Excellence Newsletter Fall 2018

Recognizing Excellence

October 2018

At RYE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL

Members of Rye Country Day School’s Class of 2018 are attending the following colleges and universities: Barnard College (2)

Georgetown University (5)

Rice University

University of Miami

Binghamton University

Harvard University (2)

Rochester Institute of Technology

University of Michigan (3)

Boston University (2)

Haverford College

Roger Williams University

University of Notre Dame (2)

Brown University (3)

Iona College

Southern Methodist University (2)

University of Pennsylvania (5)

Bucknell University (4)

Johns Hopkins University

Stanford University

University of Richmond

California Institute of the Arts

Lafayette College (2)

SUNY College at Cortland

University of Southern California (4)

Colby College (2)

Lehigh University (2)

Syracuse University

University of St. Andrews (UK)

Colgate University (2)

McGill University

Trinity College

University of Wisconsin, Madison (2)

College of the Atlantic

Middlebury College

Tulane University (2)

Vanderbilt University (3)

Columbia University

New York University (3)

University of California, Berkeley

Washington University in St. Louis (6)

Cornell University (3)

Northwestern University (2)

University of California, Los Angeles

Wesleyan University (2)

Dartmouth College

Occidental College

University of Chicago (2)

Duke University (4)

Pomona College

University of Connecticut

Emory University

Princeton University (3)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champ.

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Alumni Prize Recipients

by Dick Mann

lumni Prize recipient Jenna Cohn, now a freshman at Harvard University, is looking forward to a career involving human health. She’ll be studying biology and related courses, “probably headed to a pre-med major,” she says.

She just missed being a “lifer,” entering RCDS in the first grade and graduating with straight

“A” grades through all four years in the Upper School. She was a National Merit semi-finalist, an AP Scholar with Distinction, and a Presidential Scholar nominee, and was honored with the University of Pennsylvania Book Award, the Science Award and the English Award. She also won two gold medals and two silver medals in the National Latin Exam. She completed eight Advanced Placement courses.

For four years, Jenna was a mid-fielder on the soccer team, which won the New York State independent school championship in her freshman year and the Fairfield Athletic Association title in her sophomore year. Jenna was a hurdler and sprinter on the track team for two years and manager of the varsity tennis team as a junior.

Jenna Cohn

Jenna was a peer tutor in math and Latin; a peer mentor; founder of Give to Learn, a club that helps support schools in the Dominican Republic; a teacher and mentor in the STEM program that inspires middle-school girls in science, technology, engineering, and math; and a mentor in SET, the Saturday Enrichment Tutorial program that teaches English literacy skills to local youngsters.

For six weeks in the summer of 2017, Jenna volunteered and interned at Lenox Hill Hospital, followed by a week as a cardiothoracic intern at Medstar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore.

In 2016, she attended Brown University for a pre-college program, “A week in the life of a medical student.”

Without doubt, however, Jenna says that her most satisfying volunteer work has been with the ZAC Foundation, named in memory of her brother Zachary Archer Cohn, who died in a swimming accident at age six. The Foundation conducts four-day camps around the country for water safety and drowning prevention.

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avid has moved along to Princeton University after an outstanding career at RCDS, capped by the Alumni Award, the School’s highest honor. He plans to study physics and the classics at Princeton and is aiming at a future in medicine, law, or scientific research.

Home schooled through the lower grades, David entered RCDS in the ninth grade and during

his four years in the Upper School completed 30 curriculum courses, each one resulting in an “A.”

David was a National Merit Scholar, a Presidential Scholar nominee, and the recipient of numerous other school awards including the Gretchen Pulverman Scholarship, Chinese Award, Choir Award, and Harvard University Book Award. He also completed nine Advanced Placement courses and three post-AP courses, and was named an AP National Scholar. He won a gold medal and two silvers in the National Latin Exam and two silver medals in the Chinese Language Association Essay Contest. He plans to continue studying Chinese with the hope of “being fluent by the time I graduate Princeton.”

David Jensen

All the while, David still found time to sing bass in the a cappella WildScats group, sing in both the choir and the honors choir, play piano with a chamber music group, perform in two school musicals and twice in the one-act play programs, and for all four years played piano with the Major Leagues Club, a musical group that performed at nursing homes and other community activities. He was president of the Math Club, a member of the Model UN and a tutor in English. He ran on the cross country and track and field teams, and for two years was on the fencing team. In his senior year, David won the Coaches Award for cross country.

David enjoys traveling, camping, hiking, biking, playing the piano, and visiting museums to study ancient Roman civilizations.

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Headmaster’s Prize Recipients

by Dick Mann

Headmaster’s Prize recipients, from left, Matthew Molinelli, Celeste Kelly, and Madeline Zuber with Mr. Nelson.

Celeste Kelly Celeste, a “lifer” who entered RCDS as a pre-kindergarten student, is attending Brown University, where she’s majoring in Africana Studies and Languages. Her long-term goal is law school for a career that “probably will deal with civil rights issues,” she says.

Celeste completed ten Advanced Placement courses and six honors courses and favored history, English, and French, classes. She has studied French since the second grade and has won two silver medals and received national rankings in the National French Contest. She was also awarded a gold key for an essay and an honorable mention for a short story in a Westchester writing competition, and a silver key for a digital art/photo submission in a scholastic art contest. In 2017, Celeste was honored with the RCDS James P. Godfrey Award for community service.

Celeste was co-president of the Students of Color program, an English teacher in the Saturday Enrichment Tutorial program, an Oral Proficiency Intern in French, treasurer of the Peer Leadership program, and a peer tutor in humanities, French, and English studies. She was editor of the literary magazine and the Blend Food magazine, managing editor of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, management) magazine, and a lead columnist for the school newspaper. In her junior year, Celeste represented RCDS at the Student Diversity Leadership Conference in Anaheim, Calif.

Celeste was captain of the sailing team, for which she won the 2017 Coaches Award, and also captain of the fencing team, on which she competed in both sabre and epee. She was honored with the 2018 All-Star Award for fencing.

