Four members of the Senior Class and two juniors have been elected to the Foxcroft School chapter of the Cum Laude Society, chapter president Matthew Mohler announced Wednesday. The four seniors and two juniors were honored for their scholarship, integrity and intellectual curiosity.

The Cum Laude Society is a national high school scholastic honor society modeled on the collegiate-level Phi Beta Kappa honor society.

Seniors Miranda Gali of Middleburg, VA, Meredith Gibson (Waterford, VA), Andeulazia Hughes-Murdock (Chantilly, VA), and Tessa Pagel-Brown (Charlottesville, VA) were named at an all-school meeting. They join two classmates elected as juniors: Lydia Bubniak of Leesburg, VA; Kate Eagen (Middleburg), and Lilly MacDonald (Bluemont, VA), who had the special distinction of being elected during their junior year.

This year, only two juniors earned that exceptional honor: Meredith Dietz of Unionville, PA, and Amy Zhang of Beijing, China.

The Foxcroft Chapter of the Cum Laude Society, founded in 1958, is one of nearly 400 chapters located mostly at independent schools in the United States. Only students who evidence a genuine interest in the pursuit of knowledge, exhibit outstanding academic integrity, and have superior academic records as reflected in their course load, grade point average, and other factors, are selected for induction.

Head of School Mary Louise Leipheimer, Academic Dean Courtney Ulmer, and faculty members Lindsey Bowser, Stephen Matthews, Alexander Northrop, and Michelle Woodruff will join Mohler in conferring the honors on the newest group of academic stars at the official induction during Foxcroft's Commencement in May.