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Seniors Named to the Cum Laude Society
The following members of the Class of 2014 were inducted into NCS’s chapter of the Cum Laude Society in a ceremony held in Hearst Auditorium on April 23, 2014:
Claire Frances Alcus
You can read the full text of Dr. Rieger’s address here.
More photos from the ceremony can be seen and downloaded from our Media Gallery: click here.
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Claire Frances Alcus
Elizabeth Brandenburg Bou
Beatrice Elizabeth Brooke
Blair Lee Freeman
Ann Bosworth Graham
Hallie Luya Horvath
Sigrid Beth Johannes
Cynthia Yixin Liu
Skylar Elizabeth Lovett
Karen-Alexandra Nogues
Rachel Rae Okun
Alessandra My-Linh Schaszberger
Teresa Frances Muncy Speranza
Kamelia Emileva Stavreva
Emma Caroline Thompson
Natasha Turkmani
Johanna Subiza Wassermann
Dr. Sally Rieger, who has taught Latin and Greek at NCS for 33 years, delivered an eloquent keynote address celebrating the intellectual explorations that students and teachers at NCS have shared:
Today we honor academic achievement and intellectual inquiry that comes when teachers and students exchange ideas. We the faculty and the many girls we have taught know we have asked a lot of them. We have pushed our students to develop their skills to be able to take on increasingly complex topics, to take risks, and to go beyond what is pat, formulaic, predictable. We have asked them to think with the likes of Leibnitz and Newton, the Buddha, Jefferson, Baldwin, Garcia Marquez, and, yes, Vergil.
You can read the full text of Dr. Rieger’s address here.
The Cum Laude Society was formed in 1906 by Dr. Abram W. Harris, Director of the Tome School, Port Deposit, MD, who was determined that scholastic achievement of students in secondary schools should be accorded as much recognition as that given to other accomplishments. He envisioned a society, modeled on Phi Beta Kappa, which would encourage and recognize true scholarship. Today, the presence of a Cum Laude chapter at a secondary school signals that superior scholastic achievement is honored. Each year, 20% of the senior class is elected to the society is based on academic achievement in 10th through 12th grade.
Our thanks go to Mathematics Teacher Patricia Howie, NCS Cum Laude chapter president, for once again creating a memorable event to welcome new members to the chapter.
More photos from the ceremony can be seen and downloaded from our Media Gallery: click here.
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The newest members of NCS's Cum Laude Society. (Click on photo to enlarge it.)
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Foreign Languages Teacher Dr. Sally Rieger gave the keynote address.
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It was a great speech!
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Mathematics Teacher Patricia Howie organizes the event.
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Parents, faculty, and friends at the ceremony.
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