Lenox Memorial High School Scholarships & Awards for 2024

11:25PM / Sunday, June 09, 2024Print Story | Email Story

LENOX, Mass. — The following awards and scholarships were presented to the Lenox Memorial High School class of 2024.

Valedictorian: Genevieve Collins

Salutatorian: Alice Culver

Summa Cum Laude Awards: Robert Alderton, Charlotte Fleury-Belman, Nicholas Moore, Hannah Alsdorf, Jackson Frederick, Aliza Munch, Benjamin Ames, Jack Goodman, Reagan Soares-Paradise, Argen Baver, Zoey Hsu, Christopher Sohl, Hutchison Bray, Nicole Illingworth, Graham Thompson, Ian Bridges, Finn Jolly, Katherine Thompson, Sean Cestone, Luca Jordan, Holland Tuck, Genevieve Collins, Finian Lenehan, Marlene Valero Calderon, Lillian Colvin, Juan Manrique, Connor Westlake, John Cooney, Cormac Mathews, Yavuz Yildiz, Alice Culver, Teagan Maxymillian, Chloe Young

Adams Community Bank Scholarship: Luiza Monteiro-Tramontin, Chloe Young

Allen R. & Lois H. Sykes Scholarship: Max Shepardson

American Association of Police Polygraphists Scholarship: Alice Culver

Austen Riggs/Erikson Institute Scholarship: Amber Arseneau

Bianchi-Barbarotta Sportsman Scholarship: Genevieve Collins

Chang Chavkin Scholars: Marlene Valero-Calderon

Christine & Noel Magee Scholarship: Ashley Arseneau, Luca Jordan, Jasmyn Ramos

Ciao Berkshire County Soccer Hall of Fame: Aliza Munch

Community Television of the Southern Berkshires Scholarship: Lillian Colvin

Dennis & Annemarie Duffin Arts Scholarship: Genevieve Collins, Lillian Colvin

Esther Samuels & Mabel Cornman Scholarship: Maria Mendoza Menaca

Eugene J. Mackey Jr. Book Awards: Nicole Illingworth, Kate Thompson

Ferris Burtis Scholarship: Genevieve Collins

George 'Gige' Darey Scholarship: Ella Hall

Girls on the Run Alumni Scholarship: Teagan Maxymillian

Greylock Federal Credit Union Community Enrichment Scholarship: Hannah Alsdorf, Ian Bridges

Hillcrest Educational Scholarship: Argen Baver

Innovation Pathways Medical Sector: Amber Arseneau, Zoey Hsu, Fin Lenehan, Juan Manrique, Aliza Munch, Marlene Valero-Calderon

James Hurley Scholarship: Jackson Frederick, Nicole Illingworth

Jewish Federation of the Berkshires' Henry Simkin, Frances Simkin Schiller, Dr. Stanley and Fay Simkin Scholarship: Aliza Munch

Jo Anne Huntley Magee Scholarship: Ian Bridges

John D. Barrett Memorial Scholarship: Ben Ames, Nicole Illingworth

Judy Peters Memorial Scholarship: Sam Valente

Lenox Ambulance Squad Scholarship: Ben Ames, Owen Hart, Aliza Munch, Marlene Valero-Calderon

Lenox Fire Company Oscar Hutchinson Memorial Scholarship: Genevieve Collins, Alice Culver, Ray Lynch, Jack Pignatelli, Teagan Maxymillian

Lenox Memorial Booster Club Scholarships: Baseball: Max Shepardson; Basketball: Ethan Fairfield, Shaler Larmon, John Mielke, Jack Pignatelli, Jon Reinholt, Max Shepardson, Kemp Stites, Brendan Ward; Crew: Robert Ferren, Katherine Thompson, Connor Westlake; Cross Country Running: Hannah Alsdorf, Dagan Brunette, Genevieve Collins, Alice Culver, Charlotte Fleury-Belman, Max Loftus, Cormac Mathews, Nicholas Moore; Soccer: Mason Abdalla, Robbie Alderton, Ryan Alderton, Ben Ames, Ian Bridges, Jack Cooney, Joshua Duque, Ethan Fairfield, Ella Hall, Finn Jolly, Fin Lenehan, Con LePrevost, Cooper Maloney, Aliza Munch, Jon Reinholt, Kemp Stites, Yavuz Yildiz; Tennis: Alex Fuster, Gali Gomez, Nicole Illingworth, Juan Manrique, Chris Sohl

Lenox Memorial Internship Program Scholarship: Ethan Fairfield, Jordan Katt, Rocco Piretti

