The Choate News graduation
Vol. CXIV · No. 13
2021
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Form & Department Prizes Sixth Form Prizes
Fifth Form Prizes
David T. L ayman, Jr. Prize to a sixth form student who, through perseverance, resilience, and growth, has taken full advantage of the opportunities at Choate Rosemary Hall.
K atherine Carlebach and James Eliot Oakes Prize to a fifth form student distinguished by dedication to and positive influence on the life of the school.
Winners: Ethan Kirby Bardoe Mila Susann Hill Emily Josephine Koscielski
Honorable Mention: Kenia Mendoza
Flora Macdonald Bonney and Owen Morgan Prize to a sixth form student who has displayed great empathy and unselfish dedication to helping others within the school community.
Winners: Kailani Briana Day Deyante Mikai Wallace-McKinstry Honorable Mentions: Nikitha Lakshmi Gummadi Kai Parker Joseph
R assweiler and Choate Award to a sixth form scholar who, in achieving academic excellence, has demonstrated a true love of learning. Winners: Esther Sojung An Mahnav Ethan Petersen Sabahat Rahman
Honorable Mentions: Lucas Scott Eggers Senching Sophie Hsia Declan Murphy Zink
School Seal Prize to a sixth form student for outstanding contribution to the school community over the course of their Choate Rosemary Hall career. Winners: Stanton Maxwell Brown Ula Alexandra Lucas
Honorable Mentions: Jayden Wai Shun Khuu Andrew Woo-Jong Lee Claire Yuan
Class of 1976 Leadership Award to that sixth form student who has demonstrated strong leadership qualities at the school. Winners: Shane Edward Baldwin Anesi Ehinomen Ojior
Winners: Allyson Sandy Alavez Abby Yuexi Lu Talya Nereya Omino
Honorable Mention: Gavin Spencer Doak
Mark Pitman and Caroline Ruutz-Rees Prize to a fifth form student who exemplifies the values of the School, including sound character and academic excellence, and has demonstrated constructive leadership in the community. Winners: Wylie Nicolson Stowell Doak Henrik Andres Torres Kenadi Grace Waymire
Honorable Mentions: Brooke Willis Edwards Livia Anne Fingerson
Choate Rosemary Hall Fifth Form Award to a student who has taken unselfish constructive action for the benefit of others in the school community. Winners: Audrey Elizabeth Kaye Rhea Rakesh Shah Lara Denia Stone
Honorable Mention: Dylan Sydney Allen
Fourth Form Prizes R ay Brown and Marjorie Brampton Harvey Prize to a fourth form student distinguished by
enthusiastic engagement in the life of the school. Winners: Athena Liu Ava M. Maha
Honorable Mentions: Sydney Florestine Alleyne Audrey Grace Lim Adama Sowe
Mary Elizabeth Lowndes Prize to a fourth form student who exemplifies the values of the School, including sound character and academic engagement, and has made significant contributions to multiple areas of the School. Winner: Joy Chang An
Honorable Mentions: Ryan Kim Harper Leigh Knight
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Choate Rosemary Hall Fourth Form Award to a student who has displayed generosity of spirit and dedication to others in the school community. Winners: Zora Patterson deRham Isabel Amalia Maida Noah Joel McBride
Third Form Prizes Julie M. Case Prize to a third form student who has exhibited significant perseverance, resilience, and growth. Winner: Juan Alavez
Honorable Mentions: Ryder John Holloway Ava Clingan McClatchie
Frances Burton Chaffee and Alfred A. Cook Prize to a third form student who has demonstrated sound character, academic dedication, and enthusiastic engagement in multiple areas of school life. Winners: Amanda Ameah Benneh Brecken Stephanie Cullinan Athena Jasmine Robinson
Honorable Mentions: Christopher Hamilton Childs John Stephen Reach Minzhi Zhang
Choate Rosemary Hall Third Form Award to a student who, through thoughtful engagement with others, has demonstrated compassion, kindness, and inclusivity. Winners: Ximena Castillo Nunez Beverly Churchill Saunders Renshaw
Honorable Mentions: Tristin Daniel Hurst Wesley Baker Walker
Department Prizes
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Arts Department K aufman Prize for special achievement in photography and film.
