Awards Assembly & Yearbook Dedication


On the last day of classes, May 23, 2025, the morning began with a special assembly to honor students for their academic achievements in an awards assembly. The 2025 yearbook was also revealed, with a special dedication to Peter Ziou. 

The program of the assembly follows:

GOAT Award presented to Riley Junkins and Henry Tanner

Awards given by English Department Chair Joe Addison:
Major James Dudley Dewell Letter Writing Prize – Sarah Li
Baldwin Prize Essay, Middle School – Angel Lu
Baldwin Prize Essay, Senior School – Rain Zeng
Brown University Book Award – Liliana Dumas
Elsie Church Award for English and Dramatics – Asher Joseph
Elizabeth Lewis Day Prize for Excellence in Imaginative Writing – Rosa Bilston
 
Awards given by Director of Athletics Rocco DeMaio:
Junior School Walter Camp Award – Alex Pierre
Junior School DPH Sportsmanship Award – Elisa DiMiceli, Willa Kennedy
Dorrance Award – Richard Fearon
Hopkins Award – Layla Kenkare
William DeGennaro Outstanding Male Athlete – Munib Kassem
Outstanding Female Athlete Award – Claire Banks
 
Awards given by Faculty Representatives:
(Josh Young) Ellen Patterson Brown ’62 Book Prize – Avani DiLuna
(Josh Young) Smith Book Award – Shriya Vaid
(Josh Young) The University of Chicago Book Award  – Gabe Ciminiello
(Josh Young) William and Mary Leadership Award – Riya Rao
(Josh Young) University of Virginia Jefferson Book Award - Sam Ridky
(Megan Williams) St. Lawrence University Book Award – Alan Ziqi Xu
 
Awards given by Matt Glendinning, Head of School:

National Hispanic Recognition Program
Eva Carey                                                     
Daniela Delgado
Emily Martinez
Martina Ponce
Michael Shewaye
Hailey Willey

National African American Recognition Program
Zane Bourne
Vera Okyere
Azikiwe Osakwe

National Merit Scholarship finalists
Jeet Bhatnagar                                                    
Christina Cao                                       
Sylvia Covaci                             
William Davitt                                   
Kathleen Driscoll                               
Henry Foushee             
Theodore Friedman       
Sarah Galvani-Townsend
Yuki Heeger
Nathaniel Huang 
Sean Kelly
Ethan Liu 
James Liu 
Steven McDonald
Kaitlyn Miller
Lucas Scheps
Alexander Skula
Colten Trepp
Kyle Zhang

National Merit Scholarship winners
Kathleen Driscoll
Henry Foushee
Nathaniel Huang
Kaitlyn Miller

Presidential Scholars Recognition
Christina Cao
Alicia Cheng
Julia DiMiceli
Yuki Heeger
Sean Kelly
Joy Kim
Ethan Liu
Alexander Skula
Kyle Zhang

Service Academy Recognition:
 Claire Russell - US Military Academy 
 Amalia Leite - US Naval Academy

The Gerald F. Stevens Memorial Scholarship - Qamar Al-Tameemi
 
Grace Zhang and Emilee Del Cid thanked departing faculty and staff and presented the yearbook dedication to retiring art teacher Peter Ziou.
 
Erik Elligers introduced H Bop for the final musical performance.


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