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Student Achievements Celebrated at Prize Day
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Hopkins held its annual Prize Day celebration on Thursday morning, June 5, under the big tent on Pratt Field. The community gathered for the last time this school year as students from all grades were awarded prizes for their achievements. The event culminated in the reveal of the Class of 2025 banner. This year’s banner was created by student artists in Derek Byron’s Studio Art 3 Class along with the input of a senior steering committee. Thank you to seniors Rosa Bilston, Alima Conde, Sylvia Covaci, Yuki Heeger, Joy Kim, and Hailey Willey, for their hard work and beautiful artistry. Themed with in the style of children's illustrator Eric Carle, this colorful banner representing "the very hungry class of 2025" will brighten Heath Commons next year, and the reunion tent when the class returns for Alumni Weekend every five years.
Please see the list of prize winners below the video, some of which were awarded on June 5, and others on May 23 at the Yearbook and Awards Assembly. Watch a video of the full presentation below.
Prizes and Awards 2024 – 2025
Presented on May 23 and June 5, 2025
GRADE 12
Mary Brewster Thompson Scholar – Eric Roberts
Norman L. Stone Award – Sarah Galvani-Townsend
Donald Ferguson Award – Claire Russell
Donald Ferguson Award – Layla Kenkare
F. Allen Sherk Award – Alexander Skula
John A. Wilkinson Award – Samia Kirton
Michael J. Theobald Prize – Violet Wich
Gerald F. Stevens Memorial Scholarship – Qamar Al Tameemi
GRADE 11
Mary Brewster Thompson Scholar – Bodhan Chiravuri
George Blakeman Lovell Award – Aedan Flanagan
Harvard Book Prize – Caryn Kim
Yale Book Award – Maeve Klatell
Andrew Rossetti Prize – Elona Spiewak
Ellen Patterson Brown ‘62 DPH Award – Avani DiLuna
University of Chicago Book Award – Gabriel Ciminiello
Smith Book Award – Shriya Vaid
St. Lawrence University Book Award – Alan Ziqi Xu
William and Mary Leadership Award – Riya Rao
University of Virginia Jefferson Book Award- Sam Ridky
GRADE 10
Mary Brewster Thompson Scholar – Alexander Monin
Stanley Daggett Award – Brock Bowen
GRADE 9
Mary Brewster Thompson Scholar – Arjun DiLuna
Stanley Daggett Award – Julianne Gonzalez
GRADE 8
Lydia von Wettberg Award – Augustus Nast
Simeon E. Baldwin Leadership Award – Willa Kennedy
Kristin Ridinger Taurchini Award – Zachary Cohen
GRADE 7
Lydia von Wettberg Award – Ryan Alexopoulos
Simeon E. Baldwin Leadership Award – Riley Belcher
ARTS
Paul W. Schueler Prize for the Visual Arts – Yuki Heeger, Grade 12
Drama Award – Sophia Miller, Grade 12
Charles Ives Music Prize – Eleanor Lee, Grade 12
JoAnn B. Wich Choral Music Award – Daniela Delgado, Grade 12
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award – Lucas Llovera, Grade 12
CLASSICS
Junior School Latin Prize – Lewis Meyers, Grade 8
Clare McNamee Latin Prize – Magnolia Willey, Grade 12
ENGLISH
Major James Dudley Dewell Letter Writing Prize – Sarah Li, Grade 7
John B. Smith Prize for Excellence in English in Grade 8 – Ozzie Pitkin
Baldwin Prize Essay, Middle School – Angel Lu, Grade 9
Baldwin Prize Essay, Senior School – Angela Zeng, Grade 11
Brown University Book Award – Liliana Dumas, Grade 11
Elizabeth Tate Prize for Excellence in English in Grade 11 – Aerin O’Brien
Susan E. Feinberg Prize for Excellence in Critical Thinking
Through the Written Word – Marlon McFerren, Grade 11
Karen Lee Pritzker Prize for Creative Writing – Vera Okyere, Grade 11
Elsie Church Award for English and Dramatics – Asher Joseph, Grade 12
Elizabeth Lewis Day Prize for Excellence in Imaginative Writing – Rosa Bilston, Grade 12
Helen Hope Barton Prize for Excellence in English in Grade 12 – Henry Foushee
George Gillespie Prize for Excellence in Literary Scholarship – Sylvia Covaci, Grade 12
HISTORY
Kenneth Hopkins Rood History Prize – Lily Lu, Grade 8
Julia B. Thomas History Prize – Noah Novemsky, Grade 10
DeLaney Kiphuth Prize in History – Nora Brock, Grade 12
Gerald F. Stevens Award – Claire Billings, Grade 12
MATHEMATICS
Margaret Wright Junior School Math Prize – Elaine Zhou, Grade 8
Paul Fossett Middle School Math Prize – Aurelia Wen, Grade 10
Clayton Hall Mathematics Prize – Kyle Zhang, Grade 12
John M. Heath Mathematics Prize – Albert Gan, Grade 12
MODERN LANGUAGES
Spanish Literature Prize – Maeve Klatell, Grade 11
Yan Phou Lee Chinese Prize – Veena Scholand , Grade 11
Edward R. DeNoyon French Prize – Theodore Friedman, Grade 12
Denise M. Katz French Prize – Annabel Zuse, Grade 12
Spanish Letters Prize – Kaitlyn Miller, Grade 12
Italian Letters Prize – Julia DiMiceli, Grade 12
SCIENCE
Aracy Belcher Biology Prize – Amelia Andersson, Grade 9
Harold Shelton Kirby Science Prize – Nikhi Vallabhajosyula, Grade 10
Rensselaer Medal – Ava Kwok, Grade 11
Josiah Willard Gibbs Prize – Wanqi Hu, Grade 12
ATHLETICS
Walter Camp Award (Junior School) – Alex Pierre, Grade 8
DPH Sportsmanship Award (Junior School) – Willa Kennedy, Grade 8
DPH Sportsmanship Award (Junior School) – Elisa DiMiceli, Grade 8
Dorrance Award – Richard Fearon, Grade 12
Hopkins Award – Layla Kenkare, Grade 12
Robert Wyant Memorial Award – Nathan Testa, Grade 12
Jerri Trulock DPH Sportsmanship Award – Claire Russell, Grade 12
William DeGennaro Outstanding Male Athlete Award – Munib Kassem, Grade 12
Outstanding Female Athlete Award – Claire Banks, Grade 12
John A. Doughan Award – Lena O’Malley, Grade 12
Jordan William Sebastian Award – Violet Wich, Grade 12
Jordan William Sebastian Award – Logan Matthews, Grade 12
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