WHS staff, kids pitch in with mulch donated by Lowes to landscape school entrance.
When staff showed up at Woonsocket High School at 777 Cass Ave. to prepare for the start of school, they saw a front entrance that was overgrown and unkempt. "We just noticed that it could use some help," said Kris Wright, CCF After School Site Coordinator at WHS. So, she, April Seppala, Woonsocket Project: Night Vision and Karen Barbosa, ELO Coordinator at WHS, organized a pre-opening landscaping treatment for the school's front entrance, enlisting the help of several young people to boot. Wright also secured a generous donation of mulch from Lowes of Woonsocket - 25 bags at $4 per bag. "At first I was just looking at stuff," Wright said, then she decided to ask if the store would donate some material to help them shape up the front …
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Annual school trip to Navajo reservation included building, cooking and yard work.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
During school vacation in April, a group from Mount Saint Charles Academy traveled to St. Anne’s Mission on the Navajo reservation in Klagetoh, Arizona to serve on a mission trip. The Mount group consisted of students, teachers, and other Mount staff. Their ultimate purpose was to work together and aid in meeting the dire needs of the reservation residents who may be experiencing poverty or unemployment, or may be suffering the effects of alcohol and child abuse. This trip is voluntary and is open to students in the 11th and 12th grade every year. Instead of going away on a relaxing and fun vacation, these students choose to help build houses and sheep pens, clean yards and churches, build animal shelters, work with school children, …
David T
11:37 am on Monday, September 3, 2012
Back to the story, I think it's great that parents and children care about the appearance and take pride in their schools. We need more of this! more ›