Celebrating Country Day's Newest Alumni

CCDS InvenTeam at EurekaFest 2024

After a year of tremendous hard work, the CCDS InvenTeam traveled to MIT to present its patent-pending invention, IllumiLane, to improve road bicycle safety at EurekaFest 2024. Keep scrolling for highlights from the team's amazing week in Boston!

The first day of EurekaFest was a big team-building day for our students. They had breakfast in a dining hall, heard from the MIT grad/inventor who started the workleisure performance clothing company called Ministry of Supply, practiced their presentation in their assigned room in Stata Center, went on an MIT scavenger hunt, and played some card games.

Day two of EurekaFest was a busy, amazing, incredible day! The morning began with the InvenTeam's flawless presentation of their invention, IllumiLane, to a packed audience. They fielded audience questions with ease, and the poise, knowledge, and passion demonstrated throughout the presentation impressed everyone in attendance.

Next up was the EurekaFest Showcase.  Hundreds of people -- students, teachers, LMIT staff, MIT professors, parents, and the general public -- stopped by their table to learn about IllumiLane. The team was IMPRESSIVE -- everyone would have been proud to see them in action.

The final event of EurekaFest was the awards ceremony, where the CCDS InvenTeam was thrilled to receive both the Excellence in Communications Award AND the prestigious Golden Beaver Award. Each year, a member of Beaver Works (an educational collaboration between Lincoln Laboratory and MIT School of Engineering) attends EurekaFest to identify ONE team to receive the Golden Beaver Award for excellence in technical achievement. We couldn't be prouder of our students for bringing this year's Golden Beaver Award home to Country Day!

When they weren’t winning awards at EurekaFest, the InvenTeam made the most of their free time and went sightseeing around Boston, explored MIT’s campus including visits to the MIT Museum and Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, visited the P&G/Gilette plant, met with a Harvard Admissions Officer, toured Tufts, Northeastern, and Boston University, and much more!

To say we are proud of this incredible group of students (and their adult co-educators!) would be the understatement of the century. Click the button below to read more about their experience at EurekaFest, and stay tuned to see what's next for these outstanding inventors and IllumiLane!

Tim Dunn taught AP biology and chemistry while coaching baseball and football throughout his 35-year Country Day career. In May 2024, our community gathered to celebrate Coach Tim Dunn’s induction into the CCDS Athletic Hall of Fame. He had 782 career wins – 563 in baseball (including two state championships) and 219 in football (including two state final four appearances). Click above for a video spotlight of a true Country Day legend.

Join Head of School Rob Zimmerman '98 and others in the Country Day community to represent CCDS in Indian Hill's 4th of July parade on July 4.

The parade begins at Cincinnati Country Day School at 10:00 a.m. Please arrive on campus no later than 9:30 a.m. to assemble in parade formation. The parade will be followed by food, fun, and music at Stephan Field.

We would love to have as many CCDS community members as possible represent our school in the parade!

To celebrate the strong and vibrant tradition in the arts at CCDS, the Arts Hall of Fame recognizes former Country Day students and community members for their contributions in the fine, musical, performing, and literary arts. We are pleased to announce that the following individuals have been selected as the 2024 Arts Hall of Fame honorees:

Malcolm M. Dalglish ’71 is widely acclaimed musician (a player of hammer dulcimers, primarily, but also of spoons and bones!), singer, choral director, and composer. As a child, he traveled the world with the American Boychoir. After graduating from CCDS, he was in residence with a new theater troupe at Oberlin College then attended UC’s College Conservatory of Music. Malcolm was a founding member of the popular folk trio Metamora; with them and in his solo career, Malcolm has made many recordings on the Windham Hill and other labels, including his own Oolitic Music label. Malcolm strives to create songs that are “playgrounds for singers.” Choirs throughout the world have commissioned him to create music for them, and he performs with them everywhere from schools and festivals to Carnegie Hall. Malcolm’s folk choir, The Oolites, is known for a sound that is both earthy and ethereal. Malcolm also runs a singing camp in the Sierra Mountains called Oolation.

Alan D. Light ’84 is one of America’s leading music journalists and a popular radio and podcast host. He was a senior writer at Rolling Stone, founding music editor and editor-in-chief of Vibe, and editor-in-chief of Spin. He is a frequent contributor to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Esquire, among other publications. Alan is the author of numerous books, including Let’s Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain; biographies of Johnny Cash, Nina Simone, and the Beastie Boys; and was the co-writer of New York Times bestselling memoirs by Gregg Allman and Peter Frampton. Alan was the long-time co-host of the music talk show Debatable on SiriusXM and his discussions about music can currently be heard on the Sound Up! podcast.

