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Threatening afternoon clouds held onto their rain as Brewster underclassmen formed a cheering line for seniors and post graduate students processing across campus into the Smith Center, where the school’s annual Moving Up Day ceremony was held Monday, May 20.
After a welcome from Head of School Craig N. Gemmell, Guinevere Hilton, chair of the Fine and Performing Arts Department, reminded students of the school’s focus on awareness this year, and asked them to “explore how we can be more aware of our own individual creativity,” noting how sharing that creativity brings joy to the world. Hilton was speaking at the behest of longtime fine arts faculty member and Brewster alumnus BG Hodges, who retires this year after more than two decades of service to the school and community. Brewster’s Moving Up Day speaker is traditionally the longest-serving retiring faculty member, but Hodges eschewed the spotlight, choosing to pass the baton to Hilton while he stayed at his regular post on the sidelines, videotaping the event. Hodges would, however, take center stage at the end of the ceremony, when students honored him with the Winnipesaukean yearbook dedication and raucously cheered during a tribute slideshow of images from his storied career.
In a highly anticipated announcement, Gemmell revealed the Class of 2019 Ivy Address speakers, salutatorian and valedictorian. This year’s top post-graduate student is Louis Gleason of Danvers, Mass., who will attend Boston College in the fall. This year’s third in class senior and Ivy Address speaker will be Zachary Bennett of Wolfeboro who will attend Gordon College in Beverly, Mass. The salutatorian spot will be held by Renying Zhang of Jiaxing, China, who will attend the University of California, Berkeley in the fall. Katharine Chiasson of Pelham, N.H. was named as valedictorian—she is headed to Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Faculty members announced more than 40 students who earned honor roll status and presented National Honor Society gold tassels to 17 of those students. Next, the crowd of parents, staff, faculty, and students heard where the 2019 graduates are headed in the fall: dozens of colleges and universities large and small across the country and the world, including Tufts, Emory, NYU, Dartmouth, Boston College, Bucknell, Fordham, High Point University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Bucknell, Penn State, and Le Cordon Bleu London.
Students who have attended Brewster for all four years of high school received their “Lifer” pins from Gemmell, who told the younger classes they had big shoes to fill when this group of graduates left campus.
The following academic awards, voted on by the faculty, were also given at the ceremony:
The Myrtle Dodge Award to Robbie Rohrbaugh of Wolfeboro, for a high level of good citizenship, as well as distinguished academic ability and performance. Rohrbaugh also won the The Colby College Book Prize Award for excellence in historical study.
The Warren P. Tyler Memorial Award, presented to the student who demonstrates self-reliance, integrity, outstanding maturity, honesty, and character, went to Mary James of Wolfeboro. James also earned The Lives of Purpose Award, a new award this year, presented to the student who has made significant contributions to their school and community through service and compassion.
The Dartmouth Book Award to Ella Quinlan of Ossipee for academic excellence in the study of English.
The Holy Cross Book Prize Award is awarded for excellence in foreign language and is given to the student who demonstrates great promise and a love of languages, and this year went to French student Sophia Mazri of Windham, N.H.
The Brown University Book Award went to Kaede Kawata of Takaraduka, Japan, for her excellence in the field of mathematics. Kawata also earned The Harvard Prize Book Award for exceptional promise in the sciences.
The Richardson Award, presented to the student who recognizes the value of utilizing Brewster’s instructional support with a diligent application of strategies that ensure growth academically, emotionally, and socially, went to Carter Apgar of Brookfield, Conn.
The ESL Keystone Award went to Yuanfei Rao of Hangzhou, China, for solid classroom performance, support of classmates, integrity, and service in the English as a Second Language Program.
The Jon Konheim Journalism Award, presented to a student for outstanding dedication to the quality of Brewster’s student publications went to Asal Al Mohamed of Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
The William J. Britton-Dorothy Coyle Award, presented to the student who demonstrates excellence in dance, music or theater, went to Abbigale DiVirgilio of Lynn, Mass.
The Albert S. Munnis Award went to Shemar Joseph of Brooklyn, N.Y, for demonstrating a strong commitment to the visual arts.
Assistant Head of School for Campus Affairs Bret Barnett announced the students who would be leading Brewster’s publications, the head tour guides, and the class prefects for the coming academic year.
Outcroppings
Editor in chief - Omayma Al Balushi
Managing Editor - Carly Ferdinand
Art Editor - Judy Tang
Contributing Editors - Ella Quinlan and YoYo Shang
Brewster Browser
Managing Editor - Ella Quinlan
Sports Editor - Robbie Rohrbaugh
Features Editor – Zylpha Largay
Winnipesaukean Yearbook
Editor - Jill Pollini
Gold Key Head Tour Guides
Robby Darragh
Emmy Dumaresq
Hang Liu
Sophia Mazri
Prefects
Sophomore Class
Levi Brekke
Michael Yang
Jake Apgar
Maddy O'Blenis
Junior Class
Chris Webb
Mitchell Coope
Jill Pollini
Katherine Martin
Senior Class
Spencer Kiley
Robbie Rohrbaugh
View the Moving Up Day Ceremony
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