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American University of Paris

Amherst College

Brown University (3)

Bucknell University

Carnegie Mellon University

Coastal Carolina University

Colgate University (4)

Colorado College

Columbia University

Cornell University (8)

Dartmouth College (2)

Dickinson College

Duke University (2)

Elon University

Fordham University

George Washington University

Georgetown University (3)

Hamilton College

Harvard College (5)

Hobart and William Smith Colleges (2)

Lafayette College

Loyola University Maryland

Manhattanville College

New York University (3)

Northwestern University (3)

Princeton University (4)

Purchase College

Reed College

Santa Clara University

Skidmore College

Stanford University

Tufts University

Tulane University (2)

University of Chicago (2)

Members of Rye Country Day School’s Class of 2014 will be attending the following colleges and universities:

University of Maryland

University of Miami

University of Michigan

University of Notre Dame

University of Pennsylvania (7)

University of Rochester

University of Southern California (3)

University of Vermont (2)

University of Wisconsin

Vanderbilt University (2)

Wake Forest University

Washington and Lee University

Washington University (2)

Wellesley College

Westchester Community College

Yale University (5)

Sept. 2014

at RCDS

Recognizing Excellence

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Alumni Prize Recipients Michael Farber and Cynthia Luo

Mikey’s “lifetime” career at RCDS ended with a bang. He was awarded the Alumni Prize, the School’s high-est honor, on the heels of being named a winner of a National Merit Scholarship and a high school All-American in lacrosse. Born and brought up in Harrison, he was a “lifer,” attending Rye Country Day from pre-kindergar-ten through 12th grade. The Farbers are a Rye Country Day School family. His mother, Pam, is a member of the Class of 1980, his sister, Allison, class of 2011, is a senior at Wellesley College, his brother, Andrew, class of 2012, is a junior at Harvard University, and his brother, Matthew, is a member of the RCDS class of 2016. Mikey is joining his brother at Harvard. He’s undecided about the future, but plans to take courses leading to a major in economics or engineering. At RCDS, he was committed not only to aca-demics, but also to community service and sports. He cites the School as “a great environment, with teach-ers and peers providing support and always going out of their way to help. They give you so many options that prepare you to do virtually anything,” he said. Academically, Mikey completed eight AP courses and exams, and also completed two post-AP courses. He was a leader of Saturday Enrichment tutorials (SET), an RCDS literacy program for Port Chester grade-school students, and was co-leader of the Student Leadership Council, which organizes and

The Alumni Prize, the School’s highest honor, is awarded at graduation to “that senior who has made the most outstanding contribution to the life of the School.” This year’s Alumni Prize was shared by classmates Michael Farber and Cynthia Luo.

runs various community activities. During the summer, Mikey worked in the RCDS ACTION program, providing enriched studies to area students. He also worked in Let’s Get Ready, a national organization that provides college counseling and SAT preparation assistance to local students. He was a member of the Young Physicists Tournament team, and during his four years in the Upper School was a campus tour guide for prospective students. His awards include The Class of 2008 Award in his freshman year, the Harvard University Book Award, the Latin Award, the Wildcat Award for both soccer and lacrosse, and the Coaches’ Award for both soccer and lacrosse. Mikey was the goaltender for both teams, was captain of the lacrosse team for the past two years, and was selected to the All-Fairchester team in both sports. This past spring he received the scholar athlete award from the Fairchester Athletic Association, and was named an All-American in lacrosse. “I’m a big sports fan and root hard for the Yankees and football Giants,” he said. He didn’t explain how he plans to handle that at Harvard in the heart of Red Sox and Patriots country.

Michael Farber

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Alumni Prize Recipients Michael Farber and Cynthia Luo

Her senior year at RCDS turned out to be a dream come true for Cynthia. She was awarded the Alumni Prize, the School’s highest honor; won a National Merit Scholarship; and cheered home the San Antonio Spurs to the NBA championship. “My dad and I are huge Spurs fans, and I just knew they’d win,” she said. Add to that her selection to the New York State School Music Association All-State Chorus, her role as a starter on the RCDS league-champion fencing team, and four additional honors on Prize Day, and it’s obvi-ous that things couldn’t get much better. When she attends Harvard in the fall, she plans to focus on studies in English, biology and pub-lic health, with the objective of going on to medical school. “Since elementary school, I’ve wanted to be a pediatrician,” she declared. Cynthia entered Rye Country Day in the ninth grade and feels very strongly about the School, “I’ve been lucky to be here. It’s both an opportunity and a blessing. Our teachers are incredible — they’re devoted to their craft and inspire you every day to care about the School and the community.”

She completed her career at RCDS with nine AP courses and ten AP exams, and with nine major awards, including the Alumni Prize. She won the Oberlin College Book Award, the Cornell University Book Award, the George Washington University Medal for math, the Bausch & Lomb Award for science, and department awards for English, Science, Math, and Music. Cynthia was president of the Asian American Club and the Math Contest Club, contributed recipes to Crop, the student newspaper (“I find it very thera-peutic to bake at home”), was a member of the Young Physicists Tournament team and the Cedar Street Dance Company, an executive in Peer Leadership, and an oral proficiency intern mentoring other students in Chinese, the native language of her parents. She was a member of every honors choir, and had a “terrific experience” acting in the School’s one-act play pro-gram in her senior year. She also was a volunteer piano teacher in Songcatchers, a summer music pro-gram for youngsters in the New Rochelle area. During the last three years, Cynthia attended the Saturday morning Columbia University Honors Program and took courses in astronomy, relativity, nano-technology, psychology, cosmology, and genetics. Also, during the past three summers she served as an intern at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals in Tarrytown, where she conducted research on antibodies for treating breast cancer. Her work there won her first place in the medicine and health category at the Tri-County Science Fair in White Plains in her junior year.

Cynthia Luo

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Headmaster’s Prize Recipients Jason Goettisheim, Franchesca Peña, and Hendrick Townley

The Headmaster’s Prize is presented at Prize Day to “that student who models leadership, courage, or academic excellence.” This year’s Prize was shared by seniors Jason Goettisheim, Franchesca Peña, and Hendrick Townley.

It seems as though the Headmaster’s Prize for “lead-ership, courage or academic excellence” could have been designed for Jason, who has wrung the most out of his six years at RCDS. He received the award on his way to Brown University, where he says he probably will continue to “dabble” in a broad range of activities. He’s enrolled in the bio-medical engineering program, but also is interested in public policy and education studies, as well as continuing some work in the theater and the study of Chinese. Jason, who entered RCDS in the seventh grade, graduated as a National Merit finalist, having taken nine AP courses and twelve AP exams. He was recognized as an AP Scholar of Distinction in 2013 and was elected to the National Chinese Honor Society in 2012. Over his career he also won the James P. Godfrey Award for community service, the Chinese Department Award, Science Department Award, University of Pennsylvania Book Award, Christine Nelson Award and four Founder’s Awards for community service. He credits his teachers for the road he trav-eled. “I owe everything to them — I wouldn’t be inter-ested in so many things if I hadn’t come to school here,” he said, noting that “they encourage you to try

Jason Goettisheimeverything and engage in the community to help you grow as an active citizen.” Indeed, he hasn’t quite left. Jason is a class agent and 2014 alumni board representative, and this past summer taught a history course in ACTION, an RCDS enrichment program for students in surrounding communities. In his sophomore year, Jason co-founded the Student Centered Outreach Partnership and Enrichment program (SCOPE) in which twice a week he and classmates taught various subjects and tutored 40 fourth and fifth graders from Port Chester schools. On Saturdays, he helped Port Chester youngsters in the RCDS Saturday Enrichment Tutorial (SET), a literacy program. He also volunteered at the Carver Center, where he helped local grade school students with their homework. For three summers, he volunteered as a piano teacher in Songcatchers, a music program for elementary and middle school students in New Rochelle. His Senior Term service project was helping build a house in Nicaragua. Jason was editor and chief of Crop, the school newspaper; director of new student affairs for Peer Leadership; president of the Environmental Club;

Headmaster Scott Nelson with this year’s recipients of the Headmaster’s Prize, (from left) Hendrick Townley, Franchesca Peña, and Jason Goettisheim.

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an oral proficiency intern teaching Chinese to RCDS Middle School students; and a member of the student-faculty chamber orchestra. He was a member of the Young Physicists Tournament team and, as a senior, was one of four presenters in the School’s third-place finish in the international tournament. During his career, he staged-managed eight theater programs, and last year directed in the one-act play program. Meanwhile, he was one of three starters on the fencing team, which last season was undefeated and league champion, and was also a member of the cross country team.

Franchesca PeñaFranchesca, an incoming freshman at the University of Pennsylvania, won the Headmaster’s Prize to highlight her three-year career at Rye Country Day School. She came here in the 10th grade, commuting daily from her home in the Bronx, where she grew up with a strong interest in community service and a “pas-sion for running.” She has a broad range of interests that include urban studies, writing, continued service work, and running in a half-marathon in either New York or Philadelphia. The fields of law, politics, and education also are on her “maybe” list. Academically, Franchesca completed six AP courses while also winning the School’s James P. Godfrey Award for community service in 2013. She was a member of the concert choir, twice acted in the Drama Department’s one-act plays, and participated in the Model U.N. program. As a sophomore, she took an English writing class at the Brown University sum-mer program. She’s fluent in three languages, grow-ing up with Spanish and studying French since the sixth grade. Her parents are natives of the Dominican Republic, and Franchesca and her two older sisters spoke both English and Spanish at home. Among her major activities were serving as a student executive in the Peer Leadership program, tutoring local public school students in a Saturday morning literacy program, and mentoring RCDS Middle School students in a Student of Color program. In 2013, she helped organize a RCDS diversity conference for Fairchester middle school students. Franchesca joined classmates to build a house in Nicaragua for her RCDS Senior Term service project. At home in the Bronx, Franchesca also has served as a volunteer, helping young students with homework in a local community center, and in an ele-mentary school where she helped students with after-school programs. Relaxation comes from running, she said. Franchesca was a captain of both girls’ cross country and track and field teams in her junior and senior years and won the Coaches’ Award for both as a senior. She ran the mile and 800 meters, and unlike many athletes, “loved practice and the spirit it stimulated among the team members. I always looked forward to practice.”

While excited about moving on, she said she’ll miss her friends and her teachers. “I enjoyed my teach-ers and the challenge of their high expectations of us,” she said.

Hendrick (Henry) TownleyHenry capped a distinguished RCDS career by winning the Headmaster’s Award, as well as a National Merit Scholarship. He’s headed to Yale University to study physics and math, with an eye on fitting in music and theater, as well. “I’m passionate about singing and act-ing, as well as a lot of other things” he said. He was born in Hong Kong, where his father, Dan, and his mother, Birgit, a native of Hamburg, Germany, worked, met, and married. Henry is the fam-ily trail blazer at RCDS — his brother, David, is a mem-ber of the Class of 2016, and his sister, Charlotte, is an eighth-grader. On his way to a National Merit Scholarship, he completed 10 AP courses and 11 AP exams, and com-pleted the School’s math curriculum by the end of his junior year. As a result, he studied linear algebra and multi-variable calculus in his senior year. Fluent in German from speaking the language at home with his mother, Henry researched and wrote a paper on “Anti-German Sentiment” that received the rare honor of publication in The Concord Review, the only academic journal that publishes research papers of high school students. He won the Dartmouth Book Award, Choral Award, Drama Award and four Founder’s Awards. Henry was president of the Drama Club, president of the Environmental Club, president of the choir, and captain of the school’s Young Physicists Tournament team that placed third in the international tournament, where he presented the team’s problem on “water wake angles.” Henry appeared in nine theater productions over his four years in the Upper School. His lead roles included Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls, and Paul in You Can’t Take It with You. Meanwhile, as a sophomore, he played Leo Bloom, the co-lead in The Producers, a community theater production at the Westchester Sandbox Theater in Port Chester. Henry sang in the concert choir and in the WildScats, an honors a cappella choir, and in the sum-mer taught elementary and middle school students music, guitar and theater in Songcatchers, a program for elementary and middle school students in New Rochelle. He was a member of the RCDS team that spent nine days in Nicaragua building a house as a Senior Term project. Sports also are an interest. Henry gave up team tennis to concentrate on the theater, but stayed with soccer, playing defense for RCDS. He was named to the Fairchester all-league team in his senior year. And he’s proud of rooting for both the U.S. and Germany in the recent World Cup competition. “I’m a big fan of Rye Country Day School,” he says. “The teachers are phenomenal. And they, with upper classmen and others, inspire you to succeed.”

