Harvard Club of Merrimack Valley's Harvard Book Award at the Lowell Latin Lyceum School

 “Harvard
Prize Book Award”

Lowell, Mass., June 3, 2014
– Chester Szablak, Harvard Club of Merrimack Valley Advisory Board member, presented
the Harvard Prize Book award to Nana Adu of the Lowell Latin Lyceum School.

Nana Adu is a junior in the Latin Lyceum at Lowell High
School. The daughter of Kwame Piesie and Abena Fowaa, Nana entered Lowell High
School from the Daley Middle School. In the Latin Lyceum, Nana has consistently
challenged herself in courses at the honors level or above, earning accolades
that include membership in the National Honor Society and a designation of “Cum
Laude” on the National Latin Exam. At the same time, she has remained active in
school activities and community service, including LincolnUp, a mentoring
program that pairs Lyceum students with at-risk youngsters from the city’s
Lincoln Elementary School. This year, Nana also participated in the Tenacity
Challenge Competition, an inter-district academic scholarship competition for
Latino and African-American students, as part of a six-member team; her team
won second place in the competition, earning a $500 scholarship. An incredibly
confident student, Nana also has performed with the Student Theater Company in
productions of The Crucible and Talk Back.  Reliable and conscientious, Nana has taken on
leadership roles as an editor of the high school yearbook and as a class
officer in the Science Club. She hopes to pursue a Biology major in college,
with a minor in Humanities.

The Harvard Prize Book is awarded to the
outstanding student in the Junior year who displays excellence in scholarship
and high character, combined with outstanding personal achievement in other
fields. The winners of this Award, through their intelligence and variety of personal
achievement, exemplify Harvard’s commitment to excellence.

The Harvard Prize Book winner is
selected by the high school’s faculty and guidance counselors and is presented by
a member of the Harvard Club of Merrimack Valley at an annual school-wide award
ceremony. This year’s books were generously donated by Enterprise Bank.

The Harvard Prize Book Award was established
by Harvard Alumni in 1910 as part of an effort to identify talented young
students and to attract their attention to the unique educational opportunities
at Harvard. 

In the Program’s first years, the
Harvard Prize Book was awarded at only a handful of schools in the New England
area.  Today, the Harvard Prize Book is
awarded in more than 1,900 schools around the world.

The Harvard Club of Merrimack Valley welcomes new members
who are graduates of all Harvard University schools, faculty members or
administrative staff.  The HCMV sponsors
a variety of educational events as well as social events year round, including educational
sessions, annual dinners and lectures by Harvard faculty and staff.  The HCMV is also involved with college fairs,
scholarships and philanthropic projects, and annually grants the Harvard Prize Book
Award at local high school graduations.  . 

For more information about the Harvard Club of Merrimack
Valley, visit our website http://harvardclubmv.com/.