The Ellis School, as part of its 2016 closing exercises, honored graduating seniors for outstanding academic achievement, sportsmanship, and service to the community. We congratulate these members of the Class of 2016 for excellence in the following subject areas:
English Prize
Lauren Elizabeth Drake
Dr. Victoria Bernardis Jordan Latin Award
Olivia Charles Muse
Highest Academic Average Prize
Sanjana Adurty
Math Prize
Amanda N. Conwell
Performing Arts Prize
Emily M. Mazur
Science Prize
Sanjana Adurty
Sportsmanship Prize
Charlotte Hope Forsythe
Visual Arts Prize
Genevieve Qing Nieson
World Language Prize
Amanda N. Conwell
Callomon Underclassman Award
Olivia Mae Simon
Foster Art Award
Meredith Norris Scherer
Stevenson Award
Pallavi Devi Muluk
Head of School Prize
Genevieve Qing Nieson
Benjamin R. Fisher Award
Isabel Adelaide Brooke
Augustus K. Oliver Cup
Olivia Charles Muse
The Head of School Prize is presented to a senior who best exemplifies the school motto - Esse Quam Videri - to be rather than to seem.
The Benjamin R. Fisher Award was established to honor a senior who, like Mr. Fisher, has given outstanding service to Ellis.
The Augustus K. Oliver Cup is given each year by faculty vote to the senior who represents the highest ideals of scholarship, athletic participation, and citizenship.
The Dr. Victoria Bernardis Jordan Latin Award honors Dr. Jordan, who is retiring at the close of the 2015-16 school year after 18 years of service. Through her passion and dedication, Dr. Jordan has inspired Ellis graduates to continue to study the classics in college and beyond. Her legacy will continue because of the difference she has made in the lives of all of her students.
The Callomon Underclassman Award is given to an underclassman who, as exemplified by former Upper School Head Judith Callomon, shows potential for leadership in the school.
The Foster Art Award is presented annually to a junior art student chosen by the visual arts faculty who shows promise as an artist; who values the process of creating art; and who has the potential to excel in her craft.
The Virginia P. Stevenson Award, amed for a former chair of the Ellis History Department, is presented to a junior who conceives, investigates, and produces a history research paper that goes beyond others in thinking, content, and style. Possible recipients are nominated by History Department faculty, and the award recipient is selected by an independent panel of readers.
Department prizes, as well as Athletics (Sportsmanship), honor a senior who has excelled in an area. Recipients are selected by vote of members of each department.
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