2019-2020 Junior Prize Day

2019-2020 Academic Prizes The Academic Office Congratulates All Students

For Excellence in World Languages

Chinese 2 Honors Jiwon Han

Jheanelle Robinson HM: Colin Brown

Arabic 1* Honorable Mention: Zachary Rubenzahl

Chinese 3 Emily Dunn HM: Louis Fleisher

French 2 Honors Kieu Anh Hong HM: Ava Gawronski

Arabic 2 Honors Leonardo Li HM: Tai Hang Nicholas Li

Chinese 3 Honors Martin Kim HM: Jason Kim

French 3 Logan Clouser HM: Andrew D’Asaro

Arabic 3 Honors Caleb Gerdeman HM: Ayana Morgan & Maimouna Sylla

Chinese 4 Honors Michael Soland HM: Grisham Vazirani

French 3 Honors Greta Haverstick HM: Melody Chen

Chinese AP Anniek Otten HM: Samir Khan

French 4 Honors Quinton Tang HM: Isabella Basile

French 1 Paige Timbrrok HM: Sadie Eilberg

French 4 AP HM: Elena Mendez

French 2

Spanish 1 Zhijian Zhou

Arabic 5 Seminar Adam Benzinane Chinese 1 HM: Khoa Cao Chinese 2 Sarah Kenvin HM: Ava Carosella

For Excellence in History & Social Sciences 20th Century History Bennett Cerullo HM: Anna Carroll & Wai Ting Li

For Excellence in Mathematics Integrated Mathematics 11 Cordelia Davies HM: Payton Jobson Integrated Mathematics 21 Carver Fulmer HM: Cameron Becky Integrated Mathematics 31 Aman Gupta

For Excellence in Technology Introduction to Computer Programming Emily Rakos

For Excellence in Engineering Engineering 1

For Excellence in Religious Studies and Philosophy Philosophy Seminar

World History William Lesko & Arwen Lutwyche HM: Jerry Li & Sitian Wang United States History William Thompson United States History Honors Andrew Chirieleison & Jasroop Dhingra HM: Mikihiro Osada Integrated Mathematics 41 John Ju HM: Hanqi Shang Integrated Mathematics 22 Maya Brigandi HM: Avery Reigner Integrated Mathematics 32 William Ledyard HM: William Schaller

HM: Derek Schmaeling United States History AP Gavin Guerrette HM: Quang Nguyen The Carl Knobloch Prize in Economics Grisham Vazirani Integrated Mathematics 42 Jerry Li HM: Charles Patterson Integrated Mathematics 33 Gia Servalli HM: Ella Heft Integrated Mathematics 43 Anniek Otten HM: Greta Haverstick Calculus AB AP Ruiyao Zhu

HM: Wai Ting Li Spanish 2 Andrew Manato HM: Kai Ho & Noah Toole Spanish 2 Honors Aine Farrell HM: Wesley Connelly Spanish 3 Aman Gupta HM: Cordelia Davies Spanish 3 Honors Parker Miles HM: Yuting Wang Spanish 4 Honors Iha Chikkala HM: Sitian Wang Spanish Literature AP HM: Juan Ber Hinostroza Psychology Tanner Eccleston HM: Isabella Tabarrini Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Juan Ber Hinostroza

HM: Jifan Zhu Calculus BC Multivariable AP Sitian Wang Statistics AP Sitian Wang The J. Michael Pentz ’58 Prize for Greatest Interest & Improvement in Mathematics Derin Guruscu

Computer Science Principles AP Advanced Computer Science The Thomas G Ruth Prize for Johnny Dai Seminar Honors Technology HM: Jerry Li Xiangyu Shi Keyang Lu HM: Quang Nguyen Computer Science A AP Charles Patterson HM: Ruiyao Zhu Avery Reigner HM: Zachary Rubenzahl

HM: Yoseph Kim

Engineering 2 Susanna Soderman

Engineering 3 Honors Kirsten Lange HM: Louis Fleisher

Gavin Guerrette HM: Lilian Rizek

HM: Aine Farrell

Worldviews and World Religions Ella Scott

Religion and Film Ella Heft HM: Isabella Basile

The Sanders Family Prize for Excellence in Engineering Tess Gray

The George C. Happy Memorial Prize in Theology Isabella Basile HM: Hannah Gordon

For Excellence in Science Biology 1 Simo Li HM: Haocheng Li

Integrated Science 1 Honors Jifan Zhu HM: Anna Carroll & Luke Gerdeman

HM: Lilian Rizek Chemistry l Honors Melody Chen HM: Samuel Beckett Physics 1 Honors Kieu Ahn Hong Environmental Science Ella Heft

Biology AP HM: Morgan Kessler Chemistry AP Audrey Lehneis HM: Chuyi Pan

Prize presented by The Pittsburgh Alumni Association of The Rensselaer Polytechnic The Bausch and Lomb Science Institute for Excellence in Award Mathematics and Science.

