The Choate News graduation
Vol. CXIII ¡ No. 20
2020
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Form & Department Prizes Sixth Form Prizes
Fifth Form Prizes
Third 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.
Julie M. Case Prize to a third form student who has exhibited significant perseverance, resilience, and growth.
Winners: Stanton Maxwell Brown Kailani Briana Day
Winner: Di'Anna Jasmin Bonomolo
Honorable Mentions: Javier Castillo Cameron James Polemeni-Hegarty
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: William Edward Farish Robertson Kate Emilia Spencer
Honorable Mentions: Dasha Muyanzi Cherono Asienga Esinam Dunyoh Elizabeth Ann Overstrum
R assweiler and Choate Award to a sixth form scholar who, in achieving academic excellence, has demonstrated a true love of learning. Winners: Jonathan Martin Geller Charis Kee-Seon Kim
Honorable Mentions: Ziyan Lei Erica Maria Vandenbulcke
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: Delaney Katherine Dill Ethan Joshua Luk
Honorable Mentions: Blanca Amalia Payne Elizabeth Anne Quinn Haley Elaine Strom Noah Michael Philip Trudeau
Class of 1976 Leadership Award to that sixth form student who has demonstrated strong leadership qualities at the school. Winner: Gina Louise Driscoll
Honorable Mentions: Nathaniel Joseph White John Theodore Wilson
Honorable Mentions: Luke Daniel Barrett Carmen Alyce O'Connor
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: Sofia Schaefer Munoz Semilola Annabel Obayomi
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: Joy Chang An Je-Won Im Moises Kenyatta King-Baker
Winner: Ula Alexandra Lucas
Honorable Mentions: Esther Sojung An Declan Murphy Zink Sabahat Rahman
Choate Rosemary Hall Fifth Form Award to a student who has taken unselfish constructive action for the benefit of others in the school community. Winner: Anesi Ehinomen Ojior
Honorable Mentions: Olumoroti Ibrahim Anibaba Jiani Guo Deyante Mikai Wallace-McKinstry
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. Winner: Kenadi Grace Waymire
Honorable Mentions: Claire Lingshan Fu Abby Yuexi Lu Elsie Cherop Ng'eno
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. Winners: Tyler Coulter McLemore Linda Hong Phan Henrik Andres Torres
Honorable Mention: Rachel Renee Pittman
Choate Rosemary Hall Fourth Form Award to a student who has displayed generosity of spirit and dedication to others in the school community. Winners: Thomas Jenner Moore Barton Wylie Nicolson Stowell Doak
Honorable Mention: Rhea Rakesh Shah
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Honorable Mentions: Darion Achilles Gomez Caroline Ann Lawlor
Honorable Mentions: Bryant Steven Figueroa David Walter Garsten Shauna Morgan Schiffman
Choate Rosemary Hall Third Form Award to a student who, through thoughtful engagement with others, has demonstrated compassion, kindness, and inclusivity. Winner: Raye Enina Osayimwese-Sisson
Honorable Mention: Noah Joel McBride
Arts Department K aufman Prize for special achievement in photographic art. Winner: Liam Chevalier Podos
Honorable Mention: Caleb Michael Maddox
Burnham Prize for excellence in dance. Winner: Di'Anna Jasmin Bonomolo
Honorable Mentions: Ethan Joshua Luk Blanca Amalia Payne
Martin Birnbaum Art Award for excellence in drawing and painting. Winner: Yuzhen Zou
Honorable Mention: Alexandra Jiawen Denhart
Van Ostrand Perkins High Honors for excellence in painting, sculpture, and art history. Winner: Derek Zeus Ng
Department Prizes
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Choate Rosemary Hall Music Department Prize for excellence in performing ensembles.
Thomas B. Curtis ’81 Memorial Prize for enthusiasm in the study of English.
Winners: Matthew Rendon Noah Michael Philip Trudeau
Honorable Mentions: Shimin Cai Laryssa Hope Gazda Kathryn Marie Phillips Serena Anne Sandweiss
Winners: Chandler Jaye Littleford Elizabeth Anne Quinn Caroline Rose Rispoli
Honorable Mentions: Skylar Florence Fisher Hansen-Raj Charis Kee-Seon Kim
Sunday, May 31, 2020
Language Department Choate Rosemary Hall Prize for excellence in Latin. Winner: Derek Zeus Ng
Honorable Mentions: Ziyan Lei Declan Murphy Zink
Choate Rosemary Hall Award for excellence in French. John Clough Memorial Prize for instrumental music. Winners: Christian Arrie Boudreau Ziyan Lei Ethan Joshua Luk Junyang Sun
Honorable Mentions: Nahyun Koo Derek Zeus Ng
The Duncan Phyfe Prize for excellence in piano. Winner: Xinyang Wang
Honorable Mention: Ethan Joshua Luk
Hicks L awrence Prize for overall excellence in music. Winners: Chun-Lun Hsu Eliana Kim Hyunseo Kim Vidhya Kapur Pathy Christopher L. Rives ’76 Prize for excellence in technical theater. Winner: Yiwei Liu
Robert Carter Bryan Prize in dramatics.
Fayetta McKown Award for excellence in English. Winner: Kate Emilia Spencer
Honorable Mentions: Ethan Joshua Luk Sonali Singh
History, Philosophy, Religion, and Social Sciences Department Michael J. Packevicz Jr. ’82 Prize for excellence in the study of philosophy and religion, given by the Class of ’82. Winners: Abraham Benjamin Goodman Jamie Shin
Honorable Mentions: Chandler Jaye Littleford Cameron James Polemeni-Hegarty
Choate Rosemary Hall Prize for excellence in the study of psychology. Winner: Xinyang Wang
Honorable Mentions: Dasha Muyanzi Cherono Asienga Lillie Elizabeth Lanphier Yuting Wang
Winner: Blanca Amalia Payne
Honorable Mentions: Sara Sawanishi Hishinuma Noah Michael Philip Trudeau John Theodore Wilson
Choate Rosemary Hall Award for excellence in Spanish. Winners: Aidan Scott Marzeotti Grace Yu Zhang
Choate Rosemary Hall Award for excellence in Chinese. Winners: Maya Rosalind Lewis-Hayre Nathaniel Joseph White
Honorable Mentions: Erica Maria Vandenbulcke Nicole Celia Weinrauch
Choate Rosemary Hall Award for excellence in the study of Arabic. Winners: Samuel Joseph Curtis William Edward Farish Robertson
Honorable Mentions: Charis Kee-Seon Kim Brandon Zhang
Winner: Medina Christine Purefoy-Craig
Honorable Mentions: Ethan Joshua Luk Liam Chevalier Podos
Francis LeMoyne Page Prize for outstanding contribution to more than one field in the creative arts.
Zachary Goodyear Prize for excellence in the study of political science. Winner: Brandon Zhang
Honorable Mentions: Caroline Rose Rispoli Nathaniel Joseph White
Winner: Ethan Joshua Luk
Honorable Mentions: Blanca Amalia Payne Yuzhen Zou
English Burger Prize for creative writing published in a Choate Rosemary Hall publication. Winner: Siri Dhatri Palreddy
Honorable Mention: Blanca Amalia Payne
John Dos Passos Award for excellence in creative writing. Winner: Julia Mae Dubel
Douglass C. North ’38 Award for excellence in the study of economics. Winner: Grace Yu Zhang
Honorable Mentions: William Carl Greve Jan-Peter Kaufmann
Benjamin F. Sylvester, Jr. Prize for excellence in the study of history. Winner: Nicole Celia Weinrauch
Honorable Mentions: Luc Martyn Curragh Lucas Shepherd Nelson-Madore Noor Alexis Shalabi
Clarence Hale Prize is awarded to a 6TH 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: Nathaniel Joseph White Brandon Zhang
Honorable Mentions: Delaney Katherine Dill Sonali Singh
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Jos Hoppenbrouwers L anguage 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. Winner: William Edward Farish Robertson
Honorable Mentions: Samuel Joseph Curtis Ziyan Lei Nicole Celia Weinrauch John Theodore Wilson
Sunday, May 31, 2020
Mathematics & Computer Science Department Choate Rosemary Hall Award for excellence in Calculus. Winners: Joy Chang An Mahnav Ethan Petersen
Honorable Mentions: Declan Murphy Zink Sabahat Rahman Yunrui Ryan Yang Claire Yuan
Kiran Reddy Pendri ’06 Award for excellence in Advanced Study of Mathematics. Winner: Ziyan Lei
Honorable Mentions: Jonathan Martin Geller Andrew Woo-Jong Lee
Choate Rosemary Hall Award for excellence in programming. Winner: Roshni Surpur
Honorable Mentions: Claire Lingshan Fu Aiyu Kamate
Choate Rosemary Hall Award for excellence in robotics. Winner: Declan Murphy Zink
Honorable Mentions: Ethan Michael Chapman Nathanial Werner Krauss
Science Department Choate Rosemary Hall Award for outstanding accomplishment and genuine interest in physics.
Department Prizes Choate Rosemary Hall Award for outstanding accomplishment and genuine interest in environmental science. Winner: Sara Sawanishi Hishinuma
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. Winner: Junyang Sun
Honorable Mention: Ziqiu Wang
Honorable Mention: Noah Michael Philip Trudeau
Choate Rosemary Hall Award to a sixth former for overall excellence in science. Winners: Jonathan Martin Geller Charis Kee-Seon Kim
Honorable Mentions: Junyang Sun Erica Maria Vandenbulcke
Athletics Department The Edith Wallis and Ben Sylvester Award for the greatest contribution to athletics in the third form. Winners: John McKee Cady Alexandra Susan Hassett Taz'mir Williams
Honorable Mention: Cadence Grace Secreto
Hester C. Macquire and William A. Swiacki, Jr. Award for the greatest contribution to athletics in the fourth form. Winners: Charles Martin Katarincic Morgann Skoda
Winner: Declan Murphy Zink
Honorable Mentions: Elizabeth Anne Quinn Samantha Hanju Scott
Honorable Mentions: Martha Kaye Chessen Drew Joseph Cormier Harrison Herbert Keith
Choate Rosemary Hall Award given for outstanding accomplishment and genuine interest in chemistry. Winner: Andrew Woo-Jong Lee
Honorable Mentions: Adrian Kwan Erica Maria Vandenbulcke Claire Yuan
Choate Rosemary Hall Award for outstanding accomplishment and genuine interest in biology. Winners: Matthew Rendon Erica Maria Vandenbulcke
The Eugenia Baker Jessup and William A. Pudvah, Jr. Award for the greatest contribution to athletics in the fifth form. Winners: Greer Stanton Goergen Jack Zhaoheng Sun
Honorable Mentions: Andrew David Carmody Luke John Foster Claire Yuan
The Caroline Ruutz-Rees and Seymour St. John Award for the greatest contribution to athletics in the sixth form. Winners: Gina Louise Driscoll Cameron James Polemeni-Hegarty
Honorable Mention: Sarah Grace McAndrew
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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. Winner: Elizabeth Ann Overstrum
Honorable Mentions: Meagan Heidi Alexus Best Gina Louise Driscoll Cameron James Polemeni-Hegarty
Special Awards John Merrill Donnelly Prize for significant and creative contribution to journalism and student publications. Winners: Derek Zeus Ng Grace Yu Zhang
The Sally Green Hart and L arry Hart Citations 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: Victoria Sarah Esquibies George Cameron McCabe Blanca Amalia Payne John Gennaro Russo
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Sara Sawanishi Hishinuma Karen Kang Hyunseo Kim Charis Kee-seon Kim Ryan Seok-Joon Kim Nahyun Koo Lillie Elizabeth Lanphier Kalyani Marie Lawrence Ziyan Lei Maya Rosalind Lewis-Hayre
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