Cum Laude Chapel Featuring Mrs. Phinney Honors Academic Achievement

Each year, the Cum Laude chapel honors the academic achievements of Belmont Hill students. In particular, the chapel marks the exceptional achievement of Form VI students who have been granted membership in the Cum Laude Society, the highest academic honor a student can attain at Belmont Hill.

"This is a chapel where we celebrate our culture of intellectual excellence at Belmont Hill," said Greg Schneider, Ronald M. Druker '62 Head of School in his opening remarks. "We celebrate that this is a community where it is cool to be smart and cool to do your best. We know that curiosity, questions, engagement, and risk-taking make the learning better for everyone – we all contribute to this culture as scholars. Ours is a school filled with Makers, writers, artists, researchers, and classicists. Whatever your intellectual passion may be, we celebrate your desire to pursue it deeply within the context of the liberal arts philosophy of the school as a whole."

A full listing of the academic honors is presented below. Following the award ceremony, Mrs. Phinney, associate director of college counseling, gave an inspiring and heartfelt talk to the boys. She shared a powerful story illustrating the concept of inner conflicts using the metaphor of two wolves, a tale of a grandfather explaining this to his grandson. When the young person asks which wolf prevails, the grandfather wisely responds, “Whichever one you feed.”

Cum Laude

These students are elected by Belmont Hill's Cum Laude committee. Belmont Hill has had a chapter in this prestigious honor society since 1929.

Alexander Behn 
Andrew Bittner
Haden Bottiglieri 
Brian Lee 
Mark Price 
Luke Trevisan
Aaron Stanger 
Kevin Weldon 

Middle School Achievement Awards, are given annually at the beginning of the school year to “members of Form IV in recognition for their having maintained the highest standards of academic integrity and having evidenced a genuine enthusiasm and devotion to learning, while producing an exceptional level of achievement during their days in the Middle School.”

Rylan Dean
Eita Fuse
Jaiden Lee
Brandon Li
Eli Norden
Timothy Snail

The Donato Monaco American History Prize was established in 1986 by Dr. Anthony Monaco and Mary Lou Monaco, whose three sons Peter ‘82, Mark ‘83, and Chris ‘86 attended Belmont Hill. The Prize honors Dr. Monaco’s father Donato Monaco, an Italian immigrant whose mantra was always “God Bless America,” and is given annually to that student who, when in the Fifth Form, demonstrated depth of interest, clarity, and high quality of research for this major research paper.

This year’s Monaco American History is a dual award:

Noah Farb, for his paper entitled:"From Prohibition to Plutocrats: The Untold Story of the Demise of Jewish Organized Crime in Early to Mid-20th Century America"

And

Mark Price, for his paper entitled: "The Avian Advantage: How a Variety of Ornithological Practices Have Contributed to Bird Conservation"
 

The Profile Prize is given annually to that student who during his time in the Fourth Form best captured the spirit of this endeavor through his Profile Paper.

William Walton
Andrew Waugh

AP Scholars: scored 3 or higher on 3 or more exams

Form VI
Scott Black
Julian Boutin
Samuel Dean
Riley Goodman
McMahon Greene
Ian Hendrix
John McWeeny
Calvin Pagan
Carver Porter
Michael Powers
Ethan Sidman
Cole Sparks
Will Stewart
Garrett Theberge
Luke Travaglini
Alexander Vittal

Form V
Leighton Calhoun
Ernest Lai
Kaiden Sheehan
Adrian Tan
Alexandre White
Wesley Zhu

AP Scholar with Honor: scored 3.25 on all exams and scores of 3 or higher on 4 or more exams

Form VI
Nolan Bibbo
Barrett Cosgrove
Noah Farb
Jake Kornmehl
Nathan Pappas
Miles Sandoski
Lev Tolkoff
Luke Trevisan
Nathaniel Voss

AP Scholar with Distinction: granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.5 on all exams and 3 or higher on 5 or more exams

Form VI
Alexander Behn
Andrew Bittner
Haden Bottiglieri
Samuel Davis
Anthony Galvagna
Max Glick
Luke Guleserian
Angus Harrison
Tobias Jonas
Duncan Kilbride
Aidan Lee
Brian Lee
John Luehrman
Jackson Pagan
Mark Price
Davin Roy
Jack Sheehan
Gabriel Simmons
Aaron Stanger
Kevin Weldon
Daniel Xie