BOSTON, May 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast
NBCUniversal today announced that it has awarded $105,000 in scholarships for the 2016-17 school
year to 96 Massachusetts students as part of its annual Leaders and
Achievers® Scholarship Program. The program,
funded by the Comcast Foundation, is a one-time, $1,000 scholarship awarded to the best and
brightest high school seniors for their community service, academic
performance and leadership skills. Since 2001, more than
$25 million has been awarded to
nearly 25,000 high school seniors across the country as part of the
Leaders and Achievers Program.
"Our Leaders and Achievers Scholarship winners exemplify
leadership and are committed to academic excellence and community
service," said Tracy Pitcher, Senior
Vice President of Comcast's Greater Boston Region. "We are honored
to recognize their achievements, and excited to support them as
they continue their educational journeys."
Comcast recognized the students at a special event held at the
State House today. Ninety five Massachusetts Leaders and
Achievers recipients received $1,000
scholarships and one lucky student was awarded a $10,000 Comcast Founders Scholarship – instituted
in honor of Ralph J. Roberts,
Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Comcast Corporation.
The Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program provides
scholarships to students who strive to achieve their full
potential, who are catalysts for positive change in their
communities, who are involved in their schools, and who serve as
models for their fellow students. The philosophy behind the program
is to give young people every opportunity to prepare for the future
and to engage them in their communities. The program also
demonstrates the importance of civic involvement, and the value
placed on civic involvement by the business community.
To learn more, please visit the Comcast Leaders and Achievers
Facebook page.
A list of the scholarship recipients in Massachusetts is detailed below.
About Comcast Corporation
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq:
CMCSA) is a global media and technology company with two primary
businesses, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of
the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone providers
to residential customers under the XFINITY brand and also provides
these services to businesses. NBCUniversal operates news,
entertainment and sports cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo
broadcast networks, television production operations, television
station groups, Universal Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts.
Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.
About the Comcast Foundation:
The Comcast Foundation
was founded by Comcast Corporation in June
1999 to provide charitable support to qualified non-profit
organizations. The Foundation primarily invests in programs
intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on their
communities. The Foundation has three community investment
priorities—expanding digital literacy, promoting service, and
building tomorrow's leaders. Since its inception, the Comcast
Foundation has donated more than $176
million to organizations in the communities nationwide that
Comcast serves. More information about the Foundation and its
programs is available at www.comcast.com/community.
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2016 Massachusetts Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship
Recipients
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Name
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Hometown
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High School
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Natalie
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Andrews
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Sherborn
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MA
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Dover-Sherborn
Regional High School
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Jonathan
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Arizandieta
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Chelsea
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MA
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Northeast Metro
Regional Vocational Technical School
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Maria
Julia
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Azevedo
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Granby
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MA
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The Macduffie
School
|
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Ibrahim
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Bah
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Boston
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MA
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Quincy Upper
School
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Sahana
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Bail
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Norwell
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MA
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Norwell High
School
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Kevin
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Ballen
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Boston
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MA
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Commonwealth High
School
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Jake
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Barefoot
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Upton
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MA
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Nipmuc Regional High
School
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Jennifer
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Berard
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Norton
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MA
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Norton High
School
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Julia
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Boyd
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Andover
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MA
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Phillips
Academy
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Kyra
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Bresnahan
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Peabody
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MA
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Peabody Veterans
Memorial High School
|
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Sarah
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Brown
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Springfield
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MA
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Sabis International
Charter School
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DeAnna
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Brown
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Lancaster
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MA
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South Lancaster
Academy
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Jennifer
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Brown
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Otter
River
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MA
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Sizer
School
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Joseph
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Bukuras
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Mansfield
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MA
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Mansfield High
School
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Gabrielle
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Caceres
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Sharon
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MA
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Brockton High
School
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Moira
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Callahan
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Ipswich
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MA
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Ipswich High
School
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Daniel
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Carneiro
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West
Wareham
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MA
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Old Rochester
Regional High School
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Niah Luisa
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Carvalho
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Brockton
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MA
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Prospect Hill Academy
Charter School
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Natalia
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Castillo
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Lawrence
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MA
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Greater Lawrence
Regional Vocational School
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Samantha
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Chen
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Lynn
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MA
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Pope John XXIII High
School
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Thomas
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Cleary
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Hanover
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MA
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Hanover High
School
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Jennifer
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Cochand
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Manchester
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MA
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Manchester Essex
Regional Middle High School
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Haley
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Cohen
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Sharon
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MA
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Norfolk County
Agricultural
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Stephanie
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Colon
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Holyoke
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MA
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Holyoke High
School
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Edeni
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Colon
Rivera
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Holyoke
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MA
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William J Dean
Technical High School
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Maritza
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Coren
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Boston
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MA
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Boston Day and
Evening Academy
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Sage
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Couture
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Lawrence
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MA
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Lawrence Performing
& Fine Arts High School
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Bridget
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Curley
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Springfield
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MA
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Springfield
Renaissance School
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Anne
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Daly
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Springfield
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MA
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Cathedral High
School
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Meighread
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Dandeneau
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Fairhaven
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MA
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Greater New Bedford
Vocational School
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Zurich
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Deleon
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Lynn
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MA
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Lynn English High
School
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Kitzia
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Diaz
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Ashland
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MA
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Ashland High
School
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Minh
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Do
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Boston
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MA
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Boston Latin
Academy
|
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Kevin
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Doherty
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Topsfield
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MA
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St. John's
Preparatory School
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Molly
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Doncaster
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Harwich
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MA
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Monomoy Regional High
School
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Kirsten
|
Doyle
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Raynham
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MA
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Bristol-Plymouth
Vocational Tech
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Ryan
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Dykas
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Taunton
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MA
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Coyle Cassidy High
School
|
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Rebecca
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Farias
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Tiverton
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MA
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Bishop Connolly High
School
|
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Liam
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Fitzgerald
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Lexington
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MA
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Lexington High
School
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Robert
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Fitzgerald
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Methuen