Lenox Memorial Nordic Ski Club Scholarships: Hannah Alsdorf, Ben Ames, Ian Bridges, Sean Cestone, Alice Culver, Charlotte Fleury-Belman, Finn Jolly, Nicholas Moore

Lenox Police Association: David N. Lane Scholarship: Nicole Illingworth; Don Mcguire Award: Owen Hart; Edward Montague Award: Jon Reinholt; John "Bert" O'Brien Award: Alice Culver; Richard E. O’Brien Award: Jack Pignatelli; Anthony William "Buffy" Romeo Award: Genevieve Collins; James Sorrentino Award: Ray Lynch; Mary Martha Sorrentino Award: Aliza Munch

Lenox Town General Fund Scholarships: Ryan Alderton, Hannah Alsdorf, Ben Ames, Argen Baver, Bella DeLuca, Genevieve Collins, Jack Cooney, Alice Culver, Jackson Frederick, Alexander Fuster, Owen Hart, Zoey Hsu, Nicole Illingworth, Finn Jolly, Cormac Mathews, Teagan Maxymillian, Aliza Munch, Jack Pignatelli, Jon Reinholt, Max Shepardson, Samuel Valente

Lenox Town Postgraduate Scholarships: Clifford Flynn, Nicholas Gushard, Anouk Jolly, Robin Jolly, Cecilia Kitross, Allison Lamm, Maxime Leger, Thomas Leger, Fiona Mathews, John Novitsky, Jack O’Brien, Luke Patella, Sophie Patella, Emmitt Shove, Mya Terry

Lenox VFW Post 12079: Master Sgt. Paul Kastrinakis Post Award: Ben Ames; Academic Award: Alice Culver, Nicole Illingworth, Aliza Munch

Lenox Youth Basketball Scholarship: Ethan Fairfield, Shaler Larmon, Jack Pignatelli, Jon Reinholt, Max Shepardson, Kemp Stites, Brendan Ward

Locker Room Sports Pub Scholarship: Jon Reinholt

Liann Bordeau-Buck Memorial Scholarship: Owen Hart, Nicole Illingworth

MacCaro Real Estate Scholarship: Carly Lyon

Mark Huber Basketball Scholarship: Jon Reinholt

Mary Jane Pignatelli Memorial Scholarship: Ben Ames, Aliza Munch, Marlene Valero-Calderon

Moe England Scholarship: Robert Ferren, Anna Nealon

Michael Hedges Scholarship: Jack Cooney, Aliza Munch

UNICO Italian Scholarship Hon. Paul E. Perachi: Jack Pignatelli

Robert S. Tillotson & Marion Ferguson Tillotson Scholarship: Hutch Bray, Jack Goodman, Reagan Soares-Paradise, Graham Thompson

Southern Berkshire Boys Lacrosse Scholarship: Ethan Fairfield, Shaler Larmon, Fin Lenehan, Jack Pignatelli, Liam Trask

Southern Berkshire Lee Lions Foundation: Genevieve Collins, Lillian Colvin

St. Ann's Church: Music Scholarship: Genevieve Collins; Parish Scholarship: Ben Ames, Genevieve Collins

St. Helena's Chapel Scholarship: Holland Tuck

Tate Riva Memorial Scholarship: Hannah Alsdorf, Genevieve Collins

Western Mass. Runners Hall of Fame in memory of Lavender Towse: Genevieve Collins

Outstanding Effort Awards: Graham Thompson (Math), Kate Thompson (AP Physics), Nicole Illingsworth (Anatomy & Physiology), Hannah Alsdorf (AP Environmental Science), Alice Culver (French), Holland Tuck (Latin), Luiza Tramontín (Spanish), Jack Goodman (Humanities), Ian Bridges (Music), Jackson Frederick (Art), Robert Alderton (Computer Science), Charlotte Fleury-Belman (Drama)

Anne E. Mitchell Achievement Awards: Hannah Alsdorf (French), Cormac Matthews (Spanish), Jackson Frederick (Latin)

Seal of Biliteracy Certificate: French: Hannah Alsdorf, Alice Culver, Teagan Maxymillian; Spanish: Nicole Illingworth, Cormac Matthews, Aliza Munch, Marlene Valero-Calderon

Advanced Latin Poetry Exam, Silver Maxima Cum Laude: Jackson Frederick, Holland Tuck

