Honors and Awards 2021
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The Stony Brook School Honors & Awards May 2021 MAJOR FACULTY AWARDS ESPOSITO/THORSTENN MEMORIAL FUND This cash award, endowed by the Esposito and Thorstenn families, recognizes a faculty member who has challenged students to reach their potential. Noah Bakker KARL E. SODERSTROM FACULTY AWARD This annual award is presented in recognition of commitment to community life and dedication to mentoring and nurturing students beyond the classroom. Maravilha Ani DONN MEDD GAEBELEIN ‘45 FACULTY AWARD This annual award is presented in recognition of outstanding commitment and dedication to curriculum development programs which integrate faith and learning. Erik Yoder THE D. BRUCE LOCKERBIE FACULTY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCHOLARSHIP AND TEACHING. The purpose of this endowed award, donated by the family and friends of D. Bruce Lockerbie, is to encourage excellence in scholarship, teaching and Christian school leadership. The recipient is one who demonstrates intellectual and scholarly interests within and outside of one's field, has the esteem of colleagues and students for the use of one's teaching gifts, and has a concern for the historic and current development of Christian education and for the school's contributing role in that development. Chris Burton EVELYN & MONROE DIEFENDORF ’42 FUND, KIRK FACULTY DEVELOPMENT FUND CLASS OF ’70 ENDOWED FUND FACULTY INCENTIVE GRANT FUND In addition, throughout the year, we are pleased to be able to support the professional growth of our faculty through graduate coursework, attendance at professional seminars and grants for specific projects. The above four funds underwrite these opportunities. CUM LAUDE SOCIETY RECOGNITION OF CUM LAUDE HONOR CERTIFICATE RECIPIENTS SEVENTH GRADE EIGHTH GRADE NINTH GRADE Scarlett Davey Gillian Bernier Evelyn Apazidis Sophia Finamore John Bui Emma Cohen Hugo MacDonald Isabel Guo Alexander Doboli Tiffany Ren Sabrina Ann Hughes Siying Christine Li Graeme Stone Maxim Kaylakov Raphael Popescu Kaitlyn Tse Thomas Lin Mairéad Reitzel Adelaide Tietjen Aidan Riley TENTH GRADE Shengzhen Cooper Wang Sam Specht Kiara Anderson Mindy Yoder Andrew Wang Kyla Anderson Deqian Kevin Wang Georgia Apazidis ELEVENTH GRADE Andrew Wong Sean Beaver Tiffany Akinyoade Alanna Wu Yin Ming Michael Chen Laura Carey Nan Michael Xiang Stephen Cisz Wenzheng Jimmy Hu Zhiyu Andy Ye Carina Cristobal Kaidi Oscar Kang Qingyuan Harry Zhang Madison Defelice Katerina Kuthanova Enoch Guo Angela Kwak Liam Henson Clement Leung Lilly Keegan Ao Victoria Li Daniel Kim Faith Liberatore Ziyu Adam Li Lily Middlekauff Suyoung Sean Lim Anne-Sarah Nichitiu Merry Ma Gemma O’Neill Ava McCormick Hou Ning David Song Marc Nichitiu Kailun Yvonne Wang Qile Ethan Rao Michelle Xuan Nathan Stortz Shenyu John Zhou Arjun Venkatesh Yuxuan Rainy Xing Yuan Zack Xu RECOGNITION OF CLASS OF 2021 CUM LAUDE INDUCTEES Harry Apazidis Yichi Andy Liu Kaibo Tang Ao Frank Cheng Zheyuan Ian Liu Andrew Tinaz Emily Gildersleeve Zijun Ella Liu Yilun Ellen Tong Roberto Groza Fangzhong Barry Lyu Katherine Von Savage Lilly Jette Nhu Amy Ninh Sarah Wong Ryahn Khan Fangyi Lexie Shi David Zhang Xiao Louise Lin Cum Laude Society, The Stony Brook School Chapter Erik Johnson, President Tonja Detwiler ’88 Sean Riley David Hickey ‘08, Secretary Anna MacDonald ‘97 ACADEMIC AWARDS BIBLE DEPARTMENT MEDD AWARD Awarded for excellence in Middle School Bible and 12th grade Bible. 