years investigating the process and techniques of photographing deep space.
 

Book Awards

Each year colleges and college alumni groups recognize outstanding students throughout the country with book awards. This year, Ensworth juniors were honored for their excellence in various fields of endeavor by eleven colleges and universities. 
 
The Harvard Prize Book: Jackson Rehm
Presented annually in more than 2,000 high schools around the world to recognize outstanding students in their next-to-graduating class who demonstrate excellence in scholarship and achievement in other non-academic areas. 
 
The Hollins Book Award: Audrey Campbell 
Recognizes an outstanding junior who has demonstrated sustained academic excellence and possesses a special interest in English and creative writing.
 
The Princeton Book Award: Caleb Park
Recognizes a junior who displays excellence in the areas of academics, extracurricular activities, and community service, as well as a strong desire, either through words or actions, to change the world for the better. 
 
The Vermont Citizen Scholar Book Award: Hailey Riven
Awarded to deserving junior year students who have demonstrated both outstanding dedication to scholarship inside the classroom and impressive duty to citizenship outside the classroom. 
 
The Rensselaer Medal: Phillip Rollins
Established in 1916 with two purposes: to recognize the superlative academic achievement of young men and women, and to motivate students towards careers in science, engineering, and technology. The Rensselaer Medal recognizes an outstanding junior who has distinguished himself/herself in mathematics and science. 
 
The Rhodes College Book Award: Chloe Ward
Awarded to a junior student who has demonstrated exemplary community service coupled with a commitment to leadership and helping others.
 
The St. Lawrence University Book Award: Ella Howard
Recognizes an outstanding high school junior who has displayed a significant commitment to community service. 
 
The Tulane University Book Award: Kate Mischinski
Students selected for the award embody the university’s motto, “Not for one’s self, but for one’s own,” and have demonstrated excellence in academics, leadership, and public service, in their respective communities. 
 
The Jefferson Book Award: Chris DeCamillo
Presented by the University of Virginia Club of Nashville to a junior who best represents the Jeffersonian ideals of scholarship, leadership, and citizenship. 
 
The Saint Michael’s Book Award: Katherine Sales and Lucas Rehm
Awarded to two students of high academic success and exemplary community service involvement, whose accomplishments embody St. Mike’s commitment to intellectual achievement, social justice, issues of peace and concern for others.
 
The Yale Book Award: Helen Thompson
Awarded to a student at Ensworth who shows the greatest intellectual promise, as evidenced by actual achievements and demonstrated potential; who, by activities at school and in the community, has demonstrated a broad range of interests and accomplishments, and who is of outstanding personal character. 
 

Excellence in Arts

In its 13th year, the Annual Middle Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition is a professionally juried exhibition, showcasing exceptional middle and high school student artwork from around the region. Congratulations to Spencer Linn for Best of Show – Land of the Sun: Drawing & Illustration
 
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious program for creative teens in grades 7–12. More than 260,000 works of art and writing were submitted by teens from U.S. territories, Canada, and every state in the nation. Entries are selected by some of the foremost leaders in the visual and literary arts. Jurors look for works that exemplify the Awards’ core values: originality, technical skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision.  This year the following Ensworth students have won awards:
 
Scholastic Art & Writing Gold Key
Sofia DeAngelis (2)
Mei Mei Dellinger
Sophia Frist (2)
Owen Shaffer
Scholastic Art & Writing Silver Key
Audrey Campbell
Mei Mei Dellinger
Anna Jackson
Vivian Morrow
 
The Visions Award recipient was selected by some of the foremost leaders in the visual and literary arts for excellence in originality, technical skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision. Less than 2,000 works received a National Medal, which places a work within the top 1% of all submissions. The American Vision Award is selected out of all Gold Key works (across all categories) as the “Best in Show” for each region for which Top National Medalists are invited to an in-person National Awards Ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Thursday, June 9, 2022. Congratulations to Owen Shaffer for winning the National Gold Medal & American Visions Award for Heart Nebula: Photography (pictured on opposite page).
 

