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
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.