St. Margaret’s Upper School Celebrates Student Excellence at Annual Awards Ceremony

St. Margaret’s Upper School honored its seniors and juniors and their pursuit of excellence in academics, community and athletics at the Upper School Awards Ceremony. 

St. Margaret’s Upper School honored its seniors and juniors and their pursuit of excellence in academics, community and athletics in the Upper School Awards Ceremony this week in Hurlbut Theater, which included the Upper School’s annual Cum Laude Society induction.

 

The Upper School faculty awarded academic prizes from distinguished colleges and universities, academic department awards of distinction, and special senior awards that were presented to students in the Class of 2026.

 

St. Margaret’s also inducted 11 seniors and 12 juniors into the Cum Laude Society, an international organization which recognizes and celebrates academic achievement. The Tartan inductees join 12 current seniors inducted as juniors last year.

 

The Cum Laude Society limits membership to 20 percent of a school’s senior class, with only 10 percent eligible for induction as juniors. In addition to academic achievement, students must demonstrate good character, honor and integrity. The new inductees join more than 400 St. Margaret’s students who have been inducted since 1986.

 

Congratulations to all the Tartans who were recognized!

 

The complete list of honorees for the Cum Laude Society as well as the senior and junior awards is as follows:

 

 

Grade 12 inductees: Sharon Cheung, Sienna Ganem, Helena Garner, Davin Grover, Dillan Grover, Benjamin Harrison, Kevin Hasani, Emily Kim, Mia Maxey, Jerry Wang, Chloe Zhang.

Grade 11 inductees: Amytis Behbahani, Riley Bredall, Austin Kang, Valentino Karmis, Jack Kleinhanzl, Lauren Lee, Luke Meggers, Nick Meggers, Cyrus Sadati, Ryan Xu, Faye Yang, Amy Yao.

 

 

The Founder’s Award: Richard Feng

Salutatorian Award: Leo Yang & Zoe Chen

The Father Ernest D. Sillers Award: Claire Martin

The Board of Trustees’ Award: Moises Alvarez Mendoza

St. Margaret’s Award: Kimberly Pelayo-Ayala

PTF Service Award: Gavin Shams

Faculty Achievement Award: Paige Minton

Faculty Plate: Mitchell Allison

Principal’s Cup: Annika Tufo

 

 

Science: Robin Wang

Computer Science: Leo Yang

Math: Ryan Mohler

Performing Arts: Gavin Shams

English: Ella Kyle

World Language - Chinese: Sharon Cheung

World Language - Latin: Benjamin Harrison

World Language - Spanish: Stefany Vazquez

History: Kevin Hasani

Lynn Ozonian Computer Science Award: Natalie Killer

 

 

The Harvard Book Award: Riley Bredall

The University of Pennsylvania Book Award: Luke Meggers

The Princeton Book Award: Amy Yao

The Saint Lawrence University Book Award: Cate Heyming

The Smith College Book Award: Amytis Behbahani

The Yale Book Award: Charlotte Burch

 

 

Dominic Ondryas Memorial Award: Danny Lowenthal

 

 

CIF Scholar Athlete: Ryan Chin

CIF Scholar Athlete: Lila Wohlgemuth

Athlete of the Year: Andrew Toubin

Athlete of the Year: Taylor Francois

Balak Award Winner: Annika Tufo

Balak Award Winner: Sebastian Salazar