ACADEMIC ALL-STARS

2 on scholarships

Two have accepted Chancellor Scholarships to attend Xavier University:

Mike Hammersmith, an Elder High School graduate from Mack plans to double-major in business and computer science.

Caitlin McCarthy, a Seton High School graduate from Covedale plans to major in pre-med.

Chancellor Scholarship recipients must rank in the top 5 percent of their class and score a 1360 or higher on the SAT or 31 or higher on the ACT.

On dean's list

These students have been named to the spring semester dean's list:

Jamie Woods, who attends Arizona State University, Tempe.

She has been accepted into the School of Fashion Design of the University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning. The Ursuline Academy graduate is the daughter of Pat and Jim Woods of Deerfield Township.

Erin Hoernschemeyer, a music theater major at Point Park College in Pittsburgh. She is a graduate of the School for Creative and Performing Arts.

Amy Kettenacker, a third-year early childhood education major at Wilmington College. The Milford High School graduate is the daughter of Mary and Gary Kettenacker of Union Township, Clermont County.

Tell us about your young scholars: 755-4165.

OUR KIDS

That old buddy system works well with any group in any form. For kids at Windsor Elementary School in Walnut Hills and at St. Ursula Academy, it has taken shape as a partnership called "Bulldog Buddies."

The program brings together older students from St. Ursula who tutor, counsel and mentor younger students at Windsor.

About 50 students from St. Ursula gather after school with 50 students from Windsor at the Community Support Center, near St. Ursula.

"We work with children from the first through seventh grades," said Mary Kate Reilly, a senior at St. Ursula. "I like it because I get to work with kids from this neighborhood."

Mary Kate, 17, is the daughter of Tim and Becky Reilly of Westwood.