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2019 Underclassmen Awards Ceremony

by Jamie Bryant, Director of Strategic Marketing & Communications
2019 Underclassmen Awards Ceremony
 
During the 2019 Underclassmen Awards Ceremony, which took place on May 22nd in the Rooke Theater of the Hartness Performing Arts Center, numerous underclassmen were recognized and rewarded for what Headmaster Dr. Leonard Kupersmith referred to as “character and academic achievement in our school culture.”  
 
“Today we will recognize students who keep their heads amidst stress and soar,” he said.  “Many who we celebrate overcame obstacles.  CCES cultivates virtue as vigorously as it does virtuoso performance.”
 
Students, faculty members, and parents assembled during a beautiful musical performance by Cindy Xu and Jane YangUpper School Director Wes Clarke gave his introductory remarks saying, “At a school like CCES, growth, generosity, intellectual curiosity, industry, and inclusivity are admired and honored.”
 
The following award winners were selected through the collaborative deliberation of the Upper School faculty.
 
Cavalier Service Recognitions
Max Morgan
Vasco Bracale
Delaney Epley
Cecelia Harber
Anna-Pearce Hinsdale
Eleanor Clark
Austin Hinrichsen
Catherine Shoffner
Cindy Xu
 
CAVALIER SPIRIT AWARDS
Ninth Grade Recipients:
Crosby Solari Reed
James Leslie Teague
Tenth Grade Recipients:
Helen Baginski
James Mason Goldsmith
 
DANIELA DACCO AWARD
Chase Talmer Allison
 
KATY JAMES AWARD
Twyla Prue Roberts
 
CONNOR MCMANUS MEMORIAL AWARD
James McCoy Mertens
 
MEGHAN MCMANUS MEMORIAL AWARD
Diana Wendland Geary
Sydney Grace LeBlanc
 
ANNA GIBBINS YOUNG WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP AWARD
Eliza Ambrose Easterby
 
KATHY ADAMEE AWARD
Catherine Shea Waters
 
COLLEGIATE AWARDS:
 
Columbia University Book Award
Jack Smith Sanford
Dartmouth College Book Award
Porter Glenn Brown
George Washington Book Award
Cameron Heaton Baird
Hollins University Creative Writing Book Award
Melanie Ann Yerkes
Randolph College Classics Book Award
Audrey Catherine Buffington
Rhodes College Book Award
Cecelia Eileen Harber
St. Lawrence University Book Award:
Austin Nicholas Hinrichsen
Salem College Book Award
Emi Amaki
Sewanee Award for Excellence in Writing
Tyler Andrew Baughcome
Tulane University Book Award
Micah Suzanne Shetterly
Vanderbilt University Book Award
Megan Elizabeth Allen
Jefferson Book Award
Eleanor Maxwell Clark
Wake Forest Book Award
Cynthia Jingyi Xu 
Washington and Lee University Book Award
Jacob Timothy Mann
Wellesley College Book Award
Abby Carter Riddle
University of Rochester Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award
Hayden Robert Waters
The University of Rochester Xerox Award for Innovation and Information Technology
Jarod Quinn Picciano
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Medal Award
Amy Zhang
West Point Leadership Award
James Carnes Morton
George Eastman Young Leaders Award
Eleanor Maxwell Clark
The Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Award
Jules Kolar Blech
 
CUM LAUDE SOCIETY INDUCTION
Seniors:
Luke Christopher Anderson
Christa Elizabeth Bailey
Kevin James Connaughton
Victoria Brooke Hammond
Elizabeth Addison Horton
Alexandra Holden Katz
Andrew Stewart Riordan
Taylor Paige Roberts
Abigail Thomas Rogers
Cooper Elinor Stansell
Virginia Slater Weston
 
Juniors:
Matthew Robert Anderson
Cameron Heaton Baird
Porter Glenn Brown
Eleanor Maxwell Clark
James Carnes Morton
Jack Smith Sanford
Tianran Rita Wang
Hayden Robert Waters
Cynthia Jingyi Xu
Amy Zhang
 
Faculty:
Mrs. Jolie Joseph
 
JONES ENDOWMENT FACULTY AWARD
Mrs. Paulette Unger
 
HEADMASTER PRESENTATIONS
 
Will Grist Scholarship Award
Zachary Boota
Lane Abrams Growth Mindset Award
Elizabeth Blair Wood
Jackie Messer Rogers Scholarship Award
Amy Zhang
Blair Babb Smoak Memorial Award
Megan Elizabeth Allen
Roger, Kirk and Dena Stone Scholarship
Amy Zhang
 
LEADERSHIP EXCHANGE OF GAVELS
 
CCES Student Council President
Hailey Sanders to Chapman Mann
 
Honor Council Chair
Diana Geary to Meghan Allen
 
Student Ambassador Leaders
Camp Williams, Charlotte Grover, Gracie Patat and Taylor Roberts to Emi Amaki, Cog Gregory, Jake Mahon, James Morton, Jack Sanford and McCuen Thompson
 
“Congratulations to the honorees, their mentors who have inspired them, their classmates who sustain a culture that thinks academic accomplishment is desirable, and to their parents who have chosen wisely to invest their faith in our superb school.” – Dr. Leonard Kupersmith
 
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    • Cum Laude Society Inductees

    • Paulette Unger wins the 2019 Jones Endowment Faculty Award

    • Mrs. Unger poses with Diana Geary and Hailey Sanders

    • Connor McManus Award

    • Gibbons Award

    • Kathy Adamee Award

    • Meghan McManus Award

    • Meghan McManus Award

    • Rogers Award

    • Smoak Award

    • Stone Award

    • Will Grist Award

    • Katy James Award

    • Lane Abrams Award

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