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The Noepe Chapter of the National Honor Society held a recognition and induction ceremony at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School on Dec. 9. The following students were recognized for academic achievement. Names preceded by an asterisk represent spring 2008 inductees to the Society.
Seniors
Kimberly Carlomagno
Ana Carvalho
*Caitlin Cassiani
Katharine Clarke
Hilary Dreyer
*Ryan Dwane
Christopher Ewing
Kelly Felder
Danielle Fogg
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School principal Stephen Nixon has announced the Honor Roll for the first quarter of the 2008-2009 academic year.
Highest honors go to twelfth graders Kimberly Carlomagno; Katharine Clarke; Loren Gibson; Laura Jernegan; Haley Koorse; Ryan Marinelli; Andrew McHugh and Bethany Pennington;
Highest honors go to eleventh graders Alexander Case; Olivia Gross; Shaelah Huntington; Meaghan Jeffers; Abigail Larsen; Meghan Pettit and Hayley Pierce;
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School hockey team rolled over Bridgewater-Raynham by a score of 5-0 on Wednesday to win both ends of a home-and-home series with the Trojans and run their record to an impressive 6-1-1 on the season.
As they near the half-way mark of the season, the boys’ hockey team is almost a lock to qualify for the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association tournament.
The Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank Charitable Fund awarded more than $76,000 in grants to local nonprofit organizations and community groups in the past year. With support for programs in the arts, education, community affairs, health care, youth and senior programs, the fund’s grants benefited 45 organizations that contribute to a better quality of life on the Island.
With the country in a recession, all six Vineyard towns yesterday rushed to file applications to receive funding through an ambitious economic recovery plan from President-elect Barack Obama that recalls the late Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal plan of 1932.
Oak Bluffs school principal Laury Binney is leading the charge in cuts to Island elementary school budgets, with a proposed nine cuts to positions across six departments.
Principals are preparing to present their budgets to town leaders, in some cases still scrambling to cut operational costs while attempting to minimize the effects of a recession on students.