The Baldwin School Celebrates Its 127th Graduating Class

BRYN MAWR, PA – June 5, 2015 — On Thursday, June 4, 52 seniors graduated from The Baldwin School as the 127th graduating class. These seniors earned 200 acceptances to 110 colleges and universities across 17 states in the US as well as 1 university in Canada. These acceptances also include six of the eight Ivy League schools. Many of our graduating girls will be attending higher levels of education at the most highly regarded institutions in North America including such distinguished schools as the U.S. Military Academy, Stanford, Harvard, and Georgetown.

The class speaker for the 2015 commencement ceremony was Amber Dugan. Miss Dugan, who was elected to speak by her peers, delivered her speech on June 4 at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church. This year’s commencement keynote speaker was Linda Cliatt-Wayman. Ms. Cliatt-Wayman currently serves as the principal of Strawberry Mansion High School in Philadelphia and has numerous achievements in public education. By 2003, she had 20 years of in-classroom experience, which aided her next venture as a teaching coach and principle of Rhodes High School. At Rhodes, Ms. Cliatt-Wayman was credited with raising proficiency in Mathematics from 3% and Reading from 9% to more than 50% in both categories according to the PSSA. From 2010 to 2012, Ms. Cliatt-Wayman was the Assistant Super Intendant overseeing 52 of Philadelphia’s public schools. She then left her position to pursue a cause close to her: to serve as the principle at Strawberry Mansion High School in the neighborhood where she grew up.

Graduates of this outstanding Baldwin class have been awarded $2.7 million in merit based scholarships to their colleges and universities. Seventy-five percent of the girls who indicated a preference were admitted to their first or second choice school. Twenty-seven percent of the class of 2015 will be attending an Ivy League or highly selective liberal arts college or university in the fall.

Nine students have also committed to being scholar athletes in the fall at eight universities including Bowdoin, Butler, College of Charleston, Dickinson, George Washington, Harvard (2), Loyola Maryland, and University of Pennsylvania.

THE BALDWIN SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASS OF 2015

Abigail Douglass Andrews

Vanessa Julia Auritt

Nicole Julia Baker

Madeleine Laurel Brill-

Edwards

Julia Kirsten Busby

Xueming Caroline Cai

Ruonan Chen

Gabrielle Mae Ciccone

Meagan Leah Cohen

Taahira Teshi Davis

Madison Lauren Dawkins

Nicole Marie DeLuca

Rachel Ishin Dichter

Sarah Elizabeth Douglas

Amber Michelle Dugan

Sarah Anne Durlofsky

Vera Emegha Ekhator

Sarena C. Elliott

Sarah Jasmine Elmongy

Ting Fang

Elizabeth Mils Grubman

Evelyn Anne Aurora Grupp

Rachel Kathryn Heitman

Krista Ellen Hinchman

Alexa Paige Horwitz

Ivelisse Mari Ibrahim Gonzalez

Aliki Maria Karnavas

Katherine Madeline Leone

Sherrie Li

Saranne Louth

Elizabeth Rose Mantelmacher

Jie Mao

Julia Dalawna Navarro

Laura Thereasa Nguyen

Laura Cameron Noteware

Roshni Nareshkumar Padhiar

Madison Catherine Polignano

Kiana Charisse Porter

Gayatri Rai

Jane Butler Roberts

Abigail Noa Schork

Alicia Jie Song

Jasmine Sonya Syed

Alexandra Sears Thaler

Hannah Peck Tipperman

Rachael Peck Tipperman

Emily Joanne Urban

Jingyi Wang

Sarah Elizabeth Wing

Valerie Michele Yoshimura

Rachel Leigh Zachian

Sarah Elizabeth Zarsky

CLASS OF 2015 MATRICULATION

Bates College

Bentley University

Boston College

Bowdoin College

Brown University (2)

Butler University

Colgate University

College of Charleston

College of William and Mary

Columbia University

Cornell University

Davidson College

Dickinson College

Duke University (2)

Emory University

Eugene Lang College, The New School for

Liberal Arts

Franklin and Marshall College

The George Washington University (4)

Georgetown University

Goucher College

Harvard University (2)

Johns Hopkins University

Loyola University Maryland

McGill University

New York University (2)

Saint Joseph’s University

Sarah Lawrence College

St. John’s University, Manhattan Campus

St. Olaf College

Stanford University

Swarthmore College

Tulane University (2)

United States Military Academy

University of California, Los Angeles

University of Delaware

University of Florida

University of Pennsylvania (3)

University of Pittsburgh

University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

Ursinus College

Washington and Jefferson College

About The Baldwin School

The Baldwin School is an independent, all-girls college preparatory school for pre-kindergarten through grade 12 students. The school was founded in 1888 by Florence Baldwin under the traditions of academic excellence, integrity and community. Today, Baldwin develops talented girls into confident young women with vision, global understanding and the competency to make significant and enduring contributions to the world. For more information, visit www.BaldwinSchool.org or call 610-525-2700.