Congratulations!
December 2, 2007
The following Jamaica Plain individuals, businesses and organizations deserve recognition.
Dana Terres graduated cum laude from Macalester College.
Samuel Arocho graduated from St. Sebastian School in Needham.
Maya Algere, Yohana Amanuel, Julie Bui, Minta Burrowes, Bianca Cadet, Tiarra Caruso, Natasha Corbin, Ryan Hanafin, Hilarion Hernandez, Avante Lopez, Aixa Ortiz, Edward Quintanilla, Victoria Ramirez, Richard Robles, Angelica Seoane, and Frank Theodat graduated from Our Lady of Lourdes Grammer School.
Carlos-Henri Ferré graduated from Dedham Country Day School.
Angela A. Caputopapastamos and Maguerite E. Pierre, recent English High graduates, were among 58 seniors from Boston schools to win $10,000 Broad Prize Scholarships from the Broad Foundation.
Samantha D. Martin earned High Honors for Academic Achievement and High Honors for Effort in the 3rd trimester of her 7th grade year at Thayer Academy Middle School.
Kristin Cahill will join Project HOPE vollunteers aboard the U.S. Navy Hospital Ship the USNS Comfort on a humanitarian aid mission to Latin America and the Caribbean.
Lauren Goldstein and Stephanie Martinez graduated from the Windsor School in Boston.
Michelle P. Slade graduated from Lehigh College.
Joseph Richard received a Master of Arts in History and Devin Gearty received an undergraduate degree from Providence College.
Shanika Street graduated from Jewish Vocational Services' Culinary Arts Training Program.
Adam Cohen-Leadholm graduated from Bowdoin College with a Bachelor of Arts in Music Composition.
Ben Cohen-Leadholm graduated from M.I.T's Sloan School of Management with an M.B.A degree
Nora Christiani and Steven Remmer graduated from Concord Academy
Dennis Candido graduated from Boston College Highschool.
Steven Fox appeared in 'Double Negative, a production of Concord Academy's Theatre 3 Company.
Hebrew Seniorlife received a $400,000 grant from the Harold and Anna S. Ullian Charitable Foundation to provide support for nursing education and to designate the Ullian Center for Professional Development.
Rob Hochschild, senior editor in the Communications Department at Berklee School of Music, will travel to New Orleans this summer with seven of his co-workers to spend a week building houses in the New Orleans Musicians Village, an Upper 9th Ward development being built by Habitat for Humanity.
Kathleen L. Kottaridis was named executive director of Historic Boston, Inc.
Laura Eisener, who teaches at The Landscape Institute, a program of the Arnold Arboreteum, will be awarded a Massachusetts Horticultural Society silver medal at their annual award gala on June 21.
Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly received a $5,000 grant from the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, to be put toward executing programs and activities for the community's seniors.
Meadhbh Ryan, a soccer player, has been accepted into the People to People Sports Ambassador Program and will compete in the international Youth Friendship Games in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, this summer.
Robert Guptill received an Outstanding Vollunteer Award from Boston Cares.
Timothy Griffith, Aliyah Harris, Patrick Dolan, James Kim, Jordan Davis, Michael Guerra, and Deborah Griffith received awards for outstanding accomplishment in various fields from Boston Trinity Academy.
Erika and Guy members of the Individual Growth Team, participated in Project Bread's 30th annual Walk For Hunger.
22 Jamaica Plain residents will ride in this Years Pan Mass Challenge to support the Jimmy Fund.
The Hyde Square Task Force was among 5 neighborhood agencies to recieve a portion of $250,000 in grant monies from the City of Boston to expand their summer jobs, carreer exploration and academic enrichment programs.
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Melina Munoz, Ashley Haight, Brooke Adkins, Nanette Savides, Lauren Keneally, Jordana Popovich, Rebecca Brotzman, Shannah Weeden, Rachel Swepson, Amanda McCormick, and Autumn Soffel were named to the Simmons College Dean's List.
Eric Lorenz was named to the Wentworth College Dean's List.
RoseAnne Cunniffe was named to the Saint Anselm College Dean's List.
Daniel Hoffman graduated from Clark University
James Bucilla was named to the Tufts University Dean's List.
Neil A. Martinez-Belk, Yu Yun Huang, Rafael A. Vega, Danielle N. Rice, Melissa A. Foley, Ruby B. Dudley, Lisa Ruby and Jennifer Blakeman were named to the Northeastern University Dean's List.
Cassandra D. Mattes graduated from Framingham State College.
Todd Miller, Marjorie Hanson, Mark Hanson, Joseph Negri, Molly O'Malley, Bonnie Ruegsegger and Karen Wepsic will be vollunteering for the Pan-Mass. Challenge in August.
William Young earned a certification in Environmental Health and Safety from the JFYNetWorks workforce development program.
