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13 Waring Students Win Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards
Alliance for Young Artists & Writers
Gold Keys: Quinn Bokor - Art Portfolio; Mateo Lincoln - Drawing; Sophie Wilson - Drawing.
Silver Keys: Isabelle Cookson - Drawing; Marguerite Mullen - Painting; Emma Garthwaite - Sculpture.
Honorable Mentions: Gillie Carlson - Drawing; Hans Goudey - Drawing; Christianna Moestue - Drawing; Alice Thompson - Drawing; Eleanor Lustig - Painting; Elspeth Currie - Photography, Aaron Greiner - Sculpture.
There will be an awards ceremony for the winners on Sunday, March 11 at the John Hancock Hall in Boston. This year's exhibit of Gold & Silver Key Art will hang in the Transportation Building from Monday, February 13—Friday, April 20. |
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Waring Boys Varsity basketball team defeats Gann in double overtime for second consecutive year
Boston Globe
"Waring High School (Beverly) defeated Gann Academy (Waltham) in double-overtime for the second consecutive year, 70-63, to improve to 4-2.
The Coyotes' Jack Stanton [class of 2013] led all scorers with 20 points and 19 rebounds despite fouling out early in the second overtime. Charlie Mitchell [2014] added 17 and Henry Balf [2014] chipped in 10 points with seven steals..."
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Waring alumna published in the Washington Post
Washington Post
Waring alumna, Hilary Sherratt '08, published in the Washington Post's new series "Leadership Reimagined" which features columns for On Leadership by students and fellows in programs across the country.
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Waring Student Named 2010-11 All-Scholastic
Boston Globe
"The IGC MVP was simply the best player on this year's best team. Waring School was 10-0 in league play, 11-1 overall and Sheetz was Waring's leading scorer with 30-6 - 36. She's also a NEPSWLA New England Prep All-Star as an attack player."
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Waring Alumna, Anna Solomon's first novel The Little Bride reaches #4 on Boston Globe Bestseller List
See list here »
The New York Times weighs in on The Little Bride: "Minna is a terrifically complex heroine: a little snobby, a little selfish and wholly sympathetic."
USA Today calls The Little Bride "Emotionally honest...A fascinating...page-turner."
See these reviews and more reviews at Anna's website » |
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Waring ACL Injury Prevention Program
Salem News
"...The Waring coaching staff has implemented a conditioning program geared toward the prevention of ACL injuries in their female student-athletes. With the help of Balf, Athletic Director Mike Kersker brought in Lyle Morgan and Chris O'Brien of Precision Training to work with girls..."
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Student Library Mural Celebrates Nature in the City
South End Patch
"The second floor landing of the South End Branch Library just got a lot more colorful, thanks to an art installation created and donated by a group of Beverly high school students to celebrate nature in the city...
The mural was created by a group of a dozen students from the Waring School, a private liberal arts school in Beverly serving students from grades 6-12, during a three-week elective period known as "End Term." During End Term, students pick from a variety of programs ranging from farming to community service..."
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Two Waring Students Named 2011 Academic All-America Players
Salem News
"The Waring School girls' lacrosse team had not one, but two Academic All-America players this past season in captains Kristina Lewis of Salem and Adrienne Ogle of Beverly.
For both girls this is the second year in a row they received AAA honors from US Lacrosse. The qualifying standards for this prestigious award include exemplary lacrosse skills, sportsmanship, and high academic achievement in the classroom along with service to school or community..."
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Waring Students Win Lost & Found Poetry Contest
Beverly Library Blog
Congratulations to Waring students Coco Young and Teddy Lyman (class of 2013) for awards in the 2011 Hamilton Wenham Library Teen Poetry Contest. Coco won first place with her poem entitled Icebox Heart and Teddy won an Honerable Mention for his poem entitled Rusty Memories. The community is invited to hear the winners read their poems aloud at a reception on Tuesday, May 17 from 6:30-7:45pm at the Hamilton-Wenham Library.
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Waring Junior Named Boston Globe All-Scholastics 2010-11
Boston Globe
Waring School junior, Celia Balf ('12) was named Boston Globe All Scholastics 2010-1. Celia is now a three-time league MVP and all-scholastic. As the center midfielder, she finished the soccer season with with 18 goals and 19 assists. She recently captained the Waring School to its second straight IGC title. She also captains her club soccer team for the New England Aztecs and plays basketball and lacrosse.
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Waring Alumna Wins Pushcart Prize (for the second time)
Georgia Review
Waring Alumna Anna Solomon-Greenbaum ('94) recently won a Pushcart Prize for her story in the Georgia Review called "The Lobster Mafia." The Georgia Review is the country's longest sustaining literary journal as well as being one of the most highly regarded. It also has more subscribers in the New York City area than any other state (besides Georgia, of course). This is Anna's second PP (she also won in 2008). Anna's first novel, The Little Bride, is being published in September by Riverhead Books (a Penguin imprint).
