Upper School announces leadership and merit award recipients

Seniors were awarded their honor cords before graduation. The full Upper School awards ceremony is scheduled for May 19.
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School awarded its student leadership and special merit awards for Upper School students at convocation on Monday, May 7. Seniors received the honor cords they will wear during graduation. The full Upper School awards ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, May 19.

STUDENT LEADERSHIP
 
Prefects — Dasja Baggett, Jessica Lyu, Kaylyn Barloga, Oscar McMullen, Matt Barr, Edmundo Ortiz, Sally Bloom, Zoe Owens, Kendall Butler, Payton Parks, Gavron Campbell, Nicole Poku, DeJuan Charles, Dorian Provencher, Julio Espinosa Cuetos, Caleb Scott, Josie Earnhardt, Cal Shelton, Keah Gruduah, Aloysie Umutoniwase, Chris Immediato, Katelyn VanderWoude, Mike Ji, Jasmine Williams, Ted Kim, Piper Wright, Remi Le, and Alex Zorko.

Student Government — Anna Yin, Student Body President

Honor Council Seniors  — Gavron Campbell - President; Nicole Poku: VP, Aldora Wang

Gap Guide of the Year —  Alex Mescher

ESP —  Dawson Bryant

PEACE Team  Seniors —- Chuang “Dee C” Dong, Qianduowa “Aldora” Wang, Xuandong “Jack” Zhou


MERIT AWARDS
Several upperclassmen were also recognized with merit awards. Students recognized included:

Junior Merit Awards
UGA Merit Awards: Benjamin Carter, Natalie Jump, Saylor Krockum, Cindy Shen, and Madeline Stowe
Wofford Scholar Program: Eduard Strautmanis
Presbyterian Fellows Award: Will Adair, Cindy Gu, Michael Innacone, and  Alex Kehoe
Furman Scholars: Charles Underwoord and Saylor Krockum

University of Rochester Awards
Xerox Award: Galen Krugly
George Eastman Young Leaders Award: Shania Gonzalez
Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Award: Isabella Wheeler
Bausch & Lomb Science Award: Daphne Lucana


SENIOR HONOR CORDS
The following seniors received their honor cords for membership in various honor societies

Georgia Governor's Honors Program: Zoe Owens

Thespian Honor Society: Madison Albury, Andrei Ward, Remi Le, Zoe Owens, Julia Jones, Dorian Provencher, Kendall Butler, Jack Zhou, Payton Parks, and Katelyn VanderWoude

National Honor Society for Dance: Kendall Butler, Zoe Owens, Dorian Provencher, Sarah Maria Schmidt, Emmaline Talley, Aldora Wang

National Art Honor Society: Catherine Barbee , Aldora Wang, Jasmine Williams, Keilani Shaw, Jack Zhou,  Samantha Stewart, Keah Gruduah , Dawson Bryant, DC Dong , Amy Kim

Tri-M Music Honor Society: Jack Brinker, Sam Core, Chris Immediato, Anna Yin, David Zhang, Madi Albury, Kendall Butler, Dennis Jia, Jack Zhou, Jessica Lyu

National Spanish Honor Society:  Edmundo Ortiz

National French Honor Society: Remi Le, Dorian Provencher, Edmundo Ortiz, Julio Espinosa Cuetos

National Chinese Honor Society: Sooyeon Kim, Italy Smith, Jasmine Williams, Zoe Owens
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Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School is a private, coeducational day and boarding school for grades Pre-K through 12. Centrally located between Atlanta, GA, Greenville, SC, and Asheville, NC, we prepare young people for college, career, and a lifetime of leadership and service.