Local mothers invited to "Mom's Nite Out" event at Arsenal Mall in Watertown
Locals who want to celebrate Mother's Day next week are invited to the Arsenal Mall in Watertown's national "Mom's Nite Out" event on Thursday, which features an evening of free pampering, food, and giveaways, according to organizers.
The event, which will run from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on May 9 near Old Navy, will also feature beauty advice and makeovers, fragrance samples, fitness demonstrations, food and drink tasting, shopping discounts, a prize giveaway, and more, organizers said.
The first 100 moms who register at the event will also be given free "swag bags" filled with goodies.
For more information on the event, visit the mall's Facebook or Twitter.
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Weekend service suspension of Fitchburg line postponed to begin on June 1, not May 4
The weekend service suspension of the Fitchburg commuter rail line scheduled for May 4 has been postponed to begin on Saturday June 1, according to the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company.
Due to MBTA improvement projects on the line, service will not be available between the Fitchburg and South Acton stations on Saturdays and Sundays from June 1 to July 28. On Independence Day weekend (July 4 to July 7), weekend train service will be provided.
On Saturday August 3, weekend service will be suspended for the South Acton, West Concord, Concord, Lincoln, and Kendal Green stations until November 17. Weekend train service will be available on Labor Day weekend (August 31 to September 2).
Substitute buses will not be provided throughout the duration of the project.
Trains will terminate and originate at South Acton during the first phase of the project. During Phase 2, trains will terminate and originate at Brandeis/Roberts.
Phase 1: June 1 - July 28 (Fitchburg to/from South Acton)
Trains will terminate and originate at South Acton. During these weekend outages, the following stations will be closed:
- Fitchburg
- North Leominster
- Shirley
- Ayer
- Littleton/Route 495
Fitchburg line trains (inbound and outbound) between South Acton and North Station will operate on the normal weekend schedule.
Phase 2: August 3 - November 17 Fitchburg to/from Brandeis/Roberts
Trains will terminate and originate at Brandeis/Roberts. The following stations will be closed:
- South Acton
- West Concord
- Concord
- Lincoln
- Kendal Green (Weston)
Fitchburg line trains (inbound and outbound) between Brandeis/Roberts and North Station will operate on the normal weekend schedule.
Weekday service will not be impacted.
For more information, visit MBTA.com.
Winslow Homer's house opens for public tours beginning May 25
For the first time in 160 years a Belmont site associated with iconic American artist Winslow Homer will open its doors for regular public tours, according to a press release.
Tours of Belmont’s Homer House this summer will include an exhibit, Winslow Homer’s Croquet Summer, which explores the series of croquet images created by Winslow Homer in Belmont just after the Civil War.
Visitors will learn the story behind these early works in the setting that inspired them: Homer's uncle's 1853 summer residence. A turn at croquet on the front lawn is included in admission.
“If Homer’s studio in Prout's Neck, ME, represents the grand finale of Homer's life and art, Belmont's Homer House is its sweet beginning-- the young Homer, the romantic Homer, the ascendant talent, the Civil War artist/correspondent,” said Susan Smart, vice president of the Belmont Woman’s Club, which has maintained Homer’s uncle’s house and grounds since 1927.
Unlike the artist’s Maine studio, however, the Belmont site has survived largely unknown, a historic treasure its stewards, the Belmont Woman's Club, hope will now be discovered and enjoyed. A number of Homer's early works, including many illustrations, the 1860s croquet paintings and the 1873 Boys in a Pasture, are Belmont-based, set at or near the summer mansion of his wealthy uncle, William Flagg Homer.
Winslow Homer lived with his family in a farmhouse nearby.
Tours will be offered on the hour at 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. on Saturdays, beginning May 25.
The Homer House is located at 661 Pleasant Street.
It is accessible via MBTA buses #74 and #75 and also by commuter rail to Belmont Center.
Admission is $10 adults, $5 students and seniors, and free for children 12 and under.
Call 617-484-4892 or visit www.belmontwomansclub.org.
Please note: There is no wheelchair access.