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Waring Alumna Approaches End of Award-laden Vassar Lacrosse Career
Ipswich Chronicle
Sarah Warner ('07) recently finished her final lacrosse games on the Vassar Varsity team. "Warner has twice been named a Liberty League Co-Performer of the Week for Vassar Lacrosse, with the most recent award coming on April 25 after she scored 25 points (15 goals and 10 assists) in three games over one week. She was also named ECAC Division 3 Upstate Performer of the Week for the same time span..."
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Waring Alumna Featured in 100 Artists of New England
Schiffer Books
One hundred artists have come together to share the distinctiveness of New England. Waring alum, Rokhaya Waring contributed to the collection of art from all over the area, ranging from Cape Ann to Maine, Connecticut, and more. Rokhaya earned a degree in art from Princeton University in 1988 and her career boasts dozens of juried shows including the Salon Des Artistes Français and the Salon d'Automne in Paris, Boston's Copley Society and the Currier Museum of Art.
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Waring Athletic Director named 2010 WPSL Coach of the Year
AZTEC
"After a 2010 season that saw the Boston Aztec Breakers Reserves raise the WPSL National Championship, head coach of the team Mike Kersker was named 2010 WPSL Coach of the Year. Kersker is the first Boston Aztec coach to win the honor..."
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Waring Students Win Beverly Library Poetry Contest (again)
Beverly Library Blog
Congratulations to Waring poets: Second Place winner Ally Colarusso and Honorable Mentions Michael Jappe, Adrienne Ogle, Henry MacLean, Cam McInnes, Audrey Sheetz (in the high school division); and to Colin Hawkes for his Honerable Mention in the Junior High Division
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Waring's Celia Balf College Soccer Team's No. 1 Recruit
Salem News
"Celia Balf [Waring class of '12] gave University of Albany soccer coach Mary-Frances Monroe an early Christmas present when she verbally committed to play soccer for the Great Danes a couple of days before the holidays. The Beverly native and Waring School junior was Monroe's No. 1 recruit, and a player UAlbany had on its radar for a long time..."
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Waring Alum: Celtics Statistician in the News "Game Changer"
Boston Globe
"Celtics assistant general manager Mike Zarren, also in his mid-30s, is a beneficiary of the new access granted to geeks. When Zarren was a student at Harvard Law School, a friend in Harvard's statistics department passed along an e-mail from Morey, who was looking for a statistics intern. Zarren got the job..."
More on Mike Zarren '04 in the Boston Globe » |
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Waring Athletics Director and Alum Play for National Title
Salem News
"After a pair of thrilling playoff wins coach Mike Kersker and his Boston Aztec Breaker Reserves are in Dallas to play for the National Championship tonight. It is the first time a women's Aztec team has won an Eastern title and advanced to the Final Four. Back in 2005 the Aztec men's indoor team won a national championship and followed that up with regional wins the next two seasons..."
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Waring Alumna Plays Shalin Liu Performance Center
Gloucester Times
Waring alumna, Miranda Russell ['90] played the Shalin Liu Performance Center this past March. Russell "...played the flute and studied voice [while at Waring]. After high school, she studied theater as an acting major at Emerson College...She later attended Loyola University's College of Music in New Orleans where she studied classical operatic voice and music therapy..."
Full story in the Gloucester Times » |
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Waring Alum Tears Up Nets with Vassar College Women's LAX
Ipswich Chronicle
"Sarah Warner [Waring alum, class of '07] has a few tasks to take care of for the Vassar College women's lacrosse team. Not all of these chores are executed on the playing field. 'I like designing things, so I'm the team designer," said Warner, a junior at Vassar and a resident of Ipswich. "I make the different clothes and merchandise for the lacrosse team'..."
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Waring Student is Queen of the Tide Pools
Hamilton-Wenham Chronicle
"For one local teen, her love of the ocean and concern for the sea life that reside there have inspired her to do more than the average beachgoer. Ally Colarusso ['12], a Wenham resident, and a junior at the Waring School in Beverly, wants to make sure her neighboring beaches and ocean stay pristine. Which is why she is heading up a local effort and joined COASTSWEEP as their local site coordinator to make that happen..."
More Queen of the Tide Pools here » |
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2009-10 Waring Girls Varsity Soccer Champions!
Salem News
"The Waring School girls soccer team captured the Independent Girls Conference (IGC) championship this fall, finishing 15-4 by winning both the regular season and postseason tournaments..."
See articles in the Salem News »
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Waring Student Wins Boston Globe Scholastic Writing Award
CNBC.com
Waring School senior Leah Breen [class of 2011] was chosen as one of the 2011 The Boston Globe Scholastic Art Award-- American Voices Nominees. Her writing piece entitled Polaroids in Tajikistan was one of 74 pieces honored with a Gold Key (out of 570 country-wide). Only five students won American Voices Nominees. The five works were selected by our writing judges as the "Best of the Best" in this year's program. The nominees will be honored at an awards ceremony on Sunday, March 6, 2011 at 4pm. The ceremony will take place at the John Hancock Hall in Boston. An excerpt from Leah’s work is on exhibit as a large poster in the 2011 Gold Key and Silver Key Art Exhibit at the State Transportation Building through April 7, 2011.
