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Jim Walker Memorial Math Award: Kate Cammarano
This award is given to a member of the junior class who has produced distinguished work in one or more of the following disciplines: English, history, music, art, or drama. Anne Shepherd taught English for 44 years, at Miss Fine’s School and then at Princeton Day School, retiring in 1995. Shepherd Commons is named in her honor. A rare and special student whose kindness, curiosity, and open-mindedness have added immeasurably to our school community, Cierra Moore is a gifted artist with a musician’s soul, and one of the elite Jacobson Scholars for the advanced study of music.
Jim Walker — a long-serving, dedicated math teacher and department chair at PDS — affected many lives both inside and outside the classroom. This award recipient embodies the love of math and passion for learning that Jim Walker exemplified. Kate Cammarano’s enthusiasm for math is contagious. Whether as a member of her two AP math courses or as a role model within the SiMS peer tutoring program, she has made indelible contributions to our school’s intellectual life.
Mark L. Zaininger !81 Memorial Award: Cameron Smith
Hubert N. Alyea Award: Ian Power
Established in 2010 through the generosity of the Zaininger family and friends, the Mark L. Zaininger ’81 Memorial Award honors an alumnus whose professional and personal life was dramatically and positively influenced during the summer of his junior year at Princeton Day School, through his participation in a creative, challenging and rigorous summer program. The award is given annually to a member of the Princeton Day School junior class whose proposed summer experience in pursuit of an interest or passion has the greatest likelihood of inspiring and revealing to the recipient new horizons and directions for his/her life path. Cameron Smith has a curious mind and an abiding passion for learning, and is a devoted student of Chinese language, history, and culture. This award will allow him to travel to China to participate in a linguistic and cultural immersion program called Global Link: China.
Each year the Princeton Section of the American Chemical Society honors high school seniors who have demonstrated a joyful sense of wonder, a love of chemistry, and a strong commitment to the learning of new ideas with the Hubert N. Alyea Award, named for the renowned Princeton Professor Emeritus of Chemistry. Ian Power exemplifies all of these qualities with a passion for learning, a love of chemistry, and deep sense of science’s importance to our shared intellectual life.
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GROWING EACH YEAR This year marks the third time the Mark L. Zaininger ’81 Memorial Award has been awarded to a Princeton Day School junior for a summer course of study. Head of Upper School and Assistant Head of School for Academic Life Jason Robinson reported that the interest in this award has grown steadily each year, as has the number of proposals. In fact, this year, he received more proposals than ever before—approximately double the amount from last year. “The depth, quality, and variety of the proposals were very impressive,” said Mr. Robinson. “It’s been gratifying to see such growth in interest in this award in such a short period of time.” In addition to Cameron Smith’s proposal to participate in Global Link: China, Mr. Robinson received proposals that ranged from working at an animal shelter in South Africa, to studying Classics in Rome, to enrolling in a prosthetics engineering program, to a German language study in Vienna. “It’s been wonderful to see how aligned the proposals are with our Global Studies program in the Upper School, as well. Last year’s award-winner, Victoria Lach ’16, participated in a writing program in Prague.”
Senior Awards
The Anne Shepherd Humanities Award: Cierra Moore
ACADEMIC AWARDS The English Award: Mia Wong The Writing Award: Chloe Berger History Award: Katie Sanderson Math Award: Caroline Okun Computer Science Award: Ben Multak and Ian Power Biology Award: Emily Yuhas Chemistry Award: Rajiv Potluri Physics Award: Caroline Okun Award for Overall Science Excellence: Jorina Kardhashi The Elizabeth Fine Latin Award: Adrien Farhat French Award: Nick Chen Chinese Award: Tillie Lighte Spanish Award: Isabel Meyercord Dual Language Award: Ritvik Khandelwal
ARTS AWARDS Architecture Award: Chris Henry Ceramics Award: Tess Gecha Media Awards: Ben Applegate The Multi-Media Award: Mia Wong Painting and Drawing Award: Jamie Maher Gary Lott Art Purchase Award: Helen Healey The Mark Winstanley !90 Art Purchase Award: Tillie Lighte Photography Award: Emma Shainwald Andy Franz Woodworking Award: Kevin Hagan Jacobson Scholars: Nick Chen and Nicholas Ioffreda Choral Music Award: Ava Nusblatt Instrumental Music Award: Sean Donovan Theater Award for Performance: Rajiv Potluri Theater Award for Technical Achievement: Mark Schafer Dance Award: Sophie Freedman FALL!"#$%