Headmaster’s Prize Recipients Jason Goettisheim, Franchesca Peña, and Hendrick Townley

Upper School Awards / Department Awards

Headmaster School Nelson and Cristina Mariani, winner of the 2014 Gretchen Pulvermann Scholarship Award.

The Christine Nelson Award for sophomores was presented to, from left, Christian Caliboso, Michael Karr, and Sarah Loewentheil.

The Alumni PrizeThe School’s highest honor. Awarded to that senior who has made the most outstanding contribution to the life of the School.Michael Farber ’14Cynthia Luo ’14

The Headmaster’s PrizeGiven to that student who models leadership, courage, or academic excellence.Jason Goettisheim ’14Franchesca Peña ’14Hendrick Townley ’14

The Auxiliary PrizeIn recognition of exemplary personal growth and service to others.Jelani Denis ’14Amanda Dubin ’14Lily Velona ’14

The James P. Godfrey AwardPresented to that underclassman who has performed significant service on behalf of others.Eric Duarte ’15Chase Goddard ’15Austin Weber ’15

The Christine Nelson AwardPresented to tenth graders in recognition of outstanding citizenship.Christian Caliboso ’16Michael Karr ’16Sarah Loewentheil ’16

The Laura S. Van Steen AwardGiven to that student who has done the most to help others learn.Joseph Kim ’14

The Mary Ann Reichhardt Memorial ScholarshipIn memory of the School’s Director of College Counseling. Given to a senior for a combination of outstanding academics and contributions to the School.Ahtiya Liles ’14

The Gretchen Pulvermann Scholarship AwardGiven to an accomplished senior who will study fine arts in college.Cristina Mariani ’14

The New York State Attorney General Triple “C” Award(Courage, Character & Commitment)Quinn Kurzner ’14Natalie Sternberg ’14Amanda Weinstein ’14

The Senior Dean’s AwardAwarded to the senior who has made an outstanding contribution to the senior class and to the school during the senior year.Hanna Cavanagh ’14Johnny Ma ’14

The Class of 2008 AwardGiven annually to that freshman who has had the most posi-tive influence in and outside of the classroom, noting his or her enthusiasm and dedication to school work and extracur-ricular activities.Kasey Luo ’17William Mattson ’17

The Glen Robertson Award (for faculty)Andrew Sage

School Awards

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The Class of 2008 Award for freshmen was shared by Jack Mattson and Kasey Luo.

Naropa Perez and Francesca Colombo won the Computer Science Award.

The James P. Godfrey Award for juniors went to Chase Goddard, Eric Duarte, and Austin Weber.

The Senior Deans’ Award was presented to Hanna Cavanagh and Johnny Ma, shown with Jeff Bates, Dean of Grade 12 and Associate Director of College Counseling.

Upper School Awards / Department Awards

Department AwardsArtPhotography AwardPeter Brooks ’14Alexandra Friedlander ’14Kyle Hanlon ’14

Videography AwardCharles Khosla ’14

Lelia Carter Birrell Award for Studio Art2-D Studio ArtFrancesca Colombo ’14Phoebe DeVito ’14

ClassicsClassics AwardKatherine Tyler ’14

Latin AwardMichael Farber ’14Lily Velona ’14

Computer ScienceComputer Science AwardFrancesca Colombo ’14Naropa Perez ’14

DramaV. Janet Lott Spirit of the Theatre AwardGiven to that student who has contributed most onstage to the School’s drama program.Ahtiya Liles ’14Hendrick Townley ’14Katherine Tyler ’14

Glen Robertson Memorial AwardPresented to that student who has contributed most back-stage to the School’s drama program.Peter Brooks ’14Phoebe DeVito ’14Kyle Hanlon ’14

EnglishEnglish AwardCamille Chiquet ’14Cynthia Luo ’14

The Oberlin College AwardPresented to that sophomore who has excelled in the study of English.Michael Karr ’16Malavika Pande ’16

Creative Writing AwardIsabella Cohen ’14Olivia Cohen ’14Liam McEnroe ’14Caroline Nicholson ’16

HumanitiesJoshua Bennett ’06 Humanities AwardJames McPhail ’14Lily Velona ’14

Cornelius Tacitus PrizePresented to that junior who has excelled in the study of humanities.Sophie Beshar ’15Henry Carroll ’15

MathematicsMathematics AwardCynthia Luo ’14Michael Mossman ’14

George Washington University MedalPresented to a junior with the highest average in mathematics.Caroline Kimmel ’15

Robert Reeser Memorial AwardAwarded to that senior who has displayed a growing interest and talent in math over the years.Alec Boccanfuso ’14Annabelle Brody ’14

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Fairchester Athletic Association Scholar-Athletes Michael Farber, Stephanie Sabatini, and Tyler Kaye.

The Music Award was presented to, from left, Tyler Harkness and Cynthia Luo, and the Choral Award went to Cristina Mariani and Hendrick Townley.

Winners of language awards, from left: Katherine DiCaprio (Spanish), Jason Goettisheim (Chinese), Camille Chiquet (Modern Languages Award), Jelani Denis (French) and Michael Katzovitz (French).

