Commencement
COMMENCEMENT
Congratulations, Class of 2016!
Class of 2016 Senior Honors Charlotte Folinus, Pranav Rekapalli............................................................................................................ Valedictorians Ariana Mao, Josh Doman..................................................................................................................................Salutatorians Jamie Pastan.................................................................................................................................. Service to School Award Catherine Christopher, Evelyn Gould, Rahil Kamath, Samantha Long, Patrick Lopez, Luis Padilla, Laura Street, Haley Vincent, Charlotte Warren, Steven Yang................................................................The President’s Volunteer Service Award Rahil Kamath................................................................................................................................ Service Above Self Award Evelyn Gould.............................................................................................................................. Community Service Award Cameron Crawford, Clare Draper........................................... Vernon S. Broyles Jr. Christian Leadership Award Alex Kong........................................................................................................................................................Forensics Award Logue Shamburger, Beth Huang, Zack Saffran............................................................................. Visual Arts Awards Ariana Mao.................................................................................................................... Performing Arts-Orchestra Award Daniel Geisler.........................................................................................................................Performing Arts-Band Award Molly Wright, Jake Smith......................................................................................Performing Arts-Theatre Arts Award Ruben Roy..................................................................................................................Performing Arts-Vocal Music Award Rankin Woley, Hannah Morgan............................................................................................................... Athletics Awards Faith Cho......................................................................................................... Gwendolyn M. Cleghorn Memorial Award
Will Benson and Philip Jones pose before the ceremony.
Philip Stith looks up as he waits to receive his diploma.
Robbie Chambliss........................................................................................... David T. Lauderdale Jr. Memorial Award Colesy Cotter, Andrew Shackelford............................................Leila Mason Venable Eldridge Memorial Award Morgan Rimmer.........................................................George R. Lamplugh Excellence in American History Award Katie McGahan............................................................................................. The Goizueta Foundation Chinese Award Alex Walker.......................................................................................................The Goizueta Foundation French Award Katie Goldsmith................................................................................................... The Goizueta Foundation Latin Award Tate Burwell..................................................................... The Goizueta Foundation Lazaro Herrera Spanish Award Josh Doman, Rebecca Shin................................................................................Robert M. Sims Math/Science Award Emma Scott.................................................................................................. The Branham Award for Greatest Progress Kush Bansal.............................................................................................................................................. Berry Senior Award Eliza Namnoum.........................................................................................................................................Dean’s Award - Girl Daniel Eisenhauer................................................................................................................................... Dean’s Award - Boy Benton Wood.........................................................................................................................Head of Upper School Award
Mary Lawson Burrows waits to cross the stage.
Berhan Getachew, Annabel Farley, Mia Patillo, Maggie O’Connor, Colesy Cotter, Katie Zhu, and Emily Bassett enjoy a moment together before graduation.
Clark Conrad listens to the commencement speeches.
Kevin O’Gara, Catherine Christopher.............................................................................................................Spirit Award Kenneth Hartzfeld, Ellie Hansen.......................................................... Croft Family Service and Fellowship Award Laura Street....................................................................................................................Atlanta Journal-Constitution Cup Berhan Getachew...........................................................................................................Thyrza S. Askew Nobility Award Katie Carithers............................................................................................................. Judith A. Smith Citizenship Award Will Benson.................................................................................................................James G. Patton Citizenship Award Kensey Cochran............................................................................................. Frances Isabelle Outler Memorial Award Cage Reeder.....................................................................................................................Richard L. Hull Memorial Award
Evelyn Gould receives her diploma from President Keith Evans.
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Shelvis Smith-Mather ’97 addresses the class as commencement speaker.
Joe King celebrates with classmates at the end of the ceremony.
Robbie Chambliss, Justin Tice, and Jason Ceto await the cermeony.