Emma Miller ‘11 has been selected as one of only five emerging Jewish educators nationwide to receive the 2024 Pomegranate Prize from the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City. The Cleveland Jewish News highlighted her honor.
Laurel Alumna Siena Maschke '24 was named athlete of the week for the North Coast Athletic Conference for women’s golf. She led the Denison Big Red to a sixth-place finish at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational. Congratulations!
Laurel alumna Jami Morris ‘21, a current Senior Golfer at Penn State University, started the summer raising $107,000 to add to the $200,000+ she raised the two previous summers with Hit Fore Hope, her non-profit organization that raises money for the Seidman Cancer Center at University Hospitals.
WKYC TV featured Laurel Alumna Sydney Strickland Saffold ‘04, a Cleveland Municipal Court Judge, alongside her mother, Judge Shirley Strickland Saffold, and her brother, Judge Jeffrey Saffold.
Several Laurel Alumnae were part of a recent Cleveland Jewish News story honoring Sophia Herschman ‘15, a Laurel classmate who passed away in May from Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. The story highlighted “Sophiepalooza”, a fundraising event developed by friends, including Hayley Donahue '16, Talia Fleshler '15, Erin Saada '16, Madison Friedman '15, Lucy Feldman '16, and Emily DeSantis '16.
Congratulations to Rosemary Mudry ‘02 who has been appointed Executive Director of the Cleveland Public Market Corporation (CPMC), which is set to take over operation of the West Side Market early next year.
Holly Gleason '81 has been nominated for nine National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards for Print Journalist, Music Critic and Online Columnist, as well as Diversity in the Entertainment Industry, Celebrity Profile, Music & Other Arts Personality Profile, Celebrity Feature, Obituary/In Appreciation, Music/Other Arts Personalities and Book, Non-Fiction.
Congratulations to Judy Rousuck ‘69 who was interviewed on WCLV Radio about her debut novel, Please Write, a canine epistolary adventure that was published on November 7.
Jennifer Coleman ‘81, Program Director of Creative Culture and Arts for the George Gund Foundation, recently offered up her thoughts in a Crain’s Cleveland Business editorial on the importance of integrating art into all aspects of life.
Dr. Cheryl Jackson Johnson ‘95, an OBGYN with Summa Healthcare Systems, was featured in a Forum 360 piece focused on Infant mortality rates. Dr. Johnson highlights how in sixth grade, while attending Laurel School, she discovered she wanted to be a physician.
Sophia Casa '23 was honored at the Society of Professional Journalists—Cleveland Chapter annual awards night where she was the recipient of the Porter Scholarship, which recognizes an outstanding high school journalist.
Viola Strom ‘30, Jade Gladue ‘24, Eva Gross ‘25 and Kelly Kirchner ‘25 performed in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Musical Performance at Blossom in July!
Gift underscores her personal commitment to the public purpose of private schools and the education of girls, and also supports Laurel’s most pressing capital needs.
Music journalist, author, Pollstar Senior Contributing Editor, and Laurel alumna Holly Gleason '81 was crowned the Entertainment Journalist of the Year at the LA Press Club’s annual Southern California Journalism Awards earlier this month.