Prize Assembly Caps
2007 Academic Year

The Upper School faculty and students gathered in the Meeting Room May 25, 2007 to present academic awards for the 2006-2007 school year. Congratulations to the following students.

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS
Katie Delaney and Richard White
(2006: Paris Harper and Kevin McGarvey)

ROBERT C. PORTER BOWDOIN PRIZE
To a member of the Sophomore Class who has demonstrated leadership in academics and who has made a significant contribution to school life.
Molly Allanoff and Marisa Weisbaum
(2006: Kashif Smith and Matt Schuman)

CLASS OF 1897 PRIZE
To a member of the Junior Class who has combined high scholarship with character and leadership in school activities.
Michael McInerney, Alex Olsman and Liz Spagnoletti
(2006: Bridget McDugall and Alexandra Lipschultz)

WILLIAM C. SHIELDS, 3rd MEMORIAL PRIZE
To a student who has completed Ninth Grade with an outstanding record in character, scholarship and sportsmanship.
Meg Delaney, Tom Noonan and Anthony Lordi
(2006: Laura Kurash and Ray Bailey)

HARVARD CLUB AWARD
To that member of the Junior Class who is deemed the most worthy by reason of his/her scholarship, character, school spirit, influence upon his/her fellows, and general ability. Note: Per instructions from the award sponsor please select one student only.
Art Bartolozzi
(2006: Katie Delaney)

HENRY A. DRESSER MEMORIAL PRIZE
To an outstanding member of the Tenth Grade.
Matt Byrne and Laura Kurash
(2006: Art Bartolozzi and Liz Spagnoletti)

RICHARD S. CROSS JEFFERSON SCHOLAR AWARD
To an outstanding Junior Class student in academics and extracurricular activities given by the University of Virginia Club. Note: Per instructions from the award sponsor please select one student only.
Mariel Solomon
(2006: Drew Fullen)

WILLIAMS COLLEGE AWARD
To a member of the Junior Class who has demonstrated intellectual leadership and has made a significant contribution to the extracurricular life of the school. Note: Per instructions from the award sponsor, please select one student only.
Matt Star
(2006: Ellen McDevitt)

SERVICE LEARNING AWARD
To the student(s) who has most closely fulfilled the ideals of service to the community through active participation in the school's Service Learning program.
Erika Berger, Casey Starbaugh and Elizabeth Starbaugh
(2006: Emma Bartlett and Rachel Dowling)

KENNETH A. GERBER AWARD for OUTSTANDING INTELLECTUAL ACHIEVEMENT
To the student who achieves the type of broad-based intellectual accomplishment that characterized Ken Gerber, OPC'85.
none
(2006: Rachel Dowling)

SERVICE AWARD
To any member of the student body who has given continuous service to Penn Charter over a period of years.
Peter Damm, Audra Hugo and Jaji Hulting-Cohen
(2006: Gus Sacks and Jeff Torchon)

D.J. WILLIAMS AWARD
To a student who has made a significant contribution to journalism at Penn Charter in memory of D.J. Williams, OPC'77.
none
(2006: Rachel Dowling and Gus Sacks)

S. WEIR LEWIS, 3rd MEMORIAL PRIZE
To an outstanding member or members of the Junior Class, in English and French, as a tribute to Clifton Lisle and to Oliver P. Hodge who were his teachers in these subjects.
Liz Spagnoletti, English; Mariel Solomon, French
(2006: Elizabeth Strasbaugh, French; Katie Delaney, English

W. RAYMOND EVANS, JR. MEMORIAL PRIZES IN MATHEMATICS
Alexander Moss, Michael Blechschmidt, Noah Lebowitz-Lockard, Brian Mandel
(2006: Rebecca Star, Elizabeth Bak, Kellen Pastore, Noah Lebowitz-Lockard)

CLASS OF 1980 AWARD
To a senior who does the most to promote unity within the class.
Robert Nation and Anne McKenna
(2006: Joe Fugelo and Marisa Taylor)

MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
To a member of the Junior Class who has demonstrated the highest level of motivation, commitment and achievement in science and math classes.
Art Bartolozzi
(2006: Max Feldman)

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY AWARD
For excellence in Chemistry.
Alexis Burdick-Will and Kate Krieger
(2006: Tim Decker)

THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICS TEACHERS' AWARD
To the outstanding student in the first year physics course.
Kellen Pastore
(2006: Shannon Harrington)

MUSIC AWARD
To a member of the Upper School who has made an outstanding contribution to the music program through both talent and leadership.
Jaji Hulting-Cohen, Instrumental; Chase Irwin, Choral
(2006: Sean Troyer, Instrumental; Marisa Sacks, Choral)

LOUIS SAVINO CHORAL AWARD : Given to an Upper School student who has distinguished him/herself through an extraordinary commitment to Penn Charter's choral musical program.
Katherine Damm
(2006: Valerie Joell)

LOUIS ARMSTRONG JAZZ AWARD
Given to a student in recognition of outstanding achievement in the field of jazz, as demonstrated through superior musicianship character, and individual creativity.
Nathaniel Leach
(2006: Jaji Hulting-Cohen)

JOHN PHILLIP SOUSA BAND AWARD
Given to a student in recognition of outstanding achievement and interest in instrumental music, for singular merit in loyalty and cooperation, and for displaying those high qualities of conduct that school instrumental music requires.
Todd Cooke
(2006: none)

HISTORY PRIZE
To the junior who has demonstrated general excellence throughout the U.S. History course.
Michael McInerney
(2006: none)

J.P. HARLAND PRIZE
To that member of the Junior Class or Senior Class who has been the best student in Latin during his/her years at Penn Charter.
Sean Troyer
(2006: Julianne Skinner)

SPANISH PRIZE
To a student(s) that has clearly demonstrated a true commitment to understanding the culture of Spanish speakers as well as to mastering the Spanish language.
Jaji Hulting-Cohen
(2006: James Entwisle)

LAWRENCE W. KUNKLE AWARD
To a senior who best exemplifies the qualities of creative ability, diligence and service that Lawrence Kunkle exhibited as a teacher at Penn Charter.
Peter Damm
(2006: Grace Fong and Eliot Park)

JONATHAN HOLMAN SMULLENS AWARD
Awarded in memory of Jonathan Smullens, Class of '79, to a senior who has made particularly significant progress during his/her senior year.
Jonathan Torrey
(2006: Anne Standish)

THE ROBERT D. TORREY AWARD
Honors an Upper School student who has shown dedication and achievement during his or her years in the science program. Josh Heinsheimer
(2006: Jackie Feinberg)

DRAMA PRIZE
Awarded to an Upper School student who has made an outstanding contribution to the dramatic arts at Penn Charter. Molly Allanoff
(2006: Isabel Gutwirth)

PETER KISHINCHAND MEMORIAL PRIZE
Awarded in memory of Peter Kishinchand OPC'91, to a student who has made a major contribution to the arts programs at Penn Charter through dedication to the technical aspects of artistic productions.
Jonathan Christoph
(2006: Tedd Meyer)

ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY AWARD FOR BEST TECHNOLOGY PROJECT
Recognizes the student(s) making the best use of technology to complete a major academic assignment. This award is sponsored by the Dining Philosophers, the University of Pennsylvania's student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Chris Stone and Sam Sullivan
(2006: Jeremy Lautman)