During her summers in the Upper School, Celeste took science courses at Cornell University, attended the Champlain College Young Writer’s Conference, studied French at a school in Montpellier, France, and worked as an intern at two Westchester corporations.

Matthew Molinelli Matt entered RCDS in the tenth grade and was a straight-A student through all three years in the Upper School. His favorite courses were math, physics, and computer science, which staged his future at Columbia University, where he’s enrolled in the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science.

At RCDS, Matt completed 10 Advanced Placement courses and was named an AP National Scholar. In addition he received a gold medal in the National Latin Exam, and a gold medal followed by a silver medal in the National French Contest. He was honored with the Dartmouth Book Award and the Computer Science Award in his junior year and the Math Department Award in his senior year. He also was a member of the Young

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Physicists Tournament team that won the championship of the annual competition in his junior year.

Matt was a campus tour guide, a peer tutor of math and physics students, and a member of SWAT (Students Working to Advance Technology), in which he taught computer science to middle-schoolers. As a senior project, he designed and developed an automatic computer scheduler that is used by the RCDS Admissions Office in scheduling tours and guides for campus visitors.

Matt was captain and winner of the Coaches Award for both the soccer team, on which he played center defense, and the track and field team, on which he ran the hurdles and competed in the long jump. He also found time to perform in the oneact plays for all three years, as well as in two musicals, All Shook Up and Pippin.

In the summer following his junior year, Matt attended the Columbia Summer High School Immersion Program for a three-week, college-level physics class.

Madeline Zuber Maddie, coming off an honors-filled career at RCDS, was accepted as a student at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, and soon after was named a member of the Wharton Scholars Program, an honors program that emphasizes the importance of the liberal arts within a business education. She’s aiming at a major combining finance, business analytics, and management, while also studying Spanish and nutrition.

Maddie entered RCDS in the fifth grade and was a straight-A student through the Upper School, where she favored classes in math and Spanish and excelled in student athletics. She completed nine Advanced Placement courses, won the Spanish Prize and the Brown University Book Award, and three gold medals in the National Spanish Exam.

Maddie also won the Mary Borton Award as the top senior girl scholar-athlete. For all four years in the Upper School she played - and captained - three varsity sports: soccer, ice hockey, and track and field. She played center and wing on the hockey team and was named to the division’s all-academic first team, and won the RCDS Coaches Award in 2016 and the MVP Award in 2017. In 2017, she was named MVP of both the soccer team and the track team. She ran the hurdles and sprints and won the Coaches Award for track in 2018.

Maddie was president of Peer Tutoring; president of GOPiNK, a breast cancer support group; an oral proficiency instructor for a middle-school Spanish class; a tutor in English literacy skills as a member of SET; and a member of buildOn, a group that helped build a school in Nicaragua. During her summers she has worked as a camp counselor with the Lymphoma Research Foundation, volunteered in a global citizenship program in Cuba, and taken Spanish classes while living with a family in Spain.

Advanced Placement Scholars

2018

One hundred and forty-six Rye Country Day students were recognized by the College Board’s 2018 Advanced Placement Program for their outstanding achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Exams.

15 AP National Scholars (having received a 27 AP Scholars with Honor (having regrade of “4” or higher on eight or more AP Exams): Clayton Bass ’18, James Chen ’19, Charles Curnin

ceived grades of “3” or higher on four or more AP Exams): Mitchell Babiarz ’19, Martina Cappellano ’18,

’18, David Jensen ’18, Nicholas Jindal ’18, Isabelle Koh ’18, Annabelle Liu ’18, Connor Marrs ’19, Matthew Molinelli ’18, Thérèse Mooney ’18, P.J. Pujadas ’18, Diogo Schaffa ’18, Jason Sheppard ’18, Charlotte Townley ’18, Madeline Zuber ’18.

Annie Cooper ’19, Nicholas Daetwiler ’18, Thomas Delves ’18, William Dodge ’18, Margaret Dunn ’19, William Dunn ’18, Gwendolyn Elkin ’18, Joseph Farrell ’19, Shanti Girande ’18, Zoe Goldberg ’19, John Golden ’18, Faith Hardy ’19, Mitchell Katz ’19, Warren Kennedy-Nolle ’19, Richard Levy ’18, Madeline Mandell ’19, Reilly McManus ’19, Austin Pager ’18, Elysia Pil ’19, Mariana Sabogal ’18, Natalie Sanchez ’19, Margaret Sharpe ’18, Nishan Shehadeh ’19, Samuel Tanenbaum ’18, William Waddell ’19.

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AP International Diploma (having received a grade of “3” or higher on five or more AP Exams in three or more subject areas): Maxwell Smith ’18.

