This year 48 seniors, representing a whopping 51% of the Class of 2021, at Innovation Academy Charter School (IACS) earned the John and Abigail Adams scholarship. This award marks high achievement on the Math, English Language Arts, and Biology MCAS exams. To qualify for this scholarship, students have to earn Advanced on either the Math or English exam and Proficient or Advanced on the other two. Their combined score for these three exams must be in the top 25% of their class at IACS, or in the top 25% of their home district. Recipients of this four-year scholarship are granted a tuition credit each year. The amount will depend on the specific state college or university a student attends, but at UMass it is currently equivalent to $1575 per year. 

This year’s recipients are: Alyssa Abramo, Adelaide Ansah, Kathryn Baird, Helena Balbat, Rian Benoit, Tom Bojsen, Delaney Brown, Nam Bui, Daniella Chavez, Elaina Chisholm, Hope Coleman-Plourde, Owen DeLuca, Micah Descoteaux, Davidson Doliver, Tyler Donkoh-Halm, James Former, Christopher Freire, Gautham Giridharan, Diego Goodrich, Joshua Goyette, Therese Guillen, Hudson Guilmartin, Mea Hevner, Parker Jackson, Rhoda Kaddu, Charles Kefauver, Emily Klein, Erin Lee, Pierre-William Lessard, Aedan Maginnis, Finnbar Maginnis, Devaleena Mak-Phoeurk, Penelope McDonald, Alexander Merkel, Sophia Paolillo, Caitlyn Pennie, Kaitlyn Pinette, Hannah Richman, Georgia Row, Hannah San Clemente, Christopher Sano, Andrew Shapiro, Nathan Smith, Dalena Soun, Isabel Stanley-Kemler, Adrienne Tuleja, Aphroditi Tziotziouras, and Sali Vo.

Congratulations to all for earning this recognition.