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Upper School News Congratulations to the National Spanish Exam Winners Congratulations to several world language students from Spanish 1 and AP Spanish Language who attained national recognition for excellent performance on the 2012 National Spanish Examinations. Students from the Upper School earned a total of five gold, six silver, and two bronze medals along with 6 honorable mentions. “Attaining a medal or honorable mention for any student on the National Spanish Examinations is very prestigious” said Kevin CessnaBuscemi National Director of the Exams “because the exams are the largest of their kind in the United States with 143,641 students participating in 2012.” Students from the Upper School have a long traditional history of high achievement on these exams and were taught by Spanish teacher Mrs. Angela Mitchell. These distinguished students are: Cameron Amstrong: Silver Jack Barnes: Silver Sarah Carpenter: Gold Liza Conner: Honor Peter Diaz: Silver Andrew Duncan: Gold William Henagan : Honor Campbell Jones: Bronze Murphy Lee: Bronze Emma Major: Honor Grace McCollam: Silver Grace Meade: Silver Frances Neal: Honor Nicolaos Panos: Silver Victoria Posmantur: Honor Reeves Turner: Gold Katy Underwood: Honor Lindsey Watson: Gold Rachel Wong: Gold While all of the students placed in the Top 5% over all in the nation; notable to be mentioned is placement in the State of Georgia as follows: Rachel Wong: First Reeves Turner: Second Andrew Duncan: Fifth Sarah Carpenter: Fifth Lindsey Watson: Fifth Peter Diaz: Sixth The National Spanish Examinations are administered each year in the Upper School and are sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.
2012 French National Exam The French National Exam, also known as Le Grand Concours, takes place every year in the spring. Twentyone students from French 4 and 5 tested their skills in its 2012 edition. Congratulations to the 10 students who placed in the top 15 at the state and national levels: Level 4 Frankie DeBorde, Grace Horlock, Charles Ingram, Carson Morris, Halle Payne, Anisa Threlkeld, and Mary Martha Wiggers Level 5 Hope Barker, Isabelle Culpepper, and Jordan Pakula A grand bravo to these dedicated students!
2012 Senior Honors Awards Salutatorian Award: Claire Victoria Beskin Valedictorian Award: Zainub Dhanani History Department Award: Daisy Elizabeth Adams Mathematics Department Awards
Cum Laude and National Honor Societies Inductees The Lovett Chapters of the Cum Laude Society and the National Honor Society held their annual induction of new members in the Hendrix-Chenault Theater on April
Calculus: Cameron Louise Armstrong
16. The Cum Laude Society invites juniors and seniors
Statistics: Danielle Leigh Currin
whose GPA places them in the top 4 percent and 16 per-
Marvin Howard Floyd Awards in Science
cent of their respective classes. Membership in the Nation-
Biology: Tessa Alexandra Adams
al Honor Society is restricted to juniors and seniors who
Chemistry: Marcus Miguel Jackson
have distinguished themselves in the areas of scholarship,
Physics: Bryan Carter Sanderson
leadership, service, and character. Bryan Overly was the
Environmental Science: Lauren Elizabeth Formica
faculty speaker at the ceremony where the following stu-
Modern Foreign Language Department Awards
dents received their certificates of membership:
Spanish: Colin McCormick Tucker
Simone Cronk Award for Excellence in French:
Cum Laude
Caroline Beverly Szyperski
Class of 2012
Chinese: Claire Victoria Beskin
Daisy Elizabeth Adams, Tessa Alexandra Adams, Cam-
Catharine Louis Lovell ’66 Award in Latin:
