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Charles River School has named Dover resident Lily Hicks (class of 2014) as this year’s recipient of Charles River School’s (CRS) Young Alumni Award, awarded each year to an alum from the past five years who has demonstrated excellence in personal achievement or community service.
As a student at Nobles, Lily is active in the community service tutoring program, working with 6th graders from Roxbury (some of whom speak English as a second language) to prepare them for entrance exams for charter and private schools. This summer, she plans to serve in Youth Court in New Bedford, Mass., a program that brings together high school volunteers and community organizations to provide offending youth the opportunity to offer their view regarding the offense.
“I’m honored to have been given this year’s Young Alumni award. I am very grateful for the love of learning that Charles River instilled in me from a young age, and look forward to serving as part of the Alumni Council moving forward. A childhood at Charles River is the greatest gift a parent could give to their child; the world would be a much kinder, more thoughtful, more curious place if everybody learned the skills that even the youngest CRS students have been taught,” said Lily.
Prior to attending Nobles, Lily attended Phillips Exeter Academy for two years. During her time there, she volunteered as a tutor in the center for grammar and writing, a natural extension of her involvement in the school’s weekly newspaper. Lily was invited to represent Exeter at the National Student Leadership Conference, and attended a program at Yale Law School, where she received the Best Mock Trial Lawyer Award.
At Nobles, Lily is a member of the Young Democrats, Young Republicans, and Students for Gender Awareness, which focuses on feminism. She rides horses competitively and is active on the ski team. Lily was selected for this award from among 10 nominees.
“This year’s nominees represented the wide range of talents that CRS fosters. We are so proud of each and every one of our young alumni and what they’ve accomplished since graduating from CRS. While each nominee impacted their community in their own way and it was difficult to chose one, Lily was the resounding winner. We look forward to working with Lily more as she joins the Alumni Council in 2017,” said Alumni Council co-chairs Emaline Surgenor (‘05) and Sam Olsen (‘04).
