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the confidence we have now as brand new
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adults, setting out to prove ourselves and change the world, should not be seen as delusion. there is nothing false in knowing that you have the potential for
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greatness, more so than you have already achieved of course. it only becomes a lie when you lose the drive to achieve it.
– Valedictorian Allie Andrews ’11 as she reminds her classmates that “You Are Awesome.”
New Hampton School graduated 108 students on a beautiful spring morning, May 27, 2011. United States Army Captain Alicia Burrows ’00 (see page 30) returned to campus and gave an inspiring speech to the new graduates. The following awards were presented to students at Commencement (college destinations are also included): r allie andrews (Wakefield, New Hampshire) was the valedictorian of the class and received the World Languages Award. (New York University) r naram moon (Soul, Korea) was the class salutatorian. (University of Rhode Island) r david winking (Stonington, Connecticut) received the Meservey Medal, the School’s most prestigious medal that is awarded to the student who has unselfishly contributed to making New Hampton School a more stimulating and productive community. (Connecticut College) r reiva keith (Sanborton, New Hampshire) received the Citizenship Award as well as the Ben Cecil Jury of Your Peers Award for being selected by her classmates to be the Commencement welcome speaker. (Dickinson College) r meiqi tian (Beijing, China) was awarded the Multicultural Diversity Medal, given to the senior who consistently fosters an understanding, acceptance, and celebration of diversity while encouraging others within and outside his/her cultural grouping to see different people as a source of learning in the classroom, in the community, and around the world. (Boston University) r brian alexander (Rumney, New Hampshire) received the Intellectual Curiosity Award. (Clarkson University) r paul piscitelli (Campton, New Hampshire) received the Academic and Personal Growth Medal. (Plymouth State University) r kevin messier (Burlington, Vermont) and daniel frias (Lawrence, Massachusetts) received Faculty Citations, awarded to students who do not receive a major medal but whom faculty wanted to recognize. (Wagner University and Providence College)
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Other awards, presented at Baccalaureate on May 26, included: Dara Levitan (Weston, Massachusetts), English Department; Casey Goll (Winthrop, Massachusetts), Golden-Tilton PG Athlete; Baxter Mattes (Duxbury, Massachusetts), History Department; Kamron Boe Vachirapresith (Thailand), Mathematics Department; Connor Gorman (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) and Reiva Keith, Joe Plaia Outstanding Athletes; Zhengyi Liu (Wuhan, China), Science Department; Mack Willingham (New Hampton, New Hampshire), Performing Arts; Yeo Jun Song (Seoul, Korea), Visual Arts Award. r
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