SCHOOL LIFE
RISING STARS
Rising Stars of Princeton Day School On the stage, on the field, or in the classroom, these students shine! Congratulations to... Peter Hopper ’12 and Zach Lawrence ’12, (at left) who
have been named Finalists in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program.
Janie Smukler ’12, (at right) who was
named the Star-Ledger 2011 Prep Player of the Year for girls soccer. Mikey Gray ’12 and Julia Miller ’12,
who were both accepted into an exclusive theatre experience with the Royal Shakespeare Company called Richard’s Rampage. They worked on classical acting with members of the Royal Shakespeare Company, including Kevin Spacey, who is currently starring in the Broadway production of Richard III. Meg Ofner ’12 and Conrad Denise ’13, (at left) who both scored the 100th career goal of their respective PDS hockey careers. Sabrina Li ’16, for her painting of the
Nassau Inn which took 2nd place in the Princeton Magazine cover contest.
Adriana van Manan ’13, (at right) who was awarded two Gold Keys in the 2012 Scholastic Art and Writing Contest—she was recognized in the Personal Essay/Memoir category as well as in the Photography category. In addition, her story, “Accidents,” was the 2012 winner of the Elizabeth Bishop Prize in Fiction, awarded by the Walnut Hill School for the Arts. Samantha Asch ’13, (at left) who was named top girls tennis player of the year in the Princeton Packet and Town Topics. Annika Goldman ’18, who was cast in a lead role in the McCarter’s production of “A Christmas Carol.”
Davon Reed ’13, (at right) who hit the 1000th point mark in his PDS basketball career, and was named MVP at the Big Apple Basketball Invitational in New York. Emily Seto ’13 and Caitlyn Dwyer ’12, who both had work accepted in the 2011 Drexel University High School Photography Contest. Only 140 images were chosen to be exhibited from more than 1850 submissions. Matthew Cavuto ’13, (at right) who placed 2nd in an open épée tournament in January. In doing so, he earned his “B” rating. Amulya Tadimety ’17, for winning the
2012 PDS Spelling Bee. She will go on to represent PDS at the Tri-County Bee.
Sarah Bonakdar ’14, (at left) for
procuring an important and hard-tolocate volume for the Class of ’15 to use in their research of Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of the Butterflies. The volume, Los Perozo: Su Exterminio Por La Dictadura De Trujillo: Mis Vivencias (translation: The Perozos: Their Extermination by the Dictatorship of Trujillo: My Experiences) by Alfonsina Perozo, came to PDS from Santiago, D.R. Ava Roitburg ’19 and Esha Doshi ’22, who were both cast in “The Nutcracker” at the McCarter Theater this fall. Nicholas Ioffreda ’16, Joel Pena ’16, Maia Johngren ’17, and Maxwell Maudlin ’17,
(at right) for being selected to perform in the Central Jersey Music Educators Association Region II honor ensembles.
Winston Ni ’23, who won first place in the K-1 division in
the Kasparov New York City Scholastic Chess Championship. SPRING 2012 • PRINCETON DAY SCHOOL • 9