Parents’ Night Out

With no school next week, parents may want to stop, breathe and regain their personal equilibrium — or perhaps prepare a strategy for entertaining the kids while keeping their day jobs — before things really get going. So parents, take tonight off and pack your children (with bathing suits and towels) off to the YMCA of Martha’s Vineyard.

Tabor Academy Honors

Headmaster Jay Stroud has named the following students to the honors and commended lists at Tabor Academy for semester one of the 2010-2011 academic year: William Kadison, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Kadison of Vineyard Haven; and Alex Nugent, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Nugent of Edgartown.

Named to Dean’s List

Clea Baumhofer of Vineyard Haven was named to the dean’s list for the fall 2010 semester at Johns Hopkins University. She is the daughter of Mark and Kimberly Baumhofer.

Plum Achievement

Plum Hill School and Island Waldorf Community, Inc. recently were awarded Waldorf certification by the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America. Plum Hill invites all parents of children who are or will be two years, nine months through five year of age to contact the school for enrollment possibilities, at 508-696-7701.

Harland Gibbs

Harland J. Gibbs, of Edgartown, a certified real estate appraiser, has earned the residential accredited appraiser RAA designation from the National Association of Realtors.

Mr. Gibbs, an appraiser since 1975, holds membership in the National Association of Realtors, and is the owner of Martha’s Vineyard Real Estate Appraisers in Edgartown, a real estate appraisal company specializing in real property appraising.

Spring Break Camp

The YMCA will sponsor a full-day program for children during the upcoming April school vacation. Children will discover the Y’s four core concepts of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility in this weeklong program and visit Oak Bluff’s Ben and Bill’s Chocolate Emporium and the Flying Horses.