Upper School Awards Day Held June 5th

Hawken Upper School took time to celebrate the hard work and dedication of its students at Awards Day on Friday, June 5th.
 
The annual event recognized accomplishments in academics, athletics, arts, leadership and extracurricular activities.
 
The event culminated with Matt Pitera receiving the prestigious Charles B. Bolton Award. The Bolton Award, first given in 1977, is among the most highly anticipated honors a senior can receive and is bestowed upon a Hawken student who excels in all aspects of education. In so doing, the recipient has truly lived up to the Hawken motto: "That each generation introduce its successor to a higher plane of life." Presenting the award was Lisa Bercu Levine '85, President of the Alumni Association.
 
Below is a complete list of students who were honored during the Awards Day ceremony.
 
Arts Awards
Hawken Players Society Most Valuable Technicians - John Walker Moosbrugger, Brian Schlang
Hawken Players’ Society Most Valuable Players - Matt Thompson, Arianna Marino, Sarah Parker
Spirit of Dance Award - Cassandra Knaggs, Arianna Marino, Seysha Mehta, Annie Morris, Joanna Sherman, Caroline Turner, Molly Webster, Rachel Witt, Karen Yao, Regina Yu
Concert Band Award - Swetha Kareti
Jazz Band Awards - Langston Burton
Strings Stradivari Award - Nina Mesh     
Strings Award - Derrick Liu
Chorale Callas Award - Hannah Miao
Choral Award - Hannah Lee
Sculpture Award - Olivia Marino
The George Roby Purchase Award - Sophie Washington
 
English Awards
English Award - Emily Staufer
McCreary Prize Poetry Award - Alex Ashley, Parker Selman
McCreary Prize Prose Award - Karen Yao
           
Extracurricular Awards
Susan Minks O’Brien Award for Excellence in Speech & Debate - Yvana Petros
The Larry H. Banks Award for Excellence in Debate Events - Aman Nair, Jack Weisman
Robert B. Wheeler Award for Outstanding Work by an Editor - Parker Selman
Marjorie Johnson Award - Matt Thompson
Award for Outstanding Work by a Writer - Haleigh Gundy
Library Patronage Award - Naomi Trotta
 
History Awards
Outstanding Awards - Katherine Pioro, Karen Yao, Bjoern Kluwe
 
Integrity Council Recognition
Class of 2015: Victoria Chardiet, Robert Gray, Alison Jin, Matthew Pitera
Class of 2016: Jacob Cohen, Michael Gerace, Joshua Roselli
Class of 2017: Josef Horwath, Nihaal Rahman, Nayan Rao
 
Mathematics Awards
Outstanding Junior in Mathematics - Katherine Pioro
Outstanding Senior in Mathematics - Dima Estrin
Rensselaer Medal for Outstanding Junior in Mathematics & Science - James Swingos
           
Modern & Classical Languages Awards
Chinese Award – Jasmine Walker
French Award – Sophie Washington
Latin Award – Maureen Rakovec
Spanish Award - Alex Ashley
Combined Language Award – Alex Blake
 
PEER LEADERSHIP RECOGNITION
Alex Ashley, Daniela Brkic, Victoria Chardiet, Eileen Chen, Tim Foster, Ben Garnitz, Robby Gray, Alyssa Hunt, Jimmy Li, Olivia Marino, Emily Oliver, Yvana Petros, Matt Pitera, Emily Staufer, Adam Stilson, Matt Thompson, Emma Whiting, Edward Wilkins, Conrad Young
 
Physical Education & Health Awards
9th Grade Athlete Award - Daniel Estrin, Annie Jackson
9th Grade Spirit Award - Alana Khan, TJ Perusek  
10th Grade Athlete Award - Nick Buchanan, Ellen Adams
10th Grade Spirit Award - Leo Liu, Seysha Mehta
Health I Award - Helena Costantini, Andrew Gerace                                           
Health II Award - Rishi Gupta, Dana Kulma
 
Science Awards
Outstanding Student in Physics - Matt Thompson
Outstanding Student in Chemistry - Robby Gray
Outstanding Student in Biology - Maureen Rakovec
Cleveland Technical Societies Council Honor Junior - Hilary Vogelbaum
CWRU Michelson-Morley Award for Outstanding Junior in Mathematics & Science - John Antolik
 
