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UP FRONT Middle School Awards The Isabelle W. Lawrence Award Bryce Tuttle This award is presented by the Alumni Association to the middle school student who has displayed outstanding competence and dedication in the fields of history, English and the arts. Isabelle W. Lawrence was a teacher in the middle school at Latin from 1936 until 1969 and a writer of wide repute. The Robert Peck Bates Memorial Award is presented to the middle school student whose academic performance has improved most significantly over the three years of middle school. The Gordon Lang Trophy French Brianna Yang Victoria Lansing Harland Reid The Robert Peck Bates Memorial Award Hannah Chow and Brianna Yang Spanish Katie Rauner The Alumni Association presents this award to the middle school student who best displays qualities of leadership. The recipient may or may not be an outstanding student or athlete, but within him or her there must be the essence of leadership ��� a sense of responsibility toward his or her fellow students. The Kimberly Joy Michaels Award Catie Cronister Kimberly Joy Michaels attended Latin School from 1978 until 1986. Kimberly���s parents established this award to celebrate her memory and to commemorate her courage, determination and vitality in the face of the disease that ultimately claimed her life. It is presented to the student who best exemplifies Kimberly���s cheerfulness, enthusiasm, humor and indomitable spirit. The Susan Strasburger Memorial Award Simon Ricci and Brianna Yang Susan Strasburger attended Latin School from junior kindergarten through sixth grade. During the fall term of sixth grade, she died after a brief illness. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Strasburger established this award in memory of their daughter, who was an exceptionally bright student and was well liked by her teachers and classmates. This award is presented to the middle school student or students who have achieved the highest scholastic average during three years in the middle school. Remy Dhingra Catie Cronister 10 L AT I N M AGAZINE Departmental Awards for Excellence English Remy Dhingra Latin Victoria Lansing Chinese Jane Agler History Catie Cronister Mathematics Riley Nelson Instrumental Music Harland Reid Vocal Music Natalie Pontikes Drama Lila Patinkin Physical Education Keegan Barone and Alex Green Science Simon Ricci Visual Arts Isabella Norris