CCDS Class of 2020 Cum Laude Students Honored

Cincinnati Country Day School Cum Laude members of the Class of 2020 are, first row from left, Catherine Collett of West Chester, Anushka Nair of Montgomery, Joely Virzi of Milford and Abby Smith of Loveland. Second row from left, Will Beyreis of Loveland, Sylvia Nica of Anderson Township and Brian Butler of Madeira. Third row from left are Riley Michalski of Norwood, Natalie de Beer of Loveland, Anika Minocha of Indian Hill and Katie Briggs of Hyde Park. Fourth row from left are David Morales of Indian Hill, Eashwar Kantemneni of Mason and James Johnston of Pierce Township. Lawson Renie of Terrace Park was unable to attend the event, but was honored in abstentia.

Cincinnati Country Day School's 15 members of The Cum Laude Society were honored during a dinner at the school on March 3rd.

Seven seniors previously inducted as juniors are: Will Beyreis of Loveland, Natalie de Beer of Loveland, Eashwar Kantemneni of Mason, David Morales of Indian Hill, Anushka Nair of Montgomery, Sylvia Nica of Anderson Township and Abby Smith of Loveland.

Eight students inducted as seniors are: Katie Briggs of Hyde Park, Brian Butler of Madeira, Catherine Collett of West Chester, James Johnston of Pierce Township, Riley Michalski of Norwood, Anika Minocha of Indian Hill, Lawson Renie of Terrace Park and Joely Virzi of Milford.
Remarks were made by Class of 2020 Class Scholars Natalie de Beer, Eashwar Kantemneni, David Morales and Sylvia Nica. Cum Laude pins were awarded to all inductees.

At CCDS, students are inducted into the society based on their grade point averages, starting at the beginning of sophomore year. For junior inductees, the school takes into account their sophomore and junior GPAs. For seniors, sophomore, junior and first-semester senior GPAs are considered.
Ten percent of a given class is inducted at the end of their junior year at the awards day in June. An additional 10% of the class is inducted at an assembly in February. All inductees of a given class are honored at a dinner in March, where they receive their Cum Laude pins.