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The Kindergarten Staff at South Street Elementary Delivers

The Kindergarten staff at South Street Elementary “delivers” to students in so many ways. Naturally, door-to-door deliveries to students during the current school shut-downs just made sense to this dedicated team of educators. Through careful coordination, the Kindergarten staff delivered goodie bags and marigold plants to their students last Friday, May 22, while maintaining a […]

Samoset Wildcats Day of Caring Changemaking in Action

I visit Samoset school on Fridays and spend the day working with the Youth Venture students. This past Friday, before the holiday break, was a special day. On this Samoset Wildcats “Day of Caring” students made holiday cards and snowflakes during their workshop. Two students brought in HUGE cards for all to sign. Other students […]

Gardner High School’s Youth Venture Community Garden Grows

Gardner High School’s Youth Venture team Gardner Grows, also known as the GHS Community Garden has come a long way since their launch in 2017! Their vision of a beautiful courtyard garden with a bounty of vegetables to donate to local families-in-need came to fruition over the summer. Mr. Tata’s Botony class donated $3,000 to […]

Happy Back to School Week!

Happy Back to School Week everyone! No one says that right? Unless you are parents tired from a very long summer, no one is ever truly excited for back-to-school. But, there are things to be excited about during the start of school. For example; holidays coming up, new movies coming out, and of course… THE […]

Karate for Kids is knocking it out of the park! (Figuratively)

This year Venture Team, Karate for Kids, from Fitchburg High School awarded a scholarship to Fitchburg High student, Tai Lee! For Karate for Kids, this is their second year awarding scholarships to local students. In 2018, Ethan Chandler, the founder of Karate for Kids, awarded $600 to Me’Yah Newton for her awesome dedication to martial […]