Miss Hall's School graduated 62 students on Sunday at its 117th commencement ceremonies. Photos were taken Brian Majewski, Jim Marby and Paul Clermont.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Sixty-two students, including 16 local girls, graduated on Sunday during Miss Hall's School's 117th commencement.
Ceremonies took place in the Thatcher Family Gymnasium of the Anne Meyer Cross '37 Athletic Center on the school's Holmes Road campus. Matthew R. Ward, director of athletics, delivered this year's address.
Among the class of 2015 graduates were the following local students:
Sarah Aillon, Claudia Bertrand, Margaret Meisberger and Ashley Todd, all of Pittsfield; Julia Bianchi of Cheshire; Emma Bullock of North Bennington, Vt.; Ginger Ciaburri of Hinsdale; Sophia Gebara, Hannah Merrill and Emma Whittum, all of Williamstown; Elizaveta Kravchenko of Hinsdale; Emma Lohbauer and Savannah Romeo, both of Lee; Hanila Novak and Cecilia Reynolds, both of Richmond; and Kathryn Pasquariello of Cummington.
Additionally, seven students were recognized for their induction earlier this year into the Cum Laude Society, the national organization honoring scholastic achievement at secondary schools.
This year's inductees are seniors Sangyu "Sunny" Jiang, of Chongqing, China; Minsoo Kim of Seoul, South Korea; Savannah Romeo; Zara Williams-Nicholas of St. Andrew, Jamaica; and Jiahong "Jaycee" Yao, of Shenzhen, China, and juniors Kim Huynh of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and Xin "Lois" Yuan of Shenzhen.
They joined seniors Julia Bianchi; Emma Bullock; Anna Durning of Newburyport; Elizaveta Kravchenko; and Yizhou "Zoe" Zhang, of Beijing, who were inducted in 2014.
The following awards were also bestowed during commencement and related recognition ceremonies (students are seniors unless otherwise noted):
Joseph F. Buerger Memorial School Spirit Cup: Hannah Merrill
Margaret Witherspoon Award: Hanila Novak
Christine Fuller Holland '33 Service Prize: Elizaveta Kravchenko
Faculty Commendation Prize: Margaret Darin of Peterborough, N.H.
Meus Honor Stat Keys: Presented to seniors Mutsuko Amiya of Tokyo; Julia Bianchi; Emma Bullock; Zeerie Chhodoen of Thimphu, Bhutan; Margaret Darin; Anna Durning; Sunny Jiang; Elizaveta Kravchenko; Hannah Merrill; Zara Williams-Nicholas; and Chenchen "Rosie" Zhao of Shenzhen, and Hanila Novak of Richmond.
Andrea Becker '79 Prize: Lois Yuan (Class of 2016)
Doris E. Pitman English Prize: Julia Bianchi
Virginia Breene Wickwire '67 Reading Prize: Fiona Keane, of Newburyport and Emma Lohbauer
Paul C. Cabot, Jr. History Prize: Elexis Hipp of Washington, D.C., and Margaret Meisberger
James K. Ervin Mathematics Prize: Mutsuko Amiya and Emma Bullock
Iive Rouse Science Award: Emma Bullock
Monique Jalbert French Prize: Zara Williams-Nicholas
Spanish Prize: Anna Durning
Mansfield E. Pickett Latin Prize: Ginger Ciaburri
Elizabeth Gatchell Klein Studio Art Prize: Molly Almeida, of Richmond, Calif.; Yifang "Annie" Li, of Beijing; and Marion West, of Millerton, N.Y.
Ceramics Award: Hyejin "Winnie" Lee, of Gimpo-si, South Korea
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Miss Hall's School graduated 62 students on Sunday at its 117th commencement ceremonies. Photos were taken Brian Majewski, Jim Marby and Paul Clermont.
