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Contact: Jenni Brockman Phone: 804-443-3357 Fax: 804-443-6781 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tappahannock (June 3, 2004) - Girls from the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula were awarded some of St. Margaret's School's highest honors at May 29 commencement exercises. 
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The school’s top prizes are awarded each year at Commencement.Photo Gallery 1 Photo Gallery 2 Allison Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hervey Smith of Warsaw, won the Spirit of St. Margaret’s Award, given to the senior who best represents the school's spirit and who has shown true appreciation of the way of life symbolized by the school. Smith, who served as senior class president, also won honors for her independent study project in finance. She will attend James Madison University. Alli Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Johnson of Aylett, was recognized with a Patron’s Prize for her contributions as an Honor Council member, literary magazine co-editor and yearbook editor. She will attend Mary Washington College. Blair Fisher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Fisher of Lottsburg, won the Allen Memorial Award for the student with the greatest appreciation of St. Margaret's. In addition, she was presented with the Daughters of the American Revolution Award for her dependability, service, leadership and patriotism, and won honors for her independent study in electrical engineering. Fisher was a peer leader, varsity basketball and softball player, and co-chair of the school’s community service organization. She will attend Virginia Tech’s School of Engineering. Sarah Copeland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Copeland of Tappahannock, was recognized with the Aylett Prize, awarded for sportsmanship defined as fairness, courteous relations and graceful acceptance of results. Copeland was a three-season athlete and served as a peer leader. She will attend Garrett College. Lindsay Swinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Swinson Jr. of Tappahannock, was honored with the Mary Elizabeth King Prize for her outstanding academic effort. Swinson has won a number of merit-based scholarships for her culinary creativity and talent, and will attend Johnson and Wales University. Junior Palmer Ware, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Ware of Dunnsville, was chosen for the Harvard Book Prize, awarded to the outstanding student in the rising senior class who combines excellence in scholarship with achievement in other fields. She also was selected for the Viola H. Woolfolk Award, presented to the underclasswoman who best exemplifies the late headmistress's sense of compassion, duty, graciousness and poise. Ware is a three-season athlete and two-year Honor Council member who will chair the 2004-2005 Council. Sophomore Megan Burton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Burton of Montross, won the Mary Percival Prize for the student who has shown the greatest amount of academic improvement during the year. Boarding students receiving prizes included Cariad Shepherd of St. Barth’s, French West Indies, who won the School Prize. She was chosen by the faculty and staff as the senior who made the greatest contribution to the school through her dedication to high standards, trustworthiness and leadership, consistent with St. Margaret's mission as a church school. Shepherd also won the Headmistress’ Prize, awarded to the graduating senior who has attained the highest grade point average in her junior and senior years, and the Hannah Mallory Perkins Creative Writing Award, presented to the student whose writing reflects unusual talent, promise and effort. In addition, Shepherd earned independent study honors for her dramatic work at England’s Stephen Joseph Theater. Shepherd chaired the school's Honor Council, served as head boarding prefect, sang in the select vocal ensemble, co-edited the literary magazine and co-captained the crew team. She will attend Skidmore College. Jessica White of Bartlett, TN, won the Patron’s Prize for her leadership as a dormitory prefect, service on the Honor Council, and work as a yearbook editor. She also earned independent study honors for her project on pediatrics and nutrition. White will attend Ohio State University. Anna Reed of Fredericksburg won the Patron’s Prize for her leadership as school president and for her accomplishments in music, which include recognition as the state’s best female high school vocalist. Reed will attend Shepherd College. Lorna Ridderhof of Fredericksburg won the Fine Arts Award for her accomplishments in the visual arts and earned honors for her independent project in history and museum studies at the Holocaust Museum of Virginia. She will attend the Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts. Other prizes were awarded to senior Jee Sun Lee of Seoul, Korea, the International Prize; junior Elizabeth Brown of Berryville, the Edith Latané U.S. History Award; and junior Jennifer Clark of West River, MD, the Bishop’s Prize for the student in grades 9-12 with the highest grade point average. |
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