Dear Parents,
This June end-of-the year newsletter provides an opportunity to recognize all the outstanding students who have performed so well this year. Over the past few weeks, we have had several ceremonies to honor various students for their excellence and accomplishments.
At the Senior Baccalaureate event, we presented several awards:
Salem Evening News Student Athlete Nominee -- Greg Krathwohl
Outstanding Scholar Athletes – Liana Jaeger and Greg Krathwohl
U.S. Army Reserve Scholar Athletes – Nathaniel Bocko and Lia Webb
U.S. Marine Corps Distinguished Athletes – Matthew Burke & Stephanie Sutherby
Semper Fidelis Award (Music) – James Ross and Kathryn Morris
Scholastic Excellence – Rachael Comunale and Adam Bouche
Charles P. McKenzie Award – Kaitlyn Barney and Stephanie Sutherby
Mass. Secondary School Administrator’s Award – Liana Jaeger
National Assoc. of Secondary School Principal’s Leadership Award – Jackson Sabbagh
Good Samaritan – Ashley Whippen
Outstanding School Citizenship – James Ross and Lauren Mazzola
Superintendent’s Award – Ian Stewart
School Committee Recognition – Jaclyn Hernandez
National Merit Scholar
Commendation – Zachary Peterson, Jackson Sabbagh
Finalist – Adam Bouche, Ian Stewart
Gordon College Book Award – Kari-Lynn Mayne
Ipswich Historical Society – Kimberly Boynton, Eli Hayward
Valedictorian – Ian Stewart
Salutatorian – Rachael Comunale
Honors Speaker – Liana Jaeger
At the Honors Reception, the following Book Awards were presented:
Williams College – Hannah O’Flynn
Smith College – Sarah McCarron
Wellesley College – Leah Swinson
Dartmouth – Rachel Benjamin
Middlebury – Abigail Doane-Simon, Molly Murphy
Harvard – Peter Story, Meaghan Murphy, Thomas Josephson
Cornell – Lydia Earley
Yale – Tess O’Connor
St. Michael’s – Grace Gardner, Mark Gallant
Univ. of Rochester – Mary Krathwohl (Frederick Douglas & Susan B. Anthony Award)
Univ. of Rochester – Willem Galanis (Xerox Award for Innovation)
Univ. of Rochester – Robert Brengle (Bausch and Lomb Science Award)
Univ. of Rochester – Douglas Shaughnessy (Kodak Young Leaders Award)
Rensselaer Medal – Connor Hanna
Connecticut College – Rachel Davis
Saint Anselm – Abigail Davis
Catham Univ. Rachel Carson Award – Alexandra McCormack
Mass Star Youth Leadership – Cassandra Balzer
In addition to these awards, at both events students received recognition from every department in the school. Students with GPA’s of 3.0 or better while participating in 2 sports received athletic certificates, those with GPA’s of 3.3 or 3.5 received Honors Certificates. These awards are based on GPA’s from the first 3 quarters. As a result of a calculation error, the following students were not publicly presented with their Honors or High Honors Certificates: Trevor Denman, Kalin Chamberlain, Klaus Grim, Kaitlin Hutchings, Emiko Nakajo, Nicholas Pantazi, and Paige Riddle. Congratulations to the very large number of students in every grade who reached significant GPA levels.
Our Senior Class of 2010 had a very successful year. Their post-graduation plans include 76% to a 4-year college (36% public and 41% private); 19% to a 2-year college and 5% to work or other endeavors. Their choices include the following as they have been declared for final transcript:
American University (2), Arizona State University, Art Institute of Los Angeles County, Assumption College (2), Ball State University, Bates College, Boston University (2), Bridgewater State, Brown University, Castleton State, Central Maine Technical College, Champlain College (2), Clark University, Colby-Sawyer (3), Colorado Mountain College, University of Connecticut (2), Cornell University (2), Dartmouth College, Elon University, Emmanuel, Endicott (2), Fairfield, Fashion Institute of Technology, Fitchburg State, Florida State, Framingham State, Franklin Pierce, Full Sail University, Gordon College, Guilford (2) Hendrix, Hobart and William Smith, Johnson State, Keene State, Lemoyne, Lynchburg, Maine Maritime Academy, Mass. College of Art and Design, Mass. College of Liberal Arts, UMass Amherst (7), UMass Boston, UMass Lowell, Middlebury, Montserrat College of Art, National University of Ireland, Galway, New England Conservatory, Univ. of New Hampshire (4), Niagara University, North Shore Community College (19), Northeaster University, Northern Arizona University, Northern Essex Community College, Norwich University, Ohio Wesleyan University, Plymouth State University, Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute (2), Rochester Institute of Technology, Saint Joseph’s College – Maine, Saint Joseph’s University, Salem State (4), Sarah Lawrence, Smith, University of South Carolina, Southern New Hampshire University (20, St. Lawrence University, Stonehill College (3), Suffolk University (2), Syracuse University, University of Tampa, University of Vermont (3), Wagner College, Wake Forest University, Wells College, Wentworth Institute of Technology (3), Westfield State (4), Wheelock College
This list represents about 90% of our seniors (those who have informed us of a final choice). For a relatively small school, with a graduating class of 150 students, there are an amazing 76 different colleges or universities that our students have selected. This provides insight to the very varied and unique choices that each student gets to make. The college selection process is a significant element of senior year as evidenced by this great variety. We wish great success for each and every one of our graduates.
We remind all parents that school closes on June 18th. Students will have exams on June 17 and June 18 with dismissal both days at 11:45am. We expect to mail home report cards and the 2010-2011 student schedules on Friday, June 25, 2010.
Sincerely,
Barry R. Cahill
Principal
