By Catherine Wang
At the annual Upper School Assembly Tuesday
June 1, students and faculty were honored for their achievements during
the
2009-2010 school year. Students, faculty members, and parents of award
recipients crowded Taper Gym, while President Tom Hudnut, Head of School
Jeanne Huybrechts, and various faculty members presented the awards. Following the presentation of the awards, Hudnut presented to the school
community next year’s senior prefects, after which the current senior
prefects took off their robes and bestowed them upon their successors.
Below is the list of awards presented and the recipients:
|
Award |
Award Winner |
|
Lester Medvene Award |
Jessica Barzilay ’12 |
|
School Prize – English |
Claresta Joe-Wong ’10 |
|
Rensselaer Award |
Jeffrey Sperling ’11 |
|
School Prize – Foreign Language |
Gavin Cook ’10 |
|
School Prize -History/Social Studies |
AJ Sugarman ’10 |
|
Morris Michael Landres Award |
Christina Yang ’12 |
|
Tamkin Community Service |
Cindy Ok’10 and Amy Zhang ’10 |
|
Brendan Kutler Award |
Gavin Cook ’10 |
|
School Prize- Visual Arts |
Megan Hilliard ’10 |
|
Ducommun Award, School Prize – Math |
Claresta Joe-Wong ’10 |
|
Vox Award |
Heidi Chung ’10 |
|
Garrett Hardin (Faculty) |
Adam Howard ’93 and Javier Zaragoza |
|
School Prize -Computer Science |
Alex Popof ’10 |
|
William L. Davis Award |
Alex Popof ’10 |
|
Sandifer Creative Writing |
Eli Petzold ’10 |
|
Margolis Jazz Award |
Nick Chuba ’10 |
|
School Prize â Science |
Claudine Yee ’10 & Yujin Park’10 |
|
Announcement â Jr. Summer Fellowship |
Jordan Freisleben’11 |
|
Frederick Douglass Diversity Award |
Hana Al-Henaid’10 |
|
Announcement â Michael Brownstein Fellowship |
Gavin Cook’10 |
|
Cuscaden Blackwood Medal |
Jamie Temko’10 |
|
Chronicle Award |
Candice Navi’10 & Allegra Tepper’10 |
|
Athletic Directorâs Award |
Todd Albert’10 |
|
Lee Carlson, Female |
Nicole Hung’10 |
|
Lee Carlson, Male |
Erik Swoope’10 |
|
Rascoff Faculty Award |
Francine Werner |
|
School Prize â Performing Arts |
Charlie Mischer’10 and Daniel Lundberg’10 |
|
Yellin Award â Womenâs Studies |
Sydney Haydel’10 and Eric Swoope ’10 |
|
Lamar Trotti Jr. Award |
Kate Morrissey’10 |
|
Humanitas |
Jake Gutman’10 |