Hundreds show support for Belmont's Joey's Park in townwide photo
Friends of Joey's Park
Hundreds of local residents showed their support for Joey's Park, a 24-year-old Belmont facility that is being renovated, in this town-wide photo taken this past weekend.
Hundreds of local residents turned out to Joey's Park in Belmont for a town-wide community photo this weekend, showcasing the support that went into renovating the 24-year-old playground.
The park, built in 1989 in the memory of a local boy who died at 12 years old from cystic fibrosis, closed briefly in 2011 after a safety review raised concerns, and reopened on a temporary basis only after some play equipment was removed.
Now, community members are using funds that they have been raising to renovate the playground. The brand new facility was designed by students at the elementary school Joey attended, and is being constructed by Belmont residents in an old-fashioned community barn-raising.
The new playground has been slated to open in October.
Organizers will also hold an event on May 18 at the playground from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. titled "Joey's Park: Then and Now," celebrating the life of the park over the years.
For more information on the park's plans, visit joeyspark.org.
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Pan-Massachusetts Challenge organizes "Kids Rides" to raise money for cancer research
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge (PMC) Kids Rides needs tots, teens and in-betweens to spin their wheels and raise money for cancer research and treatment. This spring, summer and fall, 38 PMC Kids Rides will be held throughout New England and beyond, offering a way for children to become a part of the PMC mission, according to a press release.
The rides range from loops around the block to a 26-mile route. Post-ride parties feature DJs, refreshments, face painting, and silent auctions.
In 2012, 33 PMC Kids Rides attracted more than 4,400 young cyclists, 2,300 volunteers and 4,000 parents, raising $829,000 for the PMC.
Proceeds from the PMC Kids Rides will benefit the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge, which supports adult and pediatric cancer care and research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through the Jimmy Fund. PMC Kids Rides involve young people in volunteerism and fundraising in a safe and athletic way.
Sunday, May 5
PMC Shrewsbury-Grafton Kids Ride
9 a.m. to noon
Brookwood School, 1 Brookwood Road, Manchester
Open to cyclists ages 3 to 13 and volunteers ages 14 and up
There is a $10 registration fee and a $25 fundraising minimum.
Sunday, May 12
PMC Belmont Kids Ride
9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Belmont Hill School, 350 Prospect Street, Belmont
Open to cyclists ages 3 to 12
There is a $15 registration fee and a $25 fundraising minimum.
Sunday, May 19
PMC Dover-Sherborn Kids Ride
9 a.m. to noon
Dover-Sherborn Middle School, 155 Farm Street, Dover, Mass.
Open to cyclists ages 3 to 14
There is a $15 registration fee and a $25 fundraising minimum.
PMC Framingham Kids Ride
8 a.m. to noon
Brophy School, 575 Pleasant Street, Framingham
Open to cyclists ages 3 to 12
There is a $10 registration fee and a $25 fundraising minimum.
PMC Natick Kids Ride
8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Belkin Lookout Farm, 89 Pleasant Street, Natick
Open to cyclists ages 2 to 12
There is a $10 registration fee and a $25 fundraising minimum.
Contributions can be made payable to the Pan-Mass Challenge. To register, visit http://kids.pmc.org. For more information, call 800-WE-CYCLE.
Watertown developments in the search for the Marathon bombing suspects
(Matt Rocheleau for Boston.com)
Shanti Kapoor describes seeing police and SWAT teams race down Watertown streets toward a nearby boat where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was caught.
Near the 7-Eleven in Watertown, as news spread that the suspect was in custody Friday night, applause rang through the intersection.
One Watertown resident, Michel Chalhoub, jumped up, leading the crowd's hesitant jubilation, shouting, "America! America!" He grinned ear to ear and clapped furiously.
"It's a beautiful feeling," Chalhoub, who emigrated from Lebanon to America in 2001, said. "I love this country. The people here are very nice and welcoming. I was very sad about the bombings."
As an ambulance drove by slowly, spectators on the street could see what looked to be the suspect through a window. He was laying down, wearing an oxygen mask, as EMT personnel pumped their hands over his heart in a CPR-like fashion.
