The Class of 2017 Graduation!

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On Saturday, June 3^rd, Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School recognized the forty-five graduates of the Class of 2017 in its 189th commencement ceremony. Valedictorian Tianyan Yu and Salutatorian Lily Maite Antunez delivered heartfelt addresses to their classmates. The commencement address was delivered by Richard Weissbourd, Ed.D., a child and family psychologist, as well as member of the faculty of Harvard's Graduate School of Education.

 

“You know, it was only a short three or four years ago that we first set foot onto this campus,” Tianyan Yu reminisced, as she addressed the Class of 2017. “It is amazing to see that we’ve changed, and we’ve all changed together. Together, we learned to advocate for ourselves. We learned to become independent thinkers. We learned to love and care.”

 

In his commencement address, Dr. Weissbourd urged the Class of 2017 to continue striving towards personal freedom. "I hope that you will remember to please keep exercising the freedom to care, focus, sacrifice and deeply attend," said Dr. Weissbourd. "That kind of freedom is at the core of an ethical life. That kind of freedom is at the core of love in every meaningful sense of this word."

 

Head of School, Lance Conrad, Ed.D. closed the ceremony with an emotional message to the graduating class, “Our role and responsibility has been to push you to be alert, eager, empathic and intellectually capable young men and women.  We hope that we have taught you to flourish and to spread your wings as far as they can reach.”

 

Congratulations the all of the graduates of the Class of 2017 and the following award recipients:

 

Rensselaer Medal: Hangyu­_­­ “Allen” Li

Nancy S. Emery Award: Lily Kaplan

Harvard Book Prize: Jiawen “Vivian” Li

 

Senior Departmental Prizes:
English Prize: Seung Soo Chae

Donald Welch Social Studies Prize: Jeffrey Thomas Puschak
Allen American Studies Prize: Carl Rothenhaus
Paul Economides Foreign Language Prize: Erin Elizabeth Loonie
Bishins-Strachman Economics Prize: Anh Le Phuong Nguyen

Farnsworth Mathematics Prize: Anh Le Phuong Nguyen
Kurt Science Prize: Seung Soo Chae
Lewis Clapp Science Prize: Lily Maite Antunez
Performing Arts Prize: Eric Cobert
Visual Arts Prize: Madison Colman

José Rafael Arboleda Sportsmanship Award: Ryan Robinson Donovan
José Rafael Arboleda Sportswomanship Award: Alexandra Loria

Senior Awards

Siri Akal Singh Khalsa Award: Rae Henley Erdos-Steinberg
MIT Prize: Jeffrey Thomas Puschak

Faculty Prizes:

School Spirit Award: Carl Rothenhaus
Headmaster's Prize: Erin Elizabeth Loonie
Worcester Prize: Lily Maite Antunez
 

Valedictorian: Tianyan Yu 

Salutatorian: Lily Maite Antunez
CH-CH Society Prize: Josh Bubar