Medfield Whiz Kid: Blake Middle School Student, Kristin Buscone

Medfield Patch's Whiz Kid of the week is a new features kids and their accomplishments in the community.

Whiz Kid's Name: Kristin Buscone

Whiz Kid's School: Blake Middle School, Eighth Grade

Whiz Kid's Accomplishment: Buscone was selected as Medfield's representative for Governor Deval Patrick's community initiative, Project 351 in January and offered community service to various organizations around Boston.

Whiz Kid's Key to Awesomeness: Buscone helped out by painting, with her Project 351 group, part of an inspirational mural in the Blackstone Elementary School cafeteria. The group also made blankets for students, attendance charts for teachers and helped make vocabulary flash cards for students to improve their MCAS scores. In addition to be a peer-leader and active in community service projects, Buscone also participates in Blake Middle School's student council, plays basketball and tennis and is active in her church.  

We Want to Hear From You:

We want to hear about these amazing children and teens and select one each week as the "Patch Whiz Kid." Submit your nomination in our comment box below or e-mail the information to jeremie.smith@patch.com.. Be sure to include all of the following information:

• Nominator's Name
• Nominator's E-Mail
• Whiz Kid's Name
• Whiz Kid's Age
• Whiz Kid's School
• Whiz Kid's Accomplishment
• Whiz Kid's Key to Awesomeness (what made him/her successful?)

If your nominee is selected, we'll contact you and asign a photographer to take a photo. For questions, contact Medfield Patch editor Jeremie Smith at jeremie.smith@patch.com.