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MA
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Central Catholic High
School
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Erin
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Flajnik
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Arlington
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MA
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Arlington High
School
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Robert
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Giannelli
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Wareham
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MA
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Upper Cape Cod
Vocational Technical School
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Alexandra
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Gumbert
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Mashpee
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MA
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Mashpee High
School
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Nadia
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Hasan
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Gill
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MA
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Turners Fall High
School
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Ashley
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Hiller
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New
Bedford
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MA
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Global Learning
Charter Public School
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Molly
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Houghton
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Edgartown
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MA
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Martha's Vineyard
Regional High
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Natasha
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Iacoviello
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Revere
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MA
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Revere High
School
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Alexis
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Jasmin
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Chester
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MA
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The White Oak
School
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Adelina
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Katzounos
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Lynn
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MA
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St. Mary's
School
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Aaron
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Keeling
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East
Taunton
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MA
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West Bridgewater
Junior/Senior High School
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Hayen
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Kim
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Natick
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MA
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Walnut Hill School
for the Arts
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Savannah
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LaCure
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Hudson
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MA
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Assabet Valley
Regional Tech
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Marissa
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Lee
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Burlington
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MA
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Burlington High
School
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Amaryllis
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Lopez
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Lawrence
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MA
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Lawrence Math Science
& Technology High School
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Patricia
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Luong
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Malden
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MA
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Malden High
School
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Andrew
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Lussier
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Blackstone
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MA
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Blackstone Millville
Regional High School
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Olivia
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Marques
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New
Bedford
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MA
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New Bedford High
School
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Norberto
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Marrero
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Springfield
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MA
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Putnam Vocational
Technical High School
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Kelsey
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Martin
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Monson
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MA
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Monson High
School
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Daniel
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Massillon
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Lynn
|
MA
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Pingree
School
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Andrea
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Matellian
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Upton
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MA
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Blackstone Valley
Tech High School
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Abbey
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McGrath
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Attleboro
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MA
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Attleboro High
School
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Ryan
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McKeever
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Hanover
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MA
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Boston College High
School
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Brenden
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McMullen
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Bolton
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MA
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Nashoba Regional High
School
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Brianna
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Medina
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Framingham
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MA
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Joseph P Keefe Tech
High School
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John
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Myron
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Berkley
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MA
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Somerset Berkley
Regional High School
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Patrick
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Norton
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Melrose
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MA
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Malden Catholic High
School
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Benjamin
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Novak
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South
Yarmouth
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MA
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Sacred Heart High
School
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Alyssa
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Nye
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Marblehead
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MA
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Marblehead High
School
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Brian
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O'Neill
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Littleton
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MA
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Littleton High
School
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Arlene
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Perez
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Somerville
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MA
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Somerville High
School
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Nathalie
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Perry
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Methuen
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MA
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Methuen High
School
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Amani
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Pierre
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Dorchester
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MA
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New Mission High
School
|
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Lauren
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Pisani
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Russell
|
MA
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Gateway Regional High
School
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Emma
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Plourde
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Andover
|
MA
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Andover High
School
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Ariel
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Portorreal
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Lawrence
|
MA
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The Governor's
Academy
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Paxton
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Reed
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Osterville
|
MA
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Cape Cod Region
Vocational Tech
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Margaret
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Reynolds
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Hopkinton
|
MA
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Hopkinton High
School
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Ajhanel
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Rhoden
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Lynn
|
MA
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Lynn Vocational Tech
Institute
|
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Garrett
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Silvia
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Dartmouth
|
MA
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Dartmouth High
School
|
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Sarina
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Spolidoro
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Attleboro
|
MA
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Foxborough Regional
Charter School
|
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Nick
|
Sundstrom
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Newburyport
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MA
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Newburyport High
School
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Constance
|
Tang
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Southwick
|
MA
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Southwick-Tolland
Regional High
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Jaclyn
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Tinnirella
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Tyngsborough
|
MA
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Tyngsborough High
School
|
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Lindsey
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Tobin
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Lynn
|
MA
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Classical High
School
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Visnavy
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Vickneswaran
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Medford
|
MA
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Mystic Valley
Regional Charter School
|
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Whitney
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Villagran
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Stoneham
|
MA
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Stoneham High
School
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Lauren
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Walsh
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Hull
|
MA
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South Shore Charter
School
|
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Destiny
|
Ware
|
Springfield
|
MA
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High School of
Science and Technology
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Benjamin
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Waters
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Franklin
|
MA
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Franklin High
School
|
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Heather
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Welty
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New
Bedford
|
MA
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Fairhaven High
School
|
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Holly
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Wentworth
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Rehoboth
|
MA
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Dighton-Rehoboth
Regional High School
|
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Amy
|
Wong
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Boston
|
MA
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Boston Latin
School
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Zoe
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Xypteras
|
Hull
|
MA
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Hull High
School
|
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William
|
Zhang
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Quincy
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MA
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North Quincy High
School
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