Camile Rodriguez, Cassandra Vickers, Elizabeth Greene and Sara Taylor recieved red ribbons for academic achievment from Newton Country Day School. Rodriguez was awarded for achievement in AP Physics, Vickers for for Math and Greene for Chorus. Taylor recieved a Sacred Heart Goal V Award for her "commitment to educate to personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom."
Maya Ginga won the Coach's Award for Brimmer and May School varsity softball.
Eva Goldstein won Most Improved Player Award for Brimmer and May School junior varsity softball.
Alexis Mundo achieved honor roll grades at Weston Middle School every term in the 2006-2007 school year.
Marvin Eddith was recognized by Citizen's Bank for 25 years of service with an engraved brick too be set at 1 Citizen's Plaza in Providence, Rhode Island.
Maia BrodyField, Sarah Dunagan, Emily Feinberg and Katie Kozin will undertake the Wilderness Heals Annual Pledge Hike later this month, to benefit the Elizabeth Stone House.
Henry Francis Spitzer was named to the Denison College Dean's List.
Cornerlia A. Kelley was commended for 36 years of service on the occasion of her retirement as Headmaster of Boston Latin School.
Iraida Blanco, Jeliel Dessalines, Oved Lourie, Eileen Palmer and Orlando Pena graduated from UMass Lowell. Palmer received the Campus Leadership Award at the 2007 Commencement Ceremony. . The award is presented to a student in the Psychology Department who shows outstanding academic performance and dedication in their field.
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Emaneul O'Neill graduated and now serves with the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department
Myisha Brown recieved a bachelor of science in Management from the College of Business at the Providence Campus Ceremony.
Ernest Bedard was named to the Emanuel College Dean's List and has recieved a BA in Sociology. Bedard graduated Summa Cum Laude.
Adriana Cordero recieved a Bachelors in Individualized Major-IDS
Sarah Yoo recieved a BA in Political Science.
Mariel Rivas recieved a BA in Businss Administration.
Jose Eduardo Valenzuela recieved a Bachelor in History.
Amelie Laferriere Sheets was named to the Umass college Dean's List.
Nathan Hersh was named to the Umass college Dean's List.
Ivy Gross was named to the Umass college Dean's List.
Kaja Hendrickson was named to the Umass college Dean's List.
Yuen Chan was named to the Umass college Dean's List.
Shannah Hampton was named to the Umass college Dean's List.
Katherine Hugh was named to the Umass college Dean's List.
Morgan Wahl was named to the Umass college Dean's List.
Kevin Dilon was named to the Umass college Dean's List.
Johanna Esquivel was named to the Umass college Dean's List.
Kimberly Chacon was named to the Umass college Dean's List.
Jonah Weinhardt was named to the Umass college Dean's List.
Brian Bujarski was named to the Umass college Dean's List.
Bruno Molteni was named to the Umass college Dean's List.
Daniel Triano was named to the Umass college Dean's List.
Tia Wheeler was named to the Umass college Dean's List.
Allison Schmidt was named to the Umass college Dean's List.
Renee Browne was named to the Umass college Dean's List.
Amy Honikman was named to the Umass college Dean's List.
Zaida Valdez was named to the Umass college Dean's List.
Kevin Schneider was named to the Umass college Dean's List.
Aidan Flax-Clark was named to the Umass college Dean's List.
Molly Carrier was named to the Umass college Dean's List.
Judith Goldberger was named to the Umass college Dean's List.
Erin O'Connor was named to the Roger Williams University Dean's List.
Lauren Racowsky was named to the Roger Williams University Dean's List.
Katherine L. Bigham was named to the Connecticut College Dean's List.
John H. Ryan was named to the Curry College Dean's List. And has graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Tracy Wu was named to the Bentley college Dean's List.
Patrick J. Cunniffe graduated Magana Cum Laude with a BA in History from Saint Anselm College.
Scott Schlesinger recieved a Bachelor of Arts from Emory College.
Rebecca Alper was named to Washington University in St.Louis Dean's List.
Elizabeth Hastre volunteered at Life@50+, AARP's National Event and Expo
JP's Regan Youth Baseball 9-year-old team won the city Mayor's Cup final, the 10-year-old team got to the championship, but lost to Cedar Grove
Christopher B. Jones, Daniel Bohling, Mark Anthony Cullinane, John Malachy and Ryan Vallely earned honors from Boston College High School.
William Matczynski, Matt Laskaris, Miles Goldman and Guisella Houlahan graduated from the Brimmer and May School
Jacob Leidolf, Alec Maure, and Mikail Jaikaran were awarded full tuition four-year scholarships to Boston University.
Christian Arroyo graduated from Beaver Country Day School with honors
Emma Peabody won the Mente et Manu award at the Beaver Country day School End of Year Honors
Michael Everdellwon the Tour Guide Award and was named to the honor roll at Beaver Country Day School End of Year Honors.
Daniel Woo was awarded the community service award at Beave Country Day School End of Year Honors.