77 AP Scholars with Distinction (having

42 AP Scholars (having received grades of “3” or higher on three or more AP Exams):

Edward Abrams ’18, Zoe Athanason ’18, Samuel Berger ’18, Jesse Berkowitz ’18, Jack Birchenough ’18, Jackson Brodwolf ’18, William Cousin ’19, Conrad Crakes ’19, Isabelle D’Ambrosio ’18, ’18, Patricia Bautista ’19, Tyler Block ’18, William Brody ’18, Jane Michael DiCaprio ’18, Alexander Hackett ’19, Camila Hirani ’19, Burdick ’18, Richard Burke ’18, Thomas Carver ’18, Kyle CastagSamantha Hirschberg ’19, Sophia Jindal ’19, Isabelle Kim ’18, na ’18, Alethia Chan ’18, James Chen ’19, Kyle Christopher ’18, Abhinav Kumar ’20, Maxwell Mandell ’18, Taddeo Mattia ’19, Jenna Cohn ’18, Sarah Colin ’19, Charles Curnin ’18, John Curry ’18, Sofia Dartnell ’18, Daniel de Leon ’18, Alonzo Diaz ’18, Colin Alexandra Medow ’19, Amber Michaca ’19, Angelica Michaca ’12, John Miller ’19, Portia Nelson ’18, William O’Meara ’19, Nicholas Duncan ’18, Matias Esquivel Losada ’19, Sophia Giagni ’18, Sofia Owens ’19, Dylan Pepe ’18, Charles Perry ’19, Cole Price ’18, Girvin ’18, Niklas Goulet ’19, Paul Hadchiti ’18, Paulina Harasimowicz ’19, Mia Hotsuki ’19, David Jensen ’18, Nicholas Jindal ’18, Caroline Robinson ’18, Harrison Roth ’19, Charles Rothschild ’18, Isaac Sacks ’19, Jason Schnall ’19, Russell Shapiro ’18,Yusra SuliHarrison Kadish ’18, Charles Katz ’18, Celeste Kelly ’18, Niamh man ’19, Nicholas Tallis ’19, Nina van Vredenburch ’19, Shoshanna Kernan ’18, Troy Kesselmark ’18, Marisa Kim ’18, Pierce Kim ’18, Victor ’19, Zachary Wiener ’18, Sarah Wright ’19, Jessica Yaffa Isabelle Koh ’18, Laszlo Kopits ’19, Genesee Kortick ’18, Neer’19, Ethan Zeplin ’19. av Kumar ’18, Annabelle Liu ’18, Georgia Mandell ’19, Connor Marrs ’19, William McPhail ’19, Alexei Mentzer ’18, Max Mindich ’19, Matthew Molinelli ’18, Thérèse Mooney ’18, Anika Narain ’18, Chidozie Olewuenyi ’18, Mindy Pang ’19, Deeshani Patel ’18, Olivia Pennington ’18, Liam Pope ’19, P.J. Pujadas ’18, Lucie Rochat ’18, Sabrina Sawhney ’18, Diogo Schaffa ’18, Aaron Serianni ’20, William Shabecoff ’19, Joshua Shapiro ’18, Jason Sheppard ’18, Réva Singh ’18, Maxwell Smith ’18, Jack Sobel ’18, Zachary Spilo ’18, Christopher Sullivan ’18, Shane Tomaino ’18, Charlotte Townley ’19, Cecilia van Paasschen ’19, Nicholas Verni ’18, Sarah Walker ’18, Sofia Wilmer ’18, Kate Yamin ’18, Jialin Yang ’19, Christopher Ziac ’18, Madeline Zuber ’18.

received grades of “3” or higher on five or more AP Exams): Maximilian Bacon ’18, Clayton Bass

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Awards Upper School

Director of College Counseling Jeff Bates (center) recognized Alonzo Diaz ’18 and Thérèse Mooney ’18 with the Senior Deans’ Award.

Parents Association President Lea Stevens presented the Parents Association Prize to, from left, Paul Hadchiti ’18 and Nicholas Verni ’18.

The Alumni Prize

The School’s highest honor. Awarded to that senior who has made the most outstanding contribution to the life of the School.

Jenna Cohn ’18 David Jensen ’18

The Headmaster’s Prize

Given to that student who models leadership, courage, or academic excellence.

Celeste Kelly ’18 Matthew Molinelli ’18 Madeline Zuber ’18

The Parents Association Prize

In recognition of exemplary personal growth and service to others.

Paul Hadchiti ’18 Nicholas Verni ’18

The James P. Godfrey Award

Presented to that underclassman who has performed significant service on behalf of others.

Julian Martelly ’19 Paulina Harasimowicz ’19 Yusra Suliman ’19

The Christine Nelson Award

Presented to tenth graders in recognition of outstanding citizenship.

William Delves ’20 Isabel Stronski ’20

The Mary Ann Reichhardt Memorial Award

In memory of the School’s Director of College Counseling. Given to a senior for a combination of outstanding academics and contributions to the School.

Daniel de Leon ’18

The Gretchen Pulvermann ’30 Scholarship Award

Given to an accomplished senior who will study performing arts in college.

David Jensen ’18

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The Class of 2008 Award was presented by Upper School Head Paul Wieman to Alexander Harasimowicz ’21 and Eesha Narain ’21.

The Will McCurdy ’05 Award (Courage, Character & Commitment) Andrea Michaca ’18 Angelica Michaca ’18

The Senior Deans’ Award

Awarded to the senior who has made an outstanding contribution to the senior class and to the School during the senior year.

Alonzo Diaz ’18 Thérèse Mooney ’18

The Class of 2008 Award

Given annually to that freshman who has had the most positive influence in and outside of the classroom, noting his or her enthusiasm and dedication to school work and extracurricular activities.

Alexander Harasimowicz ’21 Eesha Narain ’21

The Dennis Parker ’73 Prize

Given to a senior who has made our school community more inclusive by celebrating diversity, raising awareness about issues of equity and social justice, and inspiring others to recognize the humanity of all people.

Thomas Delves ’18 Kya Lloyd ’18

The Sustainability Award

Awarded to the student who best exemplifies the School's sustainability initiative by seeking an understanding of the world around us, creating an atmosphere of environmental awareness, and promoting responsible stewardship of our planet.

Pierce Kim ’18

The Superintendent’s Award

Given by the Lower Hudson Council of School Superintendents to two seniors for high academic achievement.

Clayton Bass ’18 Annabelle Liu ’18

The Glen Robertson Award (for faculty) David Lehner

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Awards Department

Upper School art instructor Erin Dolan, left, and Art Department Chair Eric Drotch, right, flank the winners of this year’s art awards: from left, Portia Nelson ’18 (2-D Studio Art); Patricia Bautista ’19 (Photography); Alexia Hartogensis ’19 (Videography); and Isabelle Koh ’18 (3-D Studio Art).

Drama & Dance Department Chair Jay Gerlach, center, presented department awards to, from left, Niamh Kernan ’18 and Clarissa Girande ’18 (Glen Robertson Award); Sabrina Sawhney ’18 and Hannah Coleman ’18 (Dance Award); Thomas Delves ’18 and Jane Burdick ’18 (Janet Lott Award).

