At the AERA conference in April, Lynch School faculty, students, alumni, and friends joined together at Robert restaurant in Columbus Circle to catch up with friends and celebrate each other's accomplishments.

Sam Apuzzo 鈥19 was named winner of a prestigious Tewaaraton Award鈥攑resented annually to the nation鈥檚 top female and male college lacrosse players鈥攁t an event in Washington, D.C., in May.

艾可直播 Public Schools named聽Katharine Atkins-Pattenson, M.Ed. 鈥13, a former Donovan Urban Teaching Scholar, as one of eight BPS Educators of the Year.听Atkins-Pattenson is a seventh grade humanities teacher at Gardner Pilot Academy in Allston.

The Migration Policy Institute published ,聽鈥淭he Language of the Classroom: Dual Language Learners in Head Start, Public Pre-K, and Private Preschool Programs,鈥 by Megina Baker, Ph.D. 鈥17 (Curriculum and Instruction) and Associate Professor Mariela P谩ez in March 2018. Baker is a lecturer in Early Childhood Education at 艾可直播 University.

Three Lynch School students received Fulbright Scholarships, which support a year鈥檚 post-graduate study abroad.

  • Jessica Barnes 鈥18 was named as a Fulbright alternate (pending confirmation of funding for her project) to Montenegro for an English Teaching Assistantship. She will integrate a deeper meaning of language into her own pedagogy of teaching, while exploring the country鈥檚 cultural understanding and perception of disability and difference.
  • Audrey Mary DeLorenzo 鈥18 will travel to Spain for English Teaching Assistantship. She will offer modern dance lessons to students and community members and work with them to choreograph a performance.
  • Talia Mango, M.Ed. 鈥18, will travel to Italy to analyze the impact of early intervention on the communication of deaf-blind students.


Natalee Deaette 鈥19, received a 2018 Truman Scholarship. She discussed the honor, her commitment to public service leadership, and her experience as a first-generation college student with the organization Upward Bound, in an interview on .

Patrick Downes 鈥05 and his wife Jessica Kensky published a children鈥檚 book inspired by Kensky鈥檚 experience with her service dog. Already聽a聽New York Times听产别蝉迟蝉别濒濒别谤,听Rescue & Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship聽is intended to demystify disabilities while highlighting themes of tolerance, kindness, appreciation of differences, overcoming obstacles, and facing difficult moments. They talk about the book in this聽, and in the聽. Downes also delivered the Ignatian Society鈥檚 inaugural AMDG lecture in March.

Sarah Pilgrim 鈥18, a pre-med student majoring in biochemistry with a minor in inclusive education, ran the 2018 艾可直播 Marathon to raise funds for the聽Campus School.听BC News

Maren Wilson聽鈥18 was named one of six聽Seniors to Remember for the Class of 2018.