Nelcy LaClair, 22, let out a shriek of excitement.
"I'm just so relieved," she said. "Now it feels like Boston again. We're strong. We're one."
"Being in the whole 'lockdown' thing it's a different feeling. It doesn't feel like home. It's almost like a warzone," she added.
As the reality hit the streets - everyone had just seen physical proof - the mood exploded into celebration. Families who lived nearby ventured out into the streets, after hour upon hour of fear, as others cheered for police cars passing through the intersection.
Some police officers drove through the crowd giving thumbs up or waving, while others lit up their tops and pierced the night with playful sirens. One man in a SWAT truck announced over a megaphone that "it was a pleasure" to have worked in Watertown.
LaClair was at her home in Allston getting picked up to go to dinner with her aunt Kare Benson, 62, of Charlestown.
When they heard the early reports that the second suspect was hiding in a boat surrounded by police, they made a pre-dinner detour to Watertown.
"We saw it on Twitter and couldn't resist," said LaClair.
They stood alongside dozens of reporters, cameramen and spectators at the corner of Bigelow Avenue and Mt. Auburn Street anxiously awaiting updates from others in the crowd and from Twitter.
LaClair clutched her phone, constantly refreshing Twitter and reading key updates aloud to her aunt.
Some shouted that they saw a man who looked like the suspect being resuscitated inside the ambulance.
Benson said she hoped the man will live.
"We want answers," she said.
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Earlier in the evening, Brendan Carroll, 34, recalled that he was outside near his Adams Street home Friday evening and heard about 20 gunshots in the distance shortly before 7 p.m.
It was the second time in less than 24 hours Carroll said he heard heavy gunfire near where he lives.
On Thursday night, Caroll said he was outside smoking a cigarette when and SUV came racing down the street with police in pursuit firing dozens of rounds at the vehicle. Carroll said he laid down on the ground.
"They shot up the whole street," he said.
Friday night, about half a dozen locals stood outside Coolidge Variety store in Watertown, taking in the scene of police swarming the area by Andreas house of pizza. Boston and State Police rushed to the scene by car and foot as others strung up caution tape to keep citizens back.
Many local residents said they heard about a minute's worth of rapid fire consecutive gunshots.
"I was standing in front of Nick's, and I heard the gunshots - they sounded like military, you know, automatic," said Mark Ciano, 53. "It sounded real close, but it makes sense if it was a bit down further because of the echo effect."
Jack Madanian, who lives just around the corner from Coolidge Variety, said he was strolling on the street after being locked down all day when he heard the shots.
"I heard maybe 40 or 50 gunshots 10 minutes ago," Madanian said. "It was constant. It didn't sound far from here."
Shanti Kapoor, 21, said she did not hear gunfire Friday evening but came outside to see police and SWAT teams racing down Bigelow Avenue.
Kapoor said she lives in Boston but was staying with friends in Watertown last night. She was among those who heard explosions, gunfire and other chaos Thursday night and spent hours waiting in a basement until law enforcement cleared them to leave this afternoon.
She said the past week has been "scary."
"You'd never think this would happen here," Kapoor said.
Rita Colella, 68, said she was finally allowed to leave her Arlington Street house to walk her three-year-old French bulldog, Spanky, when she saw the commotion near Coolidge Variety store.
She gaped in disbelief at the amount of reporters, police, and neighbors staked out in front of 7-Eleven near Mount Auburn Street.
"This is usually Spanky's route," she said, nodding to the area sectioned off with caution tape, "and he won't do his business unless he can get on his route."
However, Colella said she felt safer amid reports that the second bombing suspect has been found.
"It's just bizarre," she said. "I've lived in Watertown my whole life. This feels like a bad movie or something."
Follow breaking developments in the search for the Marathon bombers here and our full story here.
Did you get a college rejection letter? Here's some sage advice
The late Globe columnist David Nyhan wrote the following column in 1987. Since then, it has been reprinted in the newspaper and online many times around this time of year. Nyhan died in January 2005.
