Middle School students from The Webb School came together for a special ceremony on May 17 that included the presentation of traditional and special awards, the announcement of a declamation contest winner and the graduation of the eighth-grade class. Eighth grade graduates received certificates and pins to add to their senior blazers in four years.
This year’s graduation included the following students.
Juan'Daniel Arellano
Makynli Bacon
Anne Marie Beard
Maruca Botea
Darby Cantrell
Kaylie Cleversey
Camden Collins
Bratten Cook
Zuri Cox
Blake Davis
Gabby Dooley
Jackson Elfersy
Landon Ennis
John Riley Farrar
Alex Ford
Jayda Frazier
Luke Gay
Anna Kate Gregory
Magnolia Harding
Haley Helton
Abriella Hershman
Kathy Huang
Justus Jarrett
Kegan Johnson
Ellie Landers
Chace Lingle
Briley Little
Caylee Logan
Parker McCallon
Paxton McCallon
Annsley Kate McCullough
Daisy McGraw
Khloe McSwain
Chloe Mears
Gunnar Melson
Katie Miller
Mary Myers
Collin Parr
Avery Payne
Rhett Petroka
Phet Phothong
Emery Potts
Joanna Powers
Caiden Pyrdum
Ivan Shen
Nathaniel Simmons
Alysya Smith
LC Smith
Sterling Smith
Devin Sun
Carson Sutton
Aidan Walker
Jerry Wang
Landon Warren
Jeanine Zhou
Declamation Contest
Emery Potts, eighth grader, won the 2024 Declamation Contest. sixth grader Grace Shibayama placed second and seventh grader Nyyana Piepenbrink placed third.
The Erin A. Hinkle Award This award goes to the eighth grader(s), who by achievement and example, has done the most for The Webb School. This year we honor one day student and one boarder.
Jackson Elfersy
Maruca Botea
The Middle School The Larry Nichols Geography Award
This $100 award goes to the student, who demonstrated a love for geography, and a standard of excellence in character and leadership in this middle school year. This award is given by Larry Nichols, a longtime history and geography teacher at The Webb School.
Grace Shibayama
“Grit” Award: (New 2019)
For the student who has demonstrated consistent perseverance and persistence in academics to find success at Webb:
LC Smith and Masha Tsekova
Thespian Award – Gillian O’Connell
New JR. NHS members
Isaac Brown, Nicholas Decker, Dara Frazier, Olivia Graves, Jasmine Judge, Kaleb King, Eleanor Loose, Gillian O’ Connell, Nyana Piepenbrink, Aiden Reeves, Corbin Riley, Miles Shafer, Tula Sublette, Makynli Bacon, Maruca Botea, Blake Davis, Alex Ford, Jayda Frazier, Abriella Hershman, Ellie Landers, Gunnar Melson, Katie Miller, Sterling Smith
Mental Math:
1st - Annsley Kate McCullough
2nd - Jayda Frazier
3rd - tie - Landon Ennis and Alex Ford
Geography Bee: Carson Sutton
Spelling Bee:
1st - Jackson Elfersey
2nd - Jasmine Judge
3rd - Bratten Cook
Rubik’s Cube: Patrick Dowell, Ava Simons, Grayson Mears
The Latin PrizeThe prize, in the form of $100 cash, is awarded to that middle school student who has demonstrated exemplary academic achievement in Latin and commitment to the school's tradition and philosophy toward classical language study.
Eleanor Loose
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Book Awards
Grace Shibayama
For Excellence in
English 6
Math 6
06 Passport Spanish
Lucas Deaton
For Excellence in
English 6
Cora Lea
For Excellence in
English 6
Science 6
06 Passport Spanish
Heidi Neel
For Excellence in
English 6
Geography 6
Science 6
Strings I
06 Passport Spanish
Isabelle Sitterly
For Excellence in
English 6
Geography 6
06 Passport Latin
Math 6
06 Passport Art
Eleanor Loose
For Excellence in
English 7
History 7
Latin IA
Science 7
Miles Shafer
For Excellence in
English 7
History 7
Pre-Algebra 7
French IA
Jayda Frazier
For Excellence in
English 8
History 8
Spanish IB
Algebra I
Gunnar Melson
For Excellence in
English 8
History 8
Science 8
Algebra I
French IB
Jackson Elfersy
For Excellence in
English 8
Intermediate Strings
Algebra I
French IB
Samantha Rogers
For Excellence in
Geography 6
Masha Tsekova
For Excellence in
ELL History
Jasmine Judge
For Excellence in
History 7
Nyana Piepenbrink
For Excellence in
History 7
Spanish 1A
Anna Kate Gregory
For Excellence in
History 8
Science 8
Algebra
Ellie Holland
For Excellence in
Ukulele 6/ Music 6
Colman Darville
For Excellence in
Music 7
Nicholas Decker
For Excellence in
Science 7
Olivia Graves
For Excellence in
Science 7
Kaleb King
For Excellence in
Science 7
Pre-Algebra 7
Spanish 1A
Corbin Riley
For Excellence in
Pre-Algebra 7
Alex Ford
For Excellence in
Pre-Algebra 8
MS Piano
Katie Miller
For Excellence in
Pre-Algebra 8
Spanish I
Zakkary Ramsey
For Excellence in
Art 7
Malang Nak
For Excellence in
Art 7
LC Smith
For Excellence in
Art 8
Sterling Smith
For Excellence in
Art 8
Chace Lingle
For Excellence in
Art 8
Spanish I
Maruca Botea
For Excellence in
French IB
Mikaela Taucare
For Excellence in
06 Passport French
Henry Lawson
For Excellence in
06 Passport French
Cosette Germain
For Excellence in
06 Passport French
Abi Hiles
For Excellence in
06 Passport French
Mackenzie Watkins
For Excellence in
French IA
Ava Simons
For Excellence in
06 Passport Spanish
Eli Simons
For Excellence in
Spanish 1A
Dara Frazier
For Excellence in
Spanish 1 A
Cruz Shepard
For Excellence in
Focus 6
Lily Tennant
For Excellence in
Focus 6