Nielsen Mathematics Award: Cormac Mathews

Fermat Mathematics Award: Alice Culver

Creative Writing Award: John Mielke

Literary Analysis Book Award: Christopher Sohl

James F. Hurley Humanities Award: Robert Ferren

The 21st Century Book Award: Teagan Maxymillian

Coletta McCabe Holmes Award: Holland Tuck

Joseph John Carroll Award: Jackson Frederick

Michael Baxandall Award: Genevieve Collins

Natalie Zemon Davis European History Award: Aliza Munch

William Shakespeare Award: Jack Goodman

Award for Excellence in Musical Theater: Lillian Colvin

Duffin Theater Arts Award: Sam Valente

Scholar Athlete Awards: Finian Lenehan, Alice Culver

2023 Coach "Ed" Gilligan Award: Max Shepardson, Nicole Illingworth

Coach Joseph Michaelski Award: Aliza Munch

Instrumentalist Magazine: Merit Awards: Aliza Munch; Musicianship Award: Jackson Frederick

National School Choral Award: Genevieve Collins

John Philip Sousa Award: Robert Ferren

Massachusetts Music Educators Association Western District: Chorus: Ian Bridges, Jackson Frederick, Finn Jolly; Senior Music Festival: Juan Manrique (Orchestra)

Massachusetts All-State Chorus: Finn Jolly

Golden Hammer Award: Owen Hart

Silver Hammer Award: Dagan Brunette

Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizens Award: Nicole Illingworth

National Merit Commended Students: Hannah Alsdorf, Sean Cestone, Alice Culver, Finn Jolly, Cormac Mathews

Christyna Laubach Excellence in Science Award: Cormac Matthews

AP Physics Award: Finn Jolly

Richard Owen Award for Excellence in Anatomy and Physiology: Aliza Munch

Creative Spirit Award: Gali Gomez

Artistic Leadership through Art Award: Holland Tuck

The 2024 Art Award: Hannah Alsdorf

Scholastic Art Awards: Maria Mendoza

LMMHS Innovation Pathways Health Care & Social Assistance Award: Aliza Munch

Assistant Principal's Award: Alice Culver

Massachusetts Secondary School Administrators Association: Jackson Fredrick

Principal's Award for Excellence: Aliza Munch

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Berkshire Towns Can Tap State Seasonal Communities Resources

10:54AM / Monday, December 29, 2025

BOSTON — Governor Maura Healey announced that 18 additional municipalities across Massachusetts have been designated as Seasonal Communities, opening up new tools, support and grant funding to help them manage seasonal housing pressures.

Created as part of the historic Affordable Homes Act signed into law by Governor Healey in 2024, the Seasonal Communities designation was designed to recognize Massachusetts communities that experience substantial variation in seasonal employment and to create distinctive tools to address their unique housing needs. The law also established the Seasonal Communities Advisory Council (SCAC).

The Affordable Homes Act identified several communities to automatically receive the designation, including:

All municipalities in the counties of Dukes and Nantucket;
All municipalities with over 35 percent seasonal housing units in Barnstable County; and
All municipalities with more than 40 percent seasonal housing units in Berkshire County.

To identify additional communities, the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (HLC) reviewed available data, specifically focusing on cities and towns with high levels of short-term rentals and a high share of second- or vacation homes.

In Berkshire County, Egremont, Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, New Marlborough, Richmond, Sandisfield, Sheffield, West Stockbridge and Williamstown have been designated.

"Our seasonal communities are a vital part of Massachusetts' cultural and economic fabric, but they're also home to essential workers, families, seniors, and longtime residents who deserve a place to live year-round," said Governor Healey. "That's why we're committed to supporting these communities with innovative solutions like the Seasonal Communities designation to meet their unique needs, and I'm thrilled that we're offering this opportunity to 18 additional communities across the state. Everyone who calls these places home should be able to live, work and grow here, no matter the season."

As with the statutorily identified communities, acceptance of the designation for municipalities is voluntary and requires a local legislative vote. HLC will open an application for newly eligible communities that haven't accepted the Seasonal Communities designation to request consideration.

The Affordable Homes Act created several new tools for communities who accept the Seasonal Communities designation to be able to:

Acquire deed restrictions to create or preserve year-round housing
Develop housing with a preference for municipal workers, so that our public safety personnel, teachers, public works and town hall workers have a place to live
Establish a Year-Round Housing Trust Fund to create and preserve affordable and attainable housing for year-round residents
Create year-round housing for artists
Allow seasonal communities to develop a comprehensive housing needs assessment
Permit tiny homes to be built and used as year-round housing
Permit year-round, attainable residential development on undersized lots
Increase the property tax exemption for homes that are the owners' primary residence