Upper School Awards / Department Awards

Robert Reeser Memorial AwardAwarded to that senior who has displayed a growing interest and talent in math over the years.Alec Boccanfuso ’14Annabelle Brody ’14

Modern LanguagesModern Languages AwardCamille Chiquet ’14

Chinese AwardJason Goettisheim ’14

French AwardJelani Denis ’14Michael Katzovitz ’14

Spanish AwardKatherine DiCaprio ’14

MusicMusic AwardTyler Harkness ’14Cynthia Luo ’14

Choral AwardCristina Mariani ’14Hendrick Townley ’14

Natural SciencesScience AwardJason Goettisheim ’14Cynthia Luo ’14

Bausch & Lomb AwardPresented to that junior who has demonstrated academic excellence in science.Caroline Kimmel ’15

Rensselaer MedalAwarded to that junior who has demonstrated a potential for success in the sciences and excels in both math and science.Chase Goddard ’15

Physical EducationThe Mary Borton TrophyPresented to the senior girl who has contributed most to the School’s athletic program.Jessica Grasso ’14

The Richard Le Maire AwardPresented to the senior boy who has contributed most to the School’s athletic program.Dylan Bronson ’14

Book AwardsThe Brown University Book AwardAustin Weber ’15

The Cornell University Book AwardDaphne Mandell ’15

The Dartmouth College Book AwardLeonardo Gomez ’15

The Harvard University Book AwardEmily Duarte ’15Caroline Kimmel ’15

The Johns Hopkins Alumni PrizeFrits van Paasschen ’15

The University of Pennsylvania Book AwardCasey Berkowitz ’15

The Princeton University Book AwardSophie Beshar ’15

The Wellesley College Book AwardMariana Lee ’15

The Yale University Book AwardMatthew Webster ’15

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Advanced Placement Scholars

One hundred and fifteen Rye Country Day students were recognized by the College Board’s 2014 Advanced Placement Program for their outstanding achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Exams.

15 AP National Scholars (having received grades of “4” or higher on eight or more AP Exams): Dylan Bronson ’14, Camille Chiquet ’14, Katherine DiCaprio ’14, Michael Farber ’14, Jason Goettisheim ’14, Tyler Harkness ’14, Joseph Kim ’14, Caroline Kimmel ’15, Katherine Lattanzio ’14, Frederick Levenson ’14, Jeremy Levenson ’14, Cynthia Luo ’14, Johnny Ma ’14, Hendrick Townley ’14, Katherine Tyler ’14.

55 AP Scholars with Distinction (having received grades of “3” or higher on 5 or more AP Exams): Constance Blatt ’14, Dylan Bronson ’14, Hanna Cavanagh ’14, William Chai ’14, Camille Chiquet ’14, Elizabeth Coleman ’14, Francesca Colombo’14, Nathaniel Cooney ’14, Samantha Cooper ’14, Kelley Dalton ’14, Jelani Denis ’14, Katherine DiCaprio ’14, Michael Farber ’14, Alexandra Friedlander ’14, Madeline Gallagher ’14, Sydney Ginsberg ’14, Jason Goettisheim ’14, Reed Hammer ’14, Tyler Harkness ’14, Melody Hsu ’15, Theodore Humphrey ’14, Chase Jaeger ’14, Gabriela Johnson ’14, Michael Katzovitz ’14, Tyler Kaye ’14, Charles Khosla ’14, Grant Khosla ’14, Joseph Kim ’14, Caroline Kimmel ’15, Summer Kitahara ’14, Katherine Lattanzio ’14, Frederick Levenson ’14, Jeremy Levenson ’14, Lauren Levine ’14, Cynthia Luo ’14, Johnny Ma ’14, Bonnie Marcus ’14, Cristina Mariani ’14, Liam McEnroe ’14, James McPhail ’14, Michael Mossman ’14, Hannah Needle ’14, Hailey Nicholson ’15, Franchesca Peña ’14, Stephanie Sabatini ’14, Gabrielle Salomon ’14, Peter Shu’14, Justin Smith ’14, Andrew Starker ’14, Natalie Sternberg ’14, Hendrick Townley ’14, Katherine Tyler ’14, Lily Velona ’14, Amanda Weinstein ’14, Sophia Yanis ’14.

32 AP Scholars with Honor (having received grades of “3” or higher on four or more AP Exams): Caroline Beatrice ’14, Casey Berkowitz ’15, Sophie Beshar ’15, Marco Bohorquez ’14, Nathalie Chan ’15, Emma Chu ’15, Olivia Cohen ’14, Emily Duarte ’15, Amanda Dubin ’14, Katherine Ellis ’15, Charles Freedman ’14, Chase Goddard ’15, Leonardo Gomez ’15, Eric Herbst ’14, Courtney Hughson ’15, Abigail Katz ’15, Paul Leake ’14, Daphne Mandell ’15, George Matelich ’14, Tyler Miller ’14, Amber Rose Nelson ’15, Naropa Perez ’14, Taylor Pomroy ’14, Eli Rattner ’15, William Sobel ’14, Edward Tananbaum ’15, Hannah van der Vord ’15, Francesca Ventura ’15, Avery Wagman ’14, Austin Weber ’15, Max Weisman ’14, Nicolas Wilmer ’15.

28 AP Scholars (having received grades of “3” or higher on three or more AP Exams): Ruby Aresty ’14, Dylan Bass ’14, Isabelle Brown ’15, Henry Carroll ’15, Justin Chun ’15, Allison Conn ’14, John Ellis ’15, Tyler Fernandez ’14, Jessica Grasso ’14, Allen (Salim) Green ’15, Erik Hanson ’15, Michelle Haut ’15, Alexander Kassin ’14, Harrison Lee ’15, Mariana Lee ’15, Ahtiya Liles ’14, Vladislav Rachev ’14, Thomas Ragucci ’15, Mailah Robinson ’14, Ryan Sobel ’15, Nathan Spring ’15, Daniel Tricarico ’14, Richard (Riley) van den Broek ’15, Frits (Max) van Paasschen ’15, Zoe Verni ’15, Matthew Webster ’15, Maxwell Wright ’14, Jack Zenkel ’14.

