Nichols School Presents 2021 Upper School Awards

The 129th Verdian Day at Nichols School was highlighted by the annual Upper School Awards Ceremony. Students were recognized for their dedication, hard work, leadership and outstanding character that drove their achievements in academics, athletics, arts, community service and other areas of student life.

 

Congratulations to all our award winners! A photo gallery of the honorees and recording of the ceremony will be available for families next week.

 

The award winners for the 2020-21 school year are as follows:

 

Christopher Wadsworth Award: Rory Warren ‘24

Yale Award: Owen Block ’23, Ava Farkash ‘23

Moscov Family Award: Amy Andrews ‘23

G. Robert Strauss ’79 Memorial Scholarship Award: Emily Allen ’22, Lyla Allen ‘22

Harvard Prize Book: Ben Robare ‘22

Irwin Award: Sal Deni ‘22

Nottingham Award: Gretchen Gwitt ‘22

Williams College Book Award: Yamato Takabe ‘22

 

 

George Knight Houpt Senior English Prize: Julia Barnes ’21, Andrina Kirst ’21, Samantha Meyo ’21, Paige Palinski ’21, Dean Parentis ’21, Joshua Stead-Dorval ’21, Julia Yohe ‘21

Brown Junior English Award: Emily Allen ’22, Tommy Enstice ’22, Ella Smith ‘22

Purdy Short Story Prize: Emma Najdzionek ’21, First Place; Owen Block ’23, Reed Errickson ’24 and Leena Jalees ’24, Second Place

Red Jacket Poetry Award: Roman Michael-Saffire ‘24

 

 

Freshman History Award: Emily Huckell ’24, Mike Ricotta ‘24

Millard Sessions History Award: Jack Callahan ’22, Gretchen Gwitt ‘22

Senior History Award: Ted Chambers ’21, Andrina Kirst ‘21

 

 

Mandarin Chinese Award: Mackenzie Sucher ‘21

French Award: Lyla Allen ‘22

Latin Award: Samantha Meyo ‘21

Spanish Award: Dean Parentis ‘21

Dual Language Award (Mandarin Chinese / Spanish): Steven Hall ‘21

Dual Language Award (Latin / Spanish): Mia Cruz ‘21

 

 

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Mathematics and Science Award: Ben Robare ‘22

Strachan Award: Anuraag Kumar ‘21

Tracy E. Tuthill Mathematics Award: Daniel Choi ‘21

James E. Waltz Award: Coco Wu ‘21

 

 

Freshman Physics Award: Liam Clancy ’24, Giacinta Murray ‘24

Mayer Science Award: Kate Coburn ‘23, Daniel Lang ‘23

Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award: Rohit Rachala ‘22

Keating Science Award: Ben Robare ’22, Yamato Takabe ‘22

Baldwin Science Award: Daniel Choi ’21, Abby Marzec ‘21

Science Faculty Prize: Anuraag Kumar ’21, Sophia Vukas ‘21

 

 

Instrumental Music Award: Joshua Stead-Dorval ‘21

Barbara L. Wagner Vocal Music Award: Paige Palinski ‘21

Dance Award: Faith Walh ‘22

Theater Award: Patty O’Donnell ‘21

Faith Davis Visual Arts Award: Holly Arrison ’21, Julia Yohe ‘21

Film and Video Award: Julia Barnes ‘21

Charles E. Balbach Art Prize: Alex Aubrecht ‘21

 

Lucy and Sherman Maisel ’35 General Information Test Award: Ben Robare ‘22

 

Alumni Cup: Kolby Amici ’21, Holly Arrison ’21, Maureen Foley ‘21

 

Louise Belcher Keiser Scholarship Award: Paige Palinski ‘21

 

 

Jacobs Award for Environmental Sustainability: Grace Rauch ‘21

Joseph L. Hudson, Jr. ’49 Award: Eric Rich ’21, Shea Ryan ‘21

Bonnie Lerner Posmantur Award: Lauren Radford ‘21

Castiglia Family Award for Community Service: Anuraag Kumar ‘21

McCarthy Prize: Edward Feeney ’21, Katherine Higgins ‘21

Williams Cup: Dean Parentis ‘21

 

Head of School Awards: Ted Chambers ’21, Abby Marzec ’21, Samantha Meyo ’21, Paige Palinski ’21, Isabella Russo ’21, Joshua Stead-Dorval ’21, Ben Upshaw ’21, Julia Yohe ‘21

 

Faculty Prize: Andrina Kirst ‘21

 

Cottle Award: Steven Hall ‘21