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Upper School Students Receive Honors at Closing Awards Ceremony

On Thursday, May 26 the Upper School held their annual Closing Awards Ceremony. During this ceremony, Shipley recognized the outgoing and incoming student leadership officers and presented students with academic, athletic, art, and leadership awards.

Congratulations to the following students:
The Mary Law Starr Prize: Ishea Johnson
The Sandi Richards Service Prize: Kate Aschkenasy
National Latin Examination, Certificate of Honorable Merit, Summa Cum Laude: Vincent Fumo
 
The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards of 2016:
Silver Key for Excellence in the Visual Arts: Elvis Zhang
Silver Key or Excellence in the Visual Arts: Steven Zhang
Honorable Mention: Van Tingley
Honorable Mention: Harrison Rusk
The Rhode Island School of Design Prize: Christina Piasecki
The Leila Peck Horticulture Award: Samantha Brown
The Frances Kellett Roberts Prize: Nicole Janzer

Junior Scholarship and University Book Awards:
Janet Neville: Hannah Engelman
Harvard University: Elizabeth Durham
Yale University: Fitz (James) Dougherty
Haverford College Award: Jasmine Branham and Sheldan Dalsimer
Princeton University: Jennifer Lee
George Washington University: Brooke Robinson
Wellesley College: Jenna Collazzo
 
Academic and Departmental Awards and Prizes:
The Latin Prize: Vincent Fumo
The Modern Language Prize for Mandarin: Nicholas Wojtelwicz
The Modern Language Prize for Spanish: Jill Nerhbas
The Modern Language Prize for French: McKinley Lovett
The Penelope Julliard '56 Double Language Award: Allegra Rapoport
Anderson Art Prize: Harrison Rusk and Emily Talluto
The June Avery Snyder Prize: Kate Pedersen
The Williams Garthwaite English Award: McKinley Lovett
The Allegra Woodworth History Prize: Leo Duke
The George Wrangham & Margaret Ralph History Research Prize: Kit Smith
The Daniel M. Caesar Award: Elise Dadourian
The Scammon Jones Music Prize: Philip Johnson
The Catherine Bohlen Interdisciplinary Prize: Brittainy Lovett
The Performing Arts Prize: Mallory Avnet and Benjamin Kimmel
The Charles S. Owen Science Department Prize: Vincent Fumo
The Margaret Williams Prize in Mathematics: Will Field
The Graham Barrott Computer Science Prize: Ivy Chenyao
The STEAM Award: Tate Gallagher
Technology Service Award: Jake Trachtenberg

Athletic Awards:
The Merry Tropp Sportsmanship Award: Giulia Acchione, Christina Piasecki, Peter Sobelman, Micah Salamon
The Esther Forbes Russell Prize: Brittany Lovett and Will Field
The Richard L. Maack Father’s Association Bowl: Tate Gallagher
The White Blazer Award: Emily Talluto and Jenna Litner

Senior Scholarship Prizes:
The Senior Scholarship Prize: McKinley Lovett and Jill Nehrbas
The Phi Beta Kappa Prize: Will Field

Senior Leadership Prizes:
Senator Daylin Leach Good Citizen Award: Avery Yecies and Sage Edelstein
Congressman Meehan Good Citizenship Award: Owain Thoroughgood
Congressman Ryan Costello Citizenship Award: Harrison Callahan
The Alumni Prize: Evan Spector
The Theodore Spencer Award: Christina Piasecki
The John J. Serrell Prize: Mallory Avnet and Arvelle Jones
The Avery Silverman School Spirit Award: Ally Schoenberg and Angel Goins
The Worden Prize: Mabel Silva
The Thomas W. Nammack Award: Joey Bradley and Eric Yang
The Havemyer Dobie Award: Shannon Smith
The Anne Garrett Buck Memorial Award: McKinley Lovett
The Tamara Tirjan Memorial Award: Addison Leavy
Emma Bailey Speer Prize: Britt Lovett
The Class of 1944 Bowl: Maya Overton

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The Shipley School is a private, coeducational day school for pre-kindergarten through 12th grade students, located in Bryn Mawr, PA. Through our commitment to educational excellence, we develop within each student a love of learning and a desire for compassionate participation in the world.