WinnerJelani Denis ’14

2014 National Achievement Scholarship Competition

FinalistJustin Smith ’14

2014 National Hispanic Recognition Program

ScholarsDylan Bronson ’14 Franchesca Peña’14

2014 National Merit Scholarship Competition

WinnersMichael Farber ’14Katherine Lattanzio ’14Cynthia Luo ’14Hendrick Townley ’14

Semi-FinalistsBonnie Marcus ’14Michael Mossman ’14

FinalistsCamille Chiquet ’14 Francesca Colombo ’14Samantha Cooper ’14Madeline Gallagher ’14Jason Goettisheim ’14Frederick Levenson ’14 Johnny Ma ’14Liam McEnroe ’14Lily Velona ’14Stephanie Sabatini ’14

Commended StudentsDylan Bronson ’14William Chai ’14Nathaniel Cooney ’14Jelani Denis ’14Charles Freedman ’14Sydney Ginsberg ’14Tyler Harkness ’14Tyler Kaye ’14Adam Kozek ’14Jeremy Levenson ’14

Peter Shu ’14Natalie Sternberg ’14Katherine Tyler ’14

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French Awards 2014

Middle and Upper School students participated in Le Grand Concours, the National French Contest 2014. Only nationally ranked students receive medals, but all students scoring among the top ten in Westchester receive certificates. Students ranked 10th through 4th nationally receive bronze medals. Second and 3rd-place nationally ranked students receive silver medals. Gold medals are awarded only to those students ranked 1st in the United States.

Level 01A85th to 94th percentileSamantha Bobman ’19 1st in Westchester and 8th in the nationRachel Colucci ’19 1st in Westchester and 8th in the nationWarren Kennedy-Nolle ’19 1st in Westchester and 8th in the nationLiam Pope ’19 2nd in Westchester and 9th in the nationJialin Yang ’19 4th in WestchesterCharles Jolly ’19 4th in Westchester

Top ten in Westchester chapterWilliam Roddy ’19 7th in WestchesterIsaac Sacks ’19 7th in WestchesterNishan Shehadeh ’19 10th in WestchesterWilliam O’Meara ’19 10th in Westchester

Level 1A95th percentile and aboveAnika Narain ’18 4th in Westchester and 6th in the nation

85th to 94th percentileMaxwell Smith ’18 7th in Westchester and 9th in the nationCeleste Kelly ’18 9th in WestchesterOlivia Pennington ’18 10th in Westchester

Level 1B95th percentile and aboveSabrina Kwenda ’18 3rd in Westchester and 5th in the nation

Level 2A

95th percentile and aboveAmanda Cutler ’16 3rd in Westchester and 3rd in the nationKasey Luo ’17 3rd in Westchester and 3rd in the nationAngela Dogani ’17 5th in Westchester and 5th in the nationElena Kim ’17 7th in Westchester and 7th in the nation

85th to 94th percentileJasleen Anand ’17 11th in Westchester

Level 3A95th percentile and aboveKate Kassin ’16 1st in Westchester and 2nd in the nation

85th to 94th percentileJulia Wiener ’15 9th in Westchester and 10th in the nationSuzanna Ellard ’16 10th in Westchester Luis Garcia ’16 10th in WestchesterEmily Montay ’16 10th in Westchester Nicole Reindel ’16 10th in Westchester Francesca Ventura ’15 10th in WestchesterDaphne Mandell ’15 11th in Westchester

Level 4A95th percentile and aboveNikhil Bhatia ’15 7th in Westchester and 9th in the nationMelody Hsu ’15 8th in Westchester and 10th in the nationSadhana Shah ’15 8th in Westchester and 10th in the nation

85th to 94th percentileSiena Pope ’15 9th in WestchesterEmma Santucci ’15 13th in Westchester

Level 5ATop ten in Westchester chapterJelani Denis ’14 10th in Westchester

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Spanish Awards 2014

The National Spanish Exam was administered to RCDS students in the Middle and Upper School in the spring.

Gold Medal (scoring at or above the 95th percentile)

LEVEL 01 - GOLD MEDAL - outside experience categorySarah Colin ’19 2nd in NYC Metro ChapterCharlotte Townley ’19 3rd in NYC Metro Chapter

LEVEL 1 - GOLD MEDAL - regular categoryVarun Wadhwa ’18 1st in NYC Metro ChapterGabriela Vascimini ’17 4th in NYC Metro ChapterMadeline Zuber ’18 4th in NYC Metro Chapter

LEVEL 1 - GOLD MEDAL - outside experience categoryElliott Cook ’18Therese Mooney ’18Diogo Schaffa ’18

LEVEL 2 - GOLD MEDAL - regular categoryLucas Biondi ’17

LEVEL 2 - GOLD MEDAL - outside experience categoryDaniel Leva ’17 1st in NYC Metro Chapter

LEVEL 3 - GOLD MEDAL - regular categoryMichael Karr ’16David Townley ’16

LEVEL 3 - GOLD MEDAL - outside experience categoryKate Kassin ’16Samantha Kost ’16Casey Linehan ’16Hannah Weisman ’16

LEVEL 4 - GOLD MEDAL - regular categoryMariana Lee ’15

LEVEL 4 - GOLD MEDAL - bilingual categoryNicolas Wilmer ’15 2nd in NYC Metro Chapter

LEVEL 5 - GOLD MEDAL - outside experience categoryTyler Harkness ’14 2nd in NYC Metro Chapter

Silver Medal (from 85th to 94th percentile)

LEVEL 01 - SILVER MEDAL - outside experience categoryAlex Asness ’19Leila Cohen ’19Georgia Mandell ’19John Miller ’19

LEVEL 1 - SILVER MEDAL - regular categoryKate Yamin ’18

LEVEL 1 - SILVER MEDAL - outside experience categoryMatthew Aventuro ’18Michael DiCaprio ’18Sophia Giagni ’18

LEVEL 1 - SILVER MEDAL - bilingual categoryAmber Michaca ’19 3rd in NYC Metro ChapterSabrina Sawney ’18 5th in NYC Metro ChapterSofia Wilmer ’18

