Caroline Blatti, Head of Roland Park Country School, is pleased to announce that 18 students in the senior and junior classes were inducted into the School’s Cum Laude Chapter on April 10, 2017 marking the 53rd Anniversary of Cum Laude at RPCS. Delivering the Margareta A. Faissler Lecture at the induction was Cum Laude member and alumna Beccy Josowitz, 2004.
Dr. Abram W. Harris, Director of the Tome School in Port Deposit, Maryland, founded the Cum Laude Society in 1906 to honor scholarship in secondary schools. It was originally founded as Alpha Delta Tau: Alpha representing Arete/Excellence; Delta representing Dike/Justice and Tau representing Time/Honor. In 1916, the name was changed to Cum Laude (with honor/praise) and incorporated under the laws of the state of Maryland. Since Dr. Harris and his associates believed that chapters should be established only in schools of superior academic quality, the group moved slowly in granting new chapters. In 1963, Roland Park Country School became the first girls’ school in Maryland to establish a chapter of the Cum Laude Society.
The Motto of the Society stresses excellence, justice and honor in the broadest sense and students who are elected have demonstrated good character, honor and integrity in all aspects of their school life. In addition to students’ academic achievement other factors for membership include: rigorous academic progress, intellectual curiosity, love of learning and the desire to seek academic challenge.
Head of School Caroline Blatti awarded certificates to the students with the following Cum Laude Charge:
The distinguished record you have made at RPCS has won for you membership
in the Cum Laude Society. This Society is a fellowship of scholars whose
purpose is to recognize excellence in academic work. As you pursue your
education, it is our hope that you will accept the honor of membership in this
Society as a responsibility to make some contribution to the ongoing search
for greater understanding of humans and society.
The following seniors were inducted:
Margaret Jordan Brody
Kelly Spillane Fennessy
Amelia Claire Huppert
Sophia E. Shippe
Marianna Grace Salvatori
Alanna Miriam Sereboff
Sophia Erin Shippe
Julia Preston Sturtz
Georgia Carolyn Usry
Courtney Lee Wolf
The following juniors were inducted:
Oliva Victoria Cohen
Lacey Diane Johnson
Prabhnoor Kaur
Jaden Marie Meichan Kielty
Emma Coulbourne Shaw
Hyo Jeong Shin
Emma Irene Sunderland
Qiwen (Michelle) Wei
Ruolu (Camela) Ye
The following seniors were inducted last year as juniors:
Sally Christine Askew
Cassidy Murphy Craig
Berit Katherine Ginsberg
Charlotte Minjae Kim
Hailey Chase Morris
Alexandra Moriah Orlinsky
Elizabeth Sara Schlerf
Hannah Elizabeth Jung Hae Song
To learn more about Roland Park Country School, visit www.rpcs.org.