THE REJECTIONS arrive this time of year in thin, cheap envelopes, some with a crummy window for name and address, as if it were a bill, and none with the thick packet you'd hoped for.
''Dear So-and-so:
''The admissions committee gave full consideration . . . but I regret to inform you we will be unable to offer you a place in the Class of 2012." Lots of applicants, limited number of spaces, blah blah blah, good luck with your undergraduate career. Very truly yours, Assistant Dean Blowhard, rejection writer, Old Overshoe U.
This is the season of college acceptance letters. So it's also the time of rejection. You're in or you're out. Today is the day you learn how life is not like high school. To the Ins, who got where they wanted to go: Congrats, great, good luck, have a nice life, see you later. The rest of this is for the Outs.
You sort of felt it was coming. Your SAT scores weren't the greatest. Your transcript had some holes in it. You wondered what your teachers' recommendations would really say, or imply. And you can't help thinking about that essay you finished at 2 o'clock in the morning of the day you absolutely had to mail in your application, that essay which was, well, a little weird.
Maybe you could have pulled that C in sociology up to a B-minus. Maybe you shouldn't have quit soccer to get a job to pay for your gas. Maybe it was that down period during sophomore year when you had mono and didn't talk to your teachers for three months while you vegged out. What difference does it make what it was? It still hurts.
It hurts where you feel pain most: inside. It's not like the usual heartache that kids have, the kind other people can't see. An alcoholic parent, a secret shame, a gaping wound in the family fabric, these are things one can carry to school and mask with a grin, a wisecrack, a scowl, a just-don't-mess-with-me-today attitude.
But everybody knows where you got in and where you didn't. Sure, the letter comes to the house. But eventually you've still got to face your friends. ''Any mail for me?" is like asking for a knuckle sandwich. Thanks a lot for the kick in the teeth. What a bummer.
How do you tell kids at school? That's the hard part. The squeals in the corridor from the kids who got in someplace desirable. The supercilious puss on the ones who got early acceptance or the girl whose old man has an in at Old Ivy.
There's the class doofus who suddenly becomes the first nerd accepted at Princeton, the 125-pound wrestling jock who, surprise, surprise, got into MIT. But what about you?
You've heard about special treatment for this category or that category, alumni kids on a legacy ticket or affirmative action luckouts or rebounders or oboe players. Maybe they were trying to fill certain slots. But you're not a slot. You're you. They can look at your grades and weigh your scores and see how many years you were in French Club. But they can't look into your head, or into your heart. They can't check out the guts department.
This is the important thing: They didn't reject you. They rejected your resume. They gave some other kid the benefit of the doubt. Maybe that kid deserved a break. Don't you deserve a break? Sure. You'll get one. Maybe this is the reality check you needed. Maybe the school that does take you will be good. Maybe this is the day you start to grow up.
Look at some people who've accomplished a lot and see where they started. Ronald Reagan? Eureka College. Jesse Jackson? They wouldn't let him play quarterback in the Big Ten, so he quit Illinois for North Carolina A & T. Do you know that the recently retired chairmen and CEOs of both General Motors and General Electric graduated from UMass? Bob Dole? He went to Washburn Municipal University.
The former minority leader of the United States Senate, Tom Daschle, went to South Dakota State. The former speaker of the US House of Representatives, J. Dennis Hastert, went to Northern Illinois University. Dick Armey, the former House majority leader, took a bachelor's degree from Jamestown College. Winston Churchill? He was so slow a learner that they used to write to his mother to come take this boy off our hands.
I know what you think: Spare me the sympathy. It still hurts. But let's keep this in perspective. What did Magic Johnson say to the little boy who also tested HIV positive? ''You've got to have a positive attitude." What happens when you don't keep a positive attitude? Don't ask.
This college thing? What happened is that you rubbed up against the reality of big-time, maybe big-name, institutions. Some they pick, some they don't. You lost. It'll happen again, but let's hope it won't have the awful kick. You'll get tossed by a girlfriend or boyfriend. You won't get the job or the promotion you think you deserve. Some disease may pluck you from life's fast lane and pin you to a bed, a wheelchair, a coffin. That happens.
