The Middle School Academic Team also participated in their District 8 Governor’s

Cup Academic Competition. The team won first place and had many individual win-

ners as well:

Quick Recall: 1st place—Drew McGowan, Kevli Sheth, Deeya Patel, Ian

Calvert, Lauren Shaner, Jakob Moore, Vijdan Gill, Roma

Desai, Deja Richardson, Kelsee Freeman

Math: 1st place—Drew McGowan; 2nd—Hemangi Patel;

4th—Tyler Pratt

Language: 1st place—Deeya Patel; 2nd—Vivtoria Sisk; 3rd—

Deja Richardson

Science: 1st place—Lauren Shaner; 2nd—Jakob Moore; 3rd—Tyler

Pratt

Arts/Humanities: 1st place—Kevli Sheth; 5th—Kelsee Freeman

Social Studies: 2nd place--Roma Desai

Varsity and Middle School Academic Teams District Champs

Yearbook Staff Honored 2

NHS Induction 2

Blazer Basketball 3

US & MS Choral Concert 4

LS Christmas Program 4

Second Grade ICE Trip 4

Mr. & Miss Blazer 5

Annual Fund 6-7

Inside this issue:

Winter 2014

University Heights Academy

Academy Action

Front row, left to right: Ian Calvert, Jakob Moore, Deeya Patel, Kevli Sheth, Roma Desai, Vijdan Gill, Lauren Shaner; Back row: Hemangi Patel, Drew McGowan, Deja Richardson, Ann-Marie Fitzpatrick, Kelsee Freeman

This school seeks to provide edu-

cational opportunities that will

allow every student to achieve to

the best of his/her ability and to

develop as a whole person.

The Varsity Academic Team took high honors and were the overall

winners at the district meet held at Heritage Christian Academy in

January. Individual placements were:

Math: Vir Patel (1st), Vivek Shah (3rd)

Science: Vir Patel (1st), Vivek Shah (5th)

Social Studies: Erin Calvert (2nd), Sherafghan Khan (4th)

Language Arts: Sangeet Sheth (1st), Kloe Freeman (3rd), Jordan

Kelly (5th)

Arts/Humanities: Sangeet Sheth (1st), Kloe Freeman (2nd), Jona-

than Kinnard (4th)

Composition: Gretchen Powell (1st), Emily Pape (2nd)

Quick Recall: 1st Place

Back Row: Jonathan Kinnard, Sherafghan Khan, Jordan Kelly, Emily Pape,

Sangeet Sheth; Front Row: Kloe Freeman, Vivek Shah, Trey LaChance, Chris-

topher Pape, Sofia Khan, Johanna Naimoli

UHA Yearbook Staff Wins Again

Page 2 Academy Action

The yearbook and staff for the 2012-2013 school year received the National Yearbook Program of Excellence

Award, an honor that recognizes dynamic and engaging yearbooks. This is the second year in a row that

UHA’s yearbook staff has won the award. Great Job! Members of the winning staff are pictured below: Paige

Allen, Carson Bryant, Abby Jo Scheriger, Brooklyn Gardner, Sally Smith, Morgan Thalmann, Tammy Cow-

an, (Yearbook Advisor), Blake Cowan, Lauren Wallace, and Chandler Unfried.

2013 NHS Induction In December, UHA’s National Honor Society held it’s induction ceremony. To be a member of NHS students must achieve

a GPA of 3.5. NHS is sponsored by Anne Noel. Students honored are pictured below. Back Row: Hannah Shemwell,

Christian Barefield, Christopher Paper, Abby Jo Scheriger, Stephen Humphries, Blake Edmonson, Shelby Reynolds;

Front Row: Sofia Khan; Jordan Kelly, Annie Arnold, Tatum Eller, Erin Calvert, Sangeet Sheth, and Isabella Norrid

Blazer Basketball

Page 3

Both the Girls & Boys Basketball Teams competed in the All “A” Classic Basketball Tournament. The teams

made school history when both teams won their Region and advanced to the State Tournament in Frankfort.

The girls won their first round game, advancing to the Elite Eight where they met a tough Glasgow team and

lost a hard fought game. The boys played hard as well, but were defeated in the first round of play by Holy

Cross from Louisville. UHA couldn’t be more proud of these players and coaches!

UHA’s multipurpose room got a colorful

addition in January thanks to UHA Junior

Taten Frerichs. The large scale piece was

inspired by street art, an art form Taten

finds fascinating. He used multiple layers

of low pressure, highly pigmented spray

paint to complete the mural. The UHA mu-

ral will be a significant contribution to

Taten’s portfolio as he interviews in March

for Kentucky’s Governor’s School for the

Arts, a summer arts-intensive program. A

smaller version of the mural will be availa-

ble at Spring Fling.

New Mural for Multipurpose Room

Upper and Middle School Winter Concert

Page 4 Academy Action

The Upper and Middle School performed their winter concert in early December. Chorus is taught by Jill Bressler,

and the choir was accompanied by Ms. Liz Brown on the piano for the concert.

