Announcing Rocco

Nerissa Giles and Daniel Marshall announce the birth of a son, Rocco David Marshall, born on Feb. 24, 2010, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Rocco weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces at birth.

William Arrives Early

Emily and Michael Dwyer of Amesbury are pleased to announce the birth of a baby boy, William Judson Dwyer, on March 1 at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, two months ahead of schedule. William weighed 3 pounds, 13.4 ounces and was 16 inches long at birth. His paternal grandparents are Jim and Rita Dwyer of West Newbury; maternal grandparents are Peter MacRae of Chappaquiddick and Julia Wells of West Tisbury.

The following Oak Bluffs School students received honors for the first trimester of the 2009-2010 academic year:

Eighth grade high honors: Katherine deBettencourt, Shannon Ferry, Brian Fraser, Benjamin Lukowitz, Emily Hammett, Matthew Marchand, Sam Permar, Paul Robinson, Sara Thompson, Molly Wallace, Emma Yuen.

Eighth grade honors: Tyson Araujo, Samuel Burke, Emelia Cappelli, Alex Clark, Stowe Counsell, Sarah Dawson, Julia Duart, Hayley Maciel, Kenya Peters Vega, George Sykes, Isabelle Wadleigh, Aaron Wilson.

The following Edgartown School students received honors for the second quarter of the 2009-2010 academic year:

Eighth grade high honors: Rae Filley, Alice Keenan, Charlotte McCarron.

Eighth grade honors: Caroline Gazaille, Sarah Parece, Sarah Strem, Sophie Ulyatt, Zachary Wannamaker.

Seventh grade high honors: Aubrey Asbmun, Alec Cobban, Quinn Cobban, Gabriella Hoxsie, Megan Hurley, Hanna Kim, Charlie Morano, Jacob Pertile.

The Falmouth Academy this week announced the Vineyard winners at the academy’s science fair.

Seventh grader Eli Hanschka, son of Nancy Tutko and Whit Hanschka of Vineyard Haven, won fourth place in the middle school (grades 7 and 8) for his research into the effect of water pH on the germination of bean seeds.

Sophomore Signe Baumhofer, the daughter of Kim and Mark Baumhofer of Vineyard Haven, earned honorable mention in the upper school for her research and defense of her project titled, “Does your healthy lawn include clover?”

Jenny Seward to Wed

David and Jenny Seward of Vineyard Haven are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Seniel Victoria Seward, to Andrew Joseph Hannagan, son of Candy and Chandler Lincoln of Edgartown.