Current and Former Kilmer Students Involved in American Youth Percussion Ensemble

The strength of Kilmer Middle School's music program is shown in the involvement of a number of current and former Kilmer students with the American Youth  Percussion Ensemble. This ensemble traveled to Indianapolis in March to perform as part of the Music For All Festival (full article in Vivace!, the American Philharmonic Orchestras' newsletter, issue 47, number 6, titled "Percussion Ensemble Performs at National Festival" ).

Kilmer alumnae involved in this performance were:
Stephen Creighton
Cliff Crawford
Grant Hoechst
Gwen Jeong

Current Kilmer students who are part of the American Youth Percussion Ensemble are Patrick Brinza and Derek Kartalian. This Percussion Ensemble is described by Kilmer Band Director Brett Dodson as "arguably the highest quality of its type in the nation."

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Kilmer Students Achieve WAY Above State on AMC 8

Over the past four years, Kilmer students have been over represented as compared students state-wide on the AMC 8, an annual math exam for eighth graders sponsored by The Mathematics Association of America.

Congratulations to our amazing mathematics faculty for these incredible results and to all Kilmer students past and present on their achievements on these tests.

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18 Former Kilmer Students Named National Merit Semifinalists

18 former Kilmer students were named National Merit Semifinalists for 2013. This is a testament to their own hard work and to the teaching and support of their current and former teachers.

Madison HS: Katherine Fowler, Jeremy Park

Marshall HS: Annmarie Brinza, Sarah Chapin, Isabel Gross, Nicholas Kemp

TJHSST: Allison Chou, Michael Cooper, David Gao, Shohini Ghosh, Clara Guo, David Guo, Benjamin Hsu, Seon-Yong Lee, Eric Lin, Ian McConnell, Brandon Pang, Seung Young Park

Our heartfelt congratulations to all of these students!

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