Principal Daryl Blank presented Kayla C. with a certificate and a copy of The Map of Every Lilac Leaf: Poets Respond to the Smith College Museum of Art from nationally recognized poets and the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center. Kayla was nominated by her English Teacher, Kevin Kearns.
Smith College's Book Award program recognizes an outstanding Junior in a participating school’s community who exemplifies the academic achievement, leadership qualities, and civic engagement that characterize the thousands of women who have graduated from Smith College. The student embodies these qualities and serves as an example of scholarship and community service.
Smith College is located in Northampton, Massachusetts. and is one of the largest and most prestigious liberal arts colleges for women in the country, drawing its 2,500 students from 48 states and 72 countries. Its rigorous and varied curriculum is taught by a world-class faculty of teacher-scholars in over 50 fields.