Accolade Parade

Congratulations to Gio L, a member of the SOCA Under 16 Elite team that won the State Cup on 11/3/19! (SOCA also won the state cup in U16 girls elite, U18 boys elite, and took second in U17 girls elite - wow!) Gio scored the equalizing goal that set the team for the win. Great job, Gio! 

Congratulations to Theo T, published in RVA Mag with his piece Images of American Emptiness: Edward Hopper's Hotels. 

Congratulations to Sophia C for her acceptance to Mary Baldwin! 

Congratulations to David A for his acceptance to the University of Iowa! 

Congratulations to Lola M ('19), Eva P ('19) and Samiksha R ('19) on the publication of their research article in BioTreks Journal! 

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Congratulations to Artemis B ('19), Rosalee K ('19), and Ella S ('21) on on the publication of their research article in BioTreks Journal! 

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Congratulations to Mercedes G ('20), Ioannis R ('20), Isabella R ('19), and Alex Z ('20) on the publication of their research article in BioTreks Journal! 

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Congrats to Samiksha R ('19, in red), whose disaster recovery plan took a prize - along with an all-expenses paid trip to the symposium! - at the New York Academy of Sciences! Very nice! 

Congratulations to William B ('21) on his National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) Internship! William is designing a web-based application to view telescope data before it is converted into an image (or used in some other capacity).

Congratulations to Ella S ('21) on her internship at Parichy Labs, which is within the UVA physical and life sciences building as well as the Chemistry building. The main focus of the lab is the study of zebrafish development, as well as zebrafish pigmentation and where the pigmentation genes are located.

Congratulations to Hinke Y ('23), who made it into the Senior Regional Orchestra on violin! 

Congratulations to Tao G ('22), Bryan G ('21), Bea M ('23), and Alex Z ('20)! Tao's film Ghost Writer and Alex and Bryan's film Hung Out are showing at this year's Virginia Film Festival. Bea's animation Roast was accepted to the Brooklyn and New York Festivals. Great job! 

Head of Renaissance School, Sara Johnson, has been awarded a fellowship to the 2020 Klingenstein Heads of Schools Program at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York!

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Congratulations to Cora O ('21), Esprie C ('21), Sophia C ('20) and Tigist D ('20) for taking 2nd and 3rd places, respecitively, in the Piedmont Master Gardners' Climate Syposium on Sunday 9/8/19!

Congratulations to Sophia C ('20) for passing her level 7 piano performance exam with Honors from the Royal Conservatory of Music!

Congratulations to Bryan G. ('21) for winning both the Light House Studio Community Engagement and Technical Methods Achievement Awards this summer!

Congratulations to Brianne L ('20), awarded a perpetual trophy for winning her hunter division. She also placed first in her equitation over fences class qualifying her for the finals at the annual horse show!
 

Congratulations to incoming Freshman Hinke Y., one of only 200 students nationally to hold the NAR JR HPR certification! She earned her National Association of Rocketry Junior High-Power Certification on July 13 at Great Meadow in The Plains, VA.

Congratulations to Acree M ('17), who made the William & Mary riding team this year!