Eighth graders at Hanson Middle School have been awarded $1,000 grants for charities that they partnered with to complete their Civics Project this past spring. “Explore. Act. Tell.” is an experiential learning program that specializes in teaching students how to understand and act on solutions to fight food insecurities in their communities, selected two student groups from Mr. Merritt and Mr. Lopes’ Civics classes, respectively.
Eighth graders Camryn Walsh, Sami Masker, Keira Phinney, Siena Murphy, Tayla DeLue, Lilly Jones, Camryn MacCallum, Presley Giannino, and Riley Walsh completed Civics Projects working with local businesses, and partnering with the Hanson and Hanover Food Pantries as part of the eighth-grade Civics Projects. The students worked on the projects throughout the winter and spring, inside and out of the classroom, where they raised funds and donated food to the local food pantries.
Project presentations were then submitted to Explore. Act. Tell. and they were selected from hundreds of submissions. The grants will be awarