Congratulations to the members of the Class of 2025 who were inducted into the Cum Laude Society at a dinner in the Joseph Dana Allen library on Tuesday, May 27.

Students who earned this prestigious honor are: Parsa Aghazadeh, Zoë Campbell, Nicolas de Luque, Oakley DeCristofaro, Petros Dulos, Sebastian Ferre, Izzy Leyton, Jane Littleton, Marc Livingston, Jacqueline Malone, Beckett Mazeau, Maxwell Penachio, Sadie Schoenberger, Lena Shamos, Selena Wu, Aiden Yang, Eason Yao, and Ellen Zwerling.

The Cum Laude Society

Cum Laude is the country’s oldest secondary school scholastic honor society. Modeled after Phi Beta Kappa, it was developed at the beginning of the country day school movement in 1906 to name distinctive achievements in independent schools. Poly has had a long association with Cum Laude, being among the original 13 charter signatures in 1906. The Cum Laude Society was based on the ideals of Areté (Excellence), Dikē (Justice), and Tîmê (Honor).