On Saturday, May 25, 2019, Trinity-Pawling School held its 112th Commencement exercises and celebrated the graduation of 73 students.
The Commencement speaker was Mrs. Elizabeth P. Allen (Liz), President of the Board of Trustees. Student speakers included Valedictorian Yin Jiang, of Lexington, MA and Head Prefect John M. Garvey of Hamden, CT.
Headmaster William W. Taylor awarded prizes. The diplomas were presented by Board President Mrs. Elizabeth P. Allen and members of the Board of Trustees.
CLASS OF 2019
DIPLOMAS AWARDED SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Yin Jiang
DIPLOMAS AWARDED MAGNA CUM LAUDE
Zixian Jia
Yunpeng Li
Evan U. Ruschil
Ziqing Wang
DIPLOMAS AWARDED CUM LAUDE
Nolan Sebastian Laplante
Ryan W. McBeth
Robert Frederick Phillips
William Robert Rickert
Zewen Zhao
DIPLOMAS
Marcus Armand Beato
Ibrahim Ihab Bekhiet
Theodore Berner
Hongru Bi
Gabriel Blanchard
Jackson A. Breton
Jake Louis Conlan
John H. Dencker
Matthew Richard Dow
John Duane
Marcus Eldredge
Peter R. Gaillard
Victor Manuel Garcia
John M. Garvey
Dean Joseph Gillette
Brett Ginac
Joao Eduardo Gonzalez
Nicholas Grande
John H. Haims
Connor Stephen Harris
Kareem Holloway
Youngcheon Steven Hong
Yunhan Jiao
Christian J. Keyes
Yoonjae Kim
Michael Koch
Richie LaCalandra
Charles Devoy Langdon
Junyi Lin
Caldwell Davidson Lowrance III
Mitchell John Lukas
Daniel F. Manning
Timothy J. Manning
Tyler J. Marma
Douglas M. McHale
Conor J. McKay
Cole McKenzie
William McLaughlin
Chengzhen Meng
Patrick Metzger
Griffin Moore
Nicklas Konrad Morgan
Shane M. Murphy
Peter Will Murray
Joseph Musa
Bryce Barrington Nash
Aron O’Buck
Aleksi Olavuo
Stephen A. Perez
Andrew D. Poynton
Quran Rahman
Cameron Shepheard
Benjamin Osgood Sleeper
Sandy Sossoadouno
Jesnel Soto
Scott Stensrud
Samuel V. Stone
Mark E. Trainor
Philip S. Waugh
Shjon Patrick Whitehead
Ziqin Zhang
Maxwell F. Zheng*
Hongyi Zhu
The following were presented with Commencement Awards:
McCollum Award to the Head Prefect John M. Garvey
Valedictorian for the Class of 2019 Yin “Leo” Jiang
Dunbar Award for Service Dutch Keel, Dean of Residential Life
Art Zixian “Jason” Jia
Instrumental Music Award Douglas McHale and William Rickert
Vocal Music Award Yin “Leo” Jiang
Excellence in Theater Christian Keyes
Henderson Prize in English Robert Phillips
Norwood L. Pinder Prize in Journalism Robert Phillips
Excellence in History (Senior) Timothy Manning
French Sandy Sossoadouno
Spanish Yin “Leo” Jiang
Anderson Prize in Latin Robert Phillips
Elliot Prize in Senior Mathematics Ziqing “Tim” Wang
Environmental Science Award Ziqing “Tim” Wang
Ernest J. Reiter Award for Physical Science Yunpeng “Bob” Li
Outstanding Achievement in Senior Independent Project Yin “Leo” Jiang
Honor Student (Grade Twelve) Yin “Leo” Jiang
Headmaster’s Award for Excellence Nicklas Morgan
Elizabeth Peale Allen Community Service Award Robert Phillips
Colley Award for Leadership William Rickert
Creighton E. Gatchell, Jr. Sportsmanship Award Evan Ruschil
Weeman Athletic Award Joseph Musa
Senior Citizenship Prize Robert Phillips
Kevin Neal Acrish Award Robert Phillips
Gamage Award for General Excellence Nolan Laplante
View a complete description of awards and watch speeches here.