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Prize Day 2016
On Thursday morning, June 9, Hopkins held our annual Prize Day celebration under the big tent on Pratt Field. The Hopkins community gathered for the last time this school year as students from all grades were awarded prizes for their achievements.
Please see the list of prize winners below, some of which were awarded today and others on May 29 at the Yearbook and Awards assembly. Please see the attached galleries for photos from Prize Day. To watch the Prize Day ceremony online, please login to GoBleachers.
Prize Day Photos
photos by Judy Sirota Rosenthal
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Prizes and Awards 2015–2016
Given on May 27 and June 9, 2016
Given on May 27 and June 9, 2016
Arts
Paul W. Schueler Prize for the Visual Arts - Kai Keevil
Paul W. Schueler Prize for the Visual Arts - Kai Keevil
Drama Award - Shihan (Sarah) Wang
The Charles Ives Music Prize - Bennett Daponte-Smith
Choral Music Award - Jennifer Levine
Classics
Clare McNamee Latin Prize - Oliver Eisenberg
Junior School Latin Prize - Evan Gerritz
Jeremiah Peck Greek Prize - Reed Kelly
English
Major James Dudley Dewell Letter Writing Prize - Brooklynn Brockenberry
Baldwin Prize Essay, Middle School - Naomi Tomlin
Baldwin Prize Essay, Senior School - Emma Bucklan
John B. Smith Prize for Excellence in English in Grade 8 - Anna Simon
Brown University Book Award - Solomon Aromolaran
Elizabeth Tate Prize for Excellence in English in Grade 11 - Hannah Melchinger
Elsie Church Award for English and Dramatics - Emma Deshpande
Elizabeth Lewis Day Prize for Excellence in Imaginative Writing - Clare Boyle
The Susan E. Feinberg Prize for Excellence in Critical Thinking Through the Written Word - Anne Nields
George Gillespie Prize for Excellence in Literary Scholarship - Ruth Tomlin
Helen Hope Barton Prize for Excellence in English in Grade 12 - Maeve Flaherty
Modern Language
Edward R. DeNoyon French Prize - Lindsay Meyerson
Denise M. Katz French Prize - Henry Hanlon
The Spanish Literature Prize - Michael Zhou
The Hispanic Letters Prize - Julia Bartimer
The Chinese Letters Prize - Grant Moberg
The Italian Letters Prize - Christiana Lano
Alliance Francaise of New Haven Book Award - Grant Young
History
Kenneth Hopkins Rood History Prize - Julia Tellides
Julia B. Thomas History Prize - Helena Lyng-Olsen
DeLaney Kiphuth Prize in History - Ellery Saluck
Gerald F. Stevens Award - Michael Bass, Lindsay Meyerson
Mathematics
Edgar M. Babbitt Junior School Math Prize - Burton Lyng-Olsen
Edgar M. Babbitt Middle School Math Prize - Ajay Mitra
Edgar M. Babbitt Senior School Math Prize - Emily Malison
John M. Heath Mathematics Prize - Grant Hill
Science
Harold Shelton Kirby Science Prize (10th grade prize) - David Darrow
Rensselaer Medal (11th grade prize, given jointly with math) - David Bian
Aracy Belcher Biology Prize (9th grade prize) - Ryan Viores
Josiah Willard Gibbs Prize (12th grade prize) - Maksym Kargin
Fairfield Excellence in Science and Math Award - Gabrielle Olshan-Cantin
Community Service
The Prudential Spirit of Community Award - Katherine Broun, Jacklyn Berkowitz
The Prudential Spirit of Community Award - Katherine Broun, Jacklyn Berkowitz
Athletics
Dorrance Award - David Barber, Mitchell Patton
The Hopkins Award - Emma Banks
Robert Wyant Memorial Award - Grant Moberg
Jerri Trulock DPH Sportsmanship Award - Avery MacMullen, Natalie Passarelli
William DeGennaro Outstanding Male Athlete Award - Charles Zane
Outstanding Female Athlete Award - Julia Bartimer
John A. Doughan Award - Lauren Corradi, Ryan Eccleston-Murdock
Walter Camp Award (Junior School) - Brandon Smith, Brian Haywood
DPH Sportsmanship Award (Junior School) - Katherine Takoudes
12th Grade
Mary Brewster Thompson Scholar - Matthew Spence
Norman L. Stone Award - William Simon
Donald Ferguson Award - Justin Nitirouth, Sophie Cappello
Michael J. Theobald Prize - Edens Fleurizard
John A. Wilkinson Award - Damini Singh
F. Allen Sherk Award - Emmanuel Chinyumba
Gerald F. Stevens Memorial Scholarship - Alison Cofrancesco
Maria Baez Perez Scholarship Nominee - Ji Woo (Kristine) Ahn
New Haven Spotlight: Simon Doss-Gollin, Rica Generoso, Henry Hanlon, Eric Kong, Natalie Passarelli, Ruth Tomlin
Comcast Foundation Scholarship - Grant Moberg
11th Grade
Mary Brewster Thompson Scholar - Holden Turner
George Blakeman Lovell Award - Douglas Wardlaw
Harvard Book Prize - Aaron Kogan
Yale Book Award - Gwyneth Maloy
Andrew Rossetti Prize - Anne Nields
Mount Holyoke Book Prize - Sabrina Trombetta
Kenyon College Presidential Book Prize - Hannah Melchinger
Smith Book Award - Alexandra Batter
Wellesley College Book Prize - Samantha Steinberg
Ellen Patterson Brown '62 Award - Liza Kottler
The University of Chicago Book Award - Paul Stelben
George Washington University Book Award - Toella Pliakas
St. Lawrence University Book Award - Chloe Glass
William and Mary Leadership Award - Jake Moscarelli
Princeton Alumni Association of Eastern Connecticut Book Award - Sean Gao
Princeton Alumni Association of Eastern Connecticut Honorable Mention Certificate - Alexandra Batter
Grade 10
Mary Brewster Thompson Scholar - Helena Lyng-Olsen
Stanley Daggett Award - Donasia Gray
Grade 9
Mary Brewster Thompson Scholar - Nicholas Schoelkopf
Stanley Daggett Award - Madeleine Walker
Grade 8
Lydia von Wettberg Award - Alessandro Amoedo
Simeon E. Baldwin Leadership Award - Katherine Takoudes
Kristin Ridinger Taurchini Award - Eva Brander Blackhawk
Grade 7
Lydia von Wettberg Award - Ranease Brown
Lydia von Wettberg Award - Ranease Brown
Simeon E. Baldwin Leadership Award - Sara Francis
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