Bad habits you can change; bad luck is nothing you can do anything about.
Does it mean you're not a good person? People like you, if not your resume. There's no one else that can be you. Plenty of people think you're special now, or will think that, once they get to know you. Because you are.
And the admissions department that said no? Screw them. You've got a life to lead.
Environmental forum on Alewife Reservation at Lesley University
A six-member group of scientists will be part of the "Three Towns, One Forest", a regional environmental forum taking place on April 25 at 7 p.m. at Lesley University Hall's Amphitheater in Cambridge, 1815 Massachusetts Ave.
The panel group will discuss the conservation value and future of the state-owned Alewife Reservation and its abutting Silver Maple Forest at the Belmont Uplands, a land and river confluence between Cambridge, Belmont, and Arlington, according to a press release.
In the age of climate change, the speakers will focus on Wetlands Protection Act regulations and hydrological concepts that could be activated to preserve the silver maple forest and its surrounding floodplain in the Mystic River watershed. Community initiatives will be suggested to preserve these New England natural resources.
The event is open to the university body and to the public.
Featured expert speakers include EK Singh Khalsa, executive director of the Mystic Watershed Association; Scott Horsley, hydrologist of Horsley and Witten Group and Tufts faculty; Minka vanBeuzekom, Cambridge city councilor; David Morimoto, director of Lesley’s Natural Science and Mathematics Department; Lucia Lovison, geophysicist and instructor at Harvard's School of Continuing Education; and Mike Nakagawa, biomedical engineer and board member of Alewife Neighbors, Inc.
The Forum is moderated by Amy Mertl, biology professor at Lesley.
Sponsors include Lesley University, Friends of Alewife Reservation, and Green Cambridge, and co-sponsors include a number of local Boston-wide environmental organizations.
For more information, click here.
Belmont Girl Scouts learn financial literacy from Cambridge Savings Bank
Cambridge Savings Bank (CSB) recently presented “Money and Math,” a financial education program, to Burbank Elementary School’s 4th Grade Junior Girl Scout Troop 71938, according to a press release.
“Money and Math” challenged the 15 Girl Scouts by presenting them with brain-teasers such as creating a single large sum of money using as few bills and coins as possible, as well as trivia regarding the men on United States bills including Woodrow Wilson on the rare $100,000 note.
Evan Diamond, vice president and Financial Education Program manager at CSB, helped the troop work their way toward special badges in financial literacy.
“The highlight of the afternoon was when Mr. Diamond split the girls into two teams to debate whether the $2 bill should be retired and replaced with a $3 bill,” said troop co-leader Sarah Isenberg. “The girls thoroughly enjoyed working with Mr. Diamond and learning more about something they're exposed to every day.”
Since 2010, CSB has educated more than 7,400 participants through live financial lessons. CSB also provides online financial education resources through the CSBsmart page on its website.
Ninety-two local students, from 58 schools, win national medals from National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Young Massachusetts artists and writers were honored with national medals— 57 for art and 35 for writing— in the 90th Annual National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, according to a press release.
All the Massachusetts students qualified for this national competition by winning Gold Keys from the Boston Globe Scholastic Art & Writing Awards contest.
With 92 local students honored, Massachusetts was the country’s fourth largest medal winner. These winning students, grades 7-12, represented 58 schools, and 44 cities and towns in the state.
With 10 awards, Buckingham Browne & Nichols in Cambridge ranked first among Massachusetts schools.
Of the Gold Medal winners:
- Victoria White, a junior at Milton Academy, won “Best in Grade” for her poetry
- Lim Chungha from the Walnut Hill School in Natick won an American Vision Award for painting
- Imogene Robinson, from the Governor’s Academy in Byfield, won an American Voices Award for a short story
- Anna Xie, from the O’Bryant School Math/Science in Boston, won a $10,000 scholarship for her writing portfolio. Only five such writing scholarships were awarded nationally.
Winning students from around the country will be honored at a ceremony in Carnegie Hall in New York on May 31, 2013.
