“I was talking with my good friend and former faculty member who said that what he so appreciated about Gould is that it taught his daughter how to learn, and he was forever grateful to us for that,” shared Dr. Clarke. “How to learn. Not what to learn, or what to think. But how to learn, and how to think. That’s what we, your teachers, are here for. And that’s what makes a Gould education great. It’s about thinking for yourself. Learning how to learn.”
Dr. Clarke invited Director of Innovation Sara Whalen Shifrin ’88, P’19,’23 to the podium to introduce the keynote speaker for the evening, her former advisee, Jack Henderson-Adams ’01, owner of
Western Earthworks, an excavation and landscaping company in Florence, MA.
“You are about to meet someone who makes the world a better place. He’s one of the best storytellers, adventurers, and doers that I know, and if you get bored, just stare at his arms, because he has a lot of cool tattoos on them,” remarked Shifrin. “Jack comes from family that hung in work garages kicking the tires of a Thomas Edison, talking about the potential of paving roads with concrete. Jack comes from a line of educators who were traditionalists, skiers, mentors, and influencers in the world of Northern New England schools. Jack lives in the world of intersectionality. Jack is a Davidson boy.”
Jack Henderson-Adams stepped to the podium after shouts of “D-BLOCK!” subsided and drew from a deep well experience to offer Gould students some valuable life advice.
“The day you got here, you were very uncomfortable. I came from a small town, I didn’t know anyone here. I knew nothing about the faculty. I had never stayed in a dorm. I was away from everything that was home,” said Henderson-Adams. “That discomfort is something you should think about regularly. As you go on to college, tenth grade, eleventh grade, become seniors, take that job…you’re going to go through the same uncomfortable feeling that you went through when you first came to Gould. When [it] washes over you, and is paralyzing…that moment is where some of the greatest growth will come from. If you want to go out and do, you need to get comfortable, being uncomfortable.”
At the conclusion of the keynote address, the book award portion of the evening began.
2022 Underclass Book Award Winners
Spring Cum Laude Inductees
Hannah Pierce ’22
Zachary Schmolka ’22
Jelena Perovic ’22
Caroline Siekman ’22
Tracy He ’22
Keiko Yuasa ’22
English Department Awards
History Department Awards
Grade 9 - Lucas Barstow ’25
Grade 10 - Celsie Gicheru ’24
Grade 11 - Isaiah Connolly ’23
Math Department Awards
Innovators Award - Yujie Jackie Yang ’23
Science Department Awards
- Grade 9 - Lucas Barstow ’25
- Grade 10 - Charlotte Lambert ’24
- Grade 11 - Daniel Shin ’23
- Computer Science Award - Yujie Jackie Yang ’23
- RENSSELAER AWARD - Yujie Jackie Yang ’23\
- BAUSCH AND LOMB SCIENCE AWARD - Christopher Pyle
World Languages Department Awards
FRENCH NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTEES:
Mark Brown
Allison Chase
Meitong Chen
Abigail DeMello
Mason Hamel
Fiona Keough
Max Krizo
Joseph Levine
Anders Silitch
Zachary Vlcek
Carter Willis
SPANISH NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTEES:
Jesse (Raine) Amory
Zoe Boland
Will Clark
Isaiah Connolly
Chelsea Duclos
Celsie Gicheru
Finnegan Haskett
Ingrid Janicki
Riley Jerome
Lindsey Kean
Maria Keegan
Charlotte Lambert
Isabelle Long
Rebecca Mize
James Nagel
Sophia Nichols
Eli Shifrin
Eliza Tyson
Hanna Weinman
Baylen Williams
Performing Arts Department Awards
Music (Vocal) - Molly Grocki ’23 and Chelsea Duclos ’23
Music (Instrumental) - Yujie Jackie Yang ’23
Theater - Allison Chase ’24
Visual Arts Department Awards
College Awards
DARTMOUTH ALUMNI CLUB BOOK AWARD - Cate Caggiano ’23
ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY BOOK AWARD - Meitong Chen ’23
SMITH COLLEGE BOOK AWARD - Cate Caggiano ’23
BRANDEIS BOOK AWARD FOR SOCIAL ACTION & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT - Silas Summers
PRINCETON ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF MAINE BOOK AWARD - Silas Summers
BOWDOIN BOOK AWARD - Yujie Jackie Yang ’23
Special Gould Named Awards