eron Louise Armstrong, Peter Elliott Diaz, Patrick Sidney
Elizabeth Grace Ridgeway
Emerson, John Bradley Hale, Madeline Kay Hartley, Mar-
Gwynne Adams Burrows Award in English:
John Bradley Hale
James E. Warren Award in Creative Writing:
Colin Fraser Jones
Bible and Religion Award: Megan Elizabeth Fricke Christian Stewardship Award:
Katherine Barry Bazzel
Athletic Department Awards
cus Miguel Jackson, Amina Sarah Khan, Johnathan Barton Lamb, Jay Nik Mainthia, Elizabeth Grace Ridgeway, Kelsey Ann Roof, Maxwell Tate Silbiger, Caroline Beverly Szyperski, Colin McCormick Tucker, Hugh Anthony van Heesewijk, and Alexander Hamilton Wilson Class of 2013 Isabelle Grace Culpepper, Anthony Mitchell Hightower
Senior Girl: Hannah Katherine Hempel
II, Melissa Li, Anna Gaillard Perkins, and Elizabeth Lee
Senior Boy: Hugh Anthony van Heesewijk
Wesley
John A. Rabbe Scholar/Athlete Award:
Cyrus Carrier Wilson
National Honor Society
William C. Conley Distinguished Athlete Awards:
Class of 2012
Tatianna Denize Jackson
Patrick Sidney Emerson, Taylor Anne Morris, and Mary
Montague Laffitte Boyd, Jr. Award in Choral Music: Kathleen Mary Ashenden Vinita Therrell Leake Art Award:
Katie Elizabeth Fee
Friends of the Arts Award
Catherine Satcher Class of 2013 Kyler David Allen, William Forrest Bell, Jr., Charles Mathis Biggerstaff, Elizabeth Anne Bogue, Kathleen
Performing Arts: Grant Mitchell Fergusson and
Hays Connell, Isabelle Grace Culpepper, Heather Lynne
Jonovan Charles Sackey
Degenkolb, Samantha Ellis Dietz, Corey Taylor Erdoes,
Visual Arts: Gibson Brooks Schoen
Leslie Denise Espenschied, William Milne Ewing III,
Kate Flournoy Edwards Art Award:
Guy Carpenter Fulwiler, Jr., Katrina Maria Hazim,
Mary Lowe Bailey
William Charles Henagan, Carly Beth Herbert, Anthony
Principal’s Awards: Danielle Leigh Currin, Caroline Mayer Deisley, and George Kilpen Spencer
The Bobby Train Friendship Award:
Katherine Elizabeth Baumberger
Senior Class Faculty Award: Bennett Spann Parents Association Award:
Marcus Miguel Jackson
Alumni Association Award: Cyrus Carrier Wilson Dan Dalke Award for Character:
Robert Settle Currie
Faculty Award for Service:
Lauren Elizabeth Formica
Vernon B. Kellett Award in the Humanities:
Elizabeth Grace Ridgeway
The Atlanta-Journal Constitution Cup:
Peter Elliot Diaz
The Eva Edwards Lovett Founder’s Medal:
Mitchell Hightower II, John Preston Hill, Carson Leigh Holden, Gayle Satterfield Jenks, Hannah Elizabeth Johnson, Anna Katherine Jones, Chelsea Hee-Ryung Kim, Annabel McAllister Kupke, Madison Helen Newstead Lathi, Jennifer Jin Li, Melissa Li, Eleanor Martin Mann, Christopher Gordon Martin, Charlotte Kathleen Matthews, Grace Marie McCollam, Kimberly Aleah McDonald, Julian Robert McIntyre, Lauchlin James Monroe, Jamila Ayan Moses, Jordan Elliot Pakula, Anna Gaillard Perkins, Reid Worthy Pickett, Saneel Jehan Prabhu, Alexandra Marie Quick, Michelle T. Ridgeway, Craig Lee Rollins, Anna Bland Sewell, Florence Vasser Seydel, Margaret Allison Sinkler, WiWilliam Kilgore Smith, Caitlin Ann Smith, Suzannah Lee Tarkington, Sydney Isioma Umeri, Cooper Mobley Ward, Elizabeth Lee Wesley, Alston James White, James Werner Wilby, Arthur Phinizy Winborne, and Tianyi Zheng
Grant Mitchell Fergusson
Senior Portraits The on-campus dates for senior portraits will be August 8–10 in the Black Box Theater by the Hendrix-Chenault Theater from 9:00 am–4:00 pm. Portraits will be taken by Peachtree Portraits and appointments should be made at <www.peachtreeportraits.com>. All seniors must have their portraits taken
New inductees and their guests remained after the ceremony for a reception in the foyer of the Fuqua Center.