7th Grade Scarlett Davey Hugo MacDonald 8th Grade Katherine Hunt Max Kaylakov 12th Grade Chimelu Ani Rhiannon Jeffrey ENGLISH DEPARTMENT TOWERS MEMORIAL AWARDS Awarded for excellence in English. 7th Grade 1st Kaitlyn Tse 2nd Sophia Finamore 8th Grade 1st Sabrina Ann Hughes 2nd Isabel Guo 9th Grade 1st Alexander Doboli 2nd Harry Zhang 10th Grade 1st Hunter Magnuson 2nd Kiara Anderson 11th Grade 1st Tiffany Akinyoade 2nd Lily Middlekauff BROWN UNIVERSITY BOOK AWARD Awarded to the outstanding junior in English. Jimmy Hu C.S. LEWIS WRITING AWARD Awarded for excellence in writing. Kaibo Tang THE JOHN-DAVID HINDLE HARDT ’87 AP ENGLISH AWARD Awarded to students in AP English who exemplify attentiveness to the written word, love of reading in community and passion for a clear and winsome style in writing. 1st Emily Gildersleeve 2nd Frank Cheng WORLD LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT CHINESE AWARD Awarded for excellence in Chinese. Chinese 1 Alen Ganopolsky Chinese 2 Aubree Yoder Chinese 3 Liam Henson Chinese 4 Lilly Jette College Level Anaya Bussey RUSSELL AWARDS Awarded for excellence in Latin. Latin I Rainy Xing Latin II Yvonne Wang Latin III Nathan Stortz College Level Kate Von Savage ELLIS AWARD Awarded for excellence in Spanish. Spanish I Louis Wu Spanish II Alexander Doboli Spanish III Ava McCormick Spanish IV Cici Cheng AP Spanish Zack Yu HISTORY DEPARTMENT THE STARR AWARD Awarded to the highest achieving students in grades 7-10 World History and Humanities. World History 7 1st Hugo MacDonald 2nd Graeme Stone World History 8 1st John Bui 2nd Tim Luo Humanities 9 1st Andy Wang 2nd Christine Li Humanities 10 1st Lilly Keegan 2nd Christy Eugene COLLEGE-LEVEL ETHICS AND POLITICS AWARD Awarded for excellence in College-Level Ethics and Politics. Bobby Reuter ADVANCED PLACEMENT MACROECONOMICS AWARD Awarded for excellence in AP Macroeconomics. Stephen Cisz ADVANCED PLACEMENT MICROECONOMICS AWARD Awarded for excellence in AP Microeconomics. Frank Cheng THE JOHN E. METCALF PRIZE Awarded to the top students in AP European History in recognition of consistently excellent academic preparation and achievement. Jimmy Hu Gemma O’Neill ECKER AWARD Awarded for excellence in AP United States History. Ryahn Khan Ellen Tong SCIENCE DEPARTMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE AWARDS Awarded for excellence in Science 7 and Science 8. 7th Tiffany Ren 8th Gillian Bernier Hugo MacDonald Cooper Wang MACLENNAN BIOLOGY AWARD Awarded for excellence in Biology. Marc Nichitiu Tiffany Akinyoade CHEMISTRY AWARD Awarded for excellence in Chemistry. Arjun Venkatesh ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY AWARD Awarded for excellence in Anatomy and Physiology . Justine Zakayo ADVANCED PLACEMENT PSYCHOLOGY AWARD Awarded for excellence in AP Psychology. Hailey Lee ADVANCED PLACEMENT BIOLOGY AWARD Awarded for excellence in AP Biology. Jimmy Hu ADVANCED PLACEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AWARD Awarded for excellence in AP Environmental Science. Katerina Kuthanova ADVANCED PLACEMENT CHEMISTRY AWARD Awarded for excellence in AP Chemistry. Kaibo Tang ADVANCED PLACEMENT PHYSICS C AWARD Awarded for excellence in AP Physics C. Oscar Kang DALY ADVANCED PLACEMENT PHYSICS AWARD Awarded by Jennifer ‘95 and Ryan Daly ‘00 in memory of their sister Elizabeth, awarded for excellence in Advanced Placement Physics. Pavel Portnoy RENSSELAER AWARD An award presented by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, NY, to a member of the Junior Class who has displayed high achievement in the area of mathematics and science. Oscar Kang BAUSCH & LOMB AWARD A medal presented by the Bausch & Lomb Optical Company of Rochester, NY, to the member of the junior class who has excelled in three years of science. Anne-Sarah Nichitiu MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT DE CHIARA MATHEMATICS AWARDS Awarded for excellence in Pre-Algebra, Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II. Pre-Algebra 1st Jayee Fu 2nd Ruth Stortz Algebra I 1st Naomi Zhao 2nd Hugo MacDonald Geometry 1st John Bui 2nd Mairéad Reitzel Algebra II 1st Alen Ganopolsky 2nd Royce Yang MEHRLING ADVANCED MATHEMATICS AWARD Awarded for excellence in Pre-Calculus, Linear Algebra, Multivariable Calculus Honors, AP Calculus and AP Statistics Pre-Calculus 1st Raphael Popescu 2nd Yvonne Wang AP Calculus 1st Jimmy Hu 2nd Anne-Sarah Nichitiu AP Statistics Merry Ma Linear Algebra Barry Lyu Multivariable Calculus Frank Cheng STEM DEPARTMENT CHOW ENGINEERING, INNOVATION, AND DESIGN HONORS The Chow Technology award is provided each year by Ching Chuang-Chow ’89 and Jonathan Chow ’89 to a girl and/or boy in the Senior class in recognition of outstanding performance in STEM and a desire to continue their education and pursue a degree in the areas of Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Information Technology. The monetary award is given to offset college expenses. Roberto Groza FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT VISUAL ARTS AWARDS KING AWARD Awarded to emerging artists in Middle School Art, Studio Art, Photography, 3-D Studies, Videography and Graphic Design. MS Art 7 Scarlett Davey 3-D Studies Owen Himsworth MS Art 8 Adelaide Tietjen Videography Angela Kwak Studio Art Emma Cohen Graphic Design Amy Ninh Photography Gabriella Sun WAGNER AWARD Awarded to students who, with desire, dedication and a high level of technical facility in Advanced Art, and Advanced Digital Art, exalt the qualities of truth, beauty, goodness and purity. Advanced Art Anne-Sarah Nichitiu Advanced Digital Art Kyla Anderson JONES ART AWARD Awarded for excellence in art achievement throughout the year. 1st Amy Ninh 2nd Barry Lyu 3rd Ryan Wang GEOFFREY T. WILMOTH ’78 ADVANCED PLACEMENT ART AWARD Awarded to each student who has completed the requirements of the Advanced Placement Art portfolio. Julia Evans Amy Ninh Lars Johnson Lexie Shi Julia Lindo Mary Wang Barry Lyu Ryan Wang PERFORMING ARTS AWARDS HONOR ENSEMBLE AWARDS Awarded to those students whose excellence in music performance was recognized by their selection for, All-State, and All-County Honor Ensembles (band, chorus and orchestra) and the LIFSA (Long Island String Festival) countywide string orchestras: NYSCAME/SCMEA H.S. All-County (11th & 12th) Orchestra Nicolas Knaupp Orchestra Jeryl Ho Chorus Nora Shortell SCMEA Division III-All-County (9th &10th)