FWCD’s Cum Laude Society Welcomes New Members

FWCD’s chapter of the Cum Laude Society inducted 18 new members on Wednesday, March 25. New senior members are Fox Burton, Courtney Comeaux, Gigi Helling, Ethan Lampka, Brooklyn Ogozalik, Anna Rollins, Anna Schwartz, Kerri Tsai and Jack Wegman. Junior inductees are Charlie Cady, Marsland Condrey, Elisha Evans, Chloe Nelson, Emily Nelson, Elizabeth Rooker, Bella Rugema, Lucy Wegman and Blake Wood.  

The 17 new members join seniors Nate Blan, Avery Bleich, Lydia Gaydosik, Andrew Lobo, William Marlow, Madeline O’Neill, Eliza Peacock and Hailey Seiden, who were Cum Laude inductees in 2025 as juniors. 

About The Cum Laude Society
The Cum Laude Society is an honorary organization that stresses excellence, justice and honor. Selection is limited to 10 percent of the junior class and 20 percent of the senior class, elected over two years, based on students’ high academic standing and rigorous course loads. Selected students also demonstrate good character, honor and integrity in all aspects of school life.

Founded in 1906, Cum Laude Society is dedicated to honoring scholastic achievement in secondary schools. The founders of the society modeled Cum Laude after Phi Beta Kappa. In the years since its founding, Cum Laude has grown to 382 chapters, approximately two dozen of which are located in public schools and the rest in independent schools. Membership is predominantly in the U.S., but chapters are also located in Canada, England, France, Spain, Puerto Rico and the Philippines.