Arlington High School student wins Thoreau Scholarship
Arlington High School student wins Thoreau Scholarship COURTESY OF THE HENRY DAVID THOREAU FOUNDATION Liam Nokes, a student at Arlington High School, will be entering college this autumn as a Thoreau Scholar. The scholarship, named for the 19th-century naturalist and author Henry David Thoreau, is a prestigious award given annually to only eight Massachusetts high school seniors. The son of Nuria Gine-Nokes and Keith Nokes, Liam credits his interest in the environment to his grandfather Evarist, who taught him about mushrooms. Growing up in Catalonia in Francoist Spain, Evarist hunted mushroo...
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