Four Martha’s Vineyard students were among the 26 Falmouth Academy seventh and eighth graders inducted into the junior National Honor Society on Sunday, May 16.

They are Eli Hanschka, the son of Nancy Tutko and Whit Hanschka; Nathaniel Horwitz, the son of Geraldine Brooks and Tony Horwitz; and Jackie Menton, the daughter of Julie and Paul Menton, all of Vineyard Haven; and Aidan Huntington, the son of Susan Reidy Huntington and Peter Huntington, both of West Tisbury.

What follows is the list of awards given to Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School students at the annual Honors Night ceremony, held last night at the high school performing arts center.

Departmental Awards: Faculty

Art : excellence in drawing and painting: Patrick Lampart and Lonni Phillips; excellence in photography and graphics: Tova Katzman; excellence in 3D design and architecture: Michaella Gaines and Kelsey DeBettencourt; excellence in crafts and sculpture: Nicholas Dorr.

Please Adopt Us

Please be sure to watch this column next week for two very special cats that have just come to the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard to find new homes. They are not quite ready to be adopted yet, but they will be soon, and we are sure they won’t stay at the shelter long!

Hello, Oscar

Caroline and Frank Flanders and big sister Jean of West Tisbury announce the birth of a son, Oscar Read Flanders, born on May 22, 2010, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Oscar weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce at birth.

Jacob Joins Us

Jennifer and Kyle Gatchell of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Jacob Kyle, born on May 22, 2010, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Jacob weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces at birth, and joins sister Alison.

DeBettencourt — Agnew