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Harvard Club of Merrimack Valley's Harvard Book Award at Wilmington High


Lawrence, Mass., May 22, 2014 – Janet Benvenuti, Harvard Club of Merrimack Valley Advisory Board member, presented the Harvard Prize Book this year to Kevin Dunn of Wilmington High School.
Kevin is a member of our National Honor Society as well as numerous clubs including Medical Careers Club, Drama Club, and Rotary Interact.  He has also participated in the Environmental Club, Math League, and Club WHS.  He is currently the Vice President of Students Against Destructive Decisions.  He has participated in cross-country, indoor and outdoor track the past two years and has been on varsity for the past three seasons. He received “Most Improved” in cross-country junior year.
In terms of Honors, Kevin has attained “Top Five Simple Average” in the Class of 2015, Academic Excellence freshman year in science and sophomore year in Math and Academic Achievement freshman year in Math and sophomore year in English. He also received Honorable Mention on the National Spanish Exam sophomore year.
In other accomplishments, Kevin acted in the school's fall play and spring musical last year and was a member of crew for the school's one act play last year, which won the preliminary and semi-final competitions and advanced to finals in Boston. He has been a member of a Destination Imagination team in Wilmington for two years, advancing to the state competition. He is a member of the school's marching band, concert band, and woodwind ensemble and the quartermaster for marching band and concert band. He also volunteers at Vacation Bible School and at the Wilmington library.




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/.
PHOTO:  Janet Benvenuti (right) with Kevin Dunn and his mother.

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