Ava Stearns of Chilmark and Auburn University has been named to the National Collegiate Equestrian Association’s list of all-American players.

MVRHS senior Julianne Joseph has won a National Silver Medal at the 2020 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.

Kyra Whalen, class of 2020, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2019 semester at the University of Vermont.

The National Council of Teachers of English awarded the regional high school magazine Seabreezes its highest award.

Jahzarah McIntosh, an eighth grader from the Edgartown School, was selected as Edgartown Project 351 ambassador.

Molly Elizabeth Hazard Peters graduated from the International Limited-Residency MFA Photography Program at the Hartford Art School on August 11.

Kyle Taylor Altieri graduated on Sept. 14 from the State Police Municipal Academy in New Braintree.

Edgartown resident Michael Ditchfield won the Faulkner-Wisdom award for his essay Zen and the Art of Dementia.

Many Island students were named to the spring semester dean’s list at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Zoe Listro and Ashlyn Tattersall, both of Vineyard Haven, graduated from Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn.