周二晚上儿子参加了一个本区优秀毕业生的颁奖晚餐会。这个由北岸商会赞助的年度晚餐会有些年头了，始于1968年，到今年是第42届。今年的晚餐会邀请了本区29所公立私立高中毕业班排名前5%的298名优秀毕业生和他们的家长。Salem州立学院院长在晚餐会上发表了演说，餐后每名到会学生上台领取一张奖状及一对刻有名字的钢笔和铅笔。
按说家长也会受到邀请，我们的邀请函也许在邮寄中遗失了，非常遗憾我们未能与儿子一同前往，所以没有晚餐会片片贴出来。邻居说在报纸上看到了晚餐会的新闻以及优秀毕业生的名单。 
下面是Salem晚报上关于颁奖晚餐会的报道
May 11, 2010
CLASS ACTS: The North Shore's Honors Scholars
The Salem News
The top-ranked high school seniors on the North Shore will be honored for their academic achievements tonight when the North Shore Chamber of Commerce hosts its 42nd annual Honor Scholars Recognition Dinner.
The dinner will recognize nearly 300 students from 29 public and private high schools on the North Shore, all of them ranked in the top 5 percent of their graduating class.
This year’s keynote speaker will be Patricia Maguire Meservey, president of Salem State College. She will speak on “Retaining an Educated Workforce for the Future.” Following dinner and the keynote address, students will be acknowledged individually and presented with awards in the presence of their parents, educators, chamber members and community leaders.
According to chamber President Robert Bradford, “The North Shore Chamber of Commerce believes recognizing those who excel helps to provide incentive for young people to work to their highest potential and strive to be our leaders of tomorrow. Without achieving excellence in our schools, we cannot expect excellence in our work force. The chamber welcomes the opportunity to exhibit support for excellence in education on the North Shore.”
The tradition began in 1968 when the honorees were Beverly High School students, as the chamber served only Beverly. With the growth of the chamber, the dinner now accommodates an audience of more than 1,000 people and recognizes the top scholars from across the region.
The dinner will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 50 Ferncroft Road, in Danvers.
You can find the full list of honorees here. http://www.northshorechamber.org/scholars_names.htm
