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Seniors: The Class of 2022

Academic Awards

5/30/2022

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SENIORS:
TOM SLACK AWARD: FIND OUT AT GRADUATION!
CUM LAUDE SOCIETY: SAM BOWER, CONNOR ERWIN, PHOEBE ANDERSON, EDWARD MA, KATIE COLEMAN, AMARIA FORD, ISABEL BRADSHAW, MADDIE MONROE, ALICE YING
VALEDICTORIAN: SAM BOWER
SALUTATORIAN: CONNOR ERWIN
WILLIS HALL DIRECTOR’S AWARD: TUNER MCCOY
SCOTT ROBERTSON GOOD CITIZENSHIP AWARD: CAMPBELL NEEL
DEHART PROJECT AWARD: DAYANNA ANDERSON-PRYCE
GLOBAL STUDIES DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR AWARD: CONNOR ERWIN
GLOBAL STUDIES SCHOLARS: ISABEL BLACKSHAW, CONNOR ERWIN, BECK HANSEN, ALEXIS HASH, REAGAN KARLAN, REMY LUSK, REES WENK, MEREDITH WINN, ALICE YING
STEM DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR: EDWARD MA
STEM SCHOLARS: SAM BOWER, CONNOR ERWIN, EDWARD MA
FINE ARTS DISTINCTION DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR: SHAYLA KYLE
FAD SCHOLARS: PHOEBE ANDERSON, MEADE GREER, SHAYLA KYLE, REMY LUSK, ANNIE SLEMP
HISTORY AWARD: ALICE YING
SCIENCE AWARD: EDWARD MA
BIOLOGY AWARD: CONNOR ERWIN
MATHEMATICS AWARD: SAM BOWER
SPANISH AWARD: KATIE COLEMAN
FRENCH AWARD: PHOEBE ANDERSON
ENGLISH AWARD: KATIE COLEMAN
DRAMA AWARD: PHOEBE ANDERSON
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC AWARD: CONNOR ERWIN
CHORAL MUSIC AWARD: AMARIA FORD
STUDIO ART AWARD: MEADE GREER
SPIRIT AWARD: REES WENK
B’NAI B’RITH ATHLETIC/ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: ADORIA SANDERS AND SPENCER BROWN


JUNIORS;
THE PROCTOR AWARD: COLIN CHANDEL
JEFFERSON AWARD: COLIN CHANDEL
WILLIAM AND MARY LEADERSHIP AWARD: SALLY TERRILL
RENNSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AWARD: COLIN CHANDEL
EXCELLENCE IN WRITING AWARD: KATIE LORENS
COMPUTER SCIENCE AWARD: COLIN CHANDEL
NEWSPAPER AWARD: GRACEAN RATLIFF
CHEMISTRY AWARD: COLIN CHANDEL
LATIN AWARD: GRAYSON BOONE
GRAPHIC DESIGN AWARD: GRACEAN RATLIFF
SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARDS: ALEXIS TETER AND CHASE DANIEL


SOPHOMORES:
YEARBOOK AWARD: ANSLEY AYERS
PHYSICS AWARD: ATTILIO CICCOZZI
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Academic Awards

5/30/2022

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Sam Bower tops the class of '22 with grace

5/27/2022

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Sam:
  • will become an engineer at VT;
  • learned a coding language on her calculator;
  • presented "Power Modification" for her DeHart Project;
  • earned the STEM certificate;
  • loves to bake chocolate cream pies;
  • works out often, running in 5ks, swimming, cycling, and lifting;
  • recovered from a knee injury;
  • played lacrosse and field hockey;
  • makes paintings of plants;
  • involved in Russian Club, Robotics Club and Debate Club;
  • received the William and Mary Leadership Award in 2021;
  • won the Junior Scholar Athlete Award;
  • awarded the Headmaster's Book Award in 2021, which goes to top students.
"She is very determined and has always been a very open and kind person." - Flavia Daniels '23

"Sam started taking French when she came as a ninth grader. She said from the beginning that she didn't like French, and then she became one of the best students in French. She is a delight to teach, and I will miss her very much." - French Teacher Chris Brandon

"Sam Bower is a graduating senior that I hope both my daughter grow up to end up like her. Pretty sure she doesn't have a mean bone in her body. However, she balances it really well with this tenacity. That's really quite impressive, but she does it with a sense of grace as well. Academically she's an absolute powerhouse, and with that, she does it humbly as well." - Director of the Upper School Stephen Belderes
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Isabel Blackshaw: 'authentic' 'bookworm'

5/27/2022

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Isabel:
  • loves to read;
  • joined the Book Club, run by Director of Global Studies Ryan DeMarco:
  • earned the Global Studies Diploma;
  • danced outside of school;
  • danced most of her life;
  • played tennis;
  • helps out with child care at her church;
  • will study at Elon University
"Isabel is a bookworm, and she really likes fantasy stories." - Alice Ying

"When I think of her, I think of the word authentic. She's so sweet and genuine all the time. In class she's very respectful and asks really good questions and has a very can-do attitude." - Director of Global Studies Ryan DeMarco

"I really love to read, I read about 100 books a year." - Isabel

"She's an incredibly avid reader. I really enjoy talking to her about books that we've both read and hearing about some things that she's read that I have not read. She is an outstanding student who really engages in learning for all the best possible reasons." - English Teacher Polly Jones
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Dayanna Anderson-Pryce emerges as a leader

5/27/2022

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Dayanna:
  • won the Jefferson Award in 2021, for leadership and scholarship;
  • served on the Honor Council by being highly trustworthy and an avid pursuer of justice in the community;
  • Editor-in-Chief of the Compass yearbook, leading her staff with careful instruction and patient guidance;
  • presented Diversity: More Than Numbers for her DeHart Project;
  • founding member of the DEI council;
  • selected to serve a role on the board that interviewed candidates for the position of DEI counselor, that selected Debbie Taylor as their favored candidate
  • started at NCS in fourth grade
  • will study at VCU.
"I just see her as someone who will make a difference no matter where she is." - Director of DEI Debbie Taylor

"She's very strong willed. She's not a pushover. She knows what she wants, and she'll get it." - Yearbook Advisor Sarah Sledd

"People know I'm really honest. I'm very, very honest." - Dayanna

"I have rewatched America's Next Top Model countless times, like countless times. I just really enjoy the show because it's like reality TV shows, but before it got really badly scripted. Also, I really like the competition. I am a very competitive person, so I enjoy watching competition." - Dayanna
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Phoebe Anderson writes her ticket to Davidson

5/27/2022

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Phoebe:
  • earned the Fine Arts Distinction
  • won the Excellence in Writing Award in 2021;
  • helps produce Calliope literary magizine; 
  • participated in plays and musicals;
  • loves to draw digitally;
  • knowledgeable about Shakespeare:
  • President of the North Cross's International Thespian Society:
  • speaks French, spoke a large excerpt of lines in the language during the Murder on the Orient Express in 2021;
  • plans to study social sciences at Davidson College;
  • spoke about Modern Female Characters and Female Representation in Young Adult Media for her DeHart Project.
"She has become the glue for a lot of other kids in a really important way. There is a depth of caring that she has for other people that's really cool to see. She's super creative, which is a lot of fun. Sometimes, especially in the advanced French class that she's in, she'll add little creative elements to the things that she does, which as a teacher is really fun to see. It's also really fun to read." - French Teacher Chris Brandon

"I have friends online from all over the world. I have friends from places like Estonia, the Philippines, and Australia!" - Phoebe 

"I used to collect owl figurines and I have a whole bunch of them in my bedroom. I've been collecting owls since elementary school. I even used to write puppet shows with them." - Phoebe
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    Class of 2022

    We are bidding farewell to our Senior class of 2022 by writing a series of "Things We Didn't Know About You" articles. Enjoy!

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Editor-in-Chief ........................................................................................................................ Massoki Maka
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