2023 Class Night
2023 Class Night
2023 Class Night
On June 6, the Upper School students, faculty, and staff gathered together for Class Night, a beloved school tradition that recognizes students in each grade for various achievements and honors. Joy Prince, Upper School Director, addressed the audience, remarking:
Students, we have a great deal to celebrate and to be thankful for. We also have room to grow in our community. I had the pleasure of attending both the fourth grade and eighth grade Moving Up Day ceremonies this week and my Division Director colleagues shared wonderful words of wisdom with their students. I’d like to quote the Lower School Director, Dr. Elizabeth Elizardi, who shared with the fourth graders the following:
"When confronted with a hard choice, like inviting someone new to your lunch table, or choosing to do the right thing on social media, choose good and remember to be helpful, not hurtful. I hope you will think about being a good person with your words. Before you speak, think...is it kind, is it necessary, is it true?”
These words resonated with me, and what is applicable to your fourth grade sisters also applies to you. My charge to you Upper School students is to be a friend and a sister. Be kind, be brave, be courageous. Stand up for what is good and what is right. Think about what it means to create connections, to come back from difficulties and ask yourself, can this place, these people, be the ones you can rely on and count on when things get hard? The answer is yes. Who is there for you on your worst and most challenging days? I hope you will be that person for someone else. We believe in you. You got this. You are the Portrait of an AIS Graduate, someone who is BRAVE, INTELLECTUALLY CURIOUS, COLLABORATIVE, CREATIVE, SELF-DIRECTED, GLOBALLY and COMMUNITY-MINDED and BALANCED.
Each of you has contributed to this wonderful, beautiful school community.
Awards and 2023 Recipients
Head of School Award
Rosa Huffman '23
1915 Prize
Katharine Lerch '23
1932 Prize
Maeve Cox '24
1936 Prize
Avery Thomas '23
White Blazer Award
Lily Halpert '23
Agnes Dixon Rowland Art Prize
Maya Messick '24
Agnes Irwin School Choral Music Award
Leila Rodriguez '23
Agnes Irwin School Theatre Prize
Leila Rodriguez '23
American Chemical Society - Philadelphia Section Award
Iria Jackson '25
The Barbara P. Barnett Social Justice Prize - for French
Yalana Clarke '24
The Barbara P. Barnett Social Justice Prize - for Spanish
Sophia Jackson '24
Blue Belt Award
Amy Walsh '24
Bradford Fogarty Award
Ella Graupner '23
Brandeis University Book Award
Autumn Messner '24
Bryn Mawr College President's Book Award
Alimah Jollah '24
Carolyn Stockton Brown Prize
Chloe Spears '26
Carter Mannion Award - 10th grade
Caroline Chisholm '25
Carter Mannion Award - 11th grade
Ella Springer '24
Catherine Rieser Drama Award
Alimah Jollah '24
Dana Goldsborough Award
Bonny Wang '23
Daphne Apostolidis Award
Madigan Morrissey '23
Dorothy Haviland Nelson Latin Prize
Samantha Pierce '25
Dorothy Sisson Smythe Award
Maya Messick '24
The Edward Foote Gardner Award
Orchie Hasan '24
Edward Stephen Sacks Prize for the Outstanding Senior in Classics - Latin
Rosa Huffman '23
Eleanor Ross Cederstrom - Latin Award
Alexis Roemer '24 (for Latin)
Cookie Quirk '24 (for Greek)
George R. Barnett, III History Prize
Sophie St. Amand '24
Harvard University Prize of Philadelphia Book Award
Orchie Hasan '24
Heather Thiermann Writing Prize
Samantha Pierce '25
Honor Kilt Award - 11th grade
Abby Ballinger '24
Honor Kilt Award - 12th grade
Natalie Hofer '23
The Impulse Prize - Art
Astrid Olshin '24
The Impulse Prize - Photography
Emma Justi '24
The Impulse Prize - Writing
Anais Suber ’23
Jeanne Clery Award
Anais Suber '23
Jean Farley Award - for French
Reagan Pagano '23
Jean Farley Award - for Spanish
Clare Minnis '23
Joanne P. Hoffman Award
Ava Heavenrich '23
Leadership by Example Award - 9th grade
Ysabel Staton '26
Leadership by Example Award - 10th grade
Grace Connelly '25
Lucy M. Knauer Modern Language Prize - for Chinese
Orchie Hasan '24
Lucy M. Knauer Modern Language Prize - for French
Chloe Walsh '24
Lucy M. Knauer Modern Language Prize - for Spanish
Claire Lingle '24
Margot LeBoutillier Aldrich Award
Katie Repp '23
Martha Goppelt Award
Sophia Jackson '24
Media Arts Award
Izzy Goldsmith '25
Photography Award
Ella Graupner '23
Priscilla MacNeal Fine Arts Award
Ella Brown '23
R. Patricia Trickey Prize
Sydney Chen '23
Rensselaer Mathematics and Science Medal Award
Alexis Roemer '24
Robotics Recognition Award
Avery Thomas '23
The Rudnicki Scholarship Award
Sophia Jackson '24
Senior Athlete Award
Maya Johnson '23
Smith College Book Award
Abby Ballinger '24
Society of Women Engineers–Philadelphia Section–Certificate of Merit Program - for Highest Honors
Abby Ballinger '24
Society of Women Engineers–Philadelphia Section–Certificate of Merit Program - for Honors
Chloe Walsh '24
Society of Women Engineers–Philadelphia Section–Certificate of Merit Program - for High Honors
Amelie Matuch '24
Sophy Dallas Irwin Prize
Maya Eberlin '23
Stephanie Christie Athletic Award
Kathryn Chang '23
University of Rochester and Xerox Corporation Award for Innovation and Information
Technology
Caroline Quirk '24
University of Chicago Book Award
Caroline Quirk '24
University of Pennsylvania Book Award
Sophie St. Amand '24
University of Virginia's Jefferson Book Award
Amelie Matuch '24
Williams College Book Award
Alexis Roemer '24
Yale University Book Award
Chloe Walsh '24