National Merit Finalists

Four members from the Class of 2022 were named National Merit Finalists: 
Trent Conley
Karim Daouk
Genevieve Schaefer
Owen Shaffer
 

Boys & Girls State

Each year, students are selected from every high school in Tennessee to attend Boys’ State and Girls’ State, which are week-long conferences focusing on state government.  Our Boys’ State representative was Caleb Park. Girls’ State representatives were Hailey Riven and Olivia Bentley.
 

Grade 8 Presidential Debate

Congratulations to Julia Grace Linn
winner of the Presidential Debates.
 

MathCounts Honors

On Saturday, March 26, James Heinrichs ‘26 represented Ensworth at the State MathCounts Competition. Of the top 10 Regional competitors from our school (Hobs Atwood, Lee Atwood, Mason Brunson, Peter Bryant, Caroline Cox, James Heinrichs, Aidan Kilgore, Julia Grace Linn, Henry Oeser, and Elliott Parker), James had the highest score. On Saturday, he competed in multiple rounds against all of the other top scorers in the state of Tennessee. Way to go, James!
 

Middle School: Head of School Award

The Head of School Award, given to students who have earned a place on the Head of School list in all four marking periods of their eighth-grade year, was presented to:
Sadie Anderson
Hobs Atwood
Lee Atwood
Ilyana Bachmann
Cate Barfield
Stefano Boschi Asbun
Mason Brunson
David Choma
Elliott Darr
Rhys Dyer
Zoe Eveland
Alex Glenn
Sydney Johnson
Julia Grace Linn
Mia McDermott
Cameron Obee
Alaena Smith
 

James N. Brown Award

The James N. Brown Award, given to students who have earned all As in Effort and Consideration throughout their sixth, seventh, and eighth-grade years, was presented to: 
Sadie Anderson
Lee Atwood
Ilyana Bachmann
Cate Barfield
Stefano Boschi Asbun
Christopher Brown
Mason Brunson
David Choma
Zoe Eveland
Avery Franklin
Alex Glenn
Paige Haas
Sydney Johnson
Mya Jones
Julia Grace Linn
Mia McDermott
Cameron Obee
Jordan Scott
Caroline Sifford
Alaena Smith
Lily Sonnenschein
Alana Wells
Ryleigh Wescott
 

Miss Basketball

Congratulations to Jaloni Cambridge ‘24 
on being named Division II-AA Miss Basketball for the second year in a row! 
The top girls and boys basketball players were honored by being named the winners of the 2022 Mr. and Miss Basketball Awards. A statewide committee of sportswriters selected the winners based on performance during the 2021-2022 regular season. Academics and character were also taken into consideration. Way to go, Jaloni! 
 

House of Truth Wins the Devon Cup

From Homecoming to Spirit Week, our Tiger Houses competed in various activities throughout the year. House points were awarded for such competitions as themed dress days, Flag Football, Spirit Week’s Tiger Games, “Say What?” and Dining Hall Clean-up. 
Designed to promote school spirit and build connections between grade levels, each of the four Tiger Houses is led by two Grade 12 captains who were elected by the members of their house prior to this school year.   
 

House Captains Elected for 2022-2023

House of Integrity
Katie Barrier, Henry Cato
 
House of Morality
Mia Wilhelm, Miles Scarpero
 
House of Truth
Sophie Williamson, Tommy Frist
 
House of Vitality
Aliyah Batten, Russell Jankowski
 
Congratulations to the House of Truth, led by 2021–2022 Captains Edie Bass and Sam Horn, for the Devon Cup championship win this year.
 

Middle School Geography Bee

Congratulations to Middle 
School Geography Bee winner 
William Dorr ‘28!
 

Composting Project

This spring, a group of students (Nina Ralsky, Duple Travillion, Christian Grimes, and Sammy Taylor) along with faculty advisor Matt Kaminski initiated a composting project at the High School. They added signage in the dining hall to guide people through the composting process, and they analyzed data comparing pounds of compost vs. trash collected from May 2–20. They collected a total of 1,138.5 pounds of waste over the three week period, and 68% of it (774 pounds) was compostable material—while only 32% (364.5 pounds) was trash. The goal is to continue the project through the summer and into the next school year, helping to lessen Ensworth’s environmental impact and also opening the door to great leadership, service, and scholarship opportunities for our students.
 

