Lawrenceville Celebrates Cum Laude Students

Last evening, Lawrenceville celebrated members of the Class of 2021 whose superior academic achievement earned them a place in the School’s Cum Laude chapter, the high school equivalent of Phi Beta Kappa.

Both Head of School Steve Murray and History teacher Cara Hyson spoke to the honorees, each congratulating the students for their academic excellence under unprecedented circumstances.  Hyson offered the Lawrentians three life lessons. First, “Sometimes, you just need to keep your head down, put one foot after the other, and keep a steady pace. Don’t look too far ahead and you’ll get where you want to go.” Second, “Never count out the last person picked. They may surprise you.” Third, “When facing formidable odds, or what seems like an unattainable goal, you just have to dig deep inside, give it everything you’ve got, and you just don’t know what can happen.”

Congratulations to the following students:

Esha Akhtar
Conor Alt
William Atkinson
Danica Bajaj
Alper Canberk
Philip Chao
Jacqueline Chen
Christine Cheng
Alex Chun
Devon Cole
Amelia Devine
Cherie Fernandes
Zack Finacchio
Arata Fujii
Jack Hallinan
Jupiter Huang
Mak Kalwachwala
Jack Kilbourne
Houston Kilby
Anjali Kumar
Isabelle Lee
Eleni Lefakis
Katie Li
Kristin Li
Alex Liang
Ethan Markel
Ria McDonald
Grayson Miller
Eric Morais
Rana Myneni
Ben Polaski
Kate Reilly
Didi Ross
Claire Rubenstein
Soleil Saint-Cyr
Kylan Tatum
Ooby Udomritthiruj
Chelsea Wang
Hannah Welsh
Lucia Wetherill
Alex Yoon
Michael Zhang
Ryan Zhang
Jasper Zhu 

For additional information, please contact Lisa M. Gillard Hanson, director of Public Relations, at lgillard@lawrenceville.org.