LEVEL 2 - SILVER MEDAL - regular categoryWill Asness ’17Ryan Zeplin ’17

LEVEL 2 - SILVER MEDAL - outside experience categoryMaggie Shanus ’17

LEVEL 2 - SILVER MEDAL - bilingual categoryAndrea Michaca ’18

LEVEL 3 - SILVER MEDAL - regular categoryDavid Hauben ’16Malavika Pande ’16Rohini Sinha ’16

LEVEL 3 - SILVER MEDAL - outside experience categoryMadeleine Cooper ’16Matthew Fensterstock ’16

LEVEL 4 - SILVER MEDAL - regular categoryEmily Duarte ’15Zoe Verni ’15

LEVEL 4 - SILVER MEDAL – outside experience categoryCasey Berkowitz ’15

LEVEL 5 - SILVER MEDAL - regular categoryFrederick Levenson ’14

LEVEL 5 - SILVER MEDAL - bilingual categoryMarco Bohorquez ’14

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National Latin Exam Scholars

The 2014 National Latin Exam was administered by the American Classical League to over 154,000 students from 49 states and 17 foreign countries. Seventy-two Rye Country Day students in grades 7-12 were named award winners across several levels of achievement.

Middle SchoolAchievement Certificates (Introductory Exam)Margaret Dunn ’19Sloan Martin ’19Alexandra Medow ’19Reilly McManus ’19Aidan Rosen ’19Jason Schnall ’19Clare Taylor-Winters ’19

Purple Ribbons for Outstanding Achievement(Introductory Exam)Matias Esquivel ’19Justin Mandell ’19

cum laude Awards Latin 1Isabel D’Ambrosio ’18Melissa Madden ’18Deeshani Patel ’18

magna cum laude Awards Latin 1Alethia Chan ’18Nathalie Felton ’18Maxwell Mandell ’18Harrison Roth ’19Jack Sobel ’18

maxima cum laude-Silver Medal Awards Latin 1Ethan Abraham ’18Jane Burdick ’18Thomas Carver ’18Jenna Cohn ’18Katherine Korngiebel ’18Max Mindich ’19Charles Rothschild ’18Jason Sheppard ’18

Latin 2Max Bacon ’18

summa cum laude-Gold Medal Awards Latin 1*Clayton Bass ’18*Charles Curnin ’18William Dodge ’18Reva Singh ’18Zachary Spilo ’18*denotes perfect paper certificate

Upper Schoolcum laude Awards Latin 2Jeffrey Chen ’17Cate Turner ’17

Latin 3Matthew Farber ’16Jonathan Faxon ’15

Latin 4Christine Campisi ’15Amber Rose Nelson ’15

magna cum laude Awards Latin 1Emily Montay ’16Kyle Moran ’17

Latin 2Cristina Johnson ’17Duncan Khosla ’17William Mattson ’17Catherine Mollerus ’17Henry Shipman ’17Ryan Stackpole ’17

Latin 3John McPhail ’16James Sandling ’16Kimi Spilo ’16Alexandra Zuber ’16

Latin 4Samantha Cooper ’14Bernard Curry ’15Hannah van der Vord ’15

Latin 5Michael Farber ’14

maxima cum laude- Silver Medal Awards Latin 2Daniel Aklog ’17Thomas Chai ’17James Ishiguro ’17Cilicia Payne ’17

Latin 3Charlotte Cooper ’16Cameron Kinder ’16Kyle Price ’16

Latin 4Bonnie Marcus ’14Austin Weber ’15

summa cum laude-Gold Medal Awards Latin 1Suzanna Ellard ’16

Latin 2Jack Briano ’17Jack Parkin ’17

Latin 3Christian Caliboso ’16Sean Chan ’16Kyle Eagan ’16John Hughes ’15Melanie Mandell ’16

Latin 4*Caroline Kimmel ’15

Latin 5**Katherine Tyler ’14

*Caroline Kimmel has won four consecutive gold medals (summa cum laude) on the National Latin Exam. In recognition of this achievement, she was awarded an Oxford Classical Dictionary and received a letter of recognition from the National Latin Exam Committee.

**Katherine Tyler has won five consecu-tive gold medals (summa cum laude) on the National Latin Exam. In recognition of this achievement, she was awarded a special book prize and received a letter of recognition from the National Latin Exam Committee.

National Greek Exam Scholars

The 2014 National Greek Exam was administered by the American Classical League to over 1,900 students from the United States and around the world. Five Rye Country Day School students received recognition.

Introductory Attic ExamRed Ribbon (2nd highest honor)Bonnie Marcus ’14

Green Ribbon (3rd highest honor)Charlotte Cooper ’15Melanie Mandell ’15Kimi Spilo ’15Maxwell Wright ’14

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Achievement in Music

Senior Cynthia Luo participated in the prestigious New York All State Women’s Chorus this past December in Rochester, NY. She auditioned in the spring of 2013 with Rutter’s Pie Jesu, scoring 100 per-cent on her performance. Cynthia sang in all the choral groups at RCDS and sang a stunning solo at this year’s Festival Chorus Concert,The Armed Man. Winner of the Music Award at Prize Day, Cynthia is an outstanding pianist and theory stu-dent, as well.

Nathan Spring on French horn, left, and Zach Guffey on trumpet, foreground right, at the Upper School Winter Instrumental Concert.

Headmaster Scott Nelson and Cristina Mariani at Prize Day, where she won the Choral Award and the Gretchen Pulverman Prize Scholarship Award for a senior who plans to study fine arts in college.

Cynthia Luo at Prize Day, where she won the Music Award.

Sophomore Zach Guffey (trumpet) and junior Nathan Spring (French horn) earned seats in the 2013 Westchester County Area All State Band. They were both selected based on outstanding scores on the 2013 NYSSMA Festival solos last spring. This sum-mer, Zach participated in the University of Pennsylvania High School Honor Band and toured Europe with the Sound of America Summer Music Program. Nathan studies with Sara Della Posta here at RCDS and has performed NYSSMA solos over the years on both French horn and piano. Both of these fine instrumentalists play in the Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band and Brass Quartet at Rye Country Day.

