Student Standouts for April 8

Student Standouts: Hamilton ’22, Mitchell-Day ’22, Ferguson ’27, and Gabrielson ’29

Congratulations to this week’s standouts below. Way to go #RamNation! And as always, if you have a story to share, please email weeklynews@micds.org.

Senior Finishes 9th in Fencing World Championships and Fences on Five Continents in Six Weeks

Bogdan Hamilton ’22 finished ninth in the Junior Men’s Foil at the 2022 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships held in Dubai this week. Representing Canada, Hamilton defeated fencers from nine different countries before losing to an Italian in the Round of 16. This comes two weeks after Hamilton won the Bronze Medal at the Pan-American Fencing Championships held in Lima, Peru, and led Team Canada to the Silver medal. Hamilton finishes the 2021-22 international season ranked as one of the top 25 fencers in the world under age 20! Over the last six weeks, Hamilton has fenced on five continents: Europe (Italy), South America (Peru), Africa (Egypt), Asia (United Arab Emirates), and North America (USA). He will begin his collegiate fencing career at Columbia University this fall. Ram Nation is so proud! Way to go, Bogdan!

Mitchell-Day '22 Makes All-Metro Boys Basketball Second Team

Congratulations to basketball star Brandon Mitchell-Day ’22 for making the 2022 All-Metro Boys Basketball Second Team! Read how he led the Rams in points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks on STLToday.com. Way to go, Brandon!

Seventh Grader to Debut on Mainstage at Muny this Summer

Ellemieke Ferguson ’27 is thrilled to be joining the cast of Mary Poppins at the Muny, July 5-13. She will be part of the youth ensemble. This is her debut on the mainstage at the Muny. Break a leg, Ellemieke!

Fifth Grader Creates Jersey Magnet in Makerspace for Entire Fifth-Grade Class

Sam Gabrielson ’29 used his design skills and the Middle School Makerspace to create a themed giveaway for his classmates in honor of the St. Louis Cardinals Opening Day on Thursday, April 7. Gabrielson shared, “I was inspired by a Brett Favre magnet I saw in my dad’s office, and I thought I could design my own. I wanted to give out jersey magnets before the Cardinals’ Opening Day, so I created a design in Tinkercad using the Cardinals logo and jersey numbers. With the help of Mr. Lawrence in the Middle School, we 3D-printed them in white, then I took them home and decorated the number and logo designs with Sharpies and applied a magnet on the back so kids could stick them on their lockers. I added different numbers for different players like Wainwright, Molina, Goldschmidt, Pujols, etc., and I made enough for the whole fifth-grade class. People liked them a lot. I even made a vintage blue version too!” While he couldn’t attend the home opener, he and his classmates were more than ready to cheer on the redbirds! Thank you, Sam, for acting on your inspiration and creativity in such a spirited way!