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Medford resident Cynthia Miers, RN has been awarded a nursing scholarship from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

The American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) is pleased to announce Medford resident Sandra McQueen has received a 2012 AATF Outstanding Senior in French Award.

More than one-third of the Minuteman High School students attending the recent SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference brought home medals from the competition.

The Andrews Middle School Drama Club is proud to announce this year’s spring musical — “Fame Jr.”

The following is the Medford School Committee agenda for Monday, May 7, 2012:

Kevin Andrews has accomplished a lot in his last two years as principal of the Horace Mann Laboratory School in Salem, but next fall, he’ll face an entirely new set of challenges — at the Brooks Elementary School.

The seventh grader from McGlynn Middle School in Medford was one of more than 50 students from across the community to join Winchester Hospital as the hospital continued to celebrate its 100th birthday.

Medford resident Nicholas Memme, a senior at Boston College High School, helped his BC High Robotics team to a twofold victory at the Boston FIRST Regional Robotics Competition at Boston University, Agganis Arena on March 23 and 24.

On April 24 and May 1, the Medford Public Schools will hold informational meetings for parents and families of incoming Kindergarten students.

Medford High School’s Academic Awards Ceremony will be held on Wednesday, May 2, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Little Theater at Medford High School, 489 Winthrop St.

The search for two new elementary school principals wrapped up last week — two days after Medford officials grilled five final applicants vying for the positions to be left vacant this summer when Brooks Elementary School Principal Michael Simon and Columbus Elementary School Principal Joan Yaeger retire.

Eric Greitens, humanitarian, award-winning author, and decorated Navy SEAL officer, will deliver Tufts University’s commencement address on Sunday, May 20, 2012.

Medford resident Victoria Smith, a student at the Brimmer and May School, has won an EF Global Citizen Scholarship and will be traveling to Berlin this July.

On Sunday April 1, the McGlynn String Ensemble, under the direction of Sophia Chang, received the highest score to win a Gold Medal rating from the Massachusetts Instrumental and Chorus Conductor’s Association Band and Orchestra Concert Festival.

The Builders Club at the McGlynn Middle School recently finished its annual “Pennies for Patients” fund drive, an event run in the spring to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Medford School Committee members grilled five candidates vying to replace two elementary school principals next year at a special hearing at Medford High School on April 11.

As budget season approaches, Medford school officials argue the district should reverse the trend it followed in recent years, cutting money for building maintenance to accommodate tighter finances.

Year after year, studies continue to find that American students trail their international peers in academic achievement. However, American students have long remained among the world leaders in one category: vacation.

Tufts University announced David R. Harris, senior associate dean at Cornell University’s College of Arts and Sciences and a former deputy assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will become Tufts’ next provost and senior vice president, effective July 1, 2012.

The Medford School Committee agenda for Monday, April 2, 2012.