Aiden Hall

Oldest of three.

At home in Weston he helps his younger sister, Alice, and brother, Aaron, and he translates for his Chinese grandparents.

On stage, and behind the scenes.

Aiden has volunteered with the Asian American Association of Boston since 2022. This year he became its Student Director and co-hosted Asian American Day on Boston Common.

The challenge is the point.

Aiden has done math outside school since kindergarten. Ask him what keeps him at it and he won’t name one kind of problem. It’s whatever he hasn’t learned yet.

On the field, on the court, on the water.

Aiden has played soccer since kindergarten at a number of positions, and enjoys playing striker for both NEFC and Fay. In winter he plays basketball for Fay, and he has grown up on the water and the slopes.

Practice, patience and a seat in the band.

Aiden started piano at four, played viola in third and fourth grade and switched to the euphonium in fifth grade. That’s the one he plays now, in Fay’s Concert Band.

Grade 7 at Fay School.

Since fall 2025, Aiden has received 17 academic acknowledgements from his Fay teachers and 11 for earnest effort. His teachers’ notes describe what he does, not just what he scores.

Shakespeare, on crutches.

Still on crutches after his soccer injury, Aiden moved through the room delivering Shakespeare’s lines in a class exercise. His teacher wrote that his grit and effort were “inspiring to me and your classmates.”

A speech to the whole school.

He wrote a speech and delivered it at a Fay assembly in March 2026.

A presentation on child labor.

In April 2026 Aiden stood in front of his class and presented on child labor for his TOW (Transforming Our World) workshop.

Helping, without being asked.

• Teachers noticed him helping classmates at the lunch table, again and again, over several weeks.
• On Fay’s soccer team, when his side let in three quick goals late in a game, he told his fellow defenders it was okay and to focus on the next play.
• In sixth grade he regularly helped classmates with math, including linear graphing.

Attitude, effort and sportsmanship.

He earned multiple effort marks for his attitude, effort and sportsmanship in basketball and Multi Sport, including the Earnest Effort Award for basketball.

Perfect scores, again and again.

Most of his academic acknowledgements are for perfect scores: 35/35 on English vocabulary quizzes, full marks on Spanish quizzes, and 14/14, 8/8 and 15/14 in Ancient World Cultures.