Class of 2022 Service Scholars

Congratulations to the Class of 2022 Service Scholars! Service Scholars engage in an extension of his/her senior Service Learning project. The extension consists of an academic component as well as additional service hours. Below is a list of Service Scholars and their research topics.
 
Emma Armistead
Second Harvest Food Bank
 
Edie Bass
Halo Missions
 
Anna Brock
Ensworth Dance Marathon
 
Bella Chadwick
Thistle Farms
 
Alea Clark
New York-Presbyterian Columbia 
University Irving Medical Center, 
Rheumatology and Neurology Departments
 
Oliver Crawford
Second Harvest Food Bank 
of Middle Tennessee
 
Katherine Dagley
Smithsonian Research Institute
 
Harper Dale
Spreading Sunshine
 
Sofia DeAngelis
The Nashville Public Library
 
Lili Dellinger
My First Books (Books for Haiti)
 
Catherine Duvall
Time to Rise
 
Lanie Dyke
Dance Marathon/Children’s 
Miracle Network
 
Gray Fleetwood
Faithfully Restored
 
Izze Gill
Spreading Sunshine
 
Maeve Glattes
Global Volunteers
 
Brady Goguen
The Store
 
Scout Halligan
Safe Haven Family Shelter
 
Sam Horn
Time to Rise
 
Anna Jackson
Nashville Dolphins
 
Amelia Laffer
Nashville Humane Association
 
Nhi-Ha Le
Turnip Green Creative Reuse
 
Spencer Linn
Appalachian Service Project
 
Ellie Mahlendorf
Nations Ministry Center
 
Sophia McFerrin
Saint Matthews
 
Vivian Morrow
Eden House (New Orleans), 
Thistle Farms (Nashville)
 
Emma Oehlrich
Saint Matthews
 
Gracie Pulliam
Retrieving Independence
 
Lara Rogers
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
 
Genevieve Schaefer
Global Volunteers (Blackfeet Reservation)
 
MH Wall
Preston Taylor Ministries Elementary Daycare, Relay For Life for the American Cancer Society, Dance Marathon for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital
 
Douglas Weinstein
Walk Bike Nashville
 
Nora Wheliss
Preston Taylor Ministries, 
Nashville Dolphins, 
Westminster Presbyterian Church
 
Marshall Wilt
First Presbyterian Church
 

Robert Inman Award for Athletic Participation

Robert Inman, a coach and teacher at Ensworth for 33 years, instituted the ideals of Ensworth participation. Mr. Inman coached four athletic seasons for over 30 consecutive years and positively influenced the lives of thousands of students.
 
 Senior Inman Award Recipient 
The following senior participated in at least 11 athletic seasons and received the Robert Inman Award for Participation:
DJ Weinstein
 
Junior Inman Award Recipients
The following juniors participated in at least eight athletic seasons and 
received the Robert Inman Award for Participation: 
Hunter Haney, Russel Jankowski, Levi Moore, Phillip Rollins, Katherine Sales, and Helen Thompson
 

Class of 2022 College Signings

Kennedy Cambridge 
University of Kentucky, Basketball
 
Riley Collins
Appalachian State University, Tennis
 
Kamil Collier
Lipscomb, Basketball
 
Malik Dia
Vanderbilt, Basketball
 
Tyrone Ford
Bethel University, Football
 
Phillip Gray III
University of Richmond, Football
 
Hannah Guy
University of Virginia, Rowing
 
Emily Harris
Southern Methodist University, Swimming
 
Axton Hunt
Birmingham Southern College, Football
 
Charles Ingram V
Furman University , Football
 
Mason Jablonski 
Hampden-Sydney, Baseball
 
Anna Jackson
Bryant University , Swimming
 
Bo Maradik
Georgetown , Golf
 
Jake Mason
Arizona State, Swimming 
 
Roland McGhee Jr.
University of Toledo, Football
 
Kenneth McKinley
Middle Tennessee State University, Baseball
 
Hudson Powell
Miami University, Football
 
Jayda Woods 
Trevecca Nazarene, Basketball
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