Academic honors presented at upper school

Cum Laude honorees Emma Arnhols '23, Ian Barnett '23, Ryan Berkshire '23, Adriana Bussel-Alonso '23, Lucia Rose Dahn '23, Diego de Lope '23, Leo Fein '23, Theodore Ma '23, Nicolas Maynulet '23, Dylan Miner '23, Rogelio Munoz-Franco '23, Kyle Ng '23, Jonathan Pollak '23, Denise Suarez '23, Alexis Tie-Shue '23 and Marco Zhao '23 were announced by Dean of Studies Adriana Sanchez and invited to the auditorium stage.

Sanchez congratulated the students, explaining that excellence, justice and honor are the embodiment of the society that was established at RE in 1957. Ransom Everglades will welcome the next 10 percent of seniors at the top of the class to the society in the spring.

World Languages Department Chair James Monk recognized RE's 94 Seal of Biliteracy recipients in silver, gold and platinum categories. Fifty-four students achieved silver recognition; 35 received gold; and five achieved the highest level, platinum, which signifies proficiency in three languages: English, Spanish and a third language.

Monk called those students – Ian Barnett ’23 (English, Spanish, Portuguese);
RE Chief Operating Officer and Interim Head of School David Clark '86 recognized the school's 29 National Merit honorees. You can read more about them here. RE students applauded as each honoree stood in place.

Associate Head of School John A. King Jr. summoned math teacher Mike Becker and English teacher Kathryn Bufkin to the stage to recognize their admission to the Cum Laude Society as honorary faculty. Last spring, Bufkin was awarded the inaugural Dan Leslie Bowden English Endowed Chair and Becker, the first Ann Goesel Mathematics Endowed Chair. King, Humanities Department Chair Jen Nero and STEM faculty Henry Stavisky '02 are the other RE honorary faculty.

See all of the students honored below:
 
Cum Laude (top 10 percent of Class of 2023)
Emma Arnhols '23
Ian Barnett '23
Ryan Berkshire '23
Adriana Bussel-Alonso '23
Lucia Rose Dahn '23
Diego de Lope '23
Leo Fein '23
Theodore Ma '23
Nicolas Maynulet '23
Dylan Miner '23
Rogelio Munoz-Franco '23
Kyle Ng '23
Jonathan Pollak '23
Denise Suarez '23
Alexis Tie-Shue '23
Marco Zhao '23

Ransom Everglades Seal of Biliteracy

Platinum
Gold

Silver
Mia Albelo Calderon ’23

Chloe Alfonso ’24

Loriz Arencibia ’23

Ryan Berkshire ’23

Nico Boord ’24

Mia Bouyoucef ’25

Didi Carvalho ’25

Will Charouhis ’24

Natalia Cobas ’25

Ana Beatriz Cury ’24

Patricio de Lope ’25