Two students from West Hartford’s Conard High School were recently honored at the Connecticut High School Outstanding Arts Awards Banquet.

West Hartford students Lila Goldstein and Christopher Josiah from Conard High School, were two of 292 top Connecticut seniors who excel in the arts that were honored at the Connecticut Association of Schools (CAS) High School Outstanding Arts Awards Banquet held on April 3, 2018, 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 over 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.

About the Connecticut Association of Schools (CAS) – 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, CT.

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