Germantown Academy honored, celebrated and welcomed the remarkable Class of 2026 into the school's storied alumni body during a picture-perfect ceremony on Friday, June 12, 2026 on Connor Quad.

Prior to the presentation of diplomas from Head of School Rich Schellhas 1760 and Board of Trustees President Michael H. Jordan, students, parents, and extended family members were inspired and entertained by student speakers Nina Sager '26 and Declan Dean '26. Upper School Art Teacher and Truesdell House Head Sara Krupnick-Ritz P'13 '15 '17 '19 delivered the faculty speech. 

Senior Class Representatives to the Student Government Association — Cecelia Fikioris, Mallory Hersh, Andreas Szautner, and Kai Quartapella —presented the class stone designed by Emmeline Chiang '26 and the Class of 2026’s gift to the Annual Fund.

During the ceremony, Kiki Steffens '26 and Jake McVeigh '26 were awarded the Beard Memorial Award for fostering the spirit, cherishing the tradition, and promoting the interest of the Academy. 

Samuel Magliari '26 and Michaila Matthews '26  were each presented with the Head of School Prize, which is awarded to the students of the graduating class who, while at Germantown Academy, have made the best use of their talents.

Szautner and Fikioris received the Nahill Memorial Medal, established in 1964 by the Class of 1960 in memory of their President, George Gregory Nahill. The award is given to the students of the senior class who, by vote of the class, has done the most to further class unity.

JP McGill '26 was awarded the Academy Wooden Spoon Award. In the 19th century, GA seniors would gather for a "class dinner" at which they would regale each other with speeches, songs, and jokes. Prizes were awarded for academic excellence, and one lucky student received a large wooden spoon. The spoon was a special prize awarded the senior who did the most to "nourish" other students through kindness and character. In 2022, the Academy reinstated this award once again to acknowledge one senior's kindness and character.

Also included in the ceremony was the induction of new members to the honorary alumni Class of 1760. Alumni Society Board President Greg Pitkoff '82 announced that this year's honorary alumni inductees are former Fourth Grade Teacher Connie Wiliams 1760, Reverend Keith Williams, Sr. 1760, Upper School Math Teacher and Head of Alcott-Day House Peggy Bradley 1760, and Head of Lower School Sue Szczepkowski 1760

Congratulations to our newest alumni!!!

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WASHINGTON HOUSE
House Head: Joe Taylor '13
 

• Jet Adam Dickerson, Prefect
• Cecelia Ruth Fikioris, Prefect
• Anna Weber, Prefect
• Charlotte Elena Brazer, 
• Sedona Pearl Cohen,
• Cole Davis,
• Madeleine Evers, 
• Bridget Lee Flannery, 
• Nathan Vinu George, Cum Laude
• Michaila Olivia Matthews, 
• Sean W. McGettigan, 
• Pilar Presson,
• Rebecca Rong, Lifer, Cum Laude
• Magdalene Kelly Salerno, 
• Remi Sarah Sasson,
• Tyler Zhengxi Tang, Cum Laude
• Matthew Truong, 
• Julius Alexander Williams,
• Madison Elise Williams, Lifer
• Vincent Clive Zhou, Cum Laude

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ALCOTT-DAY HOUSE
House Head: Peggy Bradley

 

• Sophia Grace Legos,  Prefect
• John-David Plechner, Prefect, Cum Laude
• Emerson Gray Sopka, Prefect, Lifer
• Jack Ryan Breme,
• Aubrey Nicole Daniel, 
• Harry D. Greenberg, 
• Jiaming Arthur Hu, Cum Laude
• Katarina Violet Kou, Cum Laude
• Maggie Luviano, 
• Braedan Charles McDonough, 
• Walter Michael Mulroy, Lifer, Cum Laude, Academy Scholar
• Ethan Luke Na, Lifer
• Alexandra Grace Ortiz, 
• Emily Grace Pokorny, Lifer, Cum Laude
• Clara Shafer,
• Heston Steckel, 
• Andreas Szautner, Lifer
• Colin Riley Szczepkowski, 
• Ashley Ziwei Wang, Cum Laude
• Nola Williams, 

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GALLOWAY HOUSE
House Head: Dr. Michael Torrey
 