More on the Globe Awards at CNBC.com >>
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2008-2009 Waring Boys Basketball team champions in
Best Game Imaginable
Salem News
"Waring School had never hosted what could be considered a big basketball game before, so yesterday's league championship was missing a few of the essentials as the 200-or-so fans filed into the school's tiny gymnasium yesterday afternoon. "
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Waring Debaters Win Harvard Debate Trophy
Recently the teams of Tom Kelly + Ethan Wheeler, Jack Kelly + Laura Dixon, and Chris Malley + Drew Rosen competed at Harvard University's High School debate tournament. Competing against 200 other junior varisty debate teams from all over the country, all our teams competed admirably and Chris Malley and Drew Rosen won triple-octofinalist trophies. Chris and Drew had a record of 4-2 and broke to elimination debates, seeded 31st...
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Waring Student Spends Summer Sailing in Competitive Waters
Daily News of Newburyport
"Ben Sewell of Newburyport, Tor Johannessen of Amesbury and Galen March of Newbury [Waring School class of '13] have spent this past summer sailing local and distant waterways for the sake of experience and the heat of competition..."
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Waring Alum Wins Fulbright Award
Miss Jade C. Doolan of Oberlin College [Waring School class of '05] has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship to Cameroon in Teaching English as a Foreign Language, the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced recently. Doolan is one of over 1,500 U.S. citizens who will travel abroad for the 2010-2011 academic year through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
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Waring School hosts Production of Holocaust drama, Terezin
Salem News
"Although it dramatizes events of more than 60 years ago, a play being performed at Waring School this week couldn't be more relevant, said Anna Smulowitz, the author of "Terezin: Children of the Holocaust...."
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Waring French Trip to Angers Highlighted In the Boston Globe
Boston Globe
"Allegra Smick, a teacher at the Waring School in Beverly, has been to Normandy several times as a chaperone for ninth-grade students who spend a month in France each year on an exchange program. During the latest trip in March, each student was given the location of a grave of a Massachusetts soldier to find, and then asked to write a short story about the experience. What Theo Burbank, 14, wrote shows the emotional impact a visit can have..."
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Waring School Students Rraise $1000 for Haitian Relief in the Most Imaginative Way
Boston Globe
"In the end, the Hamster won. The Hamster haircut, that is, a shaved head with a bit of hair left in front and frosted tips. The lucky recipient of the new hairdo was Gloucester resident Joshua Scott-Fishburn, a teacher at the Waring School in Beverly..."
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Waring Students Win Annual Writing Contest
Gloucester Times
"The contest, which is named in honor of the late Boston Globe sports writer, features three winners out of Cape Ann. Gloucester resident and West Parish School student Owen Brown, along with Waring School students Leah Breen and Rebecca Patey from Gloucester and Rockport respectively took home the prestigious award..."
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Waring Student Wins Together Producer Competition
USA Today
"In a couple of years, you could be listening to the radio and find yourself bobbing your head to a song produced by Adam Levine [Waring School class of 2010].
Levine, 18, recently won first place at the inaugural Together Producer Competition with his track 'Pep Pep.'.."
See announcement in USA Today »
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Acting Out in French: Waring Students Perform Moliére
Boston Globe
"Performing Shakespeare is a challenge for any high school actor, but the students at the Waring School are taking it a step further..."
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Waring Students Volunteer Time and Skills in the Community
Beverly Citizen
"Thirty-one of the Waring School's 153 students participate in Community Service Elective, a bi-weekly program sending volunteers out to work in various educational and community outreach organizations in the greater Beverly area..."
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Waring school Students Mentor Kids on a Sioux Reservation
Beverly Citizen
"Several Beverly residents were among a group of 10 Waring School students who just returned from a 10-day trip to Eagle Butte, South Dakota, where they volunteered on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. The students, accompanied by two alumni, one teacher and one parent, mentored children at the Cheyenne River Youth Project and participated in a number of fun activities with them..."
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Waring Alum "Putting Up the Numbers for the Celtics"
Boston Globe
"...Or maybe he got out-analyzed by one of the hottest calculator jockeys in the sport, the Boston Celtics' 32 year-old whiz kid, Mike Zarren. A lifelong Celtics fan from Swampscott, Zarren is officially the C's assistant director for basketball analysis and associate counsel. Kevin Garnett calls him "Numbers," and Paul Pierce calls him "MIT." In an interview with The New York Times, general manager Danny Ainge said coach Doc Rivers is "skeptically receptive" to Zarren's work..."
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