Whiz Kid: Caitlin Burke Receives Upper School Citizenship Award

This week, we spotlight Caitlin Burke, an eighth-grader at who has won the Upper School Citizenship Award.

Name: Caitlin Burke
School: Grade 8,
Accomplishment: Caitlin was awarded the Upper School Citizenship Award for the winter term. The award is given in recognition of a positive student leader who exemplifies the mission of The Pennfield School every single day.

Key to Awesomeness: Caitlin is at once both unassuming and extremely hard working. She is genuinely kind and conscientious; a model citizen whose competitive spirit on all three school athletic venues spills over into her enthusiastic participation and impressive leadership roles on the Spanish Honor Society, Oak Society and Student Council.

Caitlin is highly regarded by her peers, to whom she is very supportive whether as a classmate or teammate; and also by the faculty, who recognize that her ambitious academic drive and success are well balanced by her modesty and keenly sharp sense of humor. Caitlin as fierce a competitor as you will ever find.  However her balanced, healthy, positive approach to excelling in class work and sports is a rare combination, indeed. She will be heading to in September. 

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