Both Cynthia Luo and senior Cristina Mariani were selected to participate in the Westchester County Area All State Women’s Chorus. Cristina sang in all the RCDS choirs, along with the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra Nassau Choir. She spent two sum-mers at the New York State Summer School for the Arts. Winner of the Gretchen Pulverman Prize and the Choral Award at Prize Day, Cristina will attend the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami in the fall.

Congratulations to Cynthia Luo, Cristina Mariani, Zach Guffey, and Nathan Spring for another outstanding year of musical accomplishments.

The RCDS 2014 Founder’s Awards

The Founder’s Awards were established to recognize Upper School students who have donated hours of their time in service to others. Students’ volunteer activities must be documented and must have occurred between June 2013 and May 2014.

Founder’s Award (50-74 hours)

Grade 11Sophie BesharEmily DuarteEric DuarteHailey NicholsonSiena PopeSergio SabogalHaley Shea

Founder’s Award - magna cum laude (100-149 hours)

Grade 11Isabelle BrownSophie BrownChristine CampisiJennifer HowlandCourtney HughsonAbigail KatzMaria McEnroeThomas Ragucci

Grade 12Jason Goettisheim

Founder’s Award - cum laude (75-99 hours)

Grade 11Casey BerkowitzNikhil BhatiaLuke CappellanoLexi CurninSydney DoroffMelody HsuDaphne MandellJulia Wiener

Founder’s Award - summa cum laude (150+ hours)

Grade 11Brooke CastagnaEmily GorinKyle HalloranWill HalloranRyan Wilk

Grade 12Jelani DenisGrant KhoslaSophia Yanis

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American Math Contest

Students competed in the American Math Contest in the spring. It is divided into two levels: one designated for students in grades up through 10 (AMC 10), and the other for students through Grade 12 (AMC 12).

AMC 101st Place Kasey Luo ’17

2nd Place Joseph Waddell ’17, David Hauben ’16

AMC121st Place Justin Chun ’15

2nd Place Hendrick Townley ’14, Madeline Gallagher ’14, Bo Curry ’15

Middle School Math Awards

New York Math League ContestOver one million students from the United States and Canada participate in Math League Contests each year. Every contest has questions from different areas of mathematics. The goal is to encourage student interest and confidence in mathematics through solving worth-while problems. Many students first develop an inter-est in mathematics through problem-solving activities such as these contests. Schools compete in statewide or multistate league competitions.

Top Scorers at RCDS:8th Grade1st – Jason Sheppard2nd – Varun Wadhwa3rd – Ethan Abraham, Richard Burke, Charles Curnin

7th Grade1st – Jackson Gaynor (6th), Nicholas Tallis, Jialin Yang2nd – Warren Kennedy-Nolle3rd – Connor Marrs, Sloan Martin, Justin Mandell4th – Cameron Coleman, Gabriel Smilovic5th – Mick Bronsky, Matias Esquivel-Losada

6th Grade Top ScorersJack Weiss, Justin Cheigh, Henry Burdick, Abhinav Kumar, Carter Moyer, Jeremy Abraham, Jacob Oddi, Noah Rosenthal

5th Grade Top ScorersMax Hines, Angelina Pil, Josep Pujadas, Michael D’Arcangelo, Matthew Yamin, Nicholas Athanason, Andrew Felton, Oscar Mindich, Melanie Brody, Benjamin Pearce

Math OlympiadLast year nearly 150,000 students from 6,000 teams worldwide participated in the Olympiads. All 50 states and about 30 other countries were represented.

Top Scorers at RCDS:8th Grade1st – Clayton Bass2nd – Jason Sheppard, Varun Wadhwa3rd – Ethan Abraham, Mia Hotsuki (7th)

7th Grade1st – Aaron Serianni (6th)2nd – Charlotte Townley3rd – Jialin Yang4th – John Miller5th – Laszlo Kopits

5th and 6th Grade TeamTrophy, Patch, Pin, and CertificateHenry Burdick (6th)

Patch, Pin, and CertificateJacob Oddi (6th)Sabrina Reznik (6th)Max Hines (5th)

Patch and Certificate (rank order)Noah Rosenthal (6th)Nicholas Sullivan (6th)Amanda Bortner-Hirszman (6th)Andrew Felton (5th)Peggy Helman (6th)

Janet Christian (5th)Matthew Mandell (5th)Georgia Pennington (6th)Ethan Silverman-Guffey (6th)Hannah Tanenbaum (5th)

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All-League Recipients 2013-2014

Fall SeasonBoys’ Cross CountryMalcolm Nash ’15, Honorable Mention

Girls’ Cross CountryAcacia Dougan ’15, Honorable Mention

Field HockeyEmily Duarte ’15Mariana Lee ’15Zoe Verni ’15Sophie Beshar ’15, Honorable MentionCharlotte Cooper ’16, Honorable MentionKathleen Curtin ’15, Honorable Mention

FootballDylan Bronson ’14James McPhail ’14Tyler Miller ’14Christian Pankey ’15Derick Wallace ’15, Honorable MentionRyan Wolitzer ’16, Honorable Mention

Boys’ SoccerKevin Collado ’14Michael Farber ’14Tyler Kaye ’14Paul Leake ’14Henry Townley ’14William Sobel ’14, Honorable MentionMax Weisman ’14, Honorable MentionRyan Wilk ’15, Honorable Mention

Girls’ SoccerSarah Brodwolf ’15Sophie Brown ’15Julia Massaro ’15Taylor Regan ’17Stephanie Sabatini ’14Francesca Ventura ’15Zoe Kost ’16, Honorable Mention

Winter SeasonBoys’ BasketballTyler Fernandez ’14Salim Green ’15James McPhail ’14, Honorable Mention

Girls’ BasketballTara Berger ’15Nereida Mendez ’15Jennifer Howland ’15, Honorable Mention

Boys’ Ice HockeyBlake Beber ’15Kyle Halloran ’15Will Halloran ’15

Boys’ SquashWill Chai ’14James Pierpont ’14Carl Shuck ’16Jack Mattson ’17, Honorable Mention