Nathaly Figuero, Aleah Stewart-Souris, Madeline Kiefer and Kelly Krestschmar were awarded academic honors at the Beaver Country Day School End of Year Honors.
Roberto Zapata of Boston English High was awarded as a Scholar Althlete at The All-City Baseball Classic for maintaining a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Dr Auroro B. Bautista a professor of Behavioral Sciences at Bunker Hill Community College, was recognized as an e-learning pioneer at the 4th annual Mass. Colleges On-Line E-Learning Conference.
Shon Johnson was among 20 graduates of the Jewish Vocational Services' Culinary Arts Training Program.
Ka Chan, Michael Farley, Daisy Guzman, Shafaq Jameel, Ian Pineeda and Chantha Toeum were named to the Suffolk University Deans List.
Margot G. Botsford was appointed to the Supreme Judicial Court.
Pete Stidman, former Gazette Staffer, was hired as News Editor at the Dorchester Reporter.
Marianne E. Taylor and Henry l. Barbaro on the birth of their son lee F. Barbaro, Oct. 23, 2007.
Vinay Chakravarthy and Team Vinay were awarded the Lt. Gen. Frank Petersen Award by the National Marrow Donor Program.
Rogerson Communities for raising $360,000 in one night for disenfranchised elders of our city in their Welcome Home dinner and auction and to Marian Heard, who was awarded the Charles E. Rogerson Award for community service.
Ashley Ditta for being named Security Department Manager at the Massachusetts Ear and Eye Infirmary.
Karen Zorn for being named the 10th president of Longy School of Music.
Terri Bright and Her Pit Bull Fanny for representing JP in the American kennel Club Agility Invitational in Long Beach, Calif.
Alexis Mundo for achieving high honor roll for seventh grade at Weston Middle School in his first term this school year and for getting advanced placement in the MCAS in math and english.
Robert Monteagudo, Consuela Elgardo and Aliyah Harris for being named to the first quarter honor roll at Boston Trinity Academy.
Evan Szatkowski for winning the B Division Mass Bay Independent League soccer championship as a co-captain at the Boston Trinity Academy.
The South Africa Development Fund and the Grassroots International for being added to the 2007 Massachusetts Catalogue for Philanthropy.
Eva Osorio for recieving the first Nancy Nye award by the Women's Institute For Housing And Economic Development.
Jeffrey Richard and Brooke Wille for making the honor list at Gibbs College.
Mary Kate Rod for recieving the Community Cares Spirit Award by Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares.
Shawn Fitzpatrick for participating in the Jimmy Fund Classic Golf Tournament that raised 6.5 million dollars for cancer research.
Richard Landoli for being recognized for outstanding public service at the Irish Immigration Center's annual Solas Award.
Earthworks and JP Trees for planting their 100th tree in November.
Martha Eliot Health Center for being awarded $6,000 by Project Bread to continue its participation in the Hunger Prevention Project.
Marty Harrison and her dog Adele for Adele recieving an Animal Hero award from the MPSCA at the 20th Annual Animal Hall of Fame Dinner.
Lydia Glenn for being commended in the National Merit Scholarship Program as a student at Boston University Academy.
Peter Shapiro for recieving an award for providing affordable housing by the Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership.
Jeffrey Ferris and Ferris Wheels Bike Shop for being honored at the JP Centre/South Main St. Annual Artists Ball for 25 years of service.
Rachel and Timothy Power on the birth of their daughter Georgia Matisse Power on October 4, 2007.
Kerry Conant for taking part in the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine's annual White Coat Ceremony to formally recognize the transition students make from lay persons to assuming responsibility as a physician.
Isabelle Weinhardt for being named coordinator as an independent distributor for Market America, a product brockerage and internet marketing company.
Judith Kurland, Alberto Vasallo III, Eliza Santiago and John Williams for being honored for outstanding work at ABCD's Annual Community Awards Dinner on Nov. 2.
Lew Shaw of Suffolk University for participating in the third annual Hub on Wheels citywide bike ride, which raised money to support technology needs of Boston Public School Students.
Dimock Community Health Center and Martha Eliot Health Center for receiving FY08 grants from the Patrick administration.
Danielle A. Newman for graduating from Regis College with a degree in nursing.
Samantha Nam-Krane of Boston latin Academy for being named to the roster of the Boston Youth Orchestra.
Kim Marrkand for being recognized as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer in Boston Magazine.
British School of Boston for being named one of "Boston's Best Preschools" by Boston Magazine.
James Bruce for graduating with a degree in construction management from Wentworth Institute of Technology.
James McHugh for being named to RE/MAX's International Executive Club for outstanding year-to-date sales.
John McGonagle for being honored for outstanding volunteer efforts at the ABCD Annual Community Awards.
Children's Hospital of Boston and participants of their Champions for Children dinner and auction for raising $5.2 million to benefit the hospital.