Upper School Announces Cum Laude Society Inductees, National Merit Finalists, Palmetto Fellows and Other Academic Awards

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CCES Upper School students were honored at the Academic Awards Assembly on April 3. Numerous students were recognized for their high academic achievement and for receiving prestigious national and state awards.

Cum Laude Society Inducts Six
Inducted into the Cum Laude society were seniors Virginia Cain, Haley David, Oliver Koenigsbruegge, Ashton Perry, Brett Rhyne and Kendall Trice. Students who receive this honor have displayed high academic achievement and also exhibit the qualities that are listed in the Cum Laude Society motto, “Excellence…Justice…Honor.”

IB Diploma Program Coordinator Nancy White presented recognitions to the current IB Junior Class.

Two National Merit Finalists Named
Two students were named National Merit Finalists; seniors John Freeman and Anna Pulliam join the top one percent of students that meet the criteria to become finalists from the group of 1.3 million students who took the PSAT in 2004. Their awards bring to 134 the number of National Merit Finalists CCES has produced since its first graduating class in 1972.

Eight Palmetto Fellows Scholarships Announced
Director of College Guidance Ashley Pittman presented the Palmetto Fellows Scholarship awards, which recognize the most academically talented high school seniors in South Carolina. Eight seniors were selected based on GPA, class rank, and SAT scores. Congratulations to Virginia Cain, Ingram Carpenter, John Freeman, Jenny Farrall, Camden Navarro, Anna Pulliam, Brett Rhyne and Kendall Trice. The Palmetto scholarship carries a monetary award of up to $5,000 annually.

Students performed a classical guitar piece at the opening of the assembly.

Math Achievements Recognized
Several math awards were given; senior Zay Kittredge received an award given by the Greenville County Council of Teachers of Mathematics for obtaining a perfect score of 800 on the math portion of the SAT. He also received an award for obtaining the highest senior score on the math portion of the SAT.

Two students were recognized for their scores on the national American Mathematics Competition; junior Will Guzick was the high scorer for CCES in the American Mathematics Competition for grades 12 and below, and freshman Eric Evert for the AMC for grades 10 and below.

Attorney Manning Culbertson ’80, who spoke to the
students about the meaning of honor, served as
guest speaker at the Academic Assembly.

Students who achieve a score of 100 or higher out of a possible 150 on the AMC 12, or 120 or higher on the AMC 10, qualify for the American Invitational Mathematics Examination. Qualifying CCES students were Eric Evert, Will Guzick, Yuki Maeda, Hunter Smith and Russ Williams.

Honor Rolls Announced
Certificates were also presented at the assembly to students who made the honor roll or high honor roll. In order to make high honor roll, students must earn a grade of 93 or better in every graded course.

Congratulations to all of these students for achieving such high standards of academic excellence.