Service Awards
The Geller Family Education Fund Award
“Walton Avenue Housing Program and Bus Passes” on behalf of Volunteers of America - Mara Ursu, Madox McGrae-Menge
“Shooting Three’s...Chasing Dreams: Hawken Hoops for Special Olympics” on behalf The Bessie Benner Metzenbaum Center - Brendan Paul
“Solar Lamps for Costa Rica” on behalf of One Million Lights - Emily Oliver, Ainsley Gialamas
ASSIST Scholar International Exchange Student Host Family Recognition
Lightbody – Richard ’65, Christine and Fiona ’16
Beaulieu-Mallet – Laurie, Chris and Hannah Reavis ’15
Donahue – William, Anki and Michael ‘20
The Grant Roth ’85 Community Service Award - Alexandria (Alex) Ashley
 
Senior Awards         
Dobay Trophy for the House of the Year – Mather House       
Strong Award - Charlie Hruby
Carter Award - Emily Oliver
Marsh Award - John Luskin
 
Cum Laude Society
2015 Student Inductees
Alexandria Ashley, Daniela Brkic, Eileen Chen, Hannah Hengst, Alyssa Hunt, James Li, Jesse Mansoor, Aman Nair, Matthew Pitera, Sophie Washington
2014 Student Inductees
Timothy Foster, Robert Gray, Emily Hedlund, Alison Jin, Kush Khosla, Maureen Rakovec, Matthew Thompson, Jack Weisman, Emma Whiting
 
Phi Beta Kappa Award - Matt Thompson
           
Charles B. Bolton Award - Matt Pitera    
 
 
PREVIOUSLY COMMENDED STUDENTS
 
Finalists in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program
Alexander Amin, Larry E. Fulton, Robert M. Gray, Emily C. Hedlund, Hannah M. Hengst, Alison H. Jin, James R. Li, Maureen L. Rakovec, Monica R. Sass, Matthew A. Thompson, Jonathan B. Vexler, Jack D. Weisman.  
Coporate Scholarship Awards - Maureen Rakovec, Matthew Thompson
                                   
Chagrin Valley Conference Sportsmanship Award
Emily Staufer, Josh Weil    
 
AFFNO Senior Writers 2014-15
Haleigh Gundy, Tim Holman, Cassandra Knaggs, Emily McBride, Madox McGrae-Menge, Liza Namy, Emma Ritz, Monica Sass, Max Schachere, Joanna Sherman, Karen Yao
 
American Mathematics Competition
AMC 12: Kush Khosla
AMC 10: Brian Sun
 
Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics Competition
12th Grade: Kush Khosla
10th Grade: Al Shumyatcher
9th Grade: Sauren Khosla
 
AAPT Outstanding Physics Students  
John Antolik, Robby Gray, Katherine Pioro, Matt Thompson
                           
AAPT Physics Bowl 
First Place (Individual Score) in Ohio - Penn region (Second Year Division) - Matt Thompson
Second Place (Individual Score) in Ohio - Penn Region (Second Year Division) - Robby Gray
Team Score (top five students from each school) placed first in Ohio - Penn region (Second Year Division) - Jonathan Vexler, Emily Hedlund, Timothy Foster
 
6th Annual Bob Maciunas Stemm Research Symposium
First Place:  Dhweeja Dasarathy
Second Place:  Cameron Blumenthal
Third Place: Devesh Modi
In addition to Dhweeja Dasarathy, Cameron Blumenthal and Devesh Modi, Tim Holman, Nicole Kastelic, Katherine Pioro, Hilary Vogelbaum, Robby Gray, Michael Gerace, Julia Hillenbrand, Eileen Chen and Tara Krantz qualified to represent Hawken in March at the 2015 Northeast Ohio Science and Engineering Fair.
 
2015 Northeastern Ohio Science and Engineering Fair      
Grand Prize Winner: Robby Gray
First Place in their categories:  Robby Gray, Dhweeja Dasarathy and Hilary Vogelbaum
As a Grand Prize Winner, Robby Gray represented NEOSEF at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh. In addition to her NEOSEF recognition, Dhweeja Dasarthy took first place in the Health and Medicine category during the University of Akron’s District Science Day, she was selected as one of Ohio’s representatives to National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, and her abstract was presented at the Case Western Reserve Research Showcase.
 
