Class Day 2021

On Thursday, June 3 the Upper School community gathered in the Katharine Van Bibber Gymnasium for Class Day to recognize and celebrate Upper School student accomplishments in the classroom, arts, athletics, service, citizenship and leadership throughout the 2020-21 academic year.

Terry Detorie, who is retiring this year after 30 years of service to Bryn Mawr, was this year’s Class Day speaker. Ms. Detorie has worn many hats during her time at Bryn Mawr, starting as a Middle School physical education teacher, athletic director, director of security and many roles in between.  She took the opportunity to reflect on her time at Bryn Mawr and the moments that meant the most to her throughout the years.  She left the Class of 2021 with the sentiment that it is the people that make you love a place, “For me Bryn Mawr has not been a workplace, it has been a home and all of you have been my family. I have come to believe that both are a reflection of one another - creative, inspiring, determined, motivated, caring and just so much fun to be around,” she said.

 

Following the speeches by seniors Kavya Uppalapati and Tahra Khanuja, Class Day awards were announced and leaders from Student Government Association, Athletic Association, Environmental Coalition, Community Service Learning, Arts Council and Community Advocacy for Equity (CAFE) passed the gavels to the incoming president of each organization.

At the conclusion of the ceremony, the seniors were officially welcomed into the Alumnae Association. Congratulations to all of the award winners and to the Class of 2021!

 

A recording of Class Day is available here. 

2021 Class Day Awards

All awardees are members of the Class of 2021 unless otherwise noted.

Frances Virginia Wentz Turner Prize

Serena Cooper

Community Service Prize

Mia Eventoff

Class of 1953 Prize

Naomi Fotenos

Parents’ Association Award

Sophie Leheny

The Wurtzburger Cup

Ruby Tyson

Caryatid Award

Sydney Leyba

The Agnes Whiting Memorial Award

Emma Rifat

Public Speaking Award

Anna Bezhanishvili

Ta’Niyah Bogier

Alumnae Awards 

Jessica Bryan

Zoe Farrone

Nafia Hunter

Cynthia Somers

 

State of Maryland Merit Scholastic Awards

Camryn Suntha

Eva Mammen

Riya Khosla

Margarita Tsapatsis

Sophie Leheny

The Bryn Mawr College Prize

Rory Powell ‘22

Edith Hamilton Award 

Shreya Gandhi ‘22

 

Class of 2020 Award

Xinyi Gong

Shuer Jiang

Kangni Ou

Siheng Xu

Siqi Zhang

 

Class of 1943 Cups

Arts Council – Nafia Hunter

Athletic Association – Zoe Farrone

Community Advocacy for Equity (CAFÉ) – Sophie Leheny

Community Service Learning – Mia Eventoff

Environmental Coalition - Cynthia Somers

Student Government Association – Camryn Suntha

The Bryn Mawr College Scholarship

Camryn Suntha

 

Departmental Awards

Creative Writing Award

Camryn Suntha

 

Ruth Bridgman Pagon Memorial Award

Cynthia Somers

Lawrason Perkins deMuth Prize in History

Gillian Blum

Rosemary Elliott Keyser Harder Art Award

Siheng Xu

 

Frances Wyatt Chisolm Photography Prize

Isabel Verheyen

 

Music Prize

Nafia Hunter

 

Class of 1974 Prize for Performing Arts

Jessica Bryan

 

Evelyn Estey Sanders Classics Prize

Gabrielle Sequeira

 

Yvonne Green Goodhue Modern Language Prize

Riya Khosla

 

Clare Coriell Hardy Award in the Sciences

Jessica Dett

 

Britten Moore Math Award

Shuer Jiang

 

Lynn Sears Byank Computer Science Award

Michelle Feng

 

Anne Pugh Award

Charlotte Smith

 

Gymnasium Cup
Class of 2023