Ceremonies took place under a large tent on the front lawn of the school's Holmes Road campus. Tiffany Dufu, president of The White House Project, delivered this year's address.

 

Among the Class of 2012 graduates were the following local students: Rachel Katherine Bell, of Dalton; Leal Margaret Carter, of Lenox; Megan Lee Grace, of Dalton; Victoria Alexandra Loubert, of Housatonic; Kelsey Regina MacEachern, of Peru; Sharon Hardesty Minifie, of Dalton; Olivia Grace Oberle, of Pittsfield; Morgan Lee Schuler, of Stockbridge; Arielle Nechamah Sebestyen, of Lenox; Rachel Lucy Shunamon, of Pittsfield; and Genavieve Louise Twomey, of North Adams.

 

This year, members of the Miss Hall's School Class of 2012 received more than $1.36 million in merit aid toward their continued education at colleges and universities across the United States and beyond.

 

Additionally, four students were inducted into the Cum Laude Society, the national organization honoring scholastic achievement at secondary schools. This year's MHS inductees are seniors Leal Carter, of Lenox, and Tashfia Tahsin Chowdhury, of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and juniors Ivy Ciaburri, of Hinsdale, and Jin (Kathleen) Wu, of Shanghai, China. Seniors inducted last year were Rachel Bell, Yuxin (Hannah) Jin, of Shenzhen, China; India Lassiter, of Cooperstown, N.Y.; and Jia Wan, of Shenzhen, China.

 

 

► Elizabeth Gatchell Klein Studio Art Prize: Tae Kyung (Caitlynn) Jeon '12, of Seoul, South Korea; and Arielle Sebestyen '12, of Lenox

 

► Ceramics Award: Haiyue Yu '12, of Shijiazhuang, China

Susanna McCreath Music Prize: Yi-Chen (Petty) Chen '12, of Taoyuan, Taiwan; and Younghwa (Lily) Noh '12, of Busan, South Korea

 

► Photography Award: Morgan Schuler '12, of Stockbridge

 

► Doris E. Pitman English Prize: India Lassiter '12, of Cooperstown, N.Y.

 

► Virginia Breene Wickwire '67 Reading Prize: Tashfia Chowdhury '12, of Dhaka, Bangladesh

 

► Monique Jalbert French Prize: Ivy Ciaburri '13, of Hinsdale; and Hanna (Kiffe) Lee '13, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

 

► The Spanish Prize: Victoria Loubert '12, of Housatonic

 

► Mansfield E. Pickett Latin Prize: Olivia Oberle '12, of Pittsfield

 

► Horizons Book Award: Kelsey MacEachern '12, of Peru

 

► James K. Ervin Mathematics Prize: Yuxin (Hannah) Jin '12, of Shenzhen, China

 

► Iive Rouse Science Award: Rachel Bell '12, of Dalton; and Yuxin (Hannah) Jin '12, of Shenzhen, China

 

► History Department Prize: Megan Grace '12, of Dalton

 

► Faculty Commendation Prize: Allaina Ray '12, of New York, N.Y.

 

► Andrea Becker '79 Prize: Zia O’Neill '13, of Stamford, Vt.

 

► Sylvia "Rusty" Shethar Everdell '38 Prize: Megan Grace '12, of Dalton

 

► Christine Fuller Holland '33 Service Prize: Yi-Chen (Petty) Chen '12, of Taoyuan, Taiwan

 

► Margaret Witherspoon Award: Rachel Bell '12, of Dalton

 

► Joseph F. Buerger Memorial School Spirit Cup: Emma Rivera '12, of Goshen, Conn.; and Morgan Wagner '12, of Plainsboro, N.J.

 

► Meus Honor Stat Keys: Yi-Chen (Petty) Chen of Taoyuan, Taiwan; Rachel Bell, of Dalton; Yuxin (Hannah) Jin of Shenzhen, China; India Lassiter, of Cooperstown, N.Y.; Kelsey MacEachern, of Peru; Allaina Ray, of New York, N.Y.; Emma Rivera, of Goshen, Conn.; Arielle Sebestyen, of Lenox; Woojung Son, of Okwan-Ri Hongsung-Gun, South Korea; Morgan Wagner, of Plainsboro, N.J.; Jia Wan, of Shenzhen, China; and Haiyue Yu, of Shijiazhuang, China. All are members of the Class of 2012.

 

► Art Purchase Award for Studio Art: Jin (Kathleen) Wu '13

 

► Art Purchase Award for Ceramics: Hee Jung (Nancy) Son '14

 

► Art Purchase Award for Photography: Tianya (Celeste) Ruan '14

 

► Art Purchase Award, Student Choice: Aijing (Doris) Huang '13

 

► Rising Distinction Award — English: Devin Melle '13, of Pittsfield

 

► Rising Distinction Award — Expressive Arts: Sutton Moore '13, of Anchorage, Alaska

 

► Rising Distinction Award — History: Shiloh Frederick '13, of Brooklyn, N.Y.

 

► Rising Distinction Award — Mathematics: Jin (Kathleen) Wu '13, of Shanghai, China

 

► Rising Distinction Award — Science: Geon Hee (Lina) Oh '13, of Seoul, South Korea

 

► Rising Distinction Award — Horizons: Alisha Malkani '13, of Pittsfield

 

► Rising Distinction Award — Athletics: Mary Newton '13, of Berkshire, Mass.

 

► Rising Distinction Award — Languages: Ashley Galindo '13, of New York, N.Y.