Foxcroft Academy announces 2017 Rose Award recipients

DOVER-FOXCROFT — On May 3 a special assembly was held at Foxcroft Academy to announce the Class of 2017’s outstanding scholars at the annual Rose Award ceremony. This year the recipients are Brianna Adkins, Camille Bozzelli, Caleb Buerger, William Casey, Erika Chadbourne, Hannah Fishburn, Joseph Gilbert, Marie Hartung, Rose Kreider, Bonnie Page, Chandler Rockwell, Alexandria Scuderi, Taylor Smith, Emily Sprecher, Dingying Zhang and Wenduo Zhang.

The Rose Awards were established in 1931 when Frank G. Stone was head of Foxcroft Academy. Rose Award recipients have accumulated a GPA that places them in the top 15 percent of the permanent students in their class.

For the 32nd​ consecutive year, a medallion with the Foxcroft Academy seal was presented to the recipients in addition to the traditional rose. These medallions were given on May 5​ in conjunction with the induction ceremony for the sixth class of the Foxcroft Academy Academic Hall of Fame. Priscilla White, former English teacher and librarian who retired after 36 years of service, and Robert Beek, who taught mathematics at Foxcroft Academy for 33 years, conceived the idea for this permanent award, and contributed funds to have the diecast for the medallion, which has now become a permanent part of the annual ceremony.

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2017 ROSE AWARD STUDENTS — Foxcroft Academy’s 2017 Rose Award recipients — the honorees rank in the top 15 percent of their class — were recognized during a ceremony on May 3. The 16 Rose Award students are front, from left, Chandler Rockwell, Bonnie Page, Taylor Smith and Joe Gilbert; second row, Camille Bozzelli, Erika Chadbourne, Emily Sprecher, Hannah Fishburn and Brianna Adkins; third row, Wendou Zhang, Dingying Zhang and William Casey; and back, Alexandria Scuderi, Caleb Buerger, Marie Hartung and Rose Kreider.