At the annual high school awards assembly on May 28, the faculty presented awards and scholarships to students and announced this year’s cum laude inductees.
SOPHOMORE RECOGNITIONS
Sophomore Symposium Awards
First place: Elijah Azar
Second place: Ming Zhu
Third place: Anna Fluetsch
JUNIOR RECOGNITIONS
Rachel Carson Book Award: David Situ
University of Rochester Awards
Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award: Shimin Zhang
Frederick Douglas and Susan B. Anthony Humanities and Social Science Award: Larkin Barnard-Bahn
Harvard Book Award: Héloïse Schep
Kenyon Book Award: Jackson Margolis
GW Book Award: Jackson Crawford
Barbara Lazar Excellence in Music Award: Max Kemnitz
Rensselaer Medal: Anu Krishnan
The James W. Weatherholt, II Excellence in History Award: Spencer Scott
JUNIOR AND SENIOR RECOGNITIONS
Cum Laude Recognition – New Inductees
Class of 2019: Chardonnay Needler, Mehdi Lacombe, Mohini Rye, Joe Zales
Class of 2020: Jackson Crawford, Anu Krishnan, David Situ
SENIOR RECOGNITIONS
Awards of Excellence
Art: Bella Mathisen, Grace Naify, Sophie Naylor
Communications: Kyra LaFitte, Allison Zhang
Computer Science: Joe Mo
Drama: Josh Friedman
English: Emily Hayes, Mehdi Lacombe
History: Jack Christian, Blake Lincoln
Mathematics: Allison Zhang
Music: Monique Lonergan
Physical Education: Joe Zales
Science: Joe Zales
World Language: Grace Naify, Chardonnay Needler, Brandy Riziki
National Merit Scholarship Program
Commended students: Heidi Johnson, Mehdi Lacombe, Chardonnay Needler, Mohini Rye, Joe Zales
Finalists: Jack Christian, Allison Zhang
Distinguished Scholar Awards
Gabi Alvarado, Jacqueline Chao, Michaela Chen, Jack Christian, Josh Friedman, Bianca Hanson, Emily Hayes, Heidi Johnson, Lia Kaufman, Abby LaComb, Mehdi Lacombe, Kyra LaFitte, Joe Mo, Harrison Moon, Grace Naify, Sophie Naylor, Chardonnay Needler, Mohini Rye, Eivind Sommerhaug, Tori Van Vleck, Joe Zales, Allison Zhang
American Red Cross Scholarship: Leonardo Eisner
Alice and Herbert Matthews Scholarships
Creative Writing: Gabi Alvarado
Mathematics: Heidi Johnson
J. Wesley Jamison Scholarship
Drama: Brandy Riziki
Science: Jacqueline Chao
Kingman Tung, M.D., Award for Academic Excellence and Exceptional Character: Heidi Johnson
Community Service Award: Luca Procida
Sports Boosters Awards: Nate Jakobs, Lia Kaufman
Parents’ Association Amicus Award: Brandy Riziki
SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARDS
Ninth grade: Hailey Fesai, Vanessa Escobar, Arjin Claire
10th grade: Brian Chow, Sydney Turner
11th grade: Jackson Crawford, Rebecca Waterson
12th grade: Jack Christian, Heidi Johnson
—By Larkin Barnard-Bahn
