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TMI Students Return from WorldQuest

Stephanie Gish

TMI sent three teams of students to this year’s Academic WorldQuest competition, sponsored by the World Affairs Council of San Antonio and hosted at the University of the Incarnate Word. Each team answered challenging questions on topics including Climate Change and Migration,  International Labor Organization, the Past Twenty Years of Afghan History, China’s Involvement with its Neighbors, US-Vietnamese Relations, and Democracy and Technology, amongst other issues.  The senior team of Indigo Keener, Evan Gardner, Farouk Ramzan, and Matthew Sutherland earned 4th-place, and came very close to the 3rd-place winners, BASIS Shavano Park. Facing stiff competition, the other two teams (both of which consisted exclusively of … Continue reading TMI Students Return from WorldQuest

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TMI junior designs and donates mask holders to dentistry students

Stephanie Gish

TMI junior designs and donates mask holders to dentistry students Sophia Oliveira, a junior at TMI Episcopal, created, designed, and fabricated (using a 3D printer) mask holders as a project for her Innovation and Design class. Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, dentists and other health care providers often wear two masks when treating patients. The mask holders that Oliveira designed make it easier for providers to wear multiple masks for hours, comfortably. Oliveira’s passion for the project stemmed from a combination of interest in bioengineering and watching her mother – a dentist and a professor at the UT Health San … Continue reading TMI junior designs and donates mask holders to dentistry students

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TMI’s Continued Partnership with UT Health

Stephanie Gish

On Friday, November 12, 2021, Justin Kutscherousky, Director of Innovation, was given the opportunity to speak in front of 40 occupational therapy students at UT Health San Antonio. After a brief lecture on the mechanics of 3D printing, 3D printing’s role in medical technology, and how to use the design-thinking process to create affordable and easy-to-use tools, the students then broke off into groups to create 16 different objects for 16 different case studies. The students used the five design-thinking steps to empathize with their patients and eventually draft out a prototype of instruments that could be used in the patients’ … Continue reading TMI’s Continued Partnership with UT Health

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AP Scholars 2021

Stephanie Gish

TMI is pleased to announce that 65 Upper School students who took Advanced Placement exams last spring qualified as AP Scholars.  Of these, 25 were recognized as AP Scholar, 15 as AP Scholar with Honor, and 25 as AP Scholar with Distinction. Please read below to view a list of all AP Scholars along with the criteria for awards. Congratulations to all 65 AP Scholars!  AP Scholar Awards Every fall, the AP Program recognizes high school students who have demonstrated outstanding college-level achievement through their performance on multiple AP Exams. AP Scholar Granted to students who receive scores of 3 or … Continue reading AP Scholars 2021

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TMI Episcopal delivers to Department of Occupational Therapy at UT Health San Antonio

Stephanie Gish

JULY 21, 2021 – Students at TMI Episcopal have completed and delivered their first project for the Department of Occupational Therapy at UT Health San Antonio to modify a toy car for a 4-year-old girl with multiple sclerosis.  TMI rising … Continue reading TMI Episcopal delivers to Department of Occupational Therapy at UT Health San Antonio

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National Latin Exam honors

Stephanie Gish

MAY 20, 2021–TMI Episcopal Latin students took the National Latin Exam this spring, joining 88,000 students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, as well as 20 foreign countries. Once again, TMI Latin students proved to be some of the best and brightest as two students, 7th grader Henry Burgos and 8th grader Olivia Tally, achieved the most prestigious Perfect Paper award as well as gold medals. Congratulations to the following TMI students who also received national recognition: Gold Medal, summa cum laude: Justin Khemalaap, 9th grade Noah Kitayama, 7th grade Owen Bruhn, 10th grade Silver medal, maxima cum … Continue reading National Latin Exam honors

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Texas State Junior Classical League Convention awardees

Stephanie Gish

APRIL 29, 2021 – Congratulations to our TMI Episcopal Latin students who competed this past weekend at the virtual Texas State Junior Classical League Convention against the best and brightest in the state. TMI students brought home numerous awards and honors. The award recipients below were recognized in chapel earlier this week on Tuesday, April 27.  Additional congratulations to our Middle School students, 100% of our Middle School students who participated scored in the top 10 of their specialty tests at state!   1st place Noah Kitayama ’26, Mythology Level 1/2 A and Roman Life Level 1/2 A Olivia Talley ’25, … Continue reading Texas State Junior Classical League Convention awardees

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TMI student accepted by prestigious research program

Stephanie Gish

APRIL 28, 2021 – Ifigenia “Niya” Omiridis, a freshman at TMI Episcopal, was named as one of 23 local high-school students accepted to the Voelcker Biomedical Research Academy at UT Health San Antonio. Starting as rising sophomores, students commit to three summer sessions of seven weeks each. This elite program pairs participants with outstanding biomedical scientists from UT Health, who have included Nobel Prize winners. The Academy provides students with an immersive biomedical research and education experience, focusing on pursuing a research project from choosing a topic to creating a presentation of their results. “This is an incredible opportunity,” said … Continue reading TMI student accepted by prestigious research program