At the AERA conference in April, Lynch School faculty, students, alumni, and friends joined together at Robert restaurant in Columbus Circle to catch up with friends and celebrate each other's accomplishments.
Sam Apuzzo 鈥�19 was named winner of a prestigious Tewaaraton Award鈥攑resented annually to the nation鈥檚 top female and male college lacrosse players鈥攁t an event in Washington, D.C., in May.
Boston Public Schools named聽Katharine Atkins-Pattenson, M.Ed. 鈥�13, a former Donovan Urban Teaching Scholar, as one of eight BPS Educators of the Year.听Atkins-Pattenson is a seventh grade humanities teacher at Gardner Pilot Academy in Allston.
The Migration Policy Institute published ,聽鈥淭he Language of the Classroom: Dual Language Learners in Head Start, Public Pre-K, and Private Preschool Programs,鈥� by Megina Baker, Ph.D. 鈥�17 (Curriculum and Instruction) and Associate Professor Mariela P谩ez in March 2018. Baker is a lecturer in Early Childhood Education at Boston University.
Three Lynch School students received Fulbright Scholarships, which support a year鈥檚 post-graduate study abroad.
- Jessica Barnes 鈥�18 was named as a Fulbright alternate (pending confirmation of funding for her project) to Montenegro for an English Teaching Assistantship. She will integrate a deeper meaning of language into her own pedagogy of teaching, while exploring the country鈥檚 cultural understanding and perception of disability and difference.
- Audrey Mary DeLorenzo 鈥�18 will travel to Spain for English Teaching Assistantship. She will offer modern dance lessons to students and community members and work with them to choreograph a performance.
- Talia Mango, M.Ed. 鈥�18, will travel to Italy to analyze the impact of early intervention on the communication of deaf-blind students.
Natalee Deaette 鈥�19, received a 2018 Truman Scholarship. She discussed the honor, her commitment to public service leadership, and her experience as a first-generation college student with the organization Upward Bound, in an interview on .
Patrick Downes 鈥�05 and his wife Jessica Kensky published a children鈥檚 book inspired by Kensky鈥檚 experience with her service dog. Already聽a聽New York Times听产别蝉迟蝉别濒濒别谤,听Rescue & Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship聽is intended to demystify disabilities while highlighting themes of tolerance, kindness, appreciation of differences, overcoming obstacles, and facing difficult moments. They talk about the book in this聽, and in the聽. Downes also delivered the Ignatian Society鈥檚 inaugural AMDG lecture in March.
Sarah Pilgrim 鈥�18, a pre-med student majoring in biochemistry with a minor in inclusive education, ran the 2018 Boston Marathon to raise funds for the聽Campus School.听情色空间 News
Maren Wilson聽鈥�18 was named one of six聽Seniors to Remember for the Class of 2018.