Winning artwork will remains on exhibit in the State Transportation Building, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, through April 19. It will be open to the public for free weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; closed Saturdays; and open Sunday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Here is a complete list of the Massachusetts winners:
Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, Acton
Amanda Davies, 12th grade, "Lost" (Category- Art, Photography)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Oakmont Regional High School, Ashburnham
Meghan Garven, 12th grade, (Category- Art Portfolio)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Tanner Gauvin ,11th grade, "Think" (Category- Art, Painting)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Avon Middle High School, Avon
Ivanna Depina, 10th grade, "Pink" (Category- Art, Photography)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Quabbin Regional High School, Barre
Rachel Perry, 10th grade, "The Piggy Bank" (Category- Art, Ceramics & Glass) Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Allyson St. Pierre, 10th grade, "Take Out" (Category- Art, Ceramics & Glass)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Belmont High School, Belmont
Kimberly Paquette,10th grade, "Reaching" (Category- Art, Painting)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Talin Tahajian, 11th grade, "Chrysanthemums," "Of Blood and Butter," "The time is ticking," "A Beautiful Commotion," "Carrion" (Category- Writing, Poetry)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Amy Wang, 10th grade, "Wang In A Blanket" (Category- Art, Painting)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Samantha Xu, 10th grade, "Royal Flush" (Category- Art, Painting)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Winthrop L Chenery Middle School, Belmont
Hayoung Jo, 8th grade, "Untitled" (Category- Art, Drawing)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Paul Roche, 8th grade, "Six Eye Portrait" (Category- Art, Drawing)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Julia Siegel, 8th grade, "Indigo with Flower Pot" (Category- Art, Drawing)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Boston College High School, Boston
Alexander Bailey, 12th grade, "The Happiness Salesman" (Category- Writing, Short Story)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Boston Latin, Boston
Dara Lin, 8th grade, "Confictura Bella" (Category- Writing, Science Fiction/Fantasy) Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Cole Wennerholm, 7th grade, "Poverty" (Category- Art, Photography)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Commonwealth School, Boston
Melanie Abrams, 12th grade, "What She Learned" (Category- Writing, Flash Fiction) Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Francesco Drake, 10th grade, "Green Bottle" (Category- Art, Ceramics & Glass)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
International School of Boston, Boston
Louis Block, 12th grade, (Category- Writing Portfolio, Writing Portfolio)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
O'Bryant School Math/Science, Boston
Anna Xie, 12th grade, (Category- Writing Portfolio, Writing Portfolio)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Brockton High School, Brockton
Kevin Francois, 12th grade, "Shock And Awe" (Category- Art, Photography)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Kate Cutlip, 12th grade, "untitled" (Category- Art, Printmaking)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Southfield School, Brookline
Ji Hyun Yeo, 8th grade, "Reflections Of Twisted Time Phase" (Category- Art, Drawing) Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Home School, Burlington
Jinsung Kim, 8th grade, "My House" (Category- Art, Drawing)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Burlington High School, Burlington
Christopher Coe, 12th grade, (Category- Art Portfolio, Art Portfolio)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal with Distinction
Marshall Simonds Middle School, Burlington
Alyssa Healey, 8th grade, "2 Of A Kind" (Category- Art, Drawing)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
The Governor's Academy, Byfield
Myles Badger, 12th grade, "The Cotton Gin Curse" (Category- Writing, Personal Essay/Memoir)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Imogene Robinson, 12th grade, "The Cookbook" (Category- Writing, Short Story)
Awards: Gold Key American Voices Medal, Gold Medal
Helen Shi, 10th grade, "Clinging On Death" (Category- Art, Ceramics & Glass)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School, Cambridge
