• The Fern Award Ceremony is held in recognition of academic and extra-curricular accomplishments of select students in the junior class, and in recognition of select staff member for their service.  With the ceremony being attended by retired staff, current staff, administration and families of the recipients, a Fern Award is one of the most prestigious honors a junior can receive.

  • The Fern Awards are presented to one junior in each academic department.  Department chairs meet with teacher in their department to nominate a single junior that best represents their departmetn's vision of what constitutes a true scholar in their discipline.