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The 4th Annual Names and Rank Memorial Day Sunday worship is at Trinity United Methodist worship center at the Camp Ground in Oak Bluffs on May 26 beginning at 10 a.m. The names and ranks of those who served or are serving in the military will be read. The service will include a Memorial Day meditation, a scripture message and sacred hymns. All are invited. Call the church office at 508-693-4424 for more information.
Several employees of the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital received Partners in Excellence Awards earlier this year from Partners Health Care. The employees were nominated by their colleagues and selected for their contributions of leadership and innovation, quality treatment and service, teamwork, efficiency and community service.
The Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard has a long wait list for the kittens who will soon become available for adoption. All of the kittens have been wormed, had their first shots and as soon as they are old enough will be spayed or neutered.
Last fall a group of nine soldiers arrived in Menemsha to compete in the Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby.
The classroom is up the open staircase to the right in room 220 at the Edgartown School. Flags of world nations hang from the ceiling. There is a quote on the door that reads, “No significant learning occurs without a significant relationship.” This is the English Language Learning room, although it is not the only place in the school where English language learning takes place.
Two Oak Bluffs students were honored at the state house in Boston as part of a national reading and writing program for young people.
Lily Davey and Bella Chimes, eighth-grade students at the Oak Bluffs School, both submitted work to Letters About Literature, a program that asks young people in grades four through 12 to write to an author (living or dead) about how his or her book has had a profound impact on them. Lily wrote a letter to Tahereh Mafi, the author of Shatter Me, and Bella wrote a letter to Donna Cooner, the author of Skinny.