Binbin Li Quang Nguyen

Physics 1 AP HM: Philippe Jin

The George C. Brooke Memorial Prize in Biology Lab Brianna Hartman

Chemistry l William Ledyard

Physics C AP Mechanics Audrey Lehneis HM: Weiye Zhang

The H.S. Schutt Prize in Chemistry Binbin Li

For Excellence in the Arts

Advanced Studio Art 3 Honors Class Piano Yuting Wang William Dollhopf HM: Sarah Jiang HM: Andres Arevalo

Integrated Science 2 Honors Ruiyao Zhu HM: Sitian Wang

Introduction to Web Develop- AP 3D Design ment Shannon Quintana Angelina Chi Woodworking Studio Art 1 Anna Lignelli Eleanor Molyneaux HM: Ava Carosella Photography Wyatt Steffy Studio Art 2 HM: Nolan Richards Jiwon Han HM: Aidan Ma

Video Production Adam Benzinane

For Excellence in Humanities

English 2 Ruiyao Zhu HM: Jerry Li

Humanities 3 AP Audrey Lehneis

English 3 Ella Heft HM: Greta Haverstick

Journalism Elizabeth Hudak HM: Hannah Gordon & Julia Weiss

For Excellence in English English 1 Hanqi Shang HM: Payton Jobson

For Excellence in Classical Languages Latin 1 Jifan Zhu HM: Luke Gerdeman Latin 1 Honors David Spencer

Special Prizes

The Colgate Debating Prize for Most Effective Debater Chuyi Pan Award presented by the Alumni for the Best General Record.

3F Hanqu Shang 4F Ella Scott 5F Philippe Jin Head of Form 3F Jifan Zhu 4F Leonardo Li 5F Audrey Lehneis Head of School Audrey Lehneis

English 3 AP Grisham Vazirani HM: Gavin Guerrette

Samuel B. Schaadt Memorial Prize in Chemistry Laboratory Zhuotong Yao

Digital Music HM: Zhijian Zhou

Speech William Lesko

The George H. and H. Richter Elser Prize presented to a member of the Fifth Form for the best written essay as determined by the English Department James Olson

Bucknell University’s Award for Outstanding Promise in Physics and Astronomy Michael Soland

The Karl Pacanovsky Fine Woodworking Award Nathaniel Whittemore Prize for Excellence in Vocal Music in Memory of Robert Andrews Lewis ‘78 and the Hilltones Isabelle Feldman Ada L. Hopkins Honorary Merit Scholarship in Music – Donated by Thomas G. Ruth in honor of his late great-aunt Henry Chen The Frank Woodworth Pine Memorial Prize for Excellence in Underform English Prose Composition, presented in Memory of Dr. Howard Bement William Thompson The Captain Curtiss Cummings Prize for the Best Student Editorial in The Hill News Elizabeth Hudak

HM: Kelly Dempsey Latin 2 Lauren Yingling Latin 2 /Greek 1 Honors Ruiyao Zhu HM: Gavin Guerrette

Latin 3 William Gussler HM: Owen McLaughlin Latin AP Qianya Wang HM: Audrey Lehneis Advanced Latin Seminar

Raina Shah HM: Trent Charlton Greek 2 Honors Oluwanimofe Akinyanmi HM: Ruthanne Sandner Greek 3 Honors Qianya Wang

The Medals awarded by The Hill School for the late Oscar Cox in memory of his father Jacob Cox, for the greatest improvement in scholarship at The Hill School.

3F Lulu Nakagawa 4F Derin Guruscu 5F Derek Schmaeling

The Bryn Mawr College President’s Book Award to a young woman in the Fifth Form who exhibits a true love of learning and intellectual curiosity about the world around her.

Oluwanimofe Akinyanmi & Teresa McCardle

The Princeton Book Award presented by the Princeton Club of Philadelphia in Recognition of Outstanding Academic Achievement and Exemplary Community Service.

Isabella Basile

The Prize presented by The Harvard Club of Philadelphia to a member of the Fifth Form who has shown personal integrity, excellence of scholarship and noteworthy achievement in other The Cum Laude Society Inductees areas of school life.

Philippe Jin Audrey Lehneis Audrey Lehneis Binbin Li Qianya Wang

*Certain prizes were awarded to members of the Class of 2020

The Thomas S. Roberts ’53Prize for Resiliency Cynthia Williams The Isaac Thomas Prize presented each year to that student whose qualities of optimism, loyalty, and service best represent The Hill’s loving memory of Mr. Isaac Thomas, a member of The Hill School Faculty for many years (1884-1952).

Gavin Guerrette & Sasjha Mayfield