Classics Department Chair Dr. Sarah Danziger (right) presented department awards to, from left, Clayton Bass ’18 (Classics Award); Kyle Castagna ’18, Réva Singh ’18 and Thomas Carver ’18 (Latin Award).

Art

Drama & Dance

Patricia Bautista ’19

Alexia Hartogensis ’19

Given to that student who has contributed most onstage to the school’s drama program.

Jane Burdick ’18 Thomas Delves ’18

Lelia Carter Birrell ’68 Awards

Glen Robertson Memorial Award

Photography Award Videography Award

2-D Studio Art Portia Nelson ’18

3-D Studio Art Isabelle Koh ’18

V. Janet Lott Spirit of the Theatre Award

Given to that student who has contributed most backstage to the School’s drama program.

Clarissa Girande ’18 Niamh Kernan ’18

Dance Award

Classics

Classics Award Clayton Bass ’18 Charles Curnin ’18

Latin Award Thomas Carver ’18 Kyle Castagna ’18 Réva Singh ’18

Presented to that student who has contributed most to the School’s dance program.

Hannah Coleman ’18 Sabrina Sawhney ’ 18

English

English Award Jenna Cohn ’18 Niamh Kernan ’18 Alexei Mentzer ’18

Computer Science

The Sophomore English Award

Mitchell Katz ’19

Presented to that sophomore who has excelled in the study of English.

Ellen Mollerus ’20

Computer Achievement Award

Creative Writing Award

Computer Science Award

Georgia Mandell ’19 Charlotte Townley ’19 Cecilia van Paasschen ’19

Isabelle Koh ’18

Humanities

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Humanities Department Chair Johnny Flynn (center) presented the Cornelius Tacitus Prize to Warren Kennedy-Nolle ’19, left, and Annabel Halaby ’19, right, and the Joshua Bennett Award to Annabelle Liu ’18 and Jason Sheppard ’18.

Modern languages teacher Joan Kubisch, left, presented the French Award to Paulina Harasimowicz ’19.

Cornelius Tacitus Prize

Choral Award

Presented to that junior who has excelled in the study of humanities.

Annabel Halaby ’19 Warren Kennedy-Nolle ’19

David Jensen ’18 Anika Narain ’18

Mathematics

Mathematics Award Clayton Bass ’18 Matthew Molinelli ’18

George Washington University Medal Presented to a junior with the highest average in mathematics James Chen ’19 Charlotte Townley ’19

Robert Reeser Memorial Award Awarded to that senior who has displayed a growing interest and talent in math over the years.

Gwendolyn Elkin ’18 Kya Lloyd ’18

Modern Languages Modern Languages Award

Music Department Chair Mary Marcell, right, presented department awards to, from left, David Jensen ’18 (Choral Award); Alethia Chan ’18 (John Philip Sousa Award); Anika Narain ’18 (Choral Award); Neerav Kumar ’18 (Music Award).

John Philip Sousa Award Alethia Chan ’18

Natural Sciences Science Award

Clayton Bass ’18 Jenna Cohn ’18 Charles Curnin ’18 Shane Tomaino ’18 Sarah Walker ’18

Physical Education The Mary Borton Trophy

Presented to the senior girl who has contributed most to the School’s athletic program.

Madeline Zuber ’18

The Richard Le Maire Award Presented to the senior boy who has contributed most to the School’s athletic program.

Cole Price ’18

Sofia Dartnell ’18

Chinese Award David Jensen ’18 Alexei Mentzer ’18

French Award Paulina Harasimowicz ’19

Spanish Award Madeline Zuber ’18

Book Awards The Brown University Book Award

Matias Esquivel Losada ’19

The Columbia University Book Award

The University of Pennsylvania Book Award

James Chen ’19

Faith Hardy ’19

The Cornell University Book Award

The Princeton University Book Award

Kioni Shropshire-Maina ’19

Charlotte Townley ’19

Music Award

The Dartmouth College Book Award

The Wellesley College Book Award

Neerav Kumar ’18

Laszlo Kopits ’19

Georgia Mandell ’19

The Harvard University Book Award

The Yale University Book Award

Music

Cecilia van Paasschen ’19

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The Johns Hopkins Alumni Book Award

Patricia Bautista ’19, Sarah Colin ’19

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William Shabecoff ’19

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French Awards

Middle and Upper School students participated in Le Grand Concours, the National French Contest, in March. Gold, silver, and bronze medals are awarded.

GOLD Medal Level 01A

2nd in Westchester and 4th in the nation Anya Khemlani ’23

Level 1A

5th in Westchester and 5th in the nation William Schnall ’21

Level 1B

5th in Westchester and 5th in the nation Raven Montagna ’21 5th in Westchester and 5th in the nation Marin Yearly ’22

Level 2A

2nd in Westchester and 6th in the nation Jason Russo ’21 3rd in Westchester and 7th in the nation Kyle Mandell ’21 4th in Westchester and 8th in the nation Olivia Davis ’21

Level 2B

1st in Westchester and 5th in the nation Sebastian Jolly ’21 2nd in Westchester and 6th in the nation Ashley Hatstadt ’21 3rd in Westchester and 7th in the nation Jordan Miller ’21

Level 2C

1st in Westchester and 4th in the nation Alexander Harasimowicz ‘21

Level 3A

2nd in Westchester and 5th in the nation Sebastian Lee ’20 3rd in Westchester and 7th in the nation Ariane Voulgaris ’20 6th in Westchester and 10th in the nation Amanda Bortner-Hirszman ’20 7th in Westchester and 11th in the nation Valeria Morales ’20

Level 4A

5th in Westchester and 9th in the nation Warren Kennedy-Nolle ’19

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Level 4A

Level 4C

8th in Westchester and 12th in the nation William Shabecoff ’19 9th in Westchester and 13th in the nation Sofia Dartnell ’18 9th in Westchester and 13th in the nation Nishan Shehadeh ’19 10th in Westchester and 14th in the nation Jialin Yang ’19

