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Stepping Up The following underclassmen won awards at the Stepping Up ceremony held in All Saints’ Chapel on Saturday afternoon, May 26. Stepping Up is considered the School’s in-house commencement as we bid farewell to the seniors and usher the underclassmen up to the next grade level. Of all the unique ceremonies at Trinity-Pawling, Stepping Up is the most poignant, steeped in a century of tradition. Following the awards, leadership of the student body is transferred from the old prefects to the new prefects who are announced at the close of the service. Upon leaving the Chapel, the seniors line up on the walkway behind Cluett to shake hands and bid farewell to the faculty and to the underclassmen.
Prefects for 2012-2013, the School’s highest leadership position for students, are determined by vote of the student body and the faculty. Next year’s Prefects: Head Prefect Theo Kelly, Junior Prefect Chris Murphy, Gyuri Dragomir, Jack Margiotta, Gibson Drysdale, Tanner Zacharewicz, Casey Kelly, Andrew Zona
established the Colhoun History Essay Prize to recognize the best essay written on United States history. Soon Pil Hong ‘13
Underclassmen Awards 2012
The Xerox Award for excellence in technology. Sung Gwan Choi ‘13
Smith Prize in Mandarin and Chinese Studies Chris Hattar ‘14 Biology Award Phone Quach ‘13 French Award Theodore Kelly ‘13 Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Award for Humanities/Social Sciences is awarded to a junior who demonstrates a commitment to understanding and addressing difficult social issues, possesses leadership and a dedication to community action, and who has earned strong grades in rigorous humanities and social sciences classes. Frank Fang ‘12
The Rensselaer Medal goes to a member of the junior class who has distinguished himself in mathematics and science. Xin Hai Xie ‘13
The Bausch and Lomb Award is presented to a junior who excels in science. Phong Quach ‘13 The Harvard Prize Book for the junior who exemplifies excellence in scholarship and high character combined with achievement in other fields. Chris Murphy ‘13
The Mayflower Award for proficiency in the study of United States History. Dylan Ginsburg ’12
The George Eastman Young Leaders Award seeks to recognize future leaders who have made an impact on their school community through extensive involvement in extracurricular activities and by earning high grades in challenging courses. Theo Kelly ’13
Richard Colhoun, former chair of the Board of Trustees from 1978 to 1991,
The Colhoun Award for the Most Improved Freshman is given in memory of
Craig Colhoun, class of 1972. Mitsuhiro Mihara ‘15 The Hastings Award for the Most Improved Sophomore is given by the Hastings family. Bishop Bradford Hastings was a graduate and Head Prefect of the class of 1937. Dante Tomassini ‘14 The Citizenship Awards for each class are determined by vote of the faculty. This year’s award winners include Mike Tagani ‘15 for the Freshman Citizenship Award; Wyatt Hill ‘14 for the Sophomore Citizenship Award; and Theo Kelly ‘13 for the Junior Citizenship Award. Honor Students: Woo Kyeuk Chang ‘12, Chia Ming “Jimmy” Lee ’14; Phong Quach ’13
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