Alberto Ancona, 11th grade, "True Happiness" (Category- Writing, Science Fiction/Fantasy)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Wenli Bao, 12th grade, "Soundproof" (Category- Writing, Personal Essay/Memoir)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Wenli Bao, 12th grade (Category- Writing Portfolio, Writing Portfolio)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal with Distinction
Harry Bator, 10th grade, "Dimmer;" "How It Was Done;" "Scorn;" "Monument" (Category- Writing, Poetry)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Ami Clifford, 12th grade, "Joy Division" (Category- Writing, Short Story)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Sarah Dahl, 10th grade, "Bus" (Category- Writing, Short Story)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Jake Kuhn, 12th grade, "Holy Cow! A Profile of Dairy Farmer and Cow Caretaker Edgar Pless" (Catergory- Writing, Journalism)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Caitlin McCarey, 12th grade, "The Doctor Of Delight: A Profile Of Jay Stewart" (Catergory- Writing, Journalism)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Margery Tong, 12th grade, (Category- Writing Portfolio, Writing Portfolio)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal with Distinction
Margery Tong, 12th grade, "Mori, The Lefty" (Category- Writing, Journalism)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Carlisle School, Carlisle
Daria Pietropaolo, 8th grade, "Hole In The Blanket," "Leaf," "Fence," "Monster Mud," "Yola's Little Italian Dictionary" (Category- Writing, Poetry)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Concord-Carlisle High School, Concord
Emilie Carr, 12th grade, (Category- Art Portfolio, Art Portfolio)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Hannah Ryde, 12th grade, (Category- Art Portfolio, Art Portfolio)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal with Distinction
Alexandra Mackenzie, 12th grade, "Hydrant" (Category- Art, Painting)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Home School, Concord
Miranda Cashman, 12th grade, (Category- Writing Portfolio, Writing Portfolio)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
St. John's Preparatory School, Danvers
Liam Viles ,11th grade, "Untitled" (Category- Art, Printmaking)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Noble and Greenough School, Dedham
Akshan Dealwis, 11th grade, "When The Gods Leave" (Category- Writing, Personal Essay/Memoir)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Irena Maria Maier11th grade, "Karamazov Shock: My Non-epiphanic Epiphany" (Category- Writing, Personal Essay/Memoir)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Everett High School, Everett
Kevin Angulo, 12th grade, "Boylston Puddle Reflection" (Category- Art, Painting)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Paul Vu, 11th grade, "Racing At The Speed Of Light" (Category- Art, Photography) Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
John F Kennedy Middle School, Florence
Mairead Blatner, 8th grade, "Pro Bono" (Category- Writing, Science Fiction/Fantasy)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Luke Haas, 8th grade, "Stock Of The Season" (Category- Writing, Humor)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Hunakai Studio of Fine Art, Foxborough
Elizabeth Civetti, 9th grade, "Apples" (Category- Art, Drawing)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Georgetown Middle/High School, Georgetown
Hannah Olbash, 12th grade, "Dark Walk" (Category- Art, Photography)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School, Hamilton
Justin Finkenaur, 12th grade, "Elephant" (Category- Art, Sculpture)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Notre Dame Academy School, Hingham
Anya Petit, 12th grade, (Category- Art Portfolio, Art Portfolio)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Alaina Taylor, 10th grade, "Untitled" (Category, Writing, Flash Fiction)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Performing and Fine Arts High School, Lawrence
Elissa Salas, 11th grade, "Self Portrait" (Category- Art, Photography)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Jonas Clarke Middle School, Lexington
Eva Kjelsberg, 8th grade, "Alone" (Category: Art, Digital Art)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Lexington Montessori School, Lexington
Alexander Lehr, 8th grade, "The Empty Men" (Category- Writing, Science Fiction/Fantasy)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
William Diamond Middle School, Lexington
Catherine Wang, 8th grade, "Chiesa Farm" (Category- Art, Drawing)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Longmeadow High School, Longmeadow
Kathryn Higham, 12th grade, "Sharpie Dress" (Category- Art, Fashion?