3rd in Westchester and 7th in the nation Bruce Mauger ’21

Level 5C

4th in Westchester and 5th in the nation Paulina Harasimowicz ’18

SILVER Medal Level 01A

BRONZE Medal

3rd in Westchester and 5th in the nation Archer Pil ’23

Level 01A

Level 1A

5th in Westchester and 8th in the nation Madison Danquah ’23 8th in Westchester and 11th in the nation Alexis Weiss ’23

6th in Westchester and 6th in the nation Felix Dosmond ’22 7th in Westchester and 7th in the nation Chima Olewuenyi ’22 8th in Westchester and 8th in the nation Natasha Gilman ’22

Level 1A

Level 1B

7th in Westchester and 7th in the nation Gabriella Jolly ’22

Level 2A

6th in Westchester and 10th in the nation Lucas Brown ’21 6th in Westchester and 10th in the nation Kyra Heffernan ’21 6th in Westchester and 10th in the nation William Murphy ’21 6th in Westchester and 10th in the nation Yusra Suliman ’19 10th in Westchester and 14th in the nation David Thurston ’21 11th in Westchester and 15th in the nation Alik Shehadeh ’21

Level 3A

9th in Westchester and 13th in the nation Sabrina Reznik ’20 12th in Westchester and 16th in the nation James Kernan ’19 14th in Westchester and 18th in the nation Samantha Buchbinder ’19

11th in Westchester and 11th in the nation Ana Wilmer ’22 12th in Westchester and 12th in the nation Diego Morales Ciriaco ’22 12th in Westchester and 12th in the nation Alexander Nichols ’22 12th in Westchester and 12th in the nation Chidi Olewuenyi ’22 13th in Westchester and 13th in the nation Penelope Hartogensis ’22 13th in Westchester and 13th in the nation Sinclair Kennedy-Nolle ’22 14th in Westchester and 14th in the nation Andrea Chang ’22 14th in Westchester and 14th in the nation Zachary Ong ’22

Level 3A

18th in Westchester and 22th in the nation Faith Hardy ’19

Chinese Awards

Middle and Upper School students participated in the National Chinese Essay Contest in October, and the results were announced in January. There are two levels of “medal-equivalent” recognition in the contest: Golden Apple and Silver Apple.

Silver Apple Award Golden Apple Award Abhinav Kumar ’20 (Chinese Level 3) Elizabeth Lee ’23 (7th Grade Chinese) William Burke ’22 (8th Grade Chinese)

Honorable Mention Dylan Mentzer ’23 (7th Grade Chinese) Cesar Morales ’22 (8th Grade Chinese) Ethan Silverman Guffey ’20 (Chinese Level 3) Recognizing Excellence 2018

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National Latin Exam

The National Latin Exam was administered by the American Classical League to over 143,000 students from all 50 states and 24 foreign countries. Eighty-four Rye Country Day students in grades 7-12 were named award winners across many levels of achievement.

Middle School

Upper School

Purple Ribbons for Outstanding Achievement

summa cum laude - Gold Medal Awards

(Introductory Exam)

Zachary Ben-Meir ’23 Ronen Borkar ’23 William Comora ’23 Causey Green ’23 Adam Kern ’23 William Mahoney ’23 Henry Marlatt ’23 Annabel Mattia ’23 Victoria Medow ’23 Sydney Merrill ’23 Tyler Moyer ’23 Aditya Singh ’23 Elisabeth Thurston ’23

Achievement Certificates (Introductory Exam) Morgan Daily ’23 Eli Friedman ’23 Lauren Kim ’23 Quinn Sullivan ’23 Liana Talpins ’23

Latin I

summa cum laude - Gold Medal Awards *Audrey Aslani-Far ’22 Christopher Casale ’22 Henry Featherston ’22 Jackson Merrill ’22 *denotes Perfect Certificate

maxima cum laude - Silver Medal Awards Patrick Curnin-Shane ’22 Maya Hirani ’22 Daniel Hu ’22 Lucas Oddi ’22 Ellie Stevens ’22 Elliot Walker ’22

magna cum laude - Awards Wyatt Boester ’22 Leo Rosen ’22

cum laude - Awards

Charlotte Ballantoni ’22 10

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Latin 2 Nicolas Briano ’21 Ashley Hu ’21 Latin 3 Miles Chun ’20 Latin 3 (prose) Aaron Serianni ’20 Latin 4 (prose) Madeline Mandell ’19 Latin 6 *Clayton Bass ’18 *Charlie Curnin ’18 * Clayton Bass and Charlie Curnin have won five consecutive gold medals on the National Latin Exam and will thus receive a special Book Award from the NLE.

maxima cum laude - Silver Medal Awards Latin 2 Charlie Allen ’21 Liam Bieber ’21 Andrew Felton ’21 Sasha van Vredenburch ’21 Latin 3 Joseph Scinto ’20 Nicholas Sullivan ’20 Latin 3 (prose) Ellen Mollerus ’20 Latin 4 (prose) Margaret Dunn ’19 Matias Esquivel Losada ’19 Nathalie Felton ’19 Justin Mandell ’19 Alexandra Medow ’19 Charles Perry ’19

Latin 5 Réva Singh ’18

magna cum laude -Awards Latin 1 Madeleine McCarthy ’21 Latin 2 Elizabeth Dobi ’21 Arianna Farquharson ’20 Oliver Kies ’21 George Megdanis ’21 Oscar Mindich ’21 Katia Soares dos Santos ’21

Latin 3 (Prose) Vladimir Reed ’20 Latin 4 Reilly McManus ’19 Lily Rosen ’19 Nina van Vredenburch ’19 Latin 5 Charles Katz ’18 Jack Sobel ’18 Latin 6 Max Bacon ’18

Latin 3 Joshua Cohen ’20 Christopher Connor ’20 Jack Kissell ’19 Hannah Tanenbaum ’20 Latin 3 (prose) Jackson Gaynor ’20 Jake Oddi ’20 Chidera Olewuenyi ’20 Chase Pomroy ’20 Latin 4 (prose) Clare Taylor-Winters ’19 Latin 5 Thomas Carver ’18 Jenna Cohn ’18 Isabella D’Ambrosio ’18 David Jensen ’18

National Greek Exam The 2018 National Greek Exam was administered by the American Classical League to over 2,000 students from 161 high schools, colleges, and universities in the US and around the world. Two Upper School Rye Country Day students were named award winners across two levels of achievement.