Rebecca Honig ’95 is a highly accomplished writer for children’s educational programming on various platforms as well as a successful voice actress. Rebecca is the chief content and curriculum officer at ParentPowered, an organization working with schools, state agencies, and Head Start programs to provide early childhood educational support for underprivileged families. She has authored numerous curricula, parent guides, and children’s storybooks for Sesame Workshop, Scholastic, Disney, Compass Learning, PBS, WGBH, Hispanic Information & Telecommunications Network, Nickelodeon, Mo Willems, and the Norman Rockwell Museum. As an actress, Rebecca has a long list of credits voicing dozens of characters – including Cream the Rabbit – on a variety of anime series and video game franchises. Rebecca, who earned a master’s degree in early childhood education with an emphasis on creating arts-related content from Bank Street College of Education, also spent quite a few years teaching in public and private schools.

We hope you will join us in celebrating these incredible individuals at the Arts Hall of Fame Induction on October 26, 2024. Stay tuned for more information about the event over the coming months!

Homecoming and Reunion Weekend 2024

Friday, September 20 and Saturday, September 21

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

Black Alumni Network Gathering

4:30 p.m.

Broadwell House

Alumni Reception

5:30 p.m.

Gordon R. Wright Tennis Complex

All alumni gather for a special evening featuring dinner and drinks.

Homecoming Football Game

7:00 p.m.

Brian J. Bortz Family Stadium

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21

Alumni Breakfast

10:30 a.m.

CCDS Dining Terrace

Alumni breakfast honoring the class of 1974 and 50+ year alumni. All alumni are welcome. Includes the presentation of the Virtue in Action and Distinguished Alumni Awards.

All events are gratis, courtesy of the CCDS Alumni Association.

Mark your calendars and join us!

It's Time to Start Planning 2024 Class Reunions!

This year, classes ending in '4 and '9 will celebrate their reunions over Homecoming Weekend. Whether it's your 5-year reunion or your 50th, you do not want to miss this opportunity to reconnect and reminisce with your CCDS classmates!

Class of 1944 - 80th Reunion

Class of 1949 - 75th Reunion

Class of 1954 - 70th Reunion

Class of 1959 - 65th Reunion

Class of 1964 - 60th Reunion

Class of 1969 - 55th Reunion

Class of 1974 - 50th Reunion

Class of 1979 - 45th Reunion

Class of 1984 - 40th Reunion

Class of 1989 - 35th Reunion

Class of 1994 - 30th Reunion

Class of 1999 - 25th Reunion

Class of 2004 - 20th Reunion

Class of 2009 - 15th Reunion

Class of 2014 - 10th Reunion

Class of 2019 - 5th Reunion

If you are interested in planning your reunion, please contact Peter Fossett '80, associate director of alumni and legacy giving, at fossettp@countryday.net or 513.979.0283 or Casey Santi, associate director of annual giving and alumni relations, at santic@countryday.net or 513.979.0281.

Head of School Rob Zimmerman '98 presented the Country Day Award, the highest honor the school bestows upon a student, to Rachel “Ray” Mitchell '24 at the Upper School award ceremony.

Bike Day was full of adventure for our young riders as they explored open spaces and enjoyed the freedom of riding. By encouraging a love for cycling from a young age, we're nurturing their confidence, independence, and the spirit of exploration!

Congratulations to the Class of 2028! The list of accomplishments is long for this small but mighty class, and will only keep growing with everything we know they will accomplish in high school.

A junior at Bowdoin College, Ella Beyreis '21 won the Eaton Leith Francophone Studies Prize, awarded to a member of the sophomore and junior class who, by proficiency and scholarship, achieves outstanding results in the study of French literature. Currently, Ella is studying abroad in Toulouse, France.

There is no brighter way to spend the eve of the last day of school than a color run! From start to finish, it was an explosion of colors and laughter for our Lower School students and families.

Students, faculty, and staff lined the halls to clap out the legendary Brock Miller after 31 years of service to this school community. You will be missed, Mr. Miller!

Student Council President Parker Corbin '24 delivered his final speech to his fellow graduates at Commencement.

5th graders in environmental science collaborated with a UC professor, Joe Johnson, to identify the variety of bat species on campus through a program we are piloting called Batservation! There are now acoustic survey detectors throughout our 60-acre campus that are capturing sound recordings of the bats' nighttime activity.

Thank you!

Thank you to everyone who has supported the school this year with gifts to the Country Day Fund. You have made a tremendous difference to the experience of our students and teachers!

If you have yet to make a gift, but would like to do so before the school year ends on June 30, please click the button below.