Girls’ SquashCaroline Kimmel ’15Catherine Kimmel ’17Mariana Lee ’15, Honorable Mention

WrestlingSean Chan ’16, Honorable MentionPeter Sanchez ’16, FAA 1st Team

Spring SeasonBaseballLuke Cappellano ’15 Tyler Fernandez ’14Matt Webster ’15Enzo Stefanoni ’17, Honorable Mention

SoftballSydney Ginsberg ’14Nereida Mendez ’15Micki Carver ’16, Honorable MentionJessica Grasso ’14, Honorable MentionMelanie Mandell ’16, Honorable Mention

Boys’ GolfTheo Humphrey ’14Daniel Tricarico ’14, Honorable Mention

Girls’ GolfKate Weiss ’15Summer Kitahara ’14, Honorable Mention

Boys’ LacrosseAndrew Antonacci ’15Dylan Bass ’14Michael Farber ’14Will Halloran ’15Riley van den Broek ’15Matthew Farber ’16, Honorable MentionJustin Weissman ’16, Honorable Mention

Girls’ LacrosseRuby Aresty ’14Julia Massaro ’15Taylor Regan ’17Zoe Verni ’15Emily Duarte ’15, Honorable MentionSamantha Kost ’16, Honorable MentionMariana Lee ’15, Honorable Mention

Boys’ TennisBo Curry ’15Jonathan Faxon ’15Ryan Sobel ’15Paul Leake ’14, Honorable Mention

Gabe Regan ’14Serafim Rocco ’14, Honorable Mention

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Team Champions 2013-2014

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Athletic Achievement

FAA Scholar Athlete - Tyler Kaye ’14 Tyler was a four-year varsity let-ter winner in soccer and also com-peted for three years on the var-sity track and field team. He was a 2-year captain of the track team and senior captain of the soccer team. He received FAA All-League honors for soccer and was the final leg of the 4 X 400 NY State Championship relay team. During his high school tenure, Tyler excelled academically while taking four Honors courses, seven Advanced Placement courses, and one Post Advanced Placement course. In addition to earning the 2014 Wildcat Award in track, Tyler was the recipient of the 11th grade Brown Book Award and was voted by his team mates as the Most Valuable Player on the 2014 track team. Tyler will attend Princeton in the fall.

FAA Scholar Athlete and US Lacrosse All-American - Michael Farber ’14 Mikey was a 2-year captain and 4-year starter in goal for the boys’ varsity lacrosse team. During that time, he led his team to three FAA championships and one NYSAIS championship. He also started in goal for the varsity soccer team, which won the 2014 FAA championship. He earned All-League in both lacrosse and soccer, and All-New England, New York City All-Star, and All-American rec-ognition in lacrosse. Mikey’s level of excellence was as high in the classroom as on the athletic field. Managing the most difficult class load, he balanced eight Honors and eight Advanced Placement courses, in addition to three Post Advanced Placement courses. He is no stranger to academic awards, as he was presented with the 9th Grade Award, Harvard Book Award in 11th grade, and 12th grade Latin Award. He was also the recipient of the Alumni Prize and was a National Merit Award winner. Mikey will attend Harvard in the fall.

US Lacrosse All-American - Zoe Verni ’15

Zoe was selected by U.S. Lacrosse as a 2014 High School All-American during her junior year. She has been a starter since her freshman year and has earned Fairchester All-League and Western New England Honors. Zoe is also a member of the three-peat NYSAIS Championship field hockey team.

4 x 400-Meter Relay NYSAIS State Champions - Tyler Kaye ’14, Dylan Bronson ’14, Jimmy Sandling ’16, and Jared Jones ’17Tyler Kaye, Dylan Bronson, Jimmy Sandling, and Jared Jones took first place in the 4 X 400-meter relay at the New York State Independent School Championships at Icahn Stadium in May. Although the team was behind in the early legs of the race, Tyler Kaye ran an impressive anchor leg to earn first place and seal the championship for the team.

Tyler Kaye ’14

Dylan Bronson ’14

Jimmy Sandling ’16

Jared Jones ’17

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FAA Scholar-Athlete - Stephanie Sabatini ’14 Stephanie was a force on the varsity soccer team for five years. She was a three-time captain in her sophomore, junior and senior years and was named MVP twice. She was the leading goal scorer for three years and the soccer all-time career-leading scorer at RCDS. Stephanie also started on the varsity lacrosse team for three years and was captain her senior year. She earned All-New England in Soccer and FAA All-League honors in both sports. Academics were also a priority, as Stephanie excelled in the classroom with a course load that included six Honors courses, eight Advanced Placement courses, and a Post Advanced Placement course. In addition, she was named as a National Merit Finalist in 2014. Stephanie will attend Cornell in the fall.

Golden Dozen Recognition - Tyler Miller ’14 Tyler was selected as a 2013 Golden Dozen Award winner. This award, which is presented by the Westchester Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, honors twelve of the top football student-athletes in Westchester and Putnam County. Tyler also received the 2013 Wildcat Award in Football as the most valuable player. He starred on the RCDS lacrosse team, earning All-FAA and All-American honors as a junior. Tyler will continue his success in the classroom and on the lacrosse field while attending Cornell University this fall.

2014 Westchester/Putnam Golfer of the Year - Theo Humphrey ’14Theo Humphrey is in a class of his own. He scored from the #1 spot for the Wildcats all four years and earned Fairchester Athletic Association All-League recognition in golf for 3 years. This past May, Theo shot a 69 at Hampshire Country Club to win the New York State Independent School Championship and also qualified for the U.S. Amateur. This fall, Theo will be attending and playing golf for Vanderbilt University.

400-Meter Dash NYSAIS State Champion - Jinjer Pearce ’16Jinjer has become very well known in the New York high school track world and has already made her mark as a sophomore. In addition to winning the 400-meter dash at the Independent School championships, she competed in the 200-meter dash, 100-meter dash, and the 4 X 400-meter relay. Jinjer qualified in the 200 and 400-meter dash to compete in the New York State Federation Championships in Syracuse in June 2014.

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