Upper School Community Celebrates Honors Day

Several Upper School students were recognized during the annual Honors Day in early June. The ceremony, which celebrates the academic excellence of Upper School boys, was presided over by Head of Upper School Mark Fifer, with department heads presenting awards to deserving students during the ceremony. 

Art Awards:

• The Robert L. Finch Art Award: Alistair Wiedmer
• The Peter Chamberlain Award: Reed Campbell and Myles Haron
• Rhode Island School of Design Award: William Suter
• The Peter Lund Toebe Memorial Award: Luke Ganley

Performing Arts Awards:

• The Lewis-Wright Award: James Gates
• The Edward Hillary Reuss III ’38 Memorial Prize: Austan Hengst
• The Music Technology Prize: Russell Yoh
• The Centennial Hall Award for Technical Theatre: Samuel Jiru
• The Haverford School Theater Award: Render Ford
• The Thomas Worth Thespis Award: Sebastian Golderer

English Awards:

• The Robert U. Jameson Debate Award: Nolan McCloskey
• The Paul B. Rochberg ’63 Memorial Creative Writing Prize: Sean Ngo
• The Lewis Gouverneur Smith 1910 Memorial Prize: William French
• The Norman Mailer Literary Award: Casey Williams
• The Stephen B. Knowlton Prize: Tate Conklin
• The Robert U. Jameson Memorial Prize: Reilly Pryma and Christopher Schwarting

History Awards:

• The IV Form History Prize: Harrison Cross
• The Francis White 1910 Scholar: Ian Rosenzweig 
• The D.A.R. Prize: Milan Varma
• The Frank E. DeSimone, Esquire Mock Trial Award: Reilly Pryma
• The Form VI History Award: Anthony Valentino

Language Awards:

• The Joseph P. Healey Award: Simon Wang
• The William Wallace Prize: Christopher Schwarting
• The Maurice L. Clancy Memorial Prize in Spanish: Sebastian Golderer
• The Eastern and Western Languages Award: Preston Swei
• The Linguistics Prize: Adiyan Nayak
• Severinghaus Global Scholar Award: Luke Ganley

Math Awards:

• The John C. Lober 1920 Prize: Arsh Aggarwal
• The Rudolph Hamma Blythe Jr. ’59 Computer Award: John Ford
• The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Prize in Economics: Render Ford and Christopher Schwarting
• The High Scorer on the American Mathematics Competition (AMC) 10 Mathematics Exam: Jonathan Wang
• The High Scorer on the American Mathematics Competition (AMC) 12 Mathematics Exam: Devin Carpenter
• Rensselaer Medal for Excellence in Mathematics and Science: Conor McDonald

Science Awards:

• The Robert C. Rugg Memorial Prize: Matthew Lo, Hugh Williams, and Jayden Thomas
• The Antoine Lavoisier Chemistry Prize: Nicholas Zafiriou
• The Barton Sensenig Science Prize:John Kohlenberg and Michael Wylie
• The James L. Dunn ’38 Prize: Tanner Vogel

Upper School Awards:

• The Class and School Spirit Awards:
  • Form III: Alexander Scharpf
  • Form IV: Riyadh Rolls
  • Form V: Finn Kelly
  • Form VI: Adon Gross
• The William Corey ’08 Memorial Award: Aaron Bonaparte
• The John E. Krout ’37 Memorial Award: Nicholas Lu
• The Thomas Allerton Newhall Memorial Prize: Raymond Kresge
• The Thomas D. Harrison Jr. Memorial Prize: Matthew Lo
• The William Edward Gwinn ’86 Memorial Prize: John Ford
• The William G. Warden II 1921 Memorial Prize: Milan Varma
• The Cecile B. Jarvis Award: Talan Maury
• The Frank R. Ewing Jr. Oar Award: Michael Barnes-Pace
• The Donald J. McBride Award: Sebastian Perez-Gasiba
• The Robert M. Gillin Jr. ’81 Memorial Prize: Jai Bonaparte

Book Awards:

• The Harvard Club of Philadelphia Award: Ian Rosenzweig
• The University of Chicago Book Award: Nicholas Lu
• The University of Pennsylvania Book Award: Finn Kelly
• The Williams College Book Award: Elliot Lee
• The Princeton Book Award: Kevin Li
• The Wake Forest University Book Award: Conor McDonald
• The University of Virginia Book Award: Connor Simpkins
• The Yale Book Award: Milan Varma

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