Dedham Savings Sponsors Holiday Card Contest

Pictured from left to right in the back row are Jerry Lavoie, Executive Vice President and COO, Dedham Institution for Savings, Mary Grinavic, Principal, Elm Street School, Colleen Duggan, Principal, Fisher School, Brendan Dearborn, Principal, Boyden School, Alice Siegel, Art Specialist, Old Post Road School and Dave Whitney, Vice President, Branch Manager, Walpole Office, Dedham Institution for Savings. Pictured from left to right in the second row are Grade 5, Karissa Della Valle, Old Post Road School, Margaret Mahoney, Boyden School, Faith Burns, Boyden School, Grade 4, Madeline Hogarty, Elm Street School, Jenna Murphy, Fisher School, Allison Maheux, Old Post Road School, Grade 3, Alise Schneider, Elm Street School and Elsa Van der Linden, Fisher School. Pictured from left to right in the front row are Grade 2, Brenna Grady, Boyden School, Brady Collins, Boyden School, Margaret Lanagan, Boyden School, Grade 1, Leila Le, Fisher School, Jackson Towers, Old Post Road School, Keira Connors, Fisher School, Kindergarten, Zack Mattera, Old Post Road School, Marissa Molliver, Old Post Road School and Anne Marie Spilker, Boyden School. Absent from photo is Grade 4, Micaiah Brown, Old Post Road School and Grade 3, Gabriella Aluigi, Old Post Road School.

Pictured above are the student winners in the Annual Holiday Card Contest held at the Walpole Branch of Dedham Institution for Savings. The personally designed cards submitted by the students were judged for first, second and third places in grades Kindergarten through Five. The six 1st prize winners received a $100 gift check, the six 2nd prize winners received a $50 gift check and the six 3rd prize winners received a $25 gift check. In addition, the Walpole Public Schools received a check in the amount of $2,000. Each year this donation is rotated between the four elementary schools (Kindergarten through 5th grade) and utilized for various school needs.