Each May since 1990, MAPCS has sponsored the Outstanding Student Achievement Awards. The ceremony gives member schools—as well as family and friends—the opportunity to honor exceptional graduates. On May 16, 2002, at MAPCS 12th annual Outstanding Student Achievement Awards, sixteen students from a range of schools received their award at the Massachusetts State House in Boston. Senator Robert A. Antonioni and Jeff Conti, legislative aide to Representative Bradley H. Jones Jr., were guest speakers at the event. The winners' biographies are featured below.