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Durfee High
School Students celebrated the completion of a dozen Community
Service-Learning Mini-Grants projects funded by a grant from the
Massachusetts Service Alliance. Projects
were designated for funding by the Leadership Through Service Youth
Council, made up of Durfee High School
Student Government's School Improvement Council and the
Mayor’s Youth Council. Mini-grants
were given to encourage students, student organizations and teachers to
carry out service-learning projects to improve the Durfee High School
community. For more information, contact Youth Services Coordinator
Christian McCloskey at
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(Top row, left) Engineering instructor Praveen Singha, students Cameron Pontes and Sarah McCloskey, Youth Services coordinator Christian McCloskey and student Cassie Mota enjoy a pizza lunch celebration of the completion of the projects. (Top row, center) Student Government advisor Matt Desmarais chats with James Brown about the mini-grant projects. (Top row, right and Middle row, left) The Memorial Peace Garden behind B.M.C. Durfee High School clean-up was one of the mini-grant projects. (Middle row, right) A new art gallery is being installed in the arts wing of the high school. (Bottom row, left) A memorial park at the high school to honor World War II veterans was designed by students. (Bottom row, right) Benches for an outdoor classroom were constructed by the Traveling Sea Lab.
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