Fourteen Moorestown Friends School students were inducted into the Cum Laude Society, a national honor society for academically challenging independent schools, at a ceremony on May 10.
The fourteen inductees include seniors Sophia Aguilar (Medford), Edward Barrett (Mount Laurel), Matthew Eckart (Hainesport), Eva Gelernt (Moorestown), Phillip Hege (Delran), Brianna Howarth (Cinnaminson) and Daniel Salowe (Mount Laurel).
Juniors selected for the honor are Maraina Adams (Willingboro), Spencer Bard (Lumberton), Margaret Fischer (Ewing), Liana Hershey (Mt. Laurel), Reena Karasin (Moorestown), Joseph Kiernan (Haddonfield) and Simone Stanley (Westampton).
Named to the Cum Laude Society last year were current seniors Carolyn Chelius (Haddonfield), Katherine Churchill (Medford) Valere Demuynck (Mount Holly), Karan Hiremath (Columbus), Bethany Holtz (Medford Lakes), Madison Taormina (Moorestown) and Emily Whitley (Moorestown).
Students are selected for membership based on their cumulative record of academic excellence in all subject areas. No more than 20 percent of a school’s senior class may be selected, with no more than 10 percent chosen during their junior year. Moorestown Friends School received its Cum Laude charter in 1962.
