Prize Day 2012


On Thursday, June 7 the Hopkins School academic departments awarded students in all grades with prizes for academic excellence in the annual ceremony of Prize Day.

On Thursday, June 7 the Hopkins School academic departments awarded students in all grades with prizes for academic excellence in the annual ceremony of Prize Day. Prizes were also given by Head Advisers to their students in their classes.

Below is a complete list of students who were awarded prizes this year. Most were given on Prize Day, June 7, while others were awarded at the final assembly of the school year on May 21.

See the attached media for a five part video of Prize Day and a photo gallery of students receiving their awards.

Click here to read the Awards Assembly article from May 21 and see video of those awards.

THE ARTS
Paul W. Schueler Prize for the Visual Arts – Elizabeth Berman, Grade 12
Drama Award – Evan DeCarlo, Grade 12
Charles Ives Music Prize – Nyah Macklin, Grade 12
Choral Music Award – Robert Emmet, Grade 12

THE CLASSICS
Clare McNamee Latin Prize – Robert Emmet, Grade 12
Junior School Latin Prize – Philip Geanakoplos, Grade 8
Jeremiah Peck Greek Prize – Emilia Hernandez, Grade 12

ENGLISH
Major James Dudley Dewell Letter Writing Prize – Sanaea Bhagwagar, Grade 7
Baldwin Prize Essay, Middle School – Rachel Kaufman, Grade 9
Baldwin Prize Essay, Senior School – Emma Speer, Grade 11
John B. Smith Prize for Excellence in English in Grade 8 – Isabelle Breier
Brown University Book Award – Christopher Cappello, Grade 11
Elizabeth Tate Prize for Excellence in English in Grade 11 – Aliyah Bixby-Driesen
Elsie Church Award for English and Dramatics – Molly Wartenberg, Grade 12
Elizabeth Lewis Day Prize for Excellence in Imaginative Writing – Anne Flynn, Grade 12 & Caroline Pitkin, Grade 12
George Gillespie Prize for Excellence in Literary Scholarship – Elizabeth Berman, Grade 12
Helen Hope Barton Prize for Excellence in English in Grade 12 – Rebecca Orleans

MODERN LANGUAGES
Edward R. DeNoyon French Prize – Benjamin Paltiel, Grade 12
Denise M. Katz French Prize – Gleeson Ryan, Grade 11
The Spanish Literature Prize – Benjamin Rosenbluth, Grade 12
The Hispanic Letters Prize – Miika Weekes, Grade 12
The Chinese Letters Prize – Allison Siegenfeld, Grade 12
The Italian Letters Prize – Benjamin Capasso, Grade 11
Alliance Francaise of New Haven Book Award – Caroline Monahan, Grade 12

HISTORY
Kenneth Hopkins Rood History Prize – Oliver Eisenberg, Grade 8
Julia B. Thomas History Prize – Max Bloom, Grade 10
DeLaney Kiphuth Prize in History – Paul Tupper, Grade 11
Gerald F. Stevens Award – Erika Trapp, Grade 12

MATHEMATICS
Edgar M. Babbitt Junior School Mathematics Prize – Ryan Abbott, Grade 8
Edgar M. Babbitt Middle School Mathematics Prize – Dan Kluger, Grade 10
Edgar M. Babbitt Senior School Mathematics Prize – Lucian Wang, Grade 12
John M. Heath Mathematics Prize – Shawn Charles, Grade 12

SCIENCE
Aracy Belcher Biology Prize – Alec Gewirtz, Grade 10
Harold Shelton Kirby Science Prize – Angus MacMullen, Grade 10
Rensselaer Medal – Nailen Matschke, Grade 11
Josiah Willard Gibbs Prize – Alexia Zagouras, Grade 12

ATHLETICS
Dorrance Award – Jashon DeSenna, Grade 12
The Hopkins Award – Sarah Kravitz, Grade 12
Robert Wyant Memorial Award – Andrew Nitirouth, Grade 12
Jerri Trulock DPH Sportsmanship Award – Kathryn Farrell, Grade 12
William DeGennaro Outstanding Male Athlete Award – Nolan Paige, Grade 12
Outstanding Female Athlete Award – Rachel Passarelli, Grade 12
John A. Doughan Award – Nicole Marzziotti, Grade 12
Molly Wartenberg, Grade 12
Walter Camp Award (Junior School) – David Barber, Grade 8
DPH Sportsmanship Award (Junior School) – Emma Banks, Grade 8

GRADE 12
Mary Brewster Thompson Scholar – Lucian Wang
Norman L. Stone Award – Nicole Gorton
Donald Ferguson Award – Erika Trapp
Andrew Nitirouth
F. Allen Sherk Award – Molly Wartenberg
John A. Wilkinson Award – Tessa Bloomquist
Nicole Marzziotti
Michael J. Theobald Prize – Luke McCrory
Youth of the Year (The New Haven Register) – Kathryn Farrell
The Ted DeLauro Scholarship – Samuel Rosen
The Gerald F. Stevens Memorial Scholarship – Emma Campbell-Mohn
Comcast Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship – Tessa Bloomquist
Horatio Alger Connecticut Scholarship – Ruby Conton

GRADE 11
Mary Brewster Thompson Scholar – Laura Srivichitranond
George Blakeman Lovell Award – Kirsten Jorgensen
Andrew Rossetti Prize – Charles Proctor
Harvard Book Prize – Calvin Park
Kenyon Book Award – Maeve Serino
Smith Book Award – Sana Charania
Yale Book Award – Liam Taylor
Mount Holyoke Book Award – Sarah Banker
Wellesley Book Award – Lucy Balcezak
Ellen Patterson Brown ‘62 Award – Emma Speer
The University of Chicago Book Award – Gordon Driscoll
Fairfield University and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation's "Excellence in Math and Science Award” –Micah Margolis

GRADE 10
Mary Brewster Thompson Scholar – Yerin Kim
Stanley Daggett Award – Claire Bartosic

GRADE 9
Mary Brewster Thompson Scholar – David Proctor
Stanley Daggett Award – Walker Schneider

GRADE 8
Lydia von Wettberg Award – Abigail Keevil
Simeon E. Baldwin Leadership Award – Avery MacMullen

GRADE 7
Lydia von Wettberg Award – Sophia Kyrcz
Simeon E. Baldwin Leadership Award – Eamonn Smith
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