The following was submitted by Boston College High School:

For High Honors a Soph., Jr., Sr. must have at least a 3.80 quality point average and all grades '"C+" or higher. Freshmen need a 3.6 quality point average and all grades '"C+" or higher.

For Honors a Soph., Jr., Sr. must have at least a 3.20 quality point average and all grades '"C-" or higher. Freshmen need a 3.165 quality point average and all grades '"C-" or higher.

Burlington: Honors: Edward C. Wetzel ‘16

Everett: High Honors: Samuel Vasquez ’14 and Matthew F. Donohue ‘16

Honors:  Igor Campos Carvalho’14

Lynnfield: High Honors: Eric Simonelli ‘15

Malden: High Honors: Delsin David '14 and Danny Nguyen '16

Honors: Ismail Chineye Asongwed '14, Kolby Lavrik Vegara '15 and Kenny Wilson Delino '16

Medford: High Honors:  David Gentile ’14 and  John M. O'Brien 2015

Honors: Keshler S.G. Charles '15 and John F. Glynn '15

Melrose: High Honors: James F. O'Donnell '14, Daniel Casey '16, Anthony A. Ioffredo '16, Edward J. Kelley '16, Jacob A. May '16, Matthew W. O'Donnell '16, Noah A. Peterson '16

Honors: Samir Aslane '15, Robert A. Brodeur '16 and Andrew T. McCormack '16

Merrimac: High Honors: Liam Maxwell Rich’14

Nahant: High Honors: Matthew C. Ryan ‘14

North Andover: Honors: Emaad Syed Ali '15 and John Roy O’Connor '15

Revere: High Honors: Kenny Builes '14, Michael J. Kelley '14, Matthew S. O’Keefe '14 and Gabriel Drumond Depinho '16

Honors: Walter A. Carrera '14, Sergio Manuel Leon '16 and Alejandro D. Montoya '16

Salem: High Honors: William M. Kraemer ‘15

Saugus: Honors: Christopher J. Kelble '14

Somerville: High Honors: Christien P. Mendoza Exconde '15, Jesse O. Najarro '15 and Alex E. Santos '15

Honors: John W. Dres 2014, John P. Lynch 2015 and Brandon R. Payzant '16

Stoneham: High Honors:  David A. Vaccaro’14

Honors: Sean P. Moynihan’14

Swampscott: High Honors: Michael Wade Norcott '14

Honors: Peter R. Amato '16

West Newbury: High Honors: William Callahan Duggan '16

Winchester: High Honors: Thomas X. Pinella '14, Nathan S. Batty '15 and John D. O'Donnell '16

Honors:  Alexander J. Farone '15

Winthrop: High Honors: Thomas J. Nee '14, Christian G. Navarro '15, Nicholas R. Triant '15 and Cameron A. DeAngelo '16

Honors: Grant Herbert '14

Woburn: High Honors:  Robert J. Ferullo ‘15

Boston College High School is a Jesuit, Catholic, college-preparatory school for young men founded in 1863.  The school enrolls approximately 1600 students from more than 100 communities in eastern Massachusetts.

By Matt Rocheleau, Town Correspondent

Donations are being collected online and via mail to help Transit Police Officer Richard “Dic” Donohue Jr., who was shot and critically injured during a violent exchange of gunfire with the two men suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon.

He was one of numerous officers who chased two men – who allegedly killed an MIT police officer Thursday night and orchestrated the deadly marathon bombing Monday – to the corner of Dexter and Laurel streets in Watertown where a gun battle broke out early Friday morning.

During the mayhem, Donohue was shot. A bullet ruptured an artery and vein in his right thigh causing him to lose nearly all of his blood and his heart stopped beating, doctors have said.

Donohue remains in critical but stable condition at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, T spokesman Joe Pesaturo said Tuesday.

Transit Police patrol Officer Bob Marino, who is president of the MBTA Police Association, said the donation website for Donohue launched on Monday afternoon.

As of noon on Tuesday, about $15,000 had been raised, according to Marino.

"We just got the site up there and hadn't really done any advertising until this morning," he said by phone Tuesday afternoon. "So I feel really good about that start."

Marino said that the MBTA is helping to spread awareness about the fund, including by prominently displaying a link to the donation website and a photo of Donohue on the homepage of the T's popular MBTA.com website. The association is also reaching out to police departments nationwide and others to seek donations.

He said the money will go to help pay for Donohue's medical expenses and his family's day-to-day bills.

"It’s so early in the game and we don’t know how long it’s going to take and how the recovery process will go," Marino said. "He's showing positive signs so far -- knock on wood -- but it could take a significant amount of time before he returns to work."

