Seniors Named to the Cum Laude Society

Fifteen members of the Class of 2016 were inducted April 19 into the NCS chapter of the Cum Laude Society.

The newest members of the society are:

Margaret Akiko Bader
Caroline L. Gibson
Carla Seoyun Griffiths
Danielle Françoise Horne
Alexandra Lee Karppi
Madeline Anne Kushan
Julia Gardiner Messick
Joanne Elizabeth Mikula
Kelsi Okun
Jennifer Grace Owens
Michaella Ly-Lan Schaszberger
Charlotte Pierce Scott
Sita Strother
Abigayle Helen Weymouth
Susanna Elizabeth Yau

The ceremony celebrating their induction featured a keynote address by Leslie Eckmann, who is retiring this year after 40 years at NCS teaching Middle School art and Upper School ceramics, and a welcome by mathematics teacher Patricia Howie, the NCS chapter president.

"We know that you will be actively engaged with identifying and solving the problems of the future. You have already made marks of your own, reused, reimagined and asked unanswerable questions, followed your curiosity, and broken rules and boundaries. These are the traits that will serve you well in the future," Ms. Eckmann told the students. The entirety of her address is available here.

The Cum Laude Society honors superior scholastic achievement in secondary schools. Each year, 20 percent of the NCS senior class is elected to membership, based on academic accomplishments in 10th through 12th grade.

Photos from the ceremony are located in the Media Gallery.