The Hockaday School

Twelve seniors were inducted into Hockaday’s chapter of the Cum Laude Society. The students, who exhibit academic excellence and a thirst for knowledge include Katherine Olivia Boehrer, Stephanie T.A. Do, Nikitha Reddy Gangasani, Eileen Nancy Hoedebeck, Margot Stephanie Konig, Kathryn Blair Kryder, Mary Elise Miller, Jillian Parr Mock, Jordan Michelle Naftalis, Neesha Nama, Anna Marie Ramundo and Katherine B. Xiong. Guest speaker, John Ashton, Head of Upper School, discussed points of entry into the academic world and how that entry occurs at different times for individuals.

The Cum Laude Society was started in 1906 by Abraham Harris to honor scholastic achievement of high school students. The students aim for the personal goal of “excellence, justice and honor,” which is also the Society’s motto. Hockaday received its charter in 1946.

Last year’s spring inductees, who were juniors at the time, include Alexandra Christine Boehrer, Emily Renard Bowe, Skylar Elizabeth Evans, Chelsea Marie Lehman, Hanna Rose Loucas, Tess Ann O’Meara, Mariel Nelson Pettee, Katherine Lowell Pully, Caitlin Carroll Radford, Sania Salman, Brittany Patrice Serafino, Kathryn Elizabeth Squiers and Nicole Amanda Trawick.