Twenty-nine students graduated from The Pennington School’s middle school on June 11, 2015.
The Pennington School held a graduation ceremony on June 11, 2015 at the Pennington United Methodist Church. A total of 29 middle school students graduated. Head of Middle School Todd D. Paige announced eighth grade award winners and Headmaster William S. Hawkey and faculty advisors joined him in presenting the diplomas.
Katherine Reim of Skillman was valedictorian, judged first in scholarship for the eighth grade. She also received awards for excellence in English and Latin. Salutatorian Aidan Sichel of Princeton welcomed the audience and was recognized for excellence in academic perseverance. Other eighth-grade speakers offering reflections were Casey Ort and Logan Harris, both of Skillman. Ort also received an award for citizenship.
Among the other awards presented were those for excellence in French to Eliot Voelzke of Titusville and in Spanish to Laura Alaez of Trenton and Qiutian Gao of Shanghai, China. Gao was also recognized for excellence in mathematics. Kevin Durfee of Skillman received awards for excellence in science and in German. The Middle School Instrumental Ensemble and Middle School Singers performed, as did the Sixth-Grade Handchimes and Handbells group.
The members of the Pennington School Class of 2019 (alphabetical order): Laura Alaez, Madison Brown, Brian V. Corcoran, Kevin D. Durfee, Megan E. Eckerson, Qiutian Gao, Yang Gu, Natalia Gutierrez, William M. Harding, Logan H. Harris, Amira S. Henry, Christopher Herbert, Nicholas A. Incontrera, Leah A. Johnson, Jonathan Lai, Mekhi A. Muse, Casey Ort, Katherine Reim, Austin A. Shah, AnaLi Sharer, Aidan G. Sichel, Chenglang Tian, Emma T. Van Cleef, Eliot R. Voelzke, Julia A. Wakin, HanFei Wang, Samuel S. Wasnak, Harry W. Wasnak, Yushan Zhang
