The NCS community celebrates Flag Day, the end-of-year awards ceremony, to close out the 2021-2022 school year.

NCS Awards Year-End Honors at Annual Flag Day

NCS celebrated one of its oldest traditions on June 10 with its annual Flag Day prize ceremony. The Class of 2022 was recognized before an audience of NCS families and friends, and 33 awards, touching on every department in the school, were bestowed on students.
NCS celebrated one of its oldest traditions on June 10 with its annual Flag Day prize ceremony. The Class of 2022 was recognized before an audience of NCS families and friends, and 33 awards, touching on every department in the school, were bestowed on students.
 
Grace Demuren '22 was chosen by her classmates to deliver the Flag Day address, and Keira Cornwell '22 and Madeleine Murnick '22 were awarded NCS's highest academic honor, the Flag. The award recognizes the senior(s) with the highest grade point average based on the average of the junior and senior end-of-year academic records. 
 
The full list of Flag Day student awards follows (all recipients are members of the Class of 2022, unless otherwise noted):
 
English Prize: Anna Riccardi
Joye Pregnall Creative Writing Award: Madeleine Murnick
Science Award: Keira Cornwell
Virginia K. Robertson Award for Distinction in Mathematics: Maya Popova
Computer Science Award: Ada Allen
Martha Sharma Geography Achievement Award: Hermela Samuel
Elizabeth Fry Award: Sonia Walke
Social Sciences Award: Fiona Herbold
French Award: La’Shae Brothers
Spanish Award: Nicole Anyanwu
Chinese Award: Georgianna Williams
Laub-Novak Award: Alexandra Allen
Religious Studies Award: Veronica Handwerger
Art Prize: Alexa Waldman
Gwendolyn B. Coney Award for Excellence in Theater: Julia Sherman
Jane emily Clymer ’83 Award in Drama: Bella Guagenti '24
Instrumental Music Award: Ada Allen
Choral Music Award: Arya Balian
Mount St. Alban Award: Madeleine Murnick
Cathedral Medal: Molly Deegan
Bruce Neswick Medal: Zoe Herrmann '23
Dance Award: La’Shae Brothers
Runner-Up Cup: Margaret Yingling '25
High Point Cup: Helen DuMoulin
Flag Winners: Keira Cornwell and Madeleine Murnick
Bishop's Scholar: Madeleine Murnick  
Joshua Evans Jr. Memorial Award: Madeline King
Chester Community Service Award: Freya Moore
Sylvia Thompson Memorial Award: Hannah Shumsky
Geraldine Wharry Faculty Leadership Awards: Nicole Anyanwu
Nancy Needham Goodrich Award: Stephanie Dragoi '24
Helen Harker Albi 1925 Award: Abigail Murphy
Head of School's Award: Zoe Bucshon 
The Winning Team: Gold
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    • The NCS community celebrates Flag Day, the end-of-year awards ceremony, to close out the 2021-2022 school year.