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Student News and Awards, 2007-2008
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Senior Jenna Devine, whose professional goal is to write fiction, has been named a 2008 Presidential Scholar in the Arts. According to the United States Department of Education, she is one of 139 American high school seniors who have demonstrated exceptional academic achievement, artistic excellence, leadership, citizenship, and service at school and in the local community.
The Presidential Scholars will be honored in Washington, D.C., from June 21 to 24, 2008. “That’s one of the really nice things about Presidential Scholars. You get to hang out with other kids who are really dedicated to what they do,” she said. The events in Washington include the chance to perform at The Kennedy Center and a possible visit to The White House. In addition, two of Jenna’s poems will be on display in the National Portrait Gallery, along with works by other Presidential Scholars.
Jenna’s selection as a Presidential Scholar stems from her acceptance, last November, into the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA) youngARTS program, which provides support, education, and recognition to high school seniors. NFAA is the only nominating agency for Presidential Scholars in the Arts.
(Posted: June 5, 2008)
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Brittany Waser, Class of 2008, achieved the Gold Medal level of the Congressional Award, a national honor. The Congressional Award recognizes achievement in four areas: volunteer public service, personal development, physical fitness, and expedition planning.
For the volunteer public service and personal development aspects of the Gold Medal, Brittany focused on volunteering at the Clinton Rescue Squad, where she attended classes and received her EMT certification. As an EMT Cadet she devoted hundreds of hours to riding the ambulance on her Saturday duty nights, from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. In addition to aiding patient care, she participated in calls, drills, and continuing education classes, was on standby for athletic events in the community, and helped at the station. “Every call I go on is exciting. Working at the squad has ignited my interest in medicine,” Brittany says.
(Posted: May 27, 2008)
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The following Form VI students were selected as National Merit Scholarship Winners in the 2008 National Merit Scholarship Program: Zachary Carr, Ijeoma Eboh, Evan Rosenman, Andrew Willinger, David Young, and Jessia Zhao.
In addition to the National Merit Scholarship Winners, the following Form VI students were selected as National Merit Scholarship Finalists: Robert Blatt, Olivia Delia, Jenna Devine, Garrett Schuman, and Trevor Topf.
(Posted: May 23, 2008) |
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Le Grand Concours, or the National French Contest, is a 60-minute national examination, including listening and reading comprehension, as well as grammar and culture. It is designed, written, financed, and disseminated by the members of the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF). Its purpose is to help stimulate further interest in the teaching and learning of French and to help identify and reward achievement on the part of both students and teachers. The test is taken by 100,000 students across the country, and these are Pingry’s results for 2008:
Level 5: Ijeoma Eboh (VI)
Level 4: Meghan Hager (IV), Audrey Li (V), Ian Martin Katz (V), Leigh Meckler (V), and Angela Ramirez (VI)
Level 3: Andrew Sartorius (V), Dylan Sun (II), and Karen Thomson (VI)
Level 2: Lakshmi Davey (III), Ashley Feng (III), Anna Kamen (III), Victoria Lee (IV), Theodore Macioce (III), Victoria Meyer (III), Anisha Mohin (III), Vitor Oliveira (III), Alexandra Rajan (III), Lillie Ricciardi (IV), Colleen Roberts (III), Madison Taylor (II), and Emily Xia (IV)
Level 1: Brandon Brier (VI), Sam Grabel (V), Kira Horiuchi (III), Sarah Upham (V), and Danielle Westerman (III)
Level 01: Andrew Burchenal (II), Cailee Cassidy (II), Corey DeLaney (II), Sergio Gomez (II), Ashley Hough (II), Miranda Kornfeld (II), Patrick Lackey (II), Alak Mehta (II), Emma Nosofsky (II), Molly Schulman (II), Justin Shangold (II), Adrienne Sozansky (II), Silas Taylor (II), Kyra Topor (II), Reba Tyson (II), and Brian Yan (II)
(Posted: May 15, 2008) |
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Several Pingry Upper School students recently earned honors on the National German Exam. Created by the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG), the National German Exam is administered each year to high school students. The test has three levels: Level II for German II students, Level III for German III students, and Level IV for German IV and AP German students.
Seven Pingry students earned silver medals—the highest award—and certificates for their performance on the exam. They were Amanda Devine (III), Robert Hugin (III), Kathryn Kolb (III), Katharine Conway (IV), Christine Willinger (V), Jenna Devine (VI), and Darina Shtrakhman (VI). Each scored at or above the 85th percentile.
Three of the seven students took the Level II Exam; they were Amanda Devine, who finished 8th out of 297 N.J. students with a score of 96; Robert Hugin, who earned a score of 93 and was in the 95th percentile; and Kathryn Kolb, who earned a score of 90 and was in the 91st percentile. Katharine Conway took the Level III Exam, finishing 17th out of 285 N.J. students and earning a score of 93. The remaining three students took the Level IV Exam: Darina Shtrakhman finished 5th out of 225 N.J. students and earned a score of 98; Christine Willinger earned a score of 97 and was in the 98th percentile; and Jenna Devine earned a score of 97 and was also in the 98th percentile.
(Posted: May 15, 2008) |
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Eleven Pingry seniors have been named Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholars for the 2008-2009 academic year. The Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (HESAA), an independent agency of the State of New Jersey, administers the Garden State Scholarship Program, which includes the Bloustein Distinguished Scholar—named for the 17th president of Rutgers University—and Urban Scholar awards. Each year, more than 7,000 students across the state receive scholarships in recognition of their high level of academic achievement. Students may use these awards to continue their education at New Jersey institutions of higher education.
Bloustein Distinguished Scholars have a class rank of one, two, or three in the graduating class and rank in the top 10 percent of the graduating class at the end of junior year, or they are ranked in the top 10 percent of their class and have a minimum combined math and reading SAT score of 1260 at the end of junior year. Distinguished Scholars receive an annual scholarship of up to $1,000, without regard to financial need, for up to four years of undergraduate study at an approved New Jersey college or university. The 2008 recipients are Kerry Bickford, Andrew Cala, Olivia Delia, Jenna Devine, Ryan Maxwell, Gordon Peeler, Caroline Pinke, Evan Rosenman, Adrienne Spiegel, Samuel Williams, David Young, and Melinda Zoephel.
(Posted: May 2, 2008) |
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The National Latin Exam is offered under the joint sponsorship of the American Classical League and the National Junior Classical League. More than 134,500 students from all 50 states and 11 foreign countries took this year’s National Latin Exam. Pingry had 269 participants. Of the 172 Middle School student participants, 67 students received ribbons, certificates, and medals. There were nine gold medal and summa cum laude certificates, 27 silver medal and maxima cum laude certificates, and the winners include:
Gold Medal: Madison Taylor (II), Emily Haselton (II), Kasra Manoocheri (III), Philip Ryan (IV), Alexander Daifotis (IV), Yamini Nabar (IV), Zara Mannan (V), and Bobby Blatt (VI).
Silver Medal: Angela Singh (II), Margaret Morash (II), Ashley Zhou (I), Nikhil Oza, (II), Silas Taylor (II), Ashley Hough (II), Alexandra Logerfo (III), Frederick Elliot (II), Neil Steiner (II), James McMahon (II), Douglas Ober (II), Jennie Palacios (V), Ashley Feng (III), Catherine Lipper (V), Helen Daifotis (III), Maxwell Ingrassia (III), Victor Hsue (III), Myles Bristow (IV), David Kerr (IV), Calvin Jones (IV), Samuel Fisher (IV), Katherine Drefuss (IV), Anthony Parisi (IV), William Pinke (IV), Matthew Rybak (V), Jacqueline Reef (V), and Parul Agarwal (VI)
(Posted: April 24, 2008) |
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The following Form VI students were inducted into the Cum Laude Society: Parul Agarwal, Kerry Bickford, Zach Carr, Wyatt Komarin, Lauren Kronthal, Ryan Maxwell, Caroline Pinke, Angela Ramirez, Meredith Skiba, Andrew Willinger, Richard Zacharias, Jessica Zhao, and Melinda Zoephel.
The following Form V students were inducted into the Cum Laude Society: Daniel Elkind, Michael Fernando, Diana Jiang, Audrey Li, Zara Mannan, Jenny Palacios, Sarah Paton, Jacqueline Reef, Giancarlo Riotto, Andrew Sartorius, Colleen Tapen, and Christine Willinger. (Posted: April 23, 2008) |
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Thirty-four Pingry seniors have been honored by the College Board for their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement (AP) Examinations. Three Pingry students were honored with the Scholar with Distinction Award, earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken and grades of 3 or higher on five or more exams. Eight students achieved the Scholar with Honors designation, earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more exams. Twenty-two students were recognized as AP Scholars, completing three or more AP Exams, with grades of 3 or higher.
Evan Rosenman received the highest award, the National Scholar Award. The National Scholar Award is awarded to students who earn an average grade of 4 or higher on a 5-point scale on all AP exams taken and grades of 4 or higher on eight or more exams.
The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program offers students the opportunity to take challenging college-level courses while still in high school, and to receive college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. About 18 percent of the more than 1.3 million high school students in 16,000 secondary schools worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to merit the recognition of AP Scholar. AP Exams are taken during the spring of students’ junior year.
The 2007 recipients are: Parul Agarwal (Scholar With Honor), Kerry Bickford (Scholar), Robert Blatt (Scholar With Honor), Andrew Cala (Scholar), Zachary Carr (Scholar With Distinction), Peter Corrigan (Scholar), Megan Craighead (Scholar With Honor), Olivia Delia (Scholar), Jenna Devine (Scholar With Honor), Angela Hui (Scholar), Alexandra Kerr (Scholar), Toland Lawrence (Scholar), Elizabeth Lynch (Scholar), Abigail Machernis (Scholar), Ryan Maxwell (Scholar With Honor), Elizabeth Parker-Magyar (Scholar), Gordon Peeler (Scholar), Caroline Pinke (Scholar With Honor), Angela Ramirez (Scholar), Evan Rosenman (Scholar With Distinction, AP National Scholar), Taylor Sankovich (Scholar), Garrett Schuman (Scholar), Jordan Shelby (Scholar), Darina Shtrakhman (Scholar), Meredith Skiba (Scholar), John Soohoo (Scholar With Honor), Kathleen Soohoo (Scholar With Distinction), Adrienne Spiegel (Scholar), David Urbanowicz (Scholar), Taylor Walsh (Scholar), Brittany Waser (Scholar), Andrew Willinger (Scholar With Honor), and Jessica Zhao (Scholar).
(Posted: January 29, 2008)
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US Squash recently announced its scholar-athlete award winners for 2007. Seventy-eight award recipients were chosen from public, private, or boarding schools nationwide. The scholar-athletes reflect a wide range of squash levels as demonstrated by season ending rankings ranging from #1 to #89. Pingry’s Squash Scholar Athletes are: Caitlin Demkin ’07, Aly Kerr, Form VI, Chloe Blacker, Form IV, Brian O’Toole, Form VI, and David Kerr, Form IV. (Posted: November 1, 2007)
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