He said he and Donohue work different shifts, but the two have worked together occasionally. Marino described Donohue as a "great, intelligent guy" who is a "hard worker," a good friend and colleague who is missed around the department.

The donation website said Donohue joined the Transit Police department three years ago. A graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, he served as US Navy officer before joining the Transit Police.

“The MBTA Police Association Benevolent Fund, Inc. extends its deepest sympathy the victims of the Boston Marathon Bombings and their families,” the site said. “Our thoughts and prayers are also with the family of our brother, Officer Sean Collier of the MIT Police,” a 26-year-old who died after the two bombing suspects allegedly shot him Thursday night.

Collier was a friend of Donohue. They attended the Transit Police Academy together.

Donations to Donohue and his family can be made at www.officerricharddonohue.com, or by mailing checks payable to the “MBTA Police Association Benevolent Fund, Inc.” and mailed to: MBTA Police Department, c/o Officer Donohue Fund, 240 South Hampton Street, Boston, MA, 02118.

To read more about Donohue, click here and here.

For the latest and complete coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings, visit Boston.com.

E-mail Matt Rocheleau at mjrochele@gmail.com.
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By Brenda J. Buote, Globe Correspondent

The Massachusetts School Building Authority has moved the Winchester High School plan into the final design phase, along with a project in Lynn, and approved a grant of up to $43.67 million for a new J. Henry Higgins Middle School in Peabody.

The authority’s decision Wednesday to move the proposed $127.2 million Winchester High School into the schematic design phase sets the stage for an MSBA vote in October on whether to offer state reimbursement for the project.

“Up to this point, the designs for the high school have been conceptual,” said Robert F. Deering, chairman of the town’s Educational Facilities Planning & Building Committee. “Now, with this latest MSBA approval, we will be able to get into specifics about what the school will look like, with more detailed drawings and elevations.”

The proposal calls for moderate additions and renovations to the existing high school on Skillings Road to address mechanical, plumbing, and electrical deficiencies. The current school was built in 1971 and serves 1,167 students in grades 9 to 12. Design work on the new facility will begin immediately, Deering said.

The schematic design “will give us a better idea of the final budget for the potential project,” Jack McCarthy, the authority’s executive director, said in a written statement.

The Winchester school building committee is working with Symmes, Maini & McKee Associates, Inc., a Cambridge-based architectural, engineering, and planning firm, and Skanska USA, one of the world’s leading construction groups to improve the high school.

Superintendent William H. McAlduff Jr. said he hopes to have the schematic design completed this summer, in time for the authority to take action at its October meeting.

If the building authority accepts the design and agrees to fund the project, the town would have 120 days to authorize the full project amount. According to McAlduff, local voters would have to approve a debt exclusion, or temporary tax increase, to cover the costs.

McAlduff said he expects the state to cover about one-third of the project’s eligible costs. However, that figure could be higher if the project meets MSBA criteria related to sustainability, environmental efficiency, and other factors, the superintendent said.

If all goes according to plan, the project would be put out to bid in 2014, Deering said. The work would be completed in multiple phases, with the first section of the building ready for use in the fall of 2016, McAlduff added.

Winchester High was one of three area schools to receive approval to move into the schematic design phase of a major construction project. Winthrop High School and Lynn’s Thurgood Marshall Middle School received the go-ahead for replacement projects.

Lynn is proposing its first major school building project in more than a decade. Local leaders are looking to replace the 90-year-old east Lynn school, one of the city’s three middle schools, with a new facility. The proposed project would replace the existing 144,100-square-foot Marshall School on Porter Street with a new 181,847-square-foot facility serving 1,100 students in grades 6 to 8.

“It’s a big step for us,” said Lynn Superintendent Catherine C. Latham. “The current building is too old and too small. Each year, we have to allow students to transfer out of Marshall because we simply don’t have space for them there.”

In separate action, the building authority agreed to pay 56.16 percent of eligible costs, for a total grant of up to $43.67 million, toward the construction of a new, 221,518-square-foot J. Henry Higgins Middle School in Peabody.

The new school will replace a building that dates to 1966 and suffers from numerous deficiencies in structural integrity and in major building systems, from the roof to aging mechanical and electrical systems.

By David Nyhan, Globe Staff

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.

The following was submitted by Lucia Ristorante: 

Head to Lucia Winchester for a cooking class on March 27 and Traditional Family Dinners every Sunday and Monday

Who:                     Lucia Ristorante Owner Donato Frattaroli and Executive Chef Pino Maffeo (and Food & Wine’s Best New Chef 2006) introduce the next class in the Lucia Winchester cooking series: Artisan Pizza Making.

