Congratulations to the members of Poly Prep’s Class of 2026 who were inducted into the Cum Laude Society at a dinner in the Joseph Dana Allen library on Thursday, May 28.

Students who earned this prestigious honor are: Ava Barbiere, Anna Brandmeyer, Isabella Carire, Lila Daniels, Sylvie Dorsch, Kaya Freeman, Thea Gambhir, Eden Golomb, Madeline Gross, Nyla Harriott, Grover Howell, Nathaniel Hyman, Jasper Inamoto, Konatsu Iwai, Devan Jiang, Carolina Lisk, Daisy Lu, Benjamin Rosano, Nina Sethi, Olivia Sperling, Suri Sun, and Beckett Zrihen.

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).