Stephanie Chang of Greenwich, a student at Greenwich High School, has received a 2023 YoungArts award in Classical Music, recognized for the caliber of her artistic achievement. She joins 702 of the most accomplished young visual, literary and performing artists from throughout the county.
Selected through the organization’s competition, YoungArts award winners, all 15 to18 years old or in grades 10 through 12, are chosen for the caliber of their artistic achievement by discipline-specific panels of artists through a rigorous blind adjudication process.
“Every year, we are inspired anew by the talent, dedication and creativity of extraordinary early career artists,” said YoungArts Artistic Director Lauren Snelling. “YoungArts is proud to support artists at critical junctures throughout their lives, and we look forward to providing community and professional and creative development opportunities that will empower the 2023 award winners as they embark on exciting careers in the arts. Now more than ever, it is essential to support artists so that their voices can be heard long into the future.”
Winning the award comes with eligibility for exclusive creative and professional development support including a wide range of fellowships, residencies and awards; microgrants and financial awards; virtual and in-person presentation opportunities in collaboration with major venues and cultural partners nationwide; and access to YoungArts Post, a free, private online platform for YoungArts artists to connect, collaborate and discover new opportunities.
For more information, visit youngarts.org, facebook.com/YoungArtsFoundation or twitter.com/YoungArts.
Daisy troop learns about women’s suffrage
While election 2022 showcased the right to vote, members of Daisy Girl Scout Troop 50147 in Old Greenwich learned that was not always the case.
The girls found out that women did not always have the right to vote in the United States, according to troop leader Michelle Horgan. And Katie Vairo, the mother of a troop member, was on hand to tell the girls about her great-great-aunt, Gertrude Harding, a famous suffragette who fought in the 1910s for women to get the right to vote.
Harding was one of the highest-ranking organizers in the United Kingdom’s militant Women’s Social and Political Union and was also the editor of an underground newspaper called “The Suffragette.” She later became a social worker in the United States.
During the suffragette movement, women often marched with signs to protest, Horgan said. To reenact a protest, the Daisy Girl Scouts made signs and marched around the room, shouting “Votes for Women!”
The Daisy Girl Scout troop leaders are Horgan and Julie Hammer.
Local students earn academic honors
A number of students from Greenwich have earned academic honors for the fall term at the Harvey School in Katonah, N.Y.
Several have been recognized for making the head’s list as Cavalier Scholars with GPAs of 4.0 or higher, the head’s list with 3.7 GPAs or higher, or the honor roll with GPAs of 3.3.
The Greenwich students who were named Cavalier Scholars are Spencer Elkind, grade 12; and Wesley Elkind and Eleanor Florin, both grade 11.
The local students named to the Head’s List are Rachel Dickey, grade 11; Lily Hakim, grade 10; and Adalaine Hayes and Lily Kutai, both grade 8.
The local students named to the Honor Roll are Teddy Aaron and Daniel Lehman, both grade 8; Raizy Akrongold, grade 11; and Brady Campos and Maximilian Denner, both grade 10.
The Harvey School in Katonah is an independent coeducational college-preparatory school for students in grades 6 through 12.