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06/07/2018 12:01 AM

OSHS Students Honored at CAS Banquet


William Sheahan and Julia Collins were Old Saybrook High School’s Connecticut Association of Schools Outstanding Arts Awards honorees for 2018. Photo courtesy of Trent Gerbers

William Sheahan and Julia Collins of Old Saybrook High School were two of 292 top Connecticut seniors who excelled in the arts that were honored at the Connecticut Association of Schools (CAS) High School Outstanding Arts Awards Banquet held on April 3 at the Aqua Turf in Southington. The CAS Outstanding Arts Awards Banquet annually recognizes two seniors in each member high school for their outstanding ability in the performing or visual arts. The students are selected by their school to receive this honor. The banquet, with more than 1,400 in attendance, is sponsored by Jostens and Horace Mann. This year’s emcee was Tim Lammers of Fox 61 and the keynote speaker was Jimmy Greene, Grammy Award-nominated saxophonist and co-coordinator of jazz studies and associate professor of music at Western Connecticut State University.

The Connecticut Association of Schools serves Connecticut’s K-12 public and parochial schools in all areas of inter-school activity. CAS has emerged as an informed leader in Connecticut’s educational system, providing services to Connecticut’s schools in areas ranging from academics to athletics. The association represents approximately 900 schools in the state. The Connecticut Association of Schools is a non-profit organization located in Cheshire.