Private Silvia

Army Pvt. Timothy M. Silvia has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.

During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, rifle marksmanship, weapons use, map reading and land navigation, foot marches, armed and unarmed combat, and field maneuvers and tactics.

Miss Hall’s School announces that senior Maili Scott, of Vineyard Haven, received the Margaret Witherspoon Award, the school’s highest honor, and the Sylvia “Rusty” Shethar Everdell ’38 Prize during the school’s 112th Commencement ceremonies.

Maili, the daughter of Jonathan and Hannah Scott, was also among the students who shared the 2010 Christine Fuller Holland ’33 Service Prize, and she was named a recipient of the Meus Honor Stat key, one of the School’s highest awards for leadership and citizenship.

Several Martha’s Vineyard students earned awards at Falmouth Academy’s annual Recognition Day ceremonies, June 12. The ceremonies honored character, hard work, imagination, personal and academic growth, and community achievements.

Lagan Trieschmann, class of 2010, the son of Beth and Stephen Trieschmann of Vineyard Haven, earned the all-school Bruce E. Buxton Award for Imagination as well as an award for excellence and leadership in martial arts. He will attend Princeton University this fall.

Graduates

Scott Cleary of Edgartown graduated from Northfield Mount Hermon, a coeducational boarding school for students in grades 9 to 12, during the school’s commencement exercises on May 23.

Welcome, Matthew

Selma and Marcelo Alves of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, Matthew Antonio Alves, born on July 8, 2010, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Matthew weighed 6 pounds, 8 ounces at birth.

Jhon Arrives

Gizelia Coelho and Felipe Moreira of Edgartown announce the birth of a son, Jhon Pietro Coelho Moreira, born on July 7, 2010, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Jhon weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces at birth.