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Cherilla (Coco) Brown still remembers feeling ecstatic when, six years ago, she won the lottery to attend the charter school. She hated elementary school, to the point of locking herself in the car each morning so her mother wouldn’t be able to drive her. But she found a love of learning at the charter school, an education she likens to homeschooling.
“Today is the happiest day of my life,” Ms. Brown said Sunday afternoon as she donned a blue flower wreath and prepared to graduate from high school.
Earns MFA at Columbia
Alexis Tonti, the daughter of Robert and Alicia Tonti of West Tisbury, has graduated from Columbia University’s School of the Arts with an MFA in writing (nonfiction concentration). Ms. Tonti earned the degree in October 2011, though the official ceremony took place in May as part of university-wide commencement exercises. Ms. Tonti, who lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., is the former news editor for the Vineyard Gazette and now works as managing editor for the alumni magazine Columbia College Today.
Conference All-Stars
Thirty Vineyard athletes were named to the Eastern Athletic Conference all-star teams for their respective sports this season.
Girls’ lacrosse: seniors Shelby Ferry, April Hargy and Madison Hughes; juniors Alayna Hutchinson, Jennie Lindland and Taylor Poggi; and sophomore Isabel Smith.
Boys’ lacrosse: seniors Nelson Dickson, Charlie Everett, Colby Gouldrup and Conor Smith.
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Junior Maggie Riseborough cemented her legacy as one of the best field athletes in Massachusetts, as she turned in a sixth-place finish in the shot put at the annual Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletics Association All-State meet last Saturday with a throw of 36’7.75”.
The girls' tennis team's day trip to the semifinals of the MIAA Division 3 South Section tournament has turned into a drama-filled extravaganza: with the away match against Cohasset tied at 2-2 after over five hours of play, the Vineyarders had to leave the courts to make the last boat home. They will resume play tomorrow, back at Cohasset.
Only one match remains incomplete, senior Wendy Wen's third singles match. Wen was down 1-4 in her second set, having won the first 6-0.