Students Honored at Spring Academic Awards Ceremony
On Thursday, May 25, students, faculty, and administration gathered inside Horowitz Performing Arts Center for the final community meeting before commencement to recognize exceptional academic achievement.
Interim Head of School Stanley Colla and Academic Dean and Director of Learning Skills Susan Schmitt gestured toward the stage and declared to attentive students, “this is where you want to be.” The honorees worked hard, asked for help when needed, and overcame obstacles to attain the Academy’s highest honors.
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Vermont Academy Spring Academic Awards:
• Grade 9 Academic Award: Hannah Sethi ’20, New Hampshire
• Grade 9 Wildcat Award: Riese Bianco ’20, New Jersey
• Sophomore Academic Award: Jessica Dong ’19, China
• Sophomore Wildcat Award: Devin Goldstein ’19, New York
• Dartmouth Book Club Award: Lance Zhang ’19, China
• ESL Program Prize: Jerry Lin ’20, China
• Amy Lanterman Learning Center Award: Annabella Zannini ’18, Massachusetts
• Rensselear Polytechnic Institute Medal: Karl-Antoine Girard ’18, Canada
• Grade 9 Academic Award: Hannah Sethi ’20, New Hampshire
• Grade 9 Wildcat Award: Riese Bianco ’20, New Jersey
• Sophomore Academic Award: Jessica Dong ’19, China
• Sophomore Wildcat Award: Devin Goldstein ’19, New York
• Dartmouth Book Club Award: Lance Zhang ’19, China
• ESL Program Prize: Jerry Lin ’20, China
• Amy Lanterman Learning Center Award: Annabella Zannini ’18, Massachusetts
• Rensselear Polytechnic Institute Medal: Karl-Antoine Girard ’18, Canada
University of Rochester Awards:
-Xerox Award: Ryan Qiu ’18, China
-Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Award in Humanities and Social Sciences: Dariel Echanis ’18, Vermont
-Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award: Conor Harrington ’18, New Hampshire
-George Eastman Young Leaders Award: Harry Mayer ’18, Massachusetts
-Xerox Award: Ryan Qiu ’18, China
-Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Award in Humanities and Social Sciences: Dariel Echanis ’18, Vermont
-Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award: Conor Harrington ’18, New Hampshire
-George Eastman Young Leaders Award: Harry Mayer ’18, Massachusetts
• Wellesley Book Award: Dariel Echanis ’18, Vermont
• Samuel B. Pettengill Class of 1904 Prize: Dariel Echanis ’18, Vermont
• St. Anselm College Book Award: Caitlyn McDermott ’18, Massachusetts
• Samuel B. Pettengill Class of 1904 Prize: Dariel Echanis ’18, Vermont
• St. Anselm College Book Award: Caitlyn McDermott ’18, Massachusetts
Society of Women Engineers:
-Honors: Kexin Xu ’18, China
-High Honors: Dariel Echanis ’18, Vermont
-Highest Honors: Lizzy Adams ’17, Vermont
-Honors: Kexin Xu ’18, China
-High Honors: Dariel Echanis ’18, Vermont
-Highest Honors: Lizzy Adams ’17, Vermont
Saint Michael’s College Book Awards:
-Frederique Creighton ’18, Canada
-Karl-Antoine Girard ’18, Canada
-Frederique Creighton ’18, Canada
-Karl-Antoine Girard ’18, Canada
Francis Parkman Writing Awards:
-Fiction; Will Svensson ’18, Vermont
-Poetry; Caitlyn McDermott ’18, Massachusetts
-Fiction; Will Svensson ’18, Vermont
-Poetry; Caitlyn McDermott ’18, Massachusetts
The awards ceremony culminated with seniors collecting their engraved Long Walk brick and marching outside for the Laying of the Bricks. This left empty rows at the front of the auditorium for the junior class to move up to their place of honor for the coming year and so on for 10th and 9th graders. It was a wonderful occasion to come together as a community and celebrate the academic year.
Vermont Academy is a coed college preparatory boarding and day school in southern Vermont, serving grades 9-12 plus a postgraduate year.