• Jayden Johnson, Prefect
• Emma Serah Paulus, Prefect
• Nina Isobel Sager, Prefect, Lifer, Cum Laude
• Lucas Graham Albert, Lifer
• Sofia Rosa Bell, 
• Jake Garrett Bulicki, 
• Rose Katharine Cassidy, Lifer
• Mia Catherine Curci, 
• Declan Michal Dean, Lifer
• Jack Timothy Durkin, Lifer
• Eliza Robinson Evans, 
• Alexis Farnsworth, 
• Ava Lilly Fiumara, 
• Maximilian Byron Kopp, 
• Chukwuhuikem Okolo, Lifer
• Gabriella Marie Paldino, 
• Tess Anna Partyka, 
• Oliver Sergeant Pepper, Lifer
• Quinlan Rink, 
• Thomas Rush
• Audrey Yu, Cum Laude

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KERSHAW HOUSE
House Head: Matthew Dence
 

• Robert Luke Burnett, Prefect, Lifer
• Mallory Addison Hersh, Prefect
• Jake Diorio McVeigh, Prefect
• Jack Logan Baron, 
• Zoey Clark, 
• Ava Elizabeth Dalton, Cum Laude
• Jayden Rocco Gattuso, 
• Faith Lynn Geissele, Lifer
• Rowen Harbert, 
• Sylvie Harrington, Cum Laude
• Iyobosa Dilinna Idahosa, Cum Laude, Academy Scholar
• Camryn Lynn Jones, 
• William Cassara Kirkpatrick, 
• Joseph Patrick McGill, Lifer
• Ryder Orenstein, 
• Anastasia Podgornaya, Lifer
• Emma Loren Shapiro, 
• Zoe Yinian Shu, Lifer, Cum Laude
• Xavier Francis Stearn, 
• Steven Nicholas Sterious, 
• Alexander Y. Wang, Cum Laude
• Juliette Phoebe Yahav, 

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OSBOURN HOUSE
House Head: Adam Wilsman
 

• Evan Scott Badami, Prefect, Lifer, Cum Laude
• Joshua Arthur Cain, Prefect
• Mirabelle Hayes, Prefect
• Thomas Maximilian Bialas, Lifer, Academy Scholar
• Margaret Wilson Brooke, 
• Layla Isabell Gentile, 
• Natalie Ingersoll, Lifer
• Briana Ann Katz, 
• Kevin Knebel, Lifer
• Stanley Kraynak, 
• Edie Mena Leon, Lifer, Cum Laude, Academy Scholar
• Gabriel Eric Meinstein, Lifer, Cum Laude
• Madelynn Shaye Mersky, 
• Benjamin Moorhouse, Cum Laude
• Kai Kerry Quartapella, 
• Paul Brian Rambo, 
• Andrew Joshua Schwartz, 
• Abigail Traina, 
• Brandon Stephen Truszkowski, 
• Chloe Zhou, Cum Laude

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ROBERTS HOUSE
House Head: Allison Rader
 

• Connor Patrick Harrington, Prefect
• Giah M. Sharf, Prefect
• Brynn Sweeney, Prefect
• Connor Jacobus Bradley, Lifer, Cum Lause
• Liam Joseph Connolly, 
• Anthony Steven DiSandro III, Lifer
• Jennifer Skylar Fox, 
• Devon Corrine Geist, 
• Jude Thomas Gibbons, 
• Timothy F. Ginter, 
• Anna Magdalene Houston
• Ava Danielle Katz, 
• Samuel Tyler Magliari, Lifer
• Benjamin Daniel Moyer, 
• Anna Ostrovsky, Lifer
• Lyla Perry,
• Noelle Petersohn, Cum Laude
• George Joseph Petrellis, 
• Skylar Rose Saldutti, Lifer
• Lauren Natalie Sass, 
• Elsa Bioux Simonetti, Cum Laude
• Hugo Alexander Simonetti, 

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TRUESDELL HOUSE
House Head: Sara Krupnick-Ritz
 

• Kyle Tymir Guess, Prefect
• Anastasia Wei-Tsai Miller, Prefect
• Keelyn L. Steffens, Prefect, Lifer
• Robert Douglas Boudreau III, 
• Emmeline Faith Chiang, Cum Laude
• Benjamin Eric Creighton, 
• Max Philip Davis, 
• John Charles Dillon, Lifer
• James Gaito, Cum Laude
• Christian Wesley Jackson, 
• Joie Leoni, 
• Keira Grace MacRae, Lifer
• Ryan James Maxwell, 
• Michael McKee, 
• Gavriel Sabag, 
• Joseph Anthony Sinni, 
• Lauren Truong
• Alexa Cole Walton, Lifer
• Ellin Wang
• Nicole Ward
• Jade Olivia West
• Zachary Mitchell Zighelboim, Lifer, Cum Laude