Prize Assembly & Cum Laude Induction Ceremony 2009

Department Heads at The Williams School introduced their respective awards with a brief description of the achievements of the selected students. Following the departmental awards, Assistant Head of School Chris Benbow announced the college book prizes given each year to students in the junior class.

Prizes & Awards

 

Recipient(s)

Philip G. Van Brunt Memorial Prize for Excellence in Art

Sarah Bengston and Margaret van Dyke

Noel B. Gerson Prize for Creativity

Lindsay Steadman

Prize for Distinction in Dance

Taylor Cwiertniewicz

Eleanor S. Cranz Memorial Prize for Distinction in Music

Dan Fisher and Riley Richards

Joan D. Newbury Memorial Prize for Excellence in Theater

Anne Kalinosky and Lindsay Steadman

Catherine Oakes Memorial Prize for Excellence in English Literature

Molly Hannon and Kerri Hilton

Prize for Excellence in Expository Writing

Annie Eddy

Edward T. Wheeler Prize for Poetry

Laura Hagen and Tess Williams

Elsie DeWitt Memorial Prize for Excellence in Classics

Victoria Fiengo

Natalie P. Swift Memorial Prize for Excellence in French

Annie Eddy, Laura Hagen, and Kerri Hilton, Cat Schrage

The Prize for Excellence in Spanish

Molly Hannon, Jake Lefker, and Pablo Tutillo

Jean M. Watson Memorial Prize for Excellence in Mathematics

Riley Richards

Leonard J. Bodenlos Memorial Prize for Excellence in Physical Science

Kerri Hilton and Riley Richards

The Prize for Excellence in the Natural Sciences

Taylor Cwiertniewicz, Molly Hannon, and Anne Kalinosky

Charlotte Rea Science Award

Perry Smizer

Evelyn Page Memorial Prize for Excellence in History

Jared Klee

Richard P. Dauer Memorial Prize for History

Annie Eddy and Laura Hagen

Upper School Athlete of the Year
(Male and Female)

Justin Klee and Elma Burnham

Athletic Leadership Award
(Male and Female)

Jared Klee and Emma Zumsande

Richard P. Dauer Scholar Athlete Award

Molly Hannon and Jake Lefker

Eugene Atwood Scholarship Nominee

Sam Pieniadz

Raymond V. Payer Memorial Scholarship

Julian Sacca-Schaeffer

Brown University Book Prize                     

Anna Daren

Connecticut College Book Award  

Lisle Schaeffer

Dartmouth Club Book Award

Taylor Bickford

Harvard Book Prize

Alex Lin

Middlebury College Book Award

Noah Bogdonoff

Mount Holyoke College Book Award

Caroline Mills

Smith College Book Prize

Abbey Reiser

Wellesley College Book Award

Grace Beggins

Yale Book Prize

Sam Pieniadz

2009 Inductees to The Williams School Chapter of the Cum Laude Society

As part of the 2009 Prize Assembly, Head of School Mark Fader inducted 13 members of the senior class into The Williams School chapter of The Cum Laude Society, including:

  • Elma Burnham
  • Taylor Cwiertniewicz
  • Annie Eddy
  • Victoria Fiengo
  • Laura Hagen
  • Molly Hannon           
  • Kerri Hilton
  • Jared Klee
  • Justin Klee
  • Jacob Lefker
  • Ainsley Pinkowitz
  • Riley Richards
  • Gabriel Ryan

This national honor society recognizes academic achievement in secondary schools for the purpose of promoting excellence (Areté), justice (Diké) and honor (Timé). Each Chapter may elect up to 20% of the members of the Senior Class in the college preparatory curriculum who have an honor record.

Founded in 1906, the Cum Laude Society is dedicated to honoring scholastic achievement in secondary schools. The founders of the society modeled Cum Laude after Phi Beta Kappa and in the years since its founding, Cum Laude has grown to 350 chapters, approximately two dozen of which are located in public schools and the rest in Independent schools. Membership is predominantly in the United States, but chapters also are located in Canada, England, France, Spain, Puerto Rico and the Philippines.

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