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Brookwood School, Manchester
Elizabeth Irvin, 8th grade, "Permanent" (Category- Writing, Flash Fiction)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Sebastian Carpenter, 8th grade, "Insect I" (Category- Art, Sculpture)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Manchester Essex Regional High School, Manchester
Julia Paccone, 11th grade, "Organic Glamour" (Category- Art, Fashion)
Awards: Gold Key, American Visions Nominee | Silver Medal
Marshfield High School, Marshfield
Lily Celino, 10th grade, "Shoes" (Category- Art, Drawing)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Melrose Middle School, Melrose
Gerard Frasca, 8th grade, "Landscape, Portugal" (Category: Art, Drawing)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Milton Academy, Milton
Olivia Atwood, 12th grade, "The Conservative Synagogue At 11 East 11th Street," "Burglary at 88 Allerton," "Senior Year in Five Haikus," "La Guerra Sucia." (Category- Writing, Poetry)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Jessica Blau, 12th grade, "Tectonics," "The Things I'll Never Tell My Mother," "Mermaids" (Category- Writing, Poetry)
Awards: Gold Key, AVN | Gold Medal
Jonathan Esty, 12th grade, "On the Removal of the Bald Eagle" (Category- Writing, Poetry)
Awards: Gold Key/Silver Medal
Sarah Hombach, 12th grade, "An Agriculture Major" (Category- Writing, Poetry)
Awards: Gold Key/Gold Medal
Victoria White, 11th grade, "Oncology," "Blackberry Winter," "Hardening," "Past Tense" (Category- Writing, Poetry)
Awards: Gold Key | Best in Grade, Gold Medal
Walnut Hill School, Natick
Emily Kessler, 11th grade, "Monopoly" (Category- Writing, Personal Essay/Memoir)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Chungha Lim, 11th grade, "Portrait Of Conveyance" (Category- Art, Painting)
Awards: Gold Key, AVN | American Visions Medal, Silver Medal
Needham High School, Needham
Noah Baker, 12th grade, "Uncle John #11" (Category: Art, Mixed Media)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Newburyport High School, Newburyport
Jillian Conway, 11th grade, "Untitled" (Category: Art, Photography)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Newton North High School, Newton
Audrey Derobert, 12th grade, "1 In 8 Teenagers Have Self Harmed" (Category- Art, Photography)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Xiang Ding, 12th grade, "Beach" (Category: Art, Painting)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Newton South High School, Newton
Olivia Hamilton, 11th grade, "Tractor" (Category: Art, Sculpture)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Algonquin Regional High School, Northborough
Jessica Sheldon, 12th grade, "Moonlit Adventure" (Category- Art, Photography)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Landmark School, Pride's Crossing, Beverly
Phoebe Britton, 12th grade, "Self-portrait In White" (Category- Art, Drawing)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Corey Kramer 11th grade, "Red Riding Hood" (Category- Art, Printmaking)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Berkshire School, Sheffield
Kevin Xu, 9th grade, "Self-Portrait" (Category- Art, Photography)
Awards: GoldKey/Gold Medal
Fay School, Southborough
Soo Hyun Hong, 8th grade, "Three Apples" (Category- Art, Painting)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Coyle & Cassidy High School, Taunton
Mercedes Lamb, 11th grade, "Cuppa Dolphin" (Category- Art, Digital Art)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Masconomet Regional High School, Topsfield
Allin Skiba, 11th grade, "Baseball" (Category- Art, Photography)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Innovation Academy Charter School, Tyngsborough
Spencer Royston, 8th grade, "The Storm" (Category- Writing, Personal Essay/Memoir)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Wayland High School, Wayland
Jameson Hunt, 10th grade, "Ashen" (Category- Art, Photography)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Wellesley High School, Wellesley
Anya Pineau, 10th grade, "Dressing Up" (Category- Art, Photography)
Awards: Gold Key | Gold Medal
Wellesley Middle School, Wellesley
Sam Baltrus, 8th grade, "Scream" (Category- Art, Photography)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Westborough High School, Westborough
Benjamin Li, 10th grade, "Uncertainty" (Category- Art, Painting)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Minnechaug Regional High School, Wilbrham
Emily Zheng, 11th grade, "White Days" (Category- Writing, Personal Essay/Memoir)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
Wilmington High School, Wilmington
Ryan Clark, 11th grade, "Cranes" (Category- Art, Photography)
Awards: Gold Key | Silver Medal
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