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.
Hopkins is a private middle school and high school for grades 7-12. Located on a campus overlooking New Haven, CT, the School takes pride in its intellectually curious students as well as its dedicated faculty and staff.