Family, friends and community members gathered at Porter Memorial Gymnasium June 4 to celebrate the accomplishments of graduating students and outstanding underclassmen at the annual Boothbay Region High School awards night.  

Following the scholarship and awards presentations, the annual Junior College Book Awards were announced. In addition, over 29 local businesses, individuals and foundations sponsored this year’s Frances D. Aley Donor Book Awards. Almost 70 books were given to students, with a matching copy donated to the school library.  

A special Bleacher Award went to Peggy Splaine for her service to the school, including serving on the Community School District School Committee from 2016 to 2025.  

Recipients were as follows:  

Awards and scholarships   

West Scholarships: Valedictorian Madeline Orchard and Salutatorian Anna Gosselin 

Melmac Tyler/Grandmaison Principal’s Scholarship: Cleyton Splaine 

Arthur S. Bryant Fund: Anna Gosselin 

Maine Principals Association Principal Award: Cleyton Splaine 

Clinton Barlow Award: Madeline Orchard 

Mitchell Institute Scholarship: Ivory Cody 

Worthington Scholarship: Skyla Carrier, Ivory Cody, Charlotte Cox, Zoe Curtis, Hannah Hills, Cassidy Leeman, Bailey Lewis, Kennadie Murray, and Bella Orr 

College Board National Recognition Program: Lydia Currier and Madeline Orchard 

Congregational Church Scholarship: Madeline Orchard 

Charlie Begin Memorial Lobsterboat Races Scholarship: Sawyer Blake, Hannah Hills, Chase Mansfield, and Spencer Pottle 

US Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 25 Scholarship: Aidric Canada 

Blake’s Boatyard Scholarship: Anna Gosselin 

Bob Blackman Scholarship for the Trades: Magen Burge, Alyssa Hyson, Liliana Nein 

Bigelow Laboratory Scholarship: Anna Gosselin 

St. Andrews Auxiliary Scholarship: Madeline Orchard 

BRHS Seahawk Spirit and Citizenship Award: Edward Carpenter 

Boothbay Region Education Association: Ivory Cody 

Isaac Giles VFW Memorial Scholarship: Abigail Clark 

Boothbay Region Rotary Trades Scholarship: Magen Burge, Chase Mansfield 

Boothbay Region Rotary Service Above Self Scholarship: Abigail Clark, Anna Gosselin, Madeline Orchard 

BRHS Sprit of the Arts: Skyla Carrier 

Boothbay Region Historical Society: Cleyton Splaine 

Boosters Club Award: Madeline Orchard and Cleyton Splaine 

Eastern Star Beacon Chapter 202 Scholarship: Bailey Lewis and Alyssa Hyson 

Boothbay Region Arts Foundation Scholarship: Charlotte Cox 

Boothbay Region Fish and Game Scholarship: Madeline Orchard 

Bath Savings Institution Scholarship: Cleyton Splaine 

Boothbay Region Garden Club: Anna Gosselin 

Bayview and Seaside Masonic Lodges Scholarships: Abigail Clark, Hannah Hills, Madeline Orchard, Cleyton Splaine 

The David Landry Memorial Scholarship: Chase Mansfield and Madeline Orchard 

Boothbay Region Farmers Market Scholarship: Abigail Clark  

The Sheepscot Vally Choral Arts: Hannah Hills 

Charles F. Baker III Memorial Scholarship: Anna Gosselin 

First Federal Savings Bank Scholarship: Lydia Currier 

Colby and Gale Scholarship: Cassidy Leeman 

Lee B. Stoddard Scholarship: Alyssa Hyson and Bella Orr 

Coastal Maine Botanical Scholarship: Madeline Orchard 

Our Lady Queen of Peace Scholarship: Hannah Hills 

Olympia Snowe Women’s Leadership Institute: Anna Gosselin, Alyssa Hyson, Liliana Nein, Madeline Orchard 

Down East Yacht Club Scholarship: Hannah Hills 

Boothbay Region Lions Club Scholarship: Magen Burge 

Community Resource Council: Kennadie Murray 

University of Maine Farmington Success Scholarship for Impressive Academic Performance: Kennadie Murray, Madeline Orchard, Cleyton Splaine 

Mountain Valley Conference Award: Neal Baldwin 

Aveda Institute Maine: Alyssa Hyson 

William Woods University Provost Award: Harriet Mckane 

Boothbay Region High School Entrepreneurial Spirit Award: Nicholas Giles 

Junior College Book Awards

Yale: Sarah Harris 

College of the Atlantic: Kolton Campbell 

Dartmouth: Abigail Orchard 

Harvard: Hannah Kreft 

Lasell University: Lysander Lefevre 

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Medal: Abigail Orchard 

St. Michael’s: Afton Warren-Burdin and Rose Campbell 

Smith: Madeleine Andreasen 

St. Thomas: Rose Campbell 

Bowdoin College: Eleanor Marshall 

Endicott College: Madeleine Andreasen 

Rochester Institute of Technology: Sarah Harris and Abigail Orchard