Introduction to Greek

cum laude -Awards

Green Ribbon (merit award) Vladimir Reed ’20

Latin I Alexandria Dunkley ’21

Beginning Attic Greek

Latin 2 Alexander Margolis ’20 Charles Mattson ’20

Green Ribbon (merit award) Margaret Dunn ’19

Latin 3 Alexander Kelly ’19 Blake Waldman ’19

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Spanish Awards

The National Spanish Exam was administered to RCDS students in the Middle School and the Upper School in the Spring.

GOLD Medal Awards LEVEL 01 – outside experience category Julia Eason ’23 Maximilian Garcia-Tunon ’23 Julia Marrinan ’23 Anthony Pisacano ’23

3rd in NYC Metro Chapter 3rd in NYC Metro Chapter 1st in NYC Metro Chapter 2nd in NYC Metro Chapter

LEVEL 1 – outside experience category Leah Colin ’22 Lior Gurion ’22 Maya Kini ’22 Jamie Nicholson ’22 Devan Phelan ’22

2nd in NYC Metro Chapter 3rd in NYC Metro Chapter

Victoria Liu ’23 Benjamin Mathias ’23 Samantha Sawhney ’23 Olivia Weiner ’23

LEVEL 1 - outside experience category Kyle Block ’22 Mackay Bommer ’22 Mary Burdick ’22 Grace Casale ’22 Samuel Kroin ’22 Cole Waldman ’22 Reese Wolfe ’22

LEVEL 1 - classroom experience category

LEVEL 1 - classroom experience category

Rohan Malik ’23

Tyfani Fennell ’22 Emi McCarthy ’21 Kristina Montgomery ’22

LEVEL 2 - bilingual category Nick Briano ’21

2nd in NYC Metro Chapter

LEVEL 2 – outside experience category Josep Pujadas ’21

Honorable Mention in NYC Metro Chapter

LEVEL 2 - classroom experience category Haley Herman ’21 Max Hines ’21 Sebastian Lee ’20 Jason Russo ’21

in NYC Metro Chapter

1st in NYC Metro Chapter

LEVEL 4 - classroom experience category 3rd in NYC Metro Chapter

SILVER Medal Awards LEVEL 01 - bilingual category Eddy Criollo ’23

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LEVEL 3 - outside experience category Francisco Gonzalez ’21 Nancy Linehan ’20

LEVEL 4 - bilingual category

Kyle Mandell ’21 Yusra Suliman ’19 Charlotte Townley ’19

Juliana Casale ’21 Eliza Fogel ’21 Deepta Gupta ’21 Muhamed Ka ’21 Anna Owens ’21 Wendy Corona ’20

Charumathi Badrinath ’20 Ariane Voulgaris ’20 Patricia Bautista ’19

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LEVEL 3 - bilingual category

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LEVEL 3 - classroom experience category Tess Asness ’20 Caroline Geller ’20 Charles-André Jolly ’19 Emily Marrinan ’20 Georgia Pennington ’20 Jason Schnall ’19 Isabel Stronski ’20

LEVEL 4 - classroom experience category Joseph Farrell ’19 Alexander Hackett ’19 Paulina Harasimowicz ’19 William McPhail ’19 Cecilia vanPaasschen ’19

2018 National Merit

BRONZE Medal Awards

Scholarship Competition

LEVEL 01 - outside experience category Makayla Blake ’23 Hans Larsen ’23 Madeleine Leslie ’23 Judson Schnall ’23

Winners

LEVEL 01 - classroom experience category Ian Shurslep ’23

Kyle Christopher – Corporate $1,000 Scholarship David Jensen – $2,500 Scholarship Jason Sheppard – University of Chicago Scholarship

LEVEL 1 - outside experience category Ryan Daum ’22 Julia Rose French ’22 Jack Hammel ’22 Caroline Harkness ’22

Finalists

Semifinalists

Diogo Schaffa

Clayton Bass Jenna Cohn Zachary Spilo

LEVEL 2 – outside experience category Evalise Melgar ’20

Commended Students

LEVEL 2 - classroom experience category

Jane Burdick Richard Burke Thomas Carver Alonzo Diaz Nicholas Jindal Niamh Kernan Isabelle Koh Neerav Kumar Annabelle Liu

Sofia Fonti ’21

LEVEL 3 - classroom experience category Samantha Bobman ’19 Nicholas Califano ’20 Isabella Dartnell ’20 Amelia Lower ’20 Olivia Nash ’20

LEVEL 4 - outside experience category Connor Marrs ’19

Alexei Mentzer Matthew Molinelli Lucie Rochat Jack Sobel Nicholas Verni Varun Wadhwa Christopher Ziac Madeline Zuber

Honorable Mention in NYC Metro Chapter

LEVEL 4 - classroom experience category Alexander Asness ’19 Mitchell Babiarz ’19 Sarah Colin ’19 Mindy Pang ’19 Natalie Sanchez ’19

Honerable Mention Awards LEVEL 01 - outside experience category Luke Beyer ’23 Sebastian Gallardo ’23 Rowan Houston ’23 Harrison Lower ’23

LEVEL 01 - outside experience category Payton Caggiano ’23 Charlotte Holtby ’23 Trinity Parameswaran ’23

National Hispanic Recognition Program 2018

Scholars Alonzo Diaz Mariana Sabogal Sabrina Sawhney Diogo Schaffa

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Middle School Math Awards 2018 New York Math League Contest Over one million students from the United States and Canada participate in Math League Contests each year. Every contest has questions from different areas of mathematics.

