Three former HCS students – Aly Calmas, Julia Critz and Tessa Weaver received word that they were awarded Distinguished Honorable Mention Award in the 2020 Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Contest Poetry Category. Over 5,300 contest submissions were received from around the world. The group won this award for a poem they wrote last year in eighth grade science class and will receive a $100 cash scholarship. Please click here to read their incredible poem, “Reversible Damage,” which asks the reader to read down from the first line for despair and read up from the last line for hope.