NCS Awards Year-End Honors at Annual Flag Day

NCS celebrated one of its oldest traditions on June 7 with its annual Flag Day prize ceremony. Ninety seniors were individually recognized before an audience of NCS students, parents, and friends outside the Washington National Cathedral, and 35 awards, touching on every department in the school, were bestowed on students in three grades.

 

Blaise Pelote '19 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 Esther Eriksson von Allmen '19 and Dorothy Shapiro '19. 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 Director of Counseling Sandi Krotman and Admissions Assistant Elizabeth Wilson for their many contributions to NCS students. Transportation Driver Edward Magoba was also recognized for his 47 years of service.

 

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 2019 unless otherwise noted):

 

Flag Winners: Esther Eriksson von Allmen and Dorothy Shapiro

Head of School's Award: Avery Kean

Helen Harker Albi 1925 Award: Katherine Leahy

Joshua Evans Jr. Memorial Award: Taliyah Emory-Muhammad

Bishop's Scholar: Maggie Wang

 

Sylvia Thompson Memorial Award: Chloe Campbell

Geraldine Wharry Faculty Leadership Award: Nadya Osman

Nancy Needham Goodrich Award: Peniel Ouabo '21

English Prize: Maggie Wang

Joye Pregnall Creative Writing Award: Katherine Leahy

 

Science Award: Elena Arvanitis

Virginia K. Robertson Award for Distinction in Mathematics: Jamie Wang

Technology Award: Maggie Wang

Martha Sharma Geography Achievement Award: Shannon Ayres

Elizabeth Fry Award: Katherine Klingler

 

Social Sciences Award: Emily Hester

French Award: Peyton Gordon

Spanish Award: Zoé Contreras-Villalta

Chinese Award: Leila Wass

Laub-Novak Award: Kate Mabus

 

Religious Studies Award: Chloe Conaghan

Art Prize: Alexandra Bamford

Rhode Island School of Design Award: Olivia Harley

Gwendolyn B. Coney Award for Excellence in Theater: Taliyah Emory-Muhammad

Jane emily Clymer Award in Drama: Eleanor Boomhower '21

 

Dance Award: Bo Moukdarath

Instrumental Music Award: Julia Angelov

Choral Music Award: Sareen Balian

Mount St. Alban Award: Molly Brigham

Cathedral Medal: Charlotte Betts

 

Bruce Neswick Medal: Molly Deegan '22

John Templeton Kraus Memorial Prize: Shannon Ayres

Chester Community Service Award: Ashley Frago

Runner-Up Cup: Lillian Keller

High Point Cup: Chloe Conaghan and Skylar Lach '22

The Winning Team: Gold