Prize Day 2014

On Thursday, June 12 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 12, while others were awarded at the final assembly of the school year on May 23.

PRIZES AND AWARDS 2013-2014
MAY 23, 2014 AND JUNE 12, 2014

THE ARTS
  Paul W. Schueler Prize for the Visual Arts – Natalie Schultz-Henry, Grade 12
  Drama Award – Nathaniel Peters, Grade 12    
  Charles Ives Music Prize – Corey Chang, Grade 12
  Choral Music Award – Joshua Felizardo, Grade 12

THE CLASSICS
  Clare McNamee Latin Prize – Max Bloom, Grade 12
  Junior School Latin Prize – Karyn Bartosic, Grade 8

ENGLISH
  Major James Dudley Dewell Letter Writing Prize – Madison Howard, Grade 8
  Baldwin Prize Essay, Middle School – Katherine Sargent, Grade 10
  Baldwin Prize Essay, Senior School – Rachel Kaufman, Grade 11
  John B. Smith Prize for Excellence in English in Grade 8 – Lillian Tipton
  Brown University Book Award – Rachel Kaufman, Grade 11
  Elizabeth Tate Prize for Excellence in English in Grade 11 – Samuel Berry
  Elsie Church Award for English and Dramatics – Jessica Larkin-Wells, Grade 12
  Elizabeth Lewis Day Prize for Excellence in Imaginative Writing – Precious Musa, Grade 12  
  Helen Hope Barton Prize for Excellence in English in Grade 12 – Alexander (Sandy) Goss
  George Gillespie Prize for Excellence in Literary Scholarship – Louisa (Lulu) Chua-Rubenfeld,  Grade 12

MODERN LANGUAGES
  Edward R. DeNoyon French Prize – Dahlia Leffell, Grade 12
  Denise M. Katz French Prize Katz – Camille Jetta, Grade 12
  The Spanish Literature Prize – Christopher Cahill, Grade 12
  The Hispanic Letters Prize – Abigail Soloway, Grade 12
  The Chinese Letters Prize – Kwame Asiedu, Grade 12
  The Italian Letters Prize – Christopher Miller, Grade 11
  Alliance Francaise of New Haven Book Award – Evan Carlson, Grade 11

HISTORY
  Kenneth Hopkins Rood History Prize – Grace El-Fishawy,  Grade 8
  Julia B. Thomas History Prize – Shira Bedford, Grade 10
  DeLaney Kiphuth Prize in History – Christopher Miller, Grade 11
  Gerald F. Stevens Award – Noah Daponte-Smith, Grade 12, & Jack Greenberg, Grade 12

MATHEMATICS            
  Edgar M. Babbitt Junior School Mathematics Prize – Sarah Zhao, Grade 8
  Edgar M. Babbitt Middle School Mathematics Prize – Eric Kong, Grade 10
  Edgar M. Babbitt Senior School Mathematics Prize – Connor Abbott, Grade 12
  John M. Heath Mathematics Prize – Zachary Lozon, Grade 12

SCIENCE
  Aracy Belcher Biology Prize – Emma Bucklan, Grade 9
  Harold Shelton Kirby Science Prize – Lisanne de Groot, Grade 10
  Rensselaer Medal – Sarah Srivichitranond, Grade 11
  Josiah Willard Gibbs Prize – Nicole Kogan, Grade 12

ATHLETICS
  Dorrance Award – James Martino, Grade 12
  The Hopkins Award – Claire Bartosic, Grade 12
  Robert Wyant Memorial Award – Kwame Asiedu, Grade 12
  Jerri Trulock DPH Sportsmanship Award – Sydney Geyer, Grade 12
  William DeGennaro Outstanding Male Athlete Award – Alexander (Sasha) Possick, Grade 12
  Outstanding Female Athlete Award – Dana Monz, Grade 12
  John A. Doughan Award – Lauren Ross, Grade 12
  Walter Camp Award (Junior School) – Eamon Fitzpatrick, Grade 8
  DPH Sportsmanship Award (Junior School) – Anna Banks, Grade 8

GRADE  12
  Mary Brewster Thompson Scholar – Max Bloom
  Norman L. Stone Award – Claire Bartosic
  Donald Ferguson Award – Alec Gewirtz & Hannah Wilkins                         
  F. Allen Sherk Award – Kaitlin Hickey
  John A. Wilkinson Award – Kayla Paraiso
  Michael J. Theobald Prize – Precious Musa
  All-Area Youth of the Year Prize – Sara Seymour
  The Gerald F. Stevens Memorial Scholarship –  Titilayo Ajisefinni
  Comcast Leaders  and Achievers Scholarship –  Jenny Ibsen
  Prudential Community Spirit Awards – Alec Gewirtz
 
GRADE 11
  Mary Brewster Thompson Scholar – Jacob Pierce
  George Blakeman Lovell Award –  Kamsi Nwangwu
  Andrew Rossetti Prize –  Raffaella (Raffi) Donatich
  Harvard Book Prize – Antonia (Anna) Ayres-Brown
  Kenyon Book Award – Rose Etzel
  Smith Book Award – Karina Korsh
  Yale Book Award –  Alexander Burdo
  Wellesley Book Award – Lucy Berman
  Ellen Patterson Brown ‘62 Award – Bridget Donovan
  The University of Chicago Book Award – David Proctor
  Fairfield University and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation's "Excellence in Math and Science Award” – Daniel Pollak
  St. Lawrence University Book Award – Alex (Lexi) Phelan
  Princeton Alumni Association of Eastern Connecticut Book Award – Rachel Kaufman
  Princeton Alumni Association of Eastern Connecticut Honorable Mention Certificate – Rose Etzel

GRADE 10
  Mary Brewster Thompson Scholar – Michael Zhou
  Stanley Daggett Award – Rica Generoso, Damini Singh

GRADE 9
  Mary Brewster Thompson Scholar – Sanaea Bhagwagar
  Stanley Daggett Award – Hannah Melchinger

GRADE 8
  Lydia von Wettberg Award – Catherine duBoulay
  Simeon E. Baldwin Leadership Award – Jessica D’Errico

GRADE 7
  Lydia von Wettberg Award –  Nathaniel Stratton
  Simeon E. Baldwin Leadership Award –  Katherine Broun