Le Grand Concours, National French Exam 2015 Results
FRENCH 1
Lauréat National
Haleigh Gundy, Zoe Rodriguez
Mention d’Honneur
Katie Sewell, Ander Garcia, Mariel Gibson, Michel Abramovich, Saul Amkraut
FRENCH 2
Lauréat National
Zade Akras, Samantha Bornstein, Charles Winans
Mention d’Honneur
Kennedy Yeager                  

FRENCH 2 Honors
Lauréat National
Aidan Bobrow, Josh Caplan, Ozan Ergungor, Cassandra Knagss, Ella Kolk, Jonathan Kutash, Raina Liu, Michael Pioro
Mention d’Honneur
Daysha Randelson, Nayan Rao, Claire Zehnith

FRENCH 3
Mention d’Honneur
Sami Fares, Yasmin Raz

FRENCH 4 HONORS
Lauréat National
Hannah Krall, Vicky Kaplan
Mention d’Honneur
Bjoern Kluwe, Chiara Cominelli, Abby Forsythe
 
2015 National Spanish Exam Winners
Gold Medals (top 5% in the country)
Sarah Allaben (3)
Alexandra Blake (2)
Aryeh Carmi (3)
Jimmy Clark (1)
Molly Emig (3)
Ruthie Fiordalis (3)
Ryuta Fujita (1)
Andrew Healy (3)
Julia Hillenbrand (2)
Alana Khan (2)
Hannah Krall (1)
Dana Kulma (3)
Hannah Miao (3)
Vikash Modi (2)
Isaiah Moore (1)
Morgan Parker (2)
Izzy Roselli (2)
Al Shumyatcher (4)
Dalia Tabachnik (4)
Selin Tukel (2)
Hilary Vogelbaum (5)
Karen Yao (5)
 
Silver Medals (top 15%)
Ellen Adams (3)
Alex Ashley (5)
Andre Berglund (2)
Eileen Chen (5)
Helena Costantini (2)
Daniel Estrin (2)
Andrew Gerace (3)
Bailey Hagedorn (4)
Sydney Harper (2)
Isaac Hoffman (5)
Ellie Joyce (1)
Sauren Khosla (3)
Logan Lair (5)
Arianna Marino (5)
Emily McBride (4)
Seysha Mehta (4)
Lily Mesterhazy (1)
Aidan Miller (1)
Devesh Modi (4)
Mills Moosbrugger (1)
Halla Reed (3)
Marco Scalamandre (4)
Josh Schneider (3)
Luisa Schunk (1)
Alison Selman (3)
Adam Stovsky (5)
Joey Tate (4)
Nina Thompson (3)
Justin Tinker (3)
Zachary Vexler (3)
Macy Zalud (2)
 
Bronze Medals (top 25%)
Adith Abraham (2)
Ozan Aktay (5)
Julia Aliazzi (3)
Bleu Chambers (2)
Michael Cobb (2)
Spencer Crawford (2)
Matthew Elias (2)
Samantha Harper (2)
Annie Jackson (1)
Gordon Johnson (1)
Peter Kaiser (4)
Ava Levin (4)
Jimmy Li (5)
Ammar Lone (3)
Dorothy Lowenstein (2)
Catherine McLennan (2)
Michael Miller (2)
Anton Salem (3)
Adam Schreibman (3)
Jaiya Smith (1)
Brandon Solomon (3)
Morgan Tucker (2)
Bethany Ungar (4)
Danielle Vinokur (3)
Ana Vombergar (3)
Natasha Yudushkin (3)
exam level given in parenthesis
 
National Latin Exam Results 2015
Latin II
Perfect Score (and gold medal) - David Gold
Summa Cum Laude (gold medal) - Jacob Cashman, Bradley Moyer, Charlie Ross, Daijha Thompson, Adam Wisnieski
Maxima Cum Laude (silver medal) - Jillian Carter, Mason Goldberg, William Liu, Jack Seasholtz, Anna Shaulis, Elizabeth Stilson, Zeki Zai
 
Latin III
Summa Cum Laude (gold medal) - Dhweeja Dasarathy, Pheby Liu, Nihaal Rahman
Maxima Cum Laude (silver medal)- Josef Horwath, Isaac Link
 
Latin IV Poetry
Summa Cum Laude (gold medal)- Erica Bucchieri, Hannah Friedman, Tim Holman, Isaac Jacobson, Sarah Neides, Sarah Parker, Emma Ritz, Naomi Wu Matthew Zhu
Maxima Cum Laude (silver medal) - Isabel Cohen, Charlotte Doody, Caitlin Griffin,, Sears Schulz, Sarah Senkfor, Hamada Shamma
 
Latin V
Summa Cum Laude (gold medal) - Aman Nair, Maureen Rakovec
Maxima Cum Laude (silver medal) - Adam Stilson
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