119th Commencement - Nichols School

Verdian DayMiddle School AwardsThe Verdian was dedicated to Middle School history teacher, Jim Cammarata. The 2010-2011 awardees are as follows:Western New York Spelling Bee:1st Place – Diana Lynn Henry ’162nd Place – Saloni Kumar ’18Red Jacket Poetry Contest:1st Prize – Lorena Miller James ’181st Prize – Paige Fiona Spangenthal ’152nd Prize – Sumayyah Tasleem Haq ’17Purdy Short Story andPersonal Narrative Prize:1st Prize Short Story – Erin ConstanceNebbia ’152nd Prize Short Story – Leah JaneKramer ’171st Prize Personal Narrative – ThomasLynch Draper ’15 and Diana Lynn Henry ’16Geography Bee:1st Place – Samuel Maxwell Jones ’152nd Place – Bradley Edward Castiglia ’18New York State Math League Contest:6th Grade:1st Place – Samantha Elaine Lazar ’172nd Place – John Michael Millar ’173rd Place – Alexandra Rose Jehle ’174th Place – Caroline Lewis Magavern ’175th Place - Leeanne Russell Jones ’177th Grade:1st Place – Madeleine Julia Welchoff ’162nd Place – Evan Frederick Brason ’163rd Place – Maeanna Mary Merrill ’164th Place – Diana Lynn Henry ’165th Place – Leyton Walker Johnston ’168th Grade:1st Place – David Christopher Fulton ’152nd Place – Anna Sophia Magavern ’153rd Place – Samuel Maxwell Jones ’154th Place – James Patrick Taggart II ’155th Place – Zachary Daniel Weinberg ’15Music AwardsOrchestra:Most Improved Musician – SaloniKumar ’18Music Leadership Award – Paige FionaSpangenthal ’15Outstanding Musician – Diana LynnHenry ’16Chorus:Most Improved Musician – RebeccaEsther Regan ’15Music Leadership Award – DavidChristopher Fulton ’15Outstanding Musician Award – DannBrady Stevens ’15Choral Award – Samuel Maxwell Jones ’15Band:Most Improved Musician – MikyleHassanali ’17Music Leadership Award – Matthias OshonWilliams ’15Outstanding Musician Award – Jessica WeiZhou ’15National French Exam Recognitions:1st Place – Anna Sophia Magavern ’152nd Place – Dann Brady Stevens ’15National Latin Exam Recognitions:Summa Cum Laude – David ChristopherFulton ’15 and Rebecca Esther Regan ’15Maxima Cum Laude – Chloe Joy Keating’15, Kathryn Heintz Riter ’15, ZacharyWeinberg ’15 and Jessica Wei Zhou ’15Cum Laude – Thomas Lynch Draper ’15and Grace Margaret Tomczak ’15National Spanish Exam Recognitions:Premio de Oro (Gold) – James PatrickTaggart II ’15Premio de Plata (Silver) – Jacob AaronZarzecki ’15Premio de Bronce (Bronze) – RachelShannon Larson ’15Premio de Excelencia (Honor) – EmmaArmstrong Elia ’15, John Arthur Ennis ’15,Kelly Caroline McNamara ’15, BenjaminMichael Muggia ’15 and Will EdwardYerkovich ’15H.R. MacKinder GeneralInformation Test (G.I.T.):5th Grade: 1st – Bradley Edward Castiglia ’186th Grade: 1st – Brian Compton Tank ’177th Grade: 1st – Madeleine JuliaWelchoff ’168th Grade: 1st – James Patrick Taggart II ’15Middle School Overall G.I.T. Winner:James Patrick Taggart II ’15Cornelia Dopkins Awards:5th Grade – Rockwell Peiyuan Tang ’186th Grade – Jayne Hansen Appelbaum ’177th Grade – Emma Geraldyne Hobika ’168th Grade – Jeremy D. Dabney ’15Henry D. Waters Awards:5th Grade – Michael Joseph Berdysiak ’186th Grade – Leeanne Russell Jones ’176th Grade – John Michael Millar ’17Pliny H. Hayes III Award:7th Grade – Maeanna Mary Merrill ’16The Bruce Anderson Award :Samuel Maxwell Jones ’15The Nichols Coaches Awards:Sydney Rae Bueme ’15Chloe Joy Keating ’15E. Webster Dann Faculty Awards:John Clarke Alford ’15Jean Jennings Beecher ’15David Christopher Fulton ’15Dann Brady Stevens ’15Grace Margaret Tomczak ’15The Charles I. Kleiser Award:Rebecca Esther Regan ’1516 Nichols School