RE confers upper school awards

“This week has already been one of celebration and reflection,” Head of the Upper School Patricia Sasser said, mentioning the May 4 honor society inductions and the May 5 Senior Panel. “Today we celebrate our community as we recognize our students for achievements in the classroom, around campus and in the wider community.”

 

Head of School Penny Townsend welcomed students and parents, thanking them for staying the course during a challenging spring and reminding them that education has never been more important. Departing student-body president Preston Edmunds ’20 gave her farewell address, which she described as her “thank-you note” to Ransom Everglades, and also announced the recipient of the Student Government Association Faculty Award: English teacher, soccer coach and Dean of Students Lindsay Danielson.

 

Associate Head of School John A. King, Jr., honored retiring faculty Mike Townsend, an English teacher for 44 years who has taught at RE for the last five; Maria del Carmen Naranjo, a world languages teacher who will retire after 18 years; Guillermo Urbina, who has taught French and Spanish at Ransom Everglades since 1992; and Penny Matthews, a teacher, coach, advisor and more during her more than three decades at RE. (Read more about Urbina and Matthews here.)

 

Faculty members, deans and department chairs served as presenters for student awards: Math and Computer Science Coordinator Henry Stavisky ’85 announced the Cum Laude Society inductees; visual arts faculty member Jorge Guzman presented the visual arts awards; Performing Arts Department Chair Jon Hamm, the perf0rming arts awards; Humanities Department Chair Jen Nero, English and social sciences awards; World Languages Department Chair James Monk, world languages awards; STEM Department Chair Doug Heller, STEM awards; Dean of Studies Greg Cooper, service awards; Dean of the Junior Class Tom Dughi, junior book awards; Dean of the Freshman Class Karen Thompson, freshman awards; Dean of the Sophomore Class Mandira Bose-Nyberg, sophomore awards.

Studio Art: Milanne Berg ’20               

Photography: Sophia Iacovelli ’20                    

Ceramics: Kelli Miller ’21

Art History: Daniella Sanchez ’21

 

John Philip Sousa Band Award: Liam Malloy ’20                 

Louis Armstrong Jazz Award: Connor Munroe ’21

Best Thespian: Abigail Aldrich ’20

Jane Kleinman Technical Theater Award: Willa Tom ’20

Lewis Family Award: Connor Sahs ’20

 

Dan Leslie Bowden Award: Alba Uriarte ’22

Brown University: Shuli Rosenfeld ’21                          

Eleanor Crawford Backman English Award: Natalia Lopez ’20 and Talia Berler ’20

Creative Writing: Kareena Rudra ’20

Sheila Natasha Friedman Award (English and Fine Arts): Viviana Freyer ’20

 

Craighill Burks Prize for American History: Victoria Porto ’22          

Excellence in History: Milanne Berg ’20                      

Excellence in Social Sciences: Meredith Hutchinson ’20                                        

Mike Stokes Social Sciences Award: Diego Duckenfield-Lopez ’20

Speech and Debate: Alex Dray ’21

                                          

Excellence in Chinese: Anthony Goyanes ’20

Pierre Cameron Award for French: Perry Samimy ’20           

American Association of Teachers of French Award: Ana Teresa Sannia ’20       

Excellence in Spanish Literature: Ana Cecilia Gonzalez ’23

Excellence in Spanish Language: Viviana Vela ’21

 

Math and Computer Science Awards   

Lois B. Styles Award for Math: Dylan Tie-Shue ’20
M. I. T. Excellence in Math: Joseph Gross ’20                          

Computer Science: Diego Virtue ’20

 

Beverley B. Jones Science Award: Samantha Miller ’21
Barbara Lester Environmental Science Award: Felipe Campano ’21              

Excellence in Chemistry: Erik Medina ’21                    

Excellence in Physics: Joseph Gross ’20

 

SGA Faculty Award: Dean of Students Lindsay Danielson

 

Freshman Awards 

Ann Goesel Everglades School Award: Leah Maduro ’23      

Damien Kaminski ’89 Award: Jack Harris ’23 and Victor Perez ’23

 

Sophomore Awards            

Boys’ Honor and Excellence: Max Vallone ’22                          

Girls’ Honor and Excellence: Clara Villalba ’22          

 

Junior Book Awards          

Brandeis University: Rachel Bienstock ’21     

Columbia University: Liza Dill ’21                    

Cornell University: Maya Rosen ’21

Dartmouth College: Erik Medina ’21

George Washington University: Daniel Mendoza ’21

Harvard University: Yuhan Liu ’21      

Johns Hopkins University: Emma Rosenthal ’21

Mount Holyoke College: Madeleine Bagnall ’21

University of Pennsylvania: Isabel Almada-Sabate ’21

University of Virginia: Daniella Sanchez ’21

Wellesley College: Georgia Crosby ’21

Williams College: Alexandra Prio-Touzet ’21

             

Princeton Service Award: Brooke Scott ’21
Elliot Kayton ’96 Award: Anthony Goyanes ’20 and Sophia Antezana ’20
Robert Segall ’82 Leadership Award: Talia Berler ’20             

Ronni Weksler Bermont Service Award: Preston Edmunds ’20

Arthur Moses Student Award: Diego Duckenfield-Lopez ’20

 

Valedictorian: Natalia Lopez ’20

Salutatorian: Dylan Tie-Shue ’20 (Dylan was also named a National Merit Scholar on May 13, 2020.)

 

Cum Laude Society Recognition                                                                           

Abigail Aldrich ’20      

Sophia Antezana ’20

Zachary Buttrick ’20

Rachel DeAngulo ’20

Emanuelle Dooreck-Aloni ’20

Alexander Freedline ’20

Anthony Goyanes ’20

Yasmina Haddad ’20

Sophie Leibowitz ’20

Liam Malloy ’20          

Lachlain McGranahan ’20

Claudia Pinilla ’20

Kareena Rudra ’20

Diego Virtue ’20

Talia Berler ’20

Natalia Botero ’20

Jolie Dreiling ’20

Daniel Goldstein ’20

Joseph Gross ’20

Meredith Hutchinson ’20

Natalia Lopez ’20

Kate Menninger ’20

Lucas Miner ’20

Ashley Nguyen ’20

Perry Samimy ’20

Zoe San Martin ’20

Benjamin Thorpe ’20

Dylan Tie-Shue ’20

Anthony Wolfe ’20

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