What:                   Lucia Ristorante is presenting the second installment of “Cooking Classes with Chef Pino and Donato,” this time highlighting Artisan Pizza Making. This class is the perfect opportunity to gain insight on the tips and tricks to making Lucia’s famous dough, and have the opportunity to experiment with different toppings, such as a guest favorite, Pizza del Buongustaio (white pizza with mozzarella, potatoes, pancetta, gorgonzola, and fresh rosemary).

Don’t feel like cooking?  Lucia Winchester continues to offer traditional family dinners, designed to transport guests to Abruzzo, Italy as if they were at the Frattaroli dinner table. For just $20 per person ($15 for children under 12 years old), guests can feast on an authentic Italian dinner composed of century old Frattaroli family recipes. The dinner spread includes: soup or salad, pasta (an option of linguine or penne) with marinara sauce, and a choice of two sides—sausage, meatballs, beef braciolettine, or ribs. The Traditional Lucia Family Dinner menu is available every Sunday and Monday evening during dinner service throughout the winter.

When:                  Artisan Pizza Making Class: Wednesday, March 27

7 p.m. until 9 p.m. 

Installments will take place once every month

Traditional Lucia Family Dinners

                                Continues every Sunday and Monday evening during dinner service

Where:                Lucia Ristorante Winchester

                                13 Mt. Vernon St.

Winchester, MA

(781) 729-0515

www.luciawinchester.com

Other:                   The Artisan Pizza Cooking Class costs $55.

Family Dinners cost $20 per person and $15 for children under 12 years old.

For more information about these events, please call (781) 729-0515.

About Lucia Ristorante

Lucia Ristorante is a family owned and run, authentic Italian restaurant that has been serving traditional yet innovative cuisine to loyal guests for over 35 years. With two locations - one in Boston’s North End in one in Winchester center – Lucia hosts numerous private functions every year, and also offers lunch and dinner daily.

By Jarret Bencks, Town Correspondent

Buses will be used in lieu of commuter rail trains on the Lowell line this weekend due to repair work on rail tracks in Somerville, according to the MBTA.

Inbound passengers from Winchester Center, Wedgemere and West Medford stations will be bussed directly to North Station on Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24. Passengers from Woburn and points north will take a bus from Anderson/Woburn to North Station, or they may take the train as far as West Medford, if that is their final destination.

Outbound, buses from North Station will take passengers to Winchester Center, Wedgemere West Medford, and Anderson/Woburn. Riders heading further north will take the train from Woburn.

Buses will depart according to the regular weekend train schedule. Arrival times may vary.

Jarret Bencks can be reached at bencks.globe@gmail.com. Follow him on twitter @JarretBencks.

"Bikey the Rhinestone Bicycle"

Photo courtesy of Meghan Chiampa

By Susan Meyers, Guest Columnist

Several students from Winchester schools won honors in the 2013 Boston Globe Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

This year’s competition marks the 90th anniversary for the national program and the 63d for the local contest. Locally, 7,768 students, in grades 7 through 12, submitted 13,776 images of student art and 1,559 pieces of student writing, both individually and within portfolios.

Panels of three individuals were selected by the advisory board to judge 15 art classifications and 10 writing genres, from painting to drawing and short story to journalism.

Ceremonies were held Sunday at John Hancock Hall in Boston. Below are the local school winners, with the designation GK for Gold Key, SK for Silver Key and HM for honorable mention.

A gallery of some of the arts winners can be found here. Currently, all Silver and Gold Key award-winning entries are on display in the State Transportation Building, 10 Park Plaza, Boston. The exhibit is free, and open to the public Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays noon to 4 p.m.

Winchester High School Antonevich Tyler SK
Winchester High School Bowers Emma GK-P,GK
Winchester High School Brates Irena GK-P,GK
Winchester High School Clark Caroline HM
Winchester High School Coccoluto Hudson HM
Winchester High School Costa Isabelle HM
Winchester High School Curtin Alexandra SK
Winchester High School Desilets Jeneane GK,SK,HM
Winchester High School Hodges Daniel GK,HM
Winchester High School Kurker Victoria HM
Winchester High School McGeehan Alissa GK
Winchester High School Nguyen Ellen HM
Winchester High School Schipelliti Kathleen GK
Winchester High School Stevens Marguerite SK
Winchester High School Tam Julia HM
Winchester High School Thomas Claudia HM
Winchester High School Vaeth Anna GK,HM