Morning Meeting on Thursday, October 10 was dedicated to celebrating excellence and scholarship. Sixteen students were inducted into the Cum Laude Society, while others were recognized for their performance on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT).
Morning Meeting on Thursday, October 10 was dedicated to celebrating excellence and scholarship. Sixteen students were inducted into the Cum Laude Society, while others were recognized for their performance on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT).
Founded in 1908, the Cum Laude Society is the secondary school national scholarship society. It parallels the Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi societies at the collegiate level. A maximum of 20% of the Senior Class may be elected into membership in the Cum Laude Society. Today, Taft inducted 16 members of the Class of 2019 into the Society, based on their academic records from both their mid and upper middle years. They represent the top 9.7% of the class and are:
Nicholas T‐Bone Baird
Olivia Rose Gasser
Yi Won (Stefan) Kim
Meredith Louise King
Ranon Larpcharern
Michelle Mengxuan Lian
Jiahao (Tony) Liu
Elly Kathryn MacKay
Kyra Madison McNerney
Cierra Modestina Ouellette
Ernest Protas
Meghan Jessica Spangenberg
Zackary Max Tonelli
Tetiana Tsunik
Halle Barrett Wagner
Zongyang (Peter) Yu
In addition, the following students received Commendation from the National MeritScholarship Program for their outstanding performance last year on the PSAT,finishing in the top 2.1% of all 1.6 million test-takers.
Thomas Archie
Jonathan Cheng
Sean Dunbar
Hunter Essex
Dikran Izmirlian
Julia Kashimura
Meredith King
Cierra Ouellette
Christopher Pellegrini
Alexander Robertson
Sarah Sawyer
Edvin Van Troac
Three students were also recognized as semifinalists in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program for their outstanding performance last year on the PSAT, finishing in the top 1% of all test takers. They are now eligible to apply for National Merit scholarship dollars.
Logan Clew-Bachrach
Elly McKay
Xiaohan (Chloe) Ye
Finally, Taft’s Ranking Scholars for the 2018-2019 academic year, with the highest unweighted averages in their classes are:
Lance Zhang, Class of 2022, 96.58
Benjamin Le, Class of 2021, 97.92
Chloe Ye, Class of 2020, 97.08
Congratulations to all of our scholars on these extraordinary achievements.