The Brewer Foundation and New York University announced Pine-Richland High School is one of the "Sweet 16” teams for the Annual International Public Policy Forum — the first and only contest that gives high school students around the world the opportunity to engage in written and oral debates on issues of public policy. Seniors Miles Brown, Matthew Farmar, Tadg Manna, Andrew Ni, Amish Sethi and Callie Stoltz make up the 2021-22 Pine-Richland High School team, under the direction of PRHS teacher Jeff Byko. The competition begins in October as teams submit qualifying round essays on the IPPF topic. The top 16 teams are invited to engage in a single-elimination, written debate tournament — volleying essays back and forth via email. The top eight teams earn an all-expenses-paid trip to the IPPF Finals in New York City. The international contest is open to all schools — public and private — for free. Teams compete for awards and scholarships. The IPPF World Champion wins a $10,000 grand prize. A panel reviews the essays in the order they are presented and selects the advancing teams. Terrance A. Frey, a 2017 graduate of Pine-Richland High School, received his master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He has accepted a position with Ford Motor Company on its drivability team. Ryan Kaylor graduated with a bachelor of science in nursing from Ohio University’s College of Health and Sciences and Professions in the fall of 2021. Riley Borsch, Bradon Hassinger, Katie Duker, Liz Dziubek, Kayla Graf, Callie Kuehn, Brendan Lowe, Sam Neal, Vince Roller, Jared Roskin, James Saber, Alex Schwemmer, Emily Hurd, Mackenzie Neuhart, James Mcdaid, Hanna Jones, Becca Lefler and Mackenzie Nelson were named to the Dean’s List at Ohio University for the fall 2021 semester. Lauren Dzialowski, Reilly Wolff, Madison Curran, Richard Kaminski and Luke Minsky were named to the Dean’s List at Saint Francis University for the fall 2021 semester. Sean Connolly, Connor Fenton, Olivia Hanulak and Alexandra Kortz were named to the John Carrol University fall 2021 Boler College of Business Dean’s List. Alyssa Alessandria, Olivia Caplan, Matthew Commendatore, Mary DiDonato, Mary Evankovich, Nora McKee, Alessandro Philips and Sean Stfanko were named to the John Carrol University fall 2021 College of Arts and Science Dean’s List. Eric Clark, John Bateman, Troy Stephenson, Drew Schieb, Nathan Begly, Nathan Somko, Tom Catalano, Kiernan O’Neil, Michael Barton, Austin Smith, Louie D’Angelo and Parker Schubert were named to the dean’s list at the Rochester Institute of Technology for the fall 2021 semester. Nine Pine-Richland High School seniors who were named semifinalists in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Corporation program are being named finalists. They are Kevin Frenz, Ethan Jancy, Nicholas Labuda, Eliana Lazzaro, Tadg Manna, Andrew Ni, Jeffrey Ock, Anabel Peasah and Amish Sethi. They are among 15,000 finalists who were notified of their updated status Feb. 7 in the 67th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. In addition, seniors Audrey Dekunder, Matthew Farmar, Christopher Fisher, Rand Hasan, Robert Helmsen, Patricia Holmes, Negein Immen, Ayden Lamparski, Colby Ohlund, Colin Ohlund, Justin Puthenpurayil, Jessica Stella, Callie Stoltz and Carolyn Williams were named commended in the scholar program. Support Local Journalism and help us continue covering the stories that matter to you and your community. Support Journalism Now >