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. View photographs »
Sam Apuzzo ’19 was named winner of a prestigious Tewaaraton Award—presented annually to the nation’s top female and male college lacrosse players—at an event in Washington, D.C., in May.
Boston Public Schools named Katharine Atkins-Pattenson, M.Ed. ’13, a former Donovan Urban Teaching Scholar, as one of eight BPS Educators of the Year. Atkins-Pattenson is a seventh grade humanities teacher at Gardner Pilot Academy in Allston.
The Migration Policy Institute published a report, “The Language of the Classroom: Dual Language Learners in Head Start, Public Pre-K, and Private Preschool Programs,” by Megina Baker, Ph.D. ’17 (Curriculum and Instruction) and Associate Professor Mariela Páez 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’s post-graduate study abroad.
- Jessica Barnes ’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’s cultural understanding and perception of disability and difference.
- Audrey Mary DeLorenzo ’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. ’18, will travel to Italy to analyze the impact of early intervention on the communication of deaf-blind students.
Natalee Deaette ’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 New England Cable News.
Patrick Downes ’05 and his wife Jessica Kensky published a children’s book inspired by Kensky’s experience with her service dog. Already a New York Times bestseller, Rescue & Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship 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 video trailer, and in the Boston Globe. Downes also delivered the Ignatian Society’s inaugural AMDG lecture in March.
Sarah Pilgrim ’18, a pre-med student majoring in biochemistry with a minor in inclusive education, ran the 2018 Boston Marathon to raise funds for the Campus School. BC News
Maren Wilson ’18 was named one of six Seniors to Remember for the Class of 2018.