The following student achievement announcements were received by the Gazette.

Cape Cod Community College students Martha Abbot of Oak Bluffs and Melissa Boyce of Vineyard Haven were inducted into Phi Theta Kappa, the international academic honor society of associate degree-granting colleges.

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A new weekly bereavement group for those who have experienced the loss of a partner or spouse meets on Tuesdays, beginning March 16 at 10 a.m. at the West Tisbury Congregational Church. Colleen Seadale, bereavement counselor for Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard and licensed marriage and family therapist leads the group. Space is limited. For details on the program or to preregister, call 508-693-0189.

Dean’s List

Sagitta Woodman, of West Tisbury, made the dean’s list at Salve Regina University in Newport, R.I. A sophomore majoring in international social work, she is the daughter of Mara Coleman of West Tisbury.

The Nauset Garden Club of Cape Cod and the Islands is offering scholarships for students majoring horticulture, landscape, environmental studies, botany, marine biology, biology and microbiology.

Full-time students entering the junior or senior year or graduate study program of an accredited college or university are eligible. The club will offer two $3,000 scholarships for the 2010-2011 academic year. The club also offers the $5,000 Evelyn Ponticos Helides Scholarship.

Are there any guardian angels out there who would love to adopt a beautiful sweet tabby cat, who although she has tested FIV positive, is otherwise healthy and very loving? Her name is Miss Misty and she is spayed, has had all her shots and been thoroughly checked by a veterinarian. For safety sake she needs to be in a home without any other animals and needs to be an indoor cat. Please come and see her — she is a love.

Maycon Arrives

Maria De Lurdes Raspante and Adriano Silva of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a son, Maycon Moreira Raspante, on Feb. 17 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Maycon weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces at birth.