Christopher L. Rives ’76 Prize for excellence in technical theater. Winners: Allison Charlotte Kleinstein Emily Josephine Koscielski
Winner: Caitlin Joy Whitaker Burnham Prize for excellence in dance. Winners: Jiani Guo Laura Zifu Jiang
Honorable Mentions: Olivia Caroline Dreier Sesame Melanie Keitumetse Gaetsaloe Emily Jade Goodwin Mirielle Chyo Ma Hannah Jo Wallinger
Honorable Mention: Audrey Elizabeth Kaye
Van Ostrand Perkins High Honors for excellence in painting, sculpture, and art history. Winner: Senching Sophie Hsia
Choate Rosemary Hall Music Department Prize for excellence in choral performing ensembles. Winners: Stanton Maxwell Brown Sabrina Carlier Mia Alexandra Katz Ziqiu Wang
Honorable Mentions: Chloe Genevieve Brink Lucas Scott Eggers Ho Jin Jang Eliza Ronit Marovitz
John Clough Memorial Prize for instrumental music. Winners: Nicolas Alexander Madon Alex Nam Max Daniel Su Yiheng Zhou
Honorable Mentions: Peter Mario Di Natale Jayden Wai Shun Khuu Andrew Woo-Jong Lee Huey-Ting Li Mirielle Chyo Ma Lara Ayse Selcuker Claire Yuan
The Duncan Phyfe Prize for excellence in piano. Winner: Tianhai Zhou
Honorable Mention: Lucas Scott Eggers
Fayetta McKown Award for excellence in English. Winner: Natarsha Zonglai Yan
Honorable Mentions: Mia Alexandra Katz Claire Yuan
Robert Carter Bryan Prize in dramatics. Winners: Yasemin Cobanoglu Will Stewart Flamm
Honorable Mentions: Eliza Ronit Marovitz Gideon Ellant Reiter Deyante Mikai Wallace-McKinstry
History, Philosophy, Religion, and Social Sciences Michael J. Packevicz Jr. ’82 Prize for excellence in the study of philosophy and religion, given by the Class of ’82. Winner: Aissatou Bayassi Diallo
Honegger Prize for special achievement in dramatics. Winners: Stanton Maxwell Brown Sabrina Carlier
Martin Birnbaum Art Award for excellence in drawing and painting. Winner: Stella Dubin
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Honorable Mentions: Ethan Kirby Bardoe Matthew James Syms
Francis LeMoyne Page Prize for outstanding contribution to more than one field in the creative arts. Winners: Stanton Maxwell Brown Emily Jade Goodwin Ho Jin Jang
Honorable Mention: Lucas Scott Eggers
English Burger Prize for poetry and fiction.
Winners: Laura Zifu Jiang Tony Lee Moyoninuoluwa Oyinlola Oyedeji-Olaniyan Honorable Mentions: Supriya In-Ae Chang Amanda Jingshu Li
John Dos Passos Award for excellence in creative writing. Winners: Olivia Clemans Mentz Rachael Lin Nonnye Wheeler
Thomas B. Curtis ’81 Memorial Prize for enthusiasm in the study of English. Winner: Mahnav Ethan Petersen
Honorable Mentions: Luke Daniel Barrett Isabella Amador Edelin Laura Zifu Jiang Moyoninuoluwa Oyinlola Oyedeji-Olaniyan Bianca Elena Rosen Zoe Furious Tray
Honorable Mentions: Sabrina Carlier Noah Janson Franks Delorme Charles Grand Dillon Logan Talmage Gray Zoe Furious Tray
Choate Rosemary Hall Prize for excellence in the study of psychology. Winners: Medha Sai Illindala Alua Tulbassova
Honorable Mentions: Laura Zifu Jiang Deyante Mikai Wallace-McKinstry Page Whitney Wildridge
Zachary Goodyear Prize for excellence in the study of political science. Winner: Ula Alexandra Lucas
Honorable Mention: Natarsha Zonglai Yan
Douglass C. North ’38 Award for excellence in the study of economics. Winners: Christopher Mauping Lin Alicia Yunfan Xion
Honorable Mentions: Charles Grand Dillon Mia Hagen Scarpati Dominic Alexander Young-Smith
Benjamin F. Sylvester, Jr. Prize for excellence in the study of history. Winner: Shane Edward Baldwin
Honorable Mentions: Kailani Briana Day Lucas Scott Eggers Lara Ayse Selcuker
Clarence Hale Prize is awarded to a sixth former who has demonstrated enthusiasm and excellence in a variety of areas of study offered by the Department of History, Philosophy, Religion and Social Sciences. Winners: Ula Alexandra Lucas Bianca Elena Rosen Rachael Lin Nonnye Wheeler
Hicks Lawrence Prize for overall excellence in music. Winner: Sarah Diane Hudson
Honorable Mention: Oreoluwa Tejumade Tejuoso
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Department Prizes
Language Department Choate Rosemary Hall Prize for excellence in Latin. Winners: Natarsha Zonglai Yan Claire Yuan
Honorable Mentions: Declan Murphy Zink Mahnav Ethan Petersen
Choate Rosemary Hall Award for excellence in statistics. Honorable Mention: Senching Sophie Hsia
Choate Rosemary Hall Award for excellence in programming. Winner: Maxwell Yinong Fan
Choate Rosemary Hall Award for excellence in French. Winner: Aissatou Bayassi Diallo
Honorable Mentions: Lucas Scott Eggers Iris Ruth Parsons Ke Xu
Choate Rosemary Hall Award for excellence in Spanish. Winner: Hunter Sammy Bershtein
Honorable Mentions: Guillermo Arturo Antunez Tierney Annora Clotee Johnson
Choate Rosemary Hall Award for excellence in Chinese.
Honorable Mentions: Esther Sojung An Ian Callaway Haile
Choate Rosemary Hall Award for excellence in robotics. Winners: Ryan Christina Froeb David James Sorrells
Science Department Choate Rosemary Hall Award for outstanding accomplishment and genuine interest in physics. Winners: Alexander Shaun Du John Henry Rhodes
Honorable Mentions: Jee Hwan Kim Claire Yuan
Winner: Anika Midha
Honorable Mentions: Martha Kaye Chessen Aiyu Kamate
Choate Rosemary Hall Award for excellence in the study of Arabic. Winner: Gideon Ellant Reiter
Honorable Mentions: Bianca Elena Rosen Jack Zhaoheng Sun
Jos Hoppenbrouwers Language Prize to that student who, through assiduous study of more than one foreign language, has demonstrated a deep interest in and respect for other cultures. Winners: Zachary Gamba Manzanares Tyler Townsend Neri
Mathematics & Computer Science Choate Rosemary Hall Award for excellence in Calculus. Winners: Jiani Guo Jessica Siyi Wu
Choate Rosemary Hall Award given for outstanding accomplishment and genuine interest in chemistry. Winners: Gabriella Anne Elisabeth Ahl Guillermo Arturo Antunez Tierney
Honorable Mentions: Richard Chen Aarthi Katakam
Choate Rosemary Hall Award for outstanding accomplishment and genuine interest in biology. Winner: Hunter Sammy Bershtein
Honorable Mentions: Allison Charlotte Kleinstein Mirielle Chyo Ma
Choate Rosemary Hall Award for outstanding accomplishment and genuine interest in environmental science. Winner: Esther Sojung An
Honorable Mentions: Jiyeh Emily Cha Kailani Briana Day
Kiran Reddy Pendri ’06 Award for excellence in Advanced Study of Mathematics. Winners: Joy Chang An Mahnav Ethan Petersen
Honorable Mentions: Declan Murphy Zink Dominic Alexander Young-Smith Yunrui Ryan Yang
Choate Rosemary Hall Award to a sixth former for overall excellence in science.
Winner: Ula Alexandra Lucas
Paul Juliff Prize given to that member of the senior class who has made outstanding contributions to both the arts and sciences. The talents, warmth, and sincerity of Mr. Juliff are clearly reflected in the contributions of the recipient. Winners: Jayden Wai Shun Khuu Andrew Woo-Jong Lee
Honorable Mentions: Mirielle Chyo Ma Ziqiu Wang
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Winner: Claire Yuan
Honorable Mentions: Esther Sojung An Hunter Sammy Bershtein Andrew Woo-Jong Lee
Athletics Department The Charles Wickliffe Kennerly Memorial Award to the student whose generous nature and good will represent the highest ideals of fair play and who, through uncommon sportsmanship, has positively influenced others and brought great credit to family and school. Winners: Andrew David Carmody Greer Stanton Goergen
Special Awards John Merrill Donnelly Prize for significant and
creative contribution to journalism and student publications. Winners: Nikitha Lakshmi Gummadi Claire Yuan
The Sally Green Hart and L arry Hart Citations are awarded to those students who have given the school an unusual flavor, performed services in unique undertakings, and have won the affection as well as the respect of their peers. Winners: Andrew David Carmody Yasemin Cobanoglu Sarina Devi Kapoor Céline Estelle Janine Pirard
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* Matriculations reflect decision information as of May 25, 2021.
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