The Lower School performed their annual Christmas Program in December. All students form Pre-K 4 through the 5th

grade participated. With a variety of large group songs, solos, and speaking parts the program showcased the talent of

our elementary students. The Lower School music program is under the direction of Dick Weaver.

Lower School Christmas Program

Second Grade Field Trip

The second grade took a winter field trip to the ICE show at Gaylord

Opryland in Nashville. The ICE show depicts characters from Frosty

The Snowmen that are carved out of ice. Over 2 million pounds of ice

are used through out the exhibit. The students enjoyed learning

about how the ice was carved, and warming up with hot chocolate

when the tour was over! Second grade is taught by Lisa Bruce, and

Room Mom Denise Kendall organized the field trip.

Blazer Wrestling

Congratulations to Daniel Dyess and Chance

Collins for qualifying for the KHSAA Wrestling

State Tournament in Lexington. Will Crabtree

and Dalton Putty will go as Region 1 alternates.

Good luck, Guys!

UHA GRADUATE STEVE GORMAN TO HEADLINE FOX SPORTS RADIO SHOW

Page 5

UHA Alum Steve Gorman is headlining his own sports show each afternoon

on Fox Sports Radio. His show airs each afternoon; follow the link below to

read more:

http://stevegormansports.com

Mr. and Miss Blazer 2014

UHA is pleased to announce Mr. & Miss Blazer 2014. Represent-

ing the school this year are Alex Keys and Meg Starling. Mr. &

Miss Blazer is chosen by the faculty and staff and is awarded to

two seniors that exemplify the best of UHA. Congratulations to

Meg and Alex.

Jr. Mr. and Miss Blazer for 2014 are 8th graders

Grant Cansler and Lydia Humphries.

Junior Mr. and Miss Blazer

Photo from Fox Sports website

KYA

UHA sent ten students to the Kentucky Youth

Assembly in Louisville. Alex Keys served as

Chaplain and Executive Committee Chair, and

Chandler Unfried served as Chief of Staff to

the KYA Governor. Connor East and Morgan

Thalmann served on Media Corps. UHA also

presented two legislative bills to the senate.

The bill group of Sally Morse, Clayton Joyce

and Coby Lancaster and the bill group of Jona-

than Kinnard, Sherafghan Khan and Emma

Tilley both saw their bills passed in the house

and senate and subsequently signed into law

by the KYA Governor. Jonathan Kinnard was

awarded an Outstanding Speaker award, Alex

Keys was awarded an Outstanding Delegate

award, and the entire group received an Out-

standing Delegation award.

Back Row: Jonathan Kinnard, Coby Lancaster, Alex Keys, Clayton Joyce, Sher-

afghan Khan; Front Row: Connor East, Chandler Unfried, Sally Morse, Morgan

Thalman, Emma Tilley

Page 6 Academy Action

2013—2014 Annual Fund

Greg & Lisa Batts

Tim & Andrea Flynn

Dr. & Mrs. Hal Calvert

Scott & Kari Barlow

Rusty & Pam Nunn—In Honor of the Class of 2014

Student Annual Fund

UHA Partner

$2,500—$4,999

UHA Benefactor

$5000—$9999

Bill & Katherine Flynn

Hiren & Manisha Shah—In Honor of Krishna & Gargi Shah

Judy Hamby—In Honor of Makenzi & Bryant Hamby

Head of School Alliance

$1000—$2499

Dr. & Mrs. Deepak Patel

Sylvie & Matteo Fantini—In Memory of Maria Pia Bressan

Ben & Janine Cundiff

Elizabeth & Hal McCoy

Tim & Kelley Workman

Dr. & Mrs. Paresh Sheth

Dr. & MrsKishorkumar Desai

Roland Brown—In Mrmory of Maria Pia Bressan

Carther & Faye Hendricks—In Memory of Leone Howe & Mitchell Heyn

Brian & Michelle Lacefield

Ed & Judy Budias—In Honor of Jessica & Chloe Cannon

Rudy & Elizabeth Wallace

Rick & Lori Harper

Pat & Michelle Givens

Joseph & Lisa Sisk

Chris & Sherri Hamby—In Honor of Bryant & Makenzi Hamby

Trailblazer

$500-$999

Foster & April Cothoff

Vickie Cuthoff—In Honor of Jackson,

Sam & Evelyn Cuthoff

Charles & Nelson Barlow—In Honor

of Emerson, Jacob & Ginger

Dr. & Mrs. Rizwan Khan

Kay McKinney—In Honor of Jack-

son McKinney

Dr. Craig & Donna Allen

Jarrod & Traci Bennet

Earl & Sherry Calhoun—In Honor of

Emily Smith

Lee & Meagan Conrad

Ricky & Ginger Waldron

Stephen & Tammy Gallup

7th Grade Student Annual Fund

UHA PTO

Dr. & Mrs. Casey Covington—In Hon-

or of Sheldon & Sarah

Hank & Thresa Hinton

2013—2014 Annual Fund Green & Gold $250—$499

7th Grade

Steve Word– In honor of Nona Pruitt

Fred & Betty McLerran

Wes & Janet Sowards

Wynn & Linda Radford

Lucinda Gray

Imelda Gorman—In Honor of UHA Faculty & Staff

H.B. Quinn

Lt. Col & Mr.sMark Burman—In Honor of Drew, Cailey & Lainey

Marvin & Cathy Denison

Jerry & Mary McRae—In Honor of Emerson Barlow

Barry & Beth Meade—In Honor of Judy Keller

Mary Catherine Smith—In Honor of Clark & Sally Smith

Lisa Roark

Fred & Paul Thalmann

Lillian Cothoff—In Honor of Jackson, Sam & Evelyn Cuthonn

John & Helen Watson

Kindergarten

Steve & Elizabeth Norris—In Honor of Carson & Clayton Joyce

4th Grade

Bob & Katie Peebles—In Honor of Beth & Sarah Peebles

Eric Norrid

Jeremy & Lora Smith

Ricky & Debbie Rager– In memory of Roberta Galli

Charles Rogers– In Honor of Ethan Alexandar

Lisa Adams—In Honor of Mackenzi Adams

Sandra Livingston—In Honor of Hunter Alder

Larry & Jo Tibble—In Honor of Taten Frerichs

Duncan & Sarah Cavanaugh

Lisa Allen

Marc & Erin Name

Tammy Staley—In Honor of Roy Staley ‘99, Tara Staley Thomas ‘03 & Colin Staley ‘27

Johnny, Liz & Jeff Brown—In Honor of Julian Brown

Verna Chlupsa

Jaqueline Dever

Ann Hicks

Clay & Shea Mohon

Becky & Glenn Bradley—In Honor of Phillip Bradley

Joy Tilley—In Memory of Charles Tilley Jr

James & Faith Watkins—In Honor of Kevin Watkins

Jill Workman—In Honor of Tim & Kelly Workman

James & Beth McCraw—In Honor Tim & Kelly Workman

Shawn & Shannon Kelly—In Honor of Jordan Kelly

Stan & Kim Humphries—In Memory of Willis Burnam

Josh & Teresa Baily

David & Carolyn Gilkey-

Charles & Marcy Thomas

Stan & Kim Humphries

Shane & Christy Gee

Green

$1—$99

Gold $100—$249

Donny & Susan Bilyeu– In Honor of Brady Bilyeu

Dan & Lavonne Milby– In Honor of Bryant & Makenzi

Hamby

John Cotthoff– In Honor of Jackson, Sam, & Evelyn Cotthoff

James & Iva Stewart

David & Andrea P’Pool– In honor of Reese P’Pool

Polly Forns

Hannah Sowards

Leland Sowards

Hal & JudyFennell– In Honor of Taylor, Karrigan & Trevor

Rogers

Kenneth & Rita Chapman

Mr. & Mrs. Brooke Lawson

Dan & Janice Cayce

Jebb & Beth Unfried– In Honor of Chandler & Maggie Unfried

Dr. & Mrs. James Parrott

Shirly Young

Janice Bruce—In Memory of Bill Bruce

Bette Covington—In Honor of Marlee, Noah, Landry Thomas

Terry & Paige Parker—In Honor of Allyson, Ashlyn Parker

Doug & June Howard—In Honor of Will Howard

Michael & Shelia Joyce—In Honor of Clayton Joyce

Christy Hale

Huggert & Beard Funeral Home

John & Tamara Curtis

Danny & Kristen Roberts

Jessica Cannon—In Memory of Julie Elizabeth Budias

Chad & Vanessa Hancock

Mr. & Mrs. Ray Burnam—In Honor of Tyler, Tori Pratt

Linda Ledford—In Honor if Imelda Gorman, Shannon Brown

Kevin & Tracie Atwood—In Honor of Layton Atwood

Kevin & Tracie Atwood—In Memory of Elizabeth Atwood

Landis & Charolette Groves—In Honor of Claire, Maggie

Chewning

Robert & Brenda Hackney

Dave & Brenda Waller—In Honor of Kate & Lane Bennett

Dick & Diane Weaver

J.T. & Betty Workman

UHA PTO– In Memory of Willis Burnam

Scott & Tammy Cowan

Danny & Mary Armstrong UHA PTO

Mark & Shelia Wood Taylor & Karen Hayes

Elizabeth Griffin Shelby & Lisa Shemwell

David & Carolyn Gilkey Bradley & Allison Sandifer

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Sympathy & Condolences for those in our UHA

Family who have lost loved ones:

Katie Beth & Jacob Stevens in the loss of their

grandmother Betty Stevens

Carson Bryant, Brittany Matson ‘08, Zach

Matson ’10 in the loss of their grandfather

Richard John Matson

Stephen, Lydia, Luke Humphries, Alex Keys,

Emily, and Ava Roberts in the loss of their

grandfather Willis Burman

Matthew Couch in the loss of his grandfather

Philip Mullins

Brooklyn Gardner in the loss of her grandfa-

ther William Willett

March 21, 2014

March 31—April 4