The goal is to encourage student interest and confidence in mathematics through solving worthwhile problems. Many students first develop an interest in mathematics through problem-solving activities such as these contests. Schools compete in statewide or multistate league competitions.

Top Scorers at RCDS: 8th Grade 1st – Mary Burdick 2nd – Jamie Nicholson, William Burke 3rd – Kiran Raval (6th), Zachary Ong 7th Grade 1st – Connor Davidson (6th) 2nd – Rohan Malik 3rd – Charles Gao (6th)

6th Grade 1st – Derek Zaeske 2nd – Marshall Mandell, William Fallon 3rd – Sarah Zucker, David Colin 4th – Ava Herzog 5th Grade 1st – Jaymin Ding 2nd – Blake James, Melanie Asness

Math Olympiad Last year nearly 170,000 students from 6,000 teams worldwide participated in the Olympiads. All 50 states and about 30 other countries were represented.

Top Scorers at RCDS: 8th Grade 1st – Benjamin Mathias (7th) 2nd – William Burke 3rd – Rajiv Raval (6th), Arthur Wang (7th) 7th Grade 1st – Connor Davidson (6th), Charles Gao (6th) 2nd – Rohan Malik 3rd – Elizabeth Lee, Luke Sullivan, Natan Wiegenfeld (6th) 14

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5th and 6th Grade Team 1st – Rahul Arora (5th) 2nd – David Colin, Sydney Snell, Brynn Coady 5th and 6th Grade Patches and Certificates Elizabeth Lemley Derek Zaeske Anna Franzino Kate Burdick Marshall Mandell William Fallon Henry Fogel (5th)

American Math Contest The American Math Contest is divided into two levels – one designated for students in grades up through 10 (AMC 10), and the other for students through Grade 12 (AMC 12). It is given twice in the spring in an effort to allow more RCDS students to compete.

Math Department Chair Tia Gueye, center, presented department awards to, from left, James Chen ’19 and Charlotte Townley ’19 (George Washington University Medal); Kya Lloyd ’18 and Gwendolyn Elkin ’18 (Robert Reeser Award); Clayton Bass ’18 and Matthew Molinelli ’18 (Mathematics Award).

January Test Results: AMC 10 1st Place - Aaron Serianni ’20 2nd Place - Charumathi Badrinath ’20 3rd Place - Allen Dong ’21

AMC 12 1st Place - Jialin Yang ’19 2nd Place - Jason Sheppard ’18 3rd Place - James Chen ’19

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Alexa Daddi-Melino (5th) Heather Daum Jonah Gurion Penelope Brody Blake Jachman (5th) Alexa Kim Ava Herzog Sajiv Mehta Danielle Penn Matthew Jachman (5th) Kyle Sisitsky (5th) Melanie Asness (5th)

February Test Results: AMC 10 1st Place - Jackson Gaynor ’20 2nd Place - Deepta Gupta ’21 3rd place - Aaron Serianni ’20

AMC 12 1st Place - Jialin Yang ’19 2nd Place - James Chen ’19 3rd place - Charlotte Townley ’19

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Excellence in Music William Shabecoff ’19 received recognition as a 2018 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composers Award finalist; as a selected participant at Boston University Tanglewood Institute 2018; as the 2018 winner of the International Woodwind Duo Symposium Composition Contest’s Special High School Award; and as the winner of Chanticleer’s Sixth Student Composer Competition (2017). William’s compositions have been performed throughout the United States, including at the RCDS Spring Concert. William studies composition at the Juilliard School, pre-college division, under Dr. Eric Ewazen.

William Shabecoff

The WildScats won first place at the Gilda’s Club A Cappella Extravaganza, competing against a number of groups from throughout Westchester.

Clarinetist Neerav Kumar ’18 won the first prize and a special prize in the ENKOR International Woodwinds & Brass Competition. Awarded by the ENKOR Jury members, the special prize was an opportunity to attend the Global Summer Institute of Music with full-tuition waiver. As part of the Institute, Neerav had a showcase performance at the Kennedy Center of Performing Arts in Washington D.C. This past spring, Neerav graduated from the Juilliard School, pre-college division, with a major in clarinet and a minor in music composition after successfully completing his four years of music studies during high school.

Neerav Kumar

Diogo Schaffa

Anika Narain

James Chen, Isabella Dow, Abhinav Kumar, Lauren Mian, Anika Narain, and Diogo Schaffa were selected and participated in the All-Westchester, Area All-State Ensembles at SUNY Purchase in November. Diogo, went on to participate in the highly selective NY All-State Orchestra in Rochester, NY, to which James was also an alternate.

Lauren Mian, Isabella Dow

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James Chen, Abhinav Kumar

Fairchester Athletic Association All-League Recipients 2017-2018 Fall Season

Winter Season

Spring Season

Boys’ Cross Country

Boys’ Basketball

Baseball

Kyle Christopher ’18, Honorable Mention Connor Marrs ’19, Honorable Mention Will Murphy ’21, Honorable Mention

Allan Houston ’19 Billy O’Meara ’19, Honorable Mention

Girls’ Cross Country Katie Farrell ’21, Honorable Mention Field Hockey Elizabeth Friedberg ’20 Olivia Friedberg ’20 Gemma Green ’20 Katherine Holtby ’18, Honorable Mention

Football Cameron Coleman ’19 Cullen Coleman ’20 Allan Houston ’19 Malcolm Brydson ’19, Honorable Mention Troy Kesselmark ’18, Honorable Mention

Boys’ Soccer Cole Price ’18 Zach Wiener ’18 Matt Molinelli ’18, Honorable Mention

Girls’ Soccer Tatiana Fernandez ’18 Isabel Stronski ’20 Sofia Wilmer ’18, Honorable Mention

Boys’ Ice Hockey Eddie Abrams ’18 Will Dodge ’18 Jack Kissell ’19, Honorable Mention

Girls’ Basketball Alana Jones ’20 Tatiana Fernandez ’18, Honorable Mention

Fencing All League ISFL

Owen Coady ’19 Cole Price ’18 Aldo Stefanoni ’20, Honorable Mention

Softball Alexa Jablonski ’18 Isabella Sanchez ’21 Shane Tomaino ’18, Honorable Mention

Boys’ Golf Sebastian Jolly ’21 Jackson Gaynor ’20, Honorable Mention

Josh Shapiro ’18 - Boys’ Foil James Kernan ’20 - Boys’ Epee James Chen ’19 - Boys’ Epee Yusra Suliman ’19 - Girls’ Epee

Girls’ Golf

Girls’ Ice Hockey

Will Dodge ’18 Liam McLane ’20 Isaac Sacks ’19 Ray Konopka ’19, Honorable Mention

Selia Coady ’21, WIHLMA Honorable Mention

Boys’ Squash William Burke ’22 Frederick Manning ’21 Rick Burke ’18, Honorable Mention

Girls’ Squash Sophia Giagni ’18 Isabel Showers ’20 Ashley Hatstadt ’21, Honorable Mention

Wrestling William Shabecoff ’19, Honorable Mention

Samantha Bobman ’19 Elizabeth Friedberg ’20, Honorable Mention

Boys’ Lacrosse

Girls’ Lacrosse Laura Baine ’20 Katharine Brydson ’21 Ryan Hammel ’20 Charlotte Price ’20 Sarah Walker ’18, Honorable Mention

Boys’ Tennis Justin Mandell ’19 Gabe Smilovic ’19 Will Roddy ’19, Honorable Mention

Girls’ Tennis Sena Selby ’20 Kate Yamin ’18 Jessica Yaffa ’19, Honorable Mention

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RCDS Team Championships 2017-2018 Fall

The 2017 Field Hockey Team – NYSAIS Champions The 2018 Boys’ Ice Hockey Team – FAA League Co-Champions & FAA Tournament Champions

Spring

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Winter

AthleticAchievement US Lacrosse All American Will Dodge ’18 has been an amazing player on the lacrosse field for the Wildcats playing multiple positions-close defense, long-stick middie, and short-stick defensive middie.

Will was selected as a U.S.Lacrosse All-American for the 2018 season in addition to being named FAA All League, Lo-Hud All Star First Team, and Western New England All Star. Will was instrumental in the success of the varsity lacrosse team that earned one New England Championship, two NYSAIS Championships, and three FAA Championships during his career. Will was as much of a force on the ice, leading the varsity hockey team to three FAA Championships.

An outstanding leader, Will captained both the ice hockey and lacrosse teams. This fall he continues his lacrosse career at Colby College.

Girls’ Lacrosse Laura Baine’20 scored her 100th career lacrosse goal against Long Island Lutheran. Laura ended the season with a total of 108 goals.

Field Hockey Scholar-Athletes Paulina Harasimowicz ’19, Annabelle Liu ’18 and Genny Kortick ’18 were selected to the 2017 Keith Waldman-Optimal Performance Associates/NFHCA High School National Academic Squad

Charlotte Price ’20 scored her 100th career lacrosse goal against Sacred Heart and ended the season with a total of 106 goals.

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AthleticAchievement

2018 NYSAIS Track Champions

2018 NYSAIS Wrestling Champions

Isabel Stronski ’20 - 1500 Meters 4:51.18

Richard Antione ’18 - 2018 NYSAIS Champion at 220lbs.

Charlie Moysak ’19 - 2018 NYSAIS Champion at 285lbs.

Boys’ Soccer Cole Price ’18, a starter on the soccer team all four years, scored 24 goals this spring and finished his career with 52 goals, setting a new school record.

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AthleticAchievement Cullen Coleman ’20 - 100 Meters 11:29

2018 NYSAIS Track Champions Julian Martelly ’19, Cullen Coleman ’20, Max Smith ’18, Jackson Brodwolf ’18.

4x100 Meter Relay 44.24

Jackson Brodwolf ’18 200 Meters 22.65

Boys’ Tennis Charlie Mattson ’20 and Will Roddy ’19 were the 2018 FAA doubles champions.Will was also a 2017 champion.

Richard Antoine ’18 Discus Throw 107’7” Recognizing Excellence 2018

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Rye Country Day School Rye, New York 10580-2034

Charlie Curnin ’18

Helena Zimmerman ’19

The U.S. Department of Education named senior Charlie Curnin as a member of the 54th class of U.S. Presidential Scholars, which recognized 161 high school seniors for their accomplishments in academics, the arts, and career and technical education fields.

During his time in the RCDS Upper School, Charlie excelled in the classroom while taking six honors courses, nine Advanced Placement courses, and five post-AP courses. Having stretched the bounds of the school’s curriculum in math, physics, and Latin, he pursued independent study in Quantum Mechanics, a guided study in Advanced Topics in Latin Language and Literature, and a course in Multivariable Calculus with Stanford University online. Last summer, Charlie took a job with the Ashley Laboratory at Stanford University working with big data, specifically in the field of bio-informatics, and in June, he completed a senior project that extended his work with the Ashley Lab. He matriculated at Stanford this fall.

Helena Zimmerman was honored this spring as a national recipient of the Prudential Spirit of Community Award, the largest youth recognition program in the United States based exclusively on volunteer community service. Then later in the spring, she also received the Diller Family Foundation’s Tikkun Olam Award to support Jewish Teen Leadership.

Helena co-founded a nonprofit organization, TeensGive.org, that connects teens with rewarding volunteer opportunities based on their skills and interest as well as availability from week to week. The website provides a menu of options that allows prospective volunteers to provide academic enrichment to kids in after-school programs in communities across the country.

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Recognized Nationally for Community Service

About 4,000 students from around the country are members and more than 200 volunteers tutor students on TeensGive’s virtual platform.