NCS Awards Honors to Students at Annual Flag Day

NCS celebrated one of its oldest traditions on June 8 with its annual Flag Day prize ceremony. Seventy-five seniors were individually recognized before an audience of NCS students, parents, and friends outside the Washington National Cathedral, and 34 awards, touching on every department in the school, were bestowed on students in four grades.

 

Andrea Escoto '18 was chosen by her senior classmates to deliver the Flag Day address, and Head of School Kathleen O'Neill Jamieson presented NCS's highest academic honor, the Flag, to Brett Pearson '18, Phoebe Suh '18, and Kimberly Tan '18. The award recognizes the senior with the highest grade point average based on the average of the junior and senior end-of-year academic records.

 

NCS faculty and staff members announced the winners of other awards, and Mrs. Jamieson recognized and thanked retiring faculty member Catherine Batza for her many years of service to NCS.

 

This year's ceremony featured several guests: the Very Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith, who delivered the invocation; the Rev. Canon Rosemarie Logan Duncan, who announced the John Templeton Kraus Memorial Prize; and U.S. Army Maj. Betty Myrthil, who delivered a Certificate of Appointment to the U.S. Military Academy to Clara Bartram '18.

 

In keeping with Flag Day's traditional patriotic theme, Katharine Boasberg '18 sang "America the Beautiful" at the opening of the ceremony and Alex Giannattasio '18 the National Anthem at its close.

 

A selection of photos from Flag Day is posted in the Media Gallery. The full list of Flag Day student awards follows (all recipients are members of the Class of 2018 unless otherwise noted):

 

Flag Winners: Brett Pearson, Phoebe Suh, and Kimberly Tan

Head of School's Award: Natalie Kalitsi

Helen Harker Award: Hannah Yazdani

Joshua Evans Jr. Memorial Award: Naomi Davy

Bishop's Scholar: Andrea Escoto

 

Sylvia Thompson Memorial Award: Emmeline Leggett

Geraldine Wharry Faculty Leadership Award: Katherine Skoff

Nancy Needham Goodrich Award: Priya Phillips '20

English Prize: Mallory Moore

Joye Pregnall Creative Writing Award: Akbota Saudabayeva

 

Science Award: Kimberly Tan

Virginia K. Robertson Award for Distinction in Mathematics: Katherine Skoff

Martha Sharma Geography Achievement Award: Brett Pearson

Elizabeth Fry Award: Lilly Freemyer

Social Sciences Award: Naomi Davy

 

French Award: Phoebe Suh

Spanish Award: Sofia Brown

Chinese Award: Camilla Ryder

Laub-Novak Award: Tindall Adams

Religious Studies Award: Rachel Davies-Van Voorhis

 

Art Prize: Eva Phelps

Rhode Island School of Design Award: HaoMin SiMa

Gwendolyn B. Coney Award for Excellence in Theater: Anna Youngkin

Jane emily Clymer Award in Drama: Ciara Hargrove '20

Instrumental Music Award: Kimberly Tan

 

Choral Music Award: Katharine Boasberg

Mount St. Alban Award: Alex Giannattasio

Cathedral Medal: Katharine Schlager

Bruce Neswick Medal: Danica-Elise Schulz '21

John Templeton Kraus Memorial Prize: Lilly Freemyer

 

Dance Award: Phoebe Suh

Chester Community Service Award: Hannah Yazdani

Runner-Up Cup: Chloe Conaghan '19

High Point Cup: Jordan Gasho

The Winning Team: Purple