Honor Day Awards

LowerSchoolAwards

CharacterEducationAward

SecondGrade ThirdGrade FourthGrade

Grace Jacobson Stevie Maas

GlennBallardAward

FourthGrade Abigail Hilgers Milly Bialas

JohnCooperAward

ThirdGrade Carney Platt Rebecca Lee Lingle

FourthGrade

Olivia Nigro Morgan Aron Eleanor Kaim Bryce Goldstein

MiddleSchoolAwards

AcademicAchievementAward

FifthGrade SixthGrade Kush Puri Lana Nguyen

ArtsAward

SeventhGrade

Emma Huddle Felix Riley

SeventhGrade Ayla Patel Gus Pielop

EigthGrade Lucas Fang Caroline Raynes

EigthGrade

JackHannagriffAward CharlesB.Sanders,Jr.FifthGradeAward GregGephartSeventhGradeAward

Jack Paris Will McMackin

JanBradenAward Isabel Cooper Graham Erwin Marisa Boué

EmmaJaneMillerAward ArthurE.GoddardAward

LeighWeld SixthGradeAward Drew Montgomery

ChelseaPopeCollins Award

Vaishali Thakkar Onyi Ndee Kate DeWalch Ammar Ali

UpperSchoolAwards

Academic Awards

English

TheJuniorClassof1953 AwardforEnglish TheCallieB.LawWritingAward

Sahar Punjwani

TheEnglishIIAward Sofia Bajwa Mya Franklin

TheEnglish I Award Blake Kekish Jack Denechaud

GlennBallardAward

Eshaan Mani

TheJeanneS.AlsupAwardforAmericanLiterature Studies

William Watson Michelle Sekili

TheFalconWingsAward TheJuniorClassof1953 AwardforEnglish

Academic Awards

TheWorldCivilizations Award TheFreshmanHistoryAward

TheAmericanHistory Award Jack Monday

TheDamonWellsAward Samantha Fowler

TheSeniorSocialSciences Award Katherine Zhang

Anthony Treistman Molly Ribbeck

Science

TheHerderFellowshipfor ScienceLeadership TheFourYearScience Award Megha Neelapu

TheMoranChemistry Award TheMikeMoncriefDebate Award TheCelinaKilpatrick ResearchAward

Spencer Powers

Math

TheMalcolmCravens Award Brian Shortt

TheCalculusAward

Lydia Patterson Grace Beilstein

TheClassof1980MathematicsAward forPrecalculus

Jack Monday

ThePapadopoulosAward forBiology Shreya Mehta

TheGoettschePhysics Award Jonathan Frumovitz

TheMonroeRustBiology Award Ravi Yalamanchili

TheStatisticsAward Vedul Palavajjhala

TheAlgebraIIAward

Zoe Price Evren Ozdogan

TheMonroeRustBiology Award TheChemistryAward Nick Bhasin Patrick Solcher

TheKathrynWadeGeometryAward Soha Sewani

TheMathematicsand ScienceAward

TheSchlumbergerAward forFrenchLiterature CollegeLevel TheChineseAward TheDorothyRiceCooper AwardforLatinLiterature CollegeLevel TheLatinIIIAward TheFrancitaStuartAward forSpanishLiteratureAP

Tom Roff

TheHaynesAwardfor SpanishLanguageAP Jon Jafarnia

TheSpanishIIIAward Meghan Anand

TheStoneAwardfor FrenchLanguageAP Kallie Carlson

TheLucetteTopperLevel ThreeFrenchAward Noah Rubinson

Leora Maksoud Connor Blake Ethan Fang

TheFreshmanAcademicMeritAward Sammy Riesgo-Zamudio

TheSophomoreAcademic MeritAward

Computer

TheWilliamS.Kilroy ComputerAward

Jessica Liu

Academic Merit Awards

Jaisal Kalapatapu Samantha Fowler

TheJuniorAcademicMeritAward Laxmi Thakkar

TheSeniorAcademicMerit Award

Athletics Awards

Matthew Moseley Laura Behr Priscilla Mach

TheDanHartAwardfor Athletics TheCathyMerrillAward forAthletics TheLevyGarrettAward TheLevyGarrettAward

TheMabyKingAward TheClassof1953AwardforJuniorCitizenship TheMarkLesterAwardforSophomoreCitizenship

Character Awards

Martin Ibarra Charlie Pagan

TheClassof1978AwardforFreshmanCitizenship Ezekiel Evans

TheAmberAlexander Award Reese Ham Cacie Chatman

TheIndependentStudyAward

Gardner Watson Watt Muir

TheAlumniAssociationAward Sarah Stephens Serena Thompson

TheClassof1975AwardforSeniorCitizenship Isabelle Grace

TheKendallAwardfor CommunityService

Andrew Linhart Eliza Moldawer Shreya Mehta Sofia Bajwa

TheKinkaidianAward Maggie Johnston

TheActingAward

Fine Arts Awards

Tyler Doan Meredith Burpeau Haylie Sims

TheJournalismAward Eliza Moldawer

TheTomBoydMusical TheatreAward

TheDanceAward TheOrchestraAward TheChoirAward TheFilmmakingAward TheBandAward

Sapphire Thompson Jonathan Mitchell

The3DArtAward Nikita Munsif Haley Hester Anthony Treistman

TheLauriJonesShepler 2DArtAward

TheA.J.Carothers50 AwardforCreativeWriting TheTechnicalTheatre Award

Fine Arts Awards

Rachel Reed Regan Arkless Priscilla Mach

TheJournalismAward Alexandra Blake Arden Fayard

ThePhotographyAward

Mya Franklin Megan Riley Wilson Kelsey Eliza Griggs Frankie Wimbish

Sally Buck Madi Babine Ayush Krishnamoorti Megha Neelapu

Scholarships

TheJohnFontaine MemorialScholarship TheElenaSemander ScholarshipforArt Athletics

Faculty/StaffAwards

COLUMBIANAAWARD

e Columbiana Award for Excellence in Teaching recognizes a member of the Kinkaid faculty who has demonstrated outstanding pedagogy within his or her fild and who reaches out beyond the classroom to serve as a mentor and role model for students and colleagues. Ths year’s recipient, Middle School World Language Chair and Spanish teacher Patricia Chadwick, inspires ALL students to learn. She does not confie learning to the textbook, a classroom, or traditional methods of learning. Instead, she incorporates culture, fids creative ways to make material accessible, and is diligent in her efforts to enhance the curriculum. There is no doubt that she has the highest expectations of her students even when they don’t believe that they are capable of meeting them. Students know she is no-nonsense and will hold them accountable all the while doing it with a smile and a compassionate understanding of who they are as individuals. She is thoughtful, insightful, empathetic, and enjoys her time with her students in the classroom or attending students’ games and performances. She invests time to get to know each student as a whole person, and she can see what each child brings to the classroom community. Her approach to teaching includes fiding and using her students’ unique strengths to overcome their struggles and develop a positive self-concept beyond learning a language. Whether teaching Spanish, coordinating a service-learning project, dressing up for spirit day or playing a serious game of volleyball with the students, this teacher does it all, and enthusiastically!

STEMAWARD

Th STEM Teaching Award recognizes excellence in teaching in one of the traditional STEM disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) or through leveraging the relationships and synergies within the intersections of STEM filds with the humanities, social sciences, and/or the arts. The inaugural recipient of the STEM Teaching Award, Upper School math teacher Olen Rambow, is described as a passionate, enthusiastic, and supportive educator known for a love of STEM and the arts. He was nominated by faculty and students alike for his creativity, original lesson plans, and the links he makes between his subject and the world outside of the classroom. The excitement he has for his subject is infectious, and his students state that they leave his class loving math more than they could possibly imagine. Having taught almost all levels of math at Kinkaid, from Algebra I to Multivariable Calculus, he is also known for his engaging Interim Term classes, namely “Defense Against Dark Math” and “Nuclear Physics for Hardcore Nerds”. He is also the sponsor of the Dark Math Club. He recently sponsored students in independent studies on Neuroscience Research and Musical Theatre. That may seem strange for a math teacher, but not for one who incorporates his musical talent into his math classes and participates as a musician in Upper School assemblies and the Kinkaid Coffee House. To sum it up, one student recently wrote, “He’s a great teacher and one of the smartest people I have ever met!”

LEONARDAWARD e Georgia and Eddie Leonard Sta Excellence Award,

named in honor of two long-time staff embers who were adored and respected by the entire Kinkaid community, is presented annually to a member of the Kinkaid staff ho has demonstrated the highest level of excellence in his or her own work over the course of the year. Director of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) Scott Lambert gives this year’s recipient, Fine Arts Administrative Assistant Andrea Nash, rave reviews saying, “The VPA program at Kinkaid would not function nearly as well as it does if it weren’t for the kind, compassionate, focused, disciplined, organized, personable, intellectual, responsible, respectful, and honest Andrea Nash. Whether tracking the 39 budgets we manage, fiding substitutes for the 28 full and part-time faculty we supervise, tracking hours for approximately 25 adjunct faculty members, ordering supplies, making travel arrangements for 150 students for the ISAS Arts Festival, creating programs for EVERY Arts production we host, manning the ticket booth and concession area when needed, ordering scripts, communicating with videographers and photographers, or any of the other miscellaneous jobs she does, she always does it with a smile. I knew Eddie and Georgia Leonard well, and they embodied the values of warmth, generosity, respect, commitment, and integrity. Andrea embodies these ideals to her very core.”

VIRANIAWARD

In 2016 the Virani Family and the School established the Faris D. Virani Memorial Award honoring Faris D. Virani, an extraordinary young man – smart, caring and kind with an amazing, indomitable spirit. Ths award recognizes one faculty member who embodies the “Go with the Flow” attitude that reflcts the spirit of Faris Virani, our Forever Falcon. Lower School Principal Krista Babine praised this year’s recipient, Lower School Innovation Coordinator Krissy Venosdale, saying, “Her life-juice is flexbility. It buoys her, and she, in turn, helps all those around her stay aflat. She models flexbility through her actions, and her cool demeanor in a challenging situation infects others. She elicits calm by remaining calm, helping those around her maintain perspective. She engages with faculty and students, empowering them at every turn. If you don’t think you can do it, she knows that you can, and she will gently prove it to you. Her sensitive and thoughtful scaffolding builds capacity in others, and her quiet humility keeps the spotlight on others, always. While she runs on flexbility, among her other skills are creativity and outside-the-box thinking. Time after time, she presents solutions to problems, typically before being asked. With her tireless work ethic, she has created, solved, planned, and inspired her way through countless challenges, the most recent of which has been distance learning. Krissy is a daily exemplar of a go-with-the-flw mindset, and her greatest giftis her ability to transfer that mindset to others.”

FacultyRetirements

JudannLuening

Judann Luening has been associated with Kinkaid for over 32 years – fist as a parent (Kinkaid alum, Christian Luening ’00), volunteer, and then an employee. For the last 26 years she has served as the assistant to the Middle School Librarian. “Along with being a prolific eader of middle-grade literature and deeply knowledgeable about cataloging and library organization, Judann was unparalleled in her ability to help students fid information for their research projects. Thank you, Judann, for your commitment and dedication to Kinkaid, our students, and the library program over your many years of passionate service. You will be missed!” — Christina Bell, MS Librarian

MarysiaGillan

For 22 years Marysia Gillan has dedicated her career to Lower School serving as a Kindergarten teacher. “I am so fortunate to have worked alongside and learned from Marysia over the past five years. She cares deeply for all of her co-workers and students as evidenced by her wonderful mentorship and the long hours that she dedicated to The Kinkaid School...Marysia has gone above and beyond for all of her students since the beginning of her career. I have learned countless, invaluable lessons from her, and I know I have become a better teacher with her counsel. I will cherish the many memories that I have shared with Marysia for years to come”. — Laura Easterling, Kindergarten Assistant

BetsyThompson

Betsy ompson has devoted 20 years of her career as a Lower School First Grade teacher. “It has been a gift nd privilege to collaborate with such a masterful teacher, colleague, and friend. Ever the consummate professional, Betsy has been the embodiment of our school’s four core values, infusing each school day with laughter, positivity and joyful learning. For more than twenty years, she has dispensed her wit and wisdom to each class with heart, skill, and devotion. To us, her fist-grade team, Betsy has been our guiding light — steady, wise, encouraging and uplifting. Adored by her students, she has left n indelible mark on the lives of the many children she taught”. — Dana Brown, First Grade Teacher

KimAdkins

Kim Adkins began her career at the Kinkaid School 15 years ago teaching computer applications in the Upper School. In 2006, Kim became Kinkaid’s fist database analyst and was later coined the “Veracross Goddess”. “Since I arrived at Kinkaid six years ago, I have come to treasure two of Kim’s qualities. First is her curiosity and willingness to continue learning while also pushing our thinking. I also cherish Kim’s human-centric commitment to customer service, enabling each person to help get Veracross to be able to do what they needed it to do to get their job done”. — Vinnie Vrotny, Director of Technology

NewMembersoftheBoardofTrustees

TheKinkaidSchoolishonoredtowelcome fivenewmemberstotheBoardof

Trustees. Each new trustee answered questions about their service to the School. A special thank you to outgoing trustees Linda Andrews, Pam Fullenweider, Berdon Lawrence, Christine Robertson Morenz ’92 and Mary Eliza Lovett Shaper ’88 for their service to Kinkaid and the Board of Trustees.

Jim Looke

Parent of Christiana Looke ’15 (fs), Mary Frances Looke ’12 (fs), Catherine Looke ompson ’09 (fs), Caroline Looke Benak ’08 (fs), Collins Looke ’05 (fs), Liz Looke ’02, Joe Looke ’00, Steven Looke ’99, Grandparent of Carlyle Looke ’33 and Bromley Looke ’28

Whatdoessuccesslookliketoyouinterms oftheBoard’sjobatKinkaid?

To continue the excellence of the Kinkaid School and try to improve on this fie learning institution. A good education along with good values is one of the most important gifts e can give our children. The world’s most valuable resource is an educated population. Education has always been dear to my wife Carole's and my heart.

Charles Lawrence Jr.

Alumnus Class of 1996, Parent of Berdon Lawrence ’31

WhatmotivatesyoutoserveontheBoard ofTrustees?

What motivates me to serve on the Board of Trustees is that I’m passionate and committed to serve each and every student at Kinkaid, to help the School accomplish its overall mission and goals, and to assist in ensuring that the future of the Kinkaid Community will continue to thrive. I keenly recall my high school English teacher, Dr. Barry Moss, back in the mid-90’s, and how he helped to shape my life in so many positive ways. Further, since graduating in 1996, I have been grateful of how Kinkaid has enriched the lives of many of my family members. My son will be going into the 2nd grade this fall, and I love seeing his learning evolve because of his teachers and all that Kinkaid offers him. It’s simply an honor and privilege to give back to such a phenomenal institution of well-rounded students who will undoubtedly make a signifiant difference in our world.

Ashley Morgan Hanna

Alumna Class of 1993, Parent of Catherine Hanna ’29 and William Hanna ’28

WhatmotivatesyoutoserveontheBoardof Trustees?

I want my children and future generations of Kinkaid students and families to look back on their experience at Kinkaid with the same fondness, appreciation and gratitude that I have for my years at the School. Kinkaid is a very special place where our students should not only be academically prepared for their futures, but also be instilled with the moral character and personal responsibility that they will need to be successful.

Bethel Quander

Parent of Katie Quander ’23 and Jack Quander (18)

Whatmotivatesyoutoserveon theBoardofTrustees?

I want to be part of shaping the strategy that enables the Kinkaid community to continue to thrive as the world becomes more complex and diverse. We have the unique opportunity to provide the tools and resources for a new generation of educators and students to embody our core values: honesty, respect, responsibility and kindness.

Neil Wizel

Parent of Camille Wizel ’30, Anna Wizel ’28, Grace Wizel ’24 and Henry Wizel ’24

Whatdoessuccesslookliketo youintermsoftheBoard’sjob atKinkaid?

Success at the board level means that our Head of School and our administrative team feel fully enabled and empowered to elevate Kinkaid to its highest potential, so that in practice and theory, the School fulfills its mission to develop resilient, thoughtful and engaged leaders and thinkers.

Dr.EdTrustyParade

SuccessfulcelebrationsinthetimeofCOVID requiresomecreativity.

Thankfully, everyone loves a parade! On everyone loves a parade! On May 17, a beautiful Sunday afternoon, Kinkaid Sunday afternoon, Kinkaid celebrated Dr. Ed Trusty with a lively and socially Trusty with a lively and socially distanced send-off parade in his honor. Hundreds parade in his honor. Hundreds of cars decorated with notes of well-wishes, post- with notes of well-wishes, posters, streamers and filed with smiling, cheer- filled with smiling, cheering, waving, honking, confetti-shooting confetti-shooting parade participants rolled rolled through campus as Dr. Trusty held court on his balloon adorned dais. It was an unforgettable after afternoon for an unforgetta unforgettable man. Good luck in your in your next adventure. Until we we meet again…Thank you you for everything, Dr. Trusty! Trusty!