Form Prizes
Sixth Form Prizes
david t. l aymaN, Jr. prize to a sixth form student who, through perseverance, resilience, and growth, has taken full advantage of the opportunities at Choate Rosemary Hall.
WinnErs: nEvaEh’J BECErra rodrigo alEJandro Chon hiM CuEllar Jr KaMEron MohaMMEd
Honorable Mentions:
David Ray Glover-Barr
Camila Grimanesa Maria Ximena Granda Benavides
Fernanda Belén Opazo Aravena
Flora macdoNald boNNey aNd oweN morgaN prize to a sixth form student who has displayed great empathy and unselfish dedication to helping others within the school community.
WinnErs: Kiran gaBriEl MaKaM
nao Murata
dana Kai li tan
Honorable Mentions:
Jordan Dodd
Simeon Joseph Levesque
r aSSweiler award aNd william gardNer & mary atwater choate award to a sixth form scholar who, in achieving academic excellence, has demonstrated a true love of learning.
WinnErs: KathErinE siErra Chong PEisong li syna Mathod
Honorable Mentions:
Emma Catherine Bowles
Fiona Shinran Fu
Xi Lim
School Seal prize to a sixth form student for outstanding contribution to the school community over the course of their Choate Rosemary Hall career.
WinnErs: ifEanyiChuKWu KaisEr ndoKWu
JErEMiah oluWatoBiloBa oluBoWalE soPhiE shuying ParK
Honorable Mentions:
Kai Shing Ernie Mok
Leanne Barbara Parks
claSS oF 1976 leaderShip award to that sixth form student who has demonstrated strong leadership qualities at the School.
WinnEr: CandaCE hElEn BEvErly
Honorable Mentions:
Chelsea Synclaire Branch
Adam Joshua Fleischman
Virginia Elizabeth Nelson
Fifth Form Prizes
K atheriNe carlebach aNd JameS eliot oaKeS prize to a fifth form student distinguished by dedication to and positive influence on the life of the School.
WinnErs: frida Maria aCuna annaBEl ClairE Cady isaBEllE langE Marvin
Honorable Mentions:
Erin Summer Kim
Phoonseeraah Tieanworn
Katelyn Emily Tortorella
marK pitmaN aNd caroliNe ruutz-r eeS prize to a fifth form student who exemplifies the values of the School, including sound character and academic excellence, and has demonstrated constructive leadership in the community.
WinnErs: harPEr ElizaBEth MarsdEn-urEn thandiWE graCiEla taylor
Honorable Mentions:
Elizabeth Burgstahler
Arden Boas Peres
Andrew James Stahlman
choate roSemary hall FiF th Form award to a student who has taken unselfish constructive action for the benefit of others in the school community.
WinnEr: doMiniquE anuli WElCoME
Honorable Mentions: Isabelle Yuzhu Jiao
Zaki Shamsi
Fourth Form Prizes
r ay browN aNd mar Jorie bramptoN harvey prize to a fourth form student distinguished by enthusiastic engagement in the life of the School.
WinnEr: Kaylin saMying laM
Honorable Mentions:
Anthony Andrade
Victoria Mae DeVito
Kaitlyn Wing Jun Yu
mary elizabeth l owNdeS prize to a fourth form student who exemplifies the values of the School, including sound character and academic engagement, and has made significant contributions to multiple areas of the School.
WinnErs: WisdoM huMaliE laihao WEi
Honorable Mentions:
Lara Amer Petechapat Areewong
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evaN J. r eed ’79 award to a student who has displayed generosity of spirit and dedication to others in the school community.
WinnEr: JuliEt lydia EllEr
Honorable Mention: Yichen Sun
Third Form Prizes
Julie m. caSe prize to a third form student who has exhibited significant perseverance, resilience, and growth.
WinnErs: nilE PaPPoE dJata MaxiMiliano alExandEr vElasquEz
FraNceS burtoN chaFFee aNd a lFred a . cooK prize to a third form student who has demonstrated sound character, academic dedication, and enthusiastic engagement in multiple areas of school life.
WinnErs: Madison rEEsE BlooM adriEnnE PratEr BruCE MasahiKo van WingErdEn
Honorable Mentions: Liana Isabel Alkhayer Kiki Wenren
choate roSemary hall third Form award to a student who, through thoughtful engagement with others, has demonstrated compassion, kindness, and inclusivity.
WinnErs: Curtis Mghanga MBaya MaC PrivatEEr ha Jin sung
Arts Department
burNham prize for excellence in visual art.
WinnErs: nEvaEh’J BECErra nao Murata
martiN birNbaum a rt award for excellence in drawing and painting.
WinnEr: siMin yaKta
Honorable Mention: Mira Anne Parapatt
choate roSemary hall muSic departmeNt prize for excellence in performing ensembles.
WinnErs: xiyin yang xinying yao
Honorable Mentions:
Christopher Alexander Joseph Arissa Chloe Lee
Mariana Alondra Verdi
Jingyuan Zhang
JohN clough memorial prize for instrumental music.
WinnErs: zixin Cao adaM Joshua flEisChMan
Honorable Mentions:
Dylan Lee Clifton
Jae-Woo Kim
Xiu Lim Joyce Liu
the duNcaN phyFe prize for excellence in piano.
WinnEr: PEisong li
hicKS lawreNce prize for overall excellence in music.
WinnEr: farrah MCquEEn
chriStopher l r iveS ’76 prize for excellence in technical theater.
WinnErs: BéiBhinn Catriona gEanEy david ray glovEr-Barr
robert carter bryaN prize in dramatics.
WinnErs: Max BEnJaMin lEvEnton aMElia siPKin
Honorable Mention: Valentina Mariam Askar
hoNegger prize for special achievement in dramatics.
WinnErs: CandaCE hElEn BEvErly Jordan dodd
Honorable Mentions:
Talia Laura Bourdon
Adam Joshua Fleischman
FraNciS lemoy Ne page prize for outstanding contribution to more than one field in the creative arts.
WinnErs: KathErinE siErra Chong lEannE BarBara ParKs
Department Prizes
English Department
burger prize for creative writing published in a Choate Rosemary Hall publication.
WinnErs: soPhia allison liao
Connor BuCKlEy zEitlin
JohN doS paSSoS award for excellence in creative writing.
WinnErs: EvElyn sunah KiM
Max BEnJaMin lEvEnton
Honorable Mentions:
Stanley Cho
Ella Louise Morris
thomaS b curtiS ’81 memorial prize for enthusiasm in the study of English
WinnErs: siMEon JosEPh lEvEsquE nao Murata
Honorable Mention: Connor Buckley Zeitlin
Fayetta mcKowN award for excellence in English.
WinnEr: KathErinE siErra Chong
Honorable Mentions:
Monicke Costa
Xiyin Yang
History, Philosophy, Religion, and Social Sciences
michael J. pacKevicz Jr. ’82 prize for excellence in the study of philosophy and religion, given by the Class of ’82.
WinnErs: Jordan JaMEs gonzalEz xiu liM
Honorable Mentions:
Ana Isabella Bury-Negron
Julian Lazaar Lemper-Turkisher
choate roSemary hall prize for excellence in the study of psychology.
WinnEr: Kaho hannah hoshi
Honorable Mentions:
Chelsea Synclaire Branch
Shaylah Rose Finnerty
z achary goodyear prize for excellence in the study of political science.
WinnEr: xiu liM
Honorable Mentions:
Fiona Shinran Fu
Simeon Joseph Levesque
Celeste Martha Shattuck
douglaSS c. North ’38 award for excellence in the study of economics.
WinnErs: zixin Cao xiu liM
arJun shiv Pathy
Honorable Mentions:
Dana Kai Li Tan
Paxton Augustus Zerega
beNJamiN F. SylveSter, Jr prize for excellence in the study of history.
WinnErs: siMEon JosEPh lEvEsquE nao Murata
Honorable Mention: Zixin Cao
clareNce hale prize is awarded to a sixth former who has demonstrated enthusiasm and excellence in a variety of areas of study offered by the Department of History, Philosophy, Religion and Social Sciences.
WinnErs: zixin Cao xiu liM
Honorable Mentions: Fiona Shinran Fu
Simeon Joseph Levesque
Language Department
choate roSemary hall prize for excellence in Latin.
WinnEr: fiona shinran fu
Honorable Mention: Joyce Liu
choate roSemary hall award for excellence in French.
WinnErs: ChElsEa synClairE BranCh Ella louisE Morris sundari ElizaBEth Katharina von WEntzEl
choate roSemary hall award for excellence in Spanish.
WinnEr: lila rosE gizziE
Honorable Mentions: Syna Mathod Teniola Allison Obayomi
choate roSemary hall award for excellence in Chinese.
WinnErs: sarina davi fErnandEz-grinshPun Jai vishnu Midha
Honorable Mentions: Max Benjamin Leventon Linda Elizabeth Porter
choate roSemary hall award for excellence in the study of Arabic.
WinnErs: Kayla dianE BashaWaty aBigail KiM
Honorable Mentions: Moustapha Gueye Zaki Shamsi
JoS hoppeNbrouwerS l aNguage prize to that student who, through assiduous study of more than one world language, has demonstrated a deep interest in and respect for other cultures.
WinnEr: andrEW KnECht van dyKE
Honorable Mentions: Jaeik Aidan Cha Monicke Costa Joyce Liu
Department Prizes
Mathematics and Computer Science
choate roSemary hall award for excellence in Calculus.
WinnEr: sEyEon lEE
Honorable Mentions: Deyi Max Meng Yumeng Wang
KiraN r eddy peNdri ’06 award for excellence in Advanced Study of Mathematics.
WinnEr: alEx zhao
Honorable Mentions: Emma Catherine Bowles
Changil Moon
choate roSemary hall award for excellence in Statistics.
WinnEr: zixin Cao
Honorable Mentions: Kiran Gabriel Makam
Matthew Chan Trudell
choate roSemary hall award for excellence in programming.
WinnEr: JanE MCCorMiCK BrEviu
Honorable Mention: Farrah McQueen
choate roSemary hall award for excellence in robotics.
WinnErs: EBEn ashEr BauMan niCholas linfiEld huBEr
Honorable Mentions: Adam Joshua Fleischman
Ann Song
Science Department
choate roSemary hall award for outstanding accomplishment and genuine interest in physics.
WinnEr: syna Mathod
Honorable Mentions:
Nicholas Linfield Huber
Ale Yuan
Alex Zhao
choate roSemary hall award given for outstanding accomplishment and genuine interest in chemistry.
WinnErs: sEyEo lEE PEisong li
choate roSemary hall award for outstanding accomplishment and genuine interest in biology.
WinnEr: Euisung hong
Honorable Mentions: Antonio Gael Giraldez Greco
Caroline Mina Kim
choate roSemary hall award for outstanding accomplishment and genuine interest in environmental science.
WinnEr: Kai shing ErniE MoK
Honorable Mentions:
Sarina Davi Fernandez-Grinshpun
Zein Kabbani
Dana Kai Li Tan
paul JuliFF prize given to that member of the senior class who has made outstanding contributions to both the arts and sciences. The talents, warmth, and sincerity of Mr. Juliff are clearly reflected in the contributions of the recipient.
WinnEr: JoyCE liu
choate roSemary hall award to a sixth former for overall excellence in science.
WinnEr: EMMa CathErinE BoWlEs
Honorable Mentions:
Seokhyun Chin
Peisong Li
Joyce Liu
Athletics Department
the edith walliS aNd beN SylveSter award for the greatest contribution to athletics in the third form.
WinnEr: ChasE CaMEron PoWErs
Honorable Mentions:
Sebastian Kai Huang
Mac Privateer
Rhema Edysha Woolcock
heSter c macquire aNd william a . SwiacKi, Jr award for the greatest contribution to athletics in the fourth form.
WinnEr: tatianna nasJaE irizarry
Honorable Mentions:
Sophia Bobae Lind
Emerson Andrew Nappi
Yichen Sun
the eugeNia baKer JeSSup aNd william a pudvah, Jr award for the greatest contribution to athletics in the fifth form.
WinnEr: annaBEl ClairE Cady
Honorable Mentions:
Logan Alexandra Dubuc
Katelyn Emily Tortorella
the caroliNe ruutz-r eeS aNd Seymour St. JohN award for the greatest contribution to athletics in the sixth form.
WinnEr: Calli ann gilChrist
Honorable Mentions: Mia Anne Bratti
Rodrigo Alejandro Chon Him Cuellar Jr. Daneel Nicholas Polakoff
the charleS wicKliFFe KeNNerly memorial award to the student whose generous nature and good will represent the highest ideals of fair play and who, through uncommon sportsmanship, has positively influenced others and brought great credit to family and school.
WinnErs: PiPEr BEllE CaMEron
JErEMiah lanCE Washington
Honorable Mentions:
Rodrigo Alejandro Chon Him Cuellar Jr. Mariana Kim Keyes
Daneel Nicholas Polakoff
Journalism
JohN merrill doNNelly prize for significant and creative contribution to journalism and student publications.
WinnEr: fiona shinran fu Honorable Mention:
Arjun Shiv Pathy
Special Award
the Sally greeN hart aNd l arry hart citatioNS to those students who have given the School an unusual flavor, performed services in unique undertakings, and have won the affection as well as the respect of their peers.
WinnErs: Justin ChristoPhEr EdWards tEniola allison oBayoMi
John roCCo rEilly
Mariana alondra vErdi
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Zixin Cao
Jaeik Aidan Cha
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School NewS
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Class of 2025 Cum Laude
Quinn Avery Farmer
Rio Bella Federman
Sarina Davi Fernandez-Grinshpun
Fiona Shinran Fu
Lila Rose Gizzie
Ty James Holloway
Nicholas Linfield Huber
Andrew Ju
Zein Kabbani
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Changil Moon
Maya Alexandra Novakovich Moorthy
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outreach team
Victoria DeVito ’27*
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Clara Kang ’26
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Ignacio Granda ’27
Jayden Park ’27
Maia Shah ’27
Arjun Ramnath ’28
Courtney DeStefano