On Thursday, June 13 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 13 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 students in their classes.
Below is a complete list of students who were awarded prizes this year. Most were given on Prize Day, June 13, while others were awarded at the final assembly of the school year on May 24.
Photos and video of the awards will be available later next week.
PRIZES AND AWARDS 2012-2013 MAY 24, 2013 AND JUNE 13, 2013
THE ARTS Paul W. Schueler Prize for the Visual Arts – Emma Speer, Grade 12 Drama Award – Alexandra Dillon, Grade 12 Charles Ives Music Prize – Lloyd Chen, Grade 12 Choral Music Award – Isabel Bailin, Grade 12
THE CLASSICS Clare McNamee Latin Prize – Hannah Krystal, Grade 12 Junior School Latin Prize – Chloé Glass, Grade 8
ENGLISH Major James Dudley Dewell Letter Writing Prize – Madison Howard, Grade 7 Baldwin Prize Essay, Middle School – Rachel Kaufman, Grade 10 Baldwin Prize Essay, Senior School – Max Bloom, Grade 11 John B. Smith Prize for Excellence in English in Grade 8 – Chloé Glass Brown University Book Award – Griffin Shoglow-Rubenstein, Grade 11 Elizabeth Tate Prize for Excellence in English in Grade 11 – Alec Gewirtz Elsie Church Award for English and Dramatics – James Dobbyn, Grade 12 Elizabeth Lewis Day Prize for Excellence in Imaginative Writing – Gleeson Ryan, Grade 12 George Gillespie Prize for Excellence in Literary Scholarship – Maeve Serino, Grade 12 Helen Hope Barton Prize for Excellence in English in Grade 12 – Lily Hoffman
MODERN LANGUAGES Edward R. DeNoyon French Prize – Yohan Kim, Grade 12 The Spanish Literature Prize – Calvin Park, Grade 12 The Hispanic Letters Prize – Maeve Serino, Grade 12 The Chinese Letters Prize – Molly Bodurtha, Grade 12 The Italian Letters Prize – Lucy Balcezak, Grade 12 Alliance Francaise of New Haven Book Award – Joseph Rosen, Grade 12
HISTORY Kenneth Hopkins Rood History Prize – Chloé Glass, Grade 8 Julia B. Thomas History Prize – Rachel Kaufman, Grade 10 DeLaney Kiphuth Prize in History – Tongil Ko, Grade 11 Gerald F. Stevens Award – Patrick Quinn, Grade 12
MATHEMATICS Edgar M. Babbitt Junior School Mathematics Prize – Gwyneth Maloy, Grade 8 Edgar M. Babbitt Middle School Mathematics Prize – Jacob Pierce, Grade 10 Edgar M. Babbitt Senior School Mathematics Prize – Max Ying, Grade 12 John M. Heath Mathematics Prize – Christopher Boone, Grade 12
SCIENCE Aracy Belcher Biology Prize – Alexander Burdo, Grade 10 Harold Shelton Kirby Science Prize – Benjamin Koleske, Grade 10 Rensselaer Medal – Harry Kane, Grade 11 Josiah Willard Gibbs Prize – Edward Hanlon, Grade 12
ATHLETICS Dorrance Award – Kahdeem Cohens, Grade 12 The Hopkins Award – Lucy Balcezak, Grade 12 Georgia Galvin, Grade 12 Robert Wyant Memorial Award – Douglas Schaffer, Grade 12 Jerri Trulock DPH Sportsmanship Award – Kirsten Jorgensen, Grade 12 William DeGennaro Outstanding Male Athlete Award – TJ Dembinski, Grade 12 Outstanding Female Athlete Award – Katherine Bradley, Grade 12 John A. Doughan Award – Leili Azarbarzin, Grade 12 Walter Camp Award (Junior School) – John Pitkin, Grade 8 DPH Sportsmanship Award (Junior School) – Alexandra McCraven, Grade 8
GRADE 12 Mary Brewster Thompson Scholar – Nailen Matschke Norman L. Stone Award – Sarah Wagner Donald Ferguson Award – Isabel Bailin Charles Proctor F. Allen Sherk Award – Tyler Roth John A. Wilkinson Award – Katherine McNally Michael J. Theobald Prize – Kahdeem Cohens Youth of the Year (The New Haven Register) – Jason Teplitz The Gerald F. Stevens Memorial Scholarship – Yohan Kim Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship – Zachary duBoulay The Maria Baez Perez Scholarship – Saiyara Fahmi Prudential Community Spirit Awards – Charles Proctor Quest Scholar Award – Kahdeem Cohens
GRADE 11 Mary Brewster Thompson Scholar – Angus MacMullen George Blakeman Lovell Award – Sydney Geyer Andrew Rossetti Prize – Alexander Goss Harvard Book Prize – Nicole Kogan Kenyon Book Award – Alec Gewirtz Smith Book Award – Louisa Chua-Rubenfeld Yale Book Award – Griffin Shoglow-Rubenstein Wellesley Book Award – Sara Seymour Ellen Patterson Brown ‘62 Award – Isabelle Hashim The University of Chicago Book Award – Christopher Cahill Fairfield University and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation's "Excellence in Math and Science Award” – Nathaniel Peters St. Lawrence University Book Award – Jennifer Corradi
GRADE 10 Mary Brewster Thompson Scholar – Rachel Kaufman Stanley Daggett Award – Kyra Post
GRADE 9 Mary Brewster Thompson Scholar – Oliver Eisenberg Stanley Daggett Award – William Simon
GRADE 8 Lydia von Wettberg Award – Lena Wencker Simeon E. Baldwin Leadership Award – Sanaea Bhagwagar
GRADE 7 Lydia von Wettberg Award – Colin Flaumenhaft Simeon E. Baldwin Leadership Award – Andrew Roberge
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.