Prize Day 2013


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



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