The English Department is pleased to announce this year’s winners of the Prize Reading competition. Winning students receive the Gardner Medal, an endowed award honoring skill in reading aloud. Our prize-winning students are:

Winners of the Francis Gardner Prize for Excellence in Reading

                 First Prize Ruth Shiferaw, I

                 Second Prize Alex Chou, II

                 Third Prize Olumbunmi Ogungbemi, II; Jack Trapanick, II (tie)

Special Prizes, Classes III and IV

Samuel Chen, IV

Selina Tang, III

Jessie Wang, IV

Special Prizes, Classes V and VI

Ruth Gelaye, VI

Ailin Sha, V

Mark Snekvik, V

Congratulations to our winners and to all participants, who demonstrated great skill in this unrehearsed competition. Special thanks to judges Ms. Amico, Mr. Chen, Ms. Lewis-da Ponte, Ms. Murray, and Mr. Sanford, and to librarian Ms. Harari for locating an excellent online text for our use. We appreciate everyone’s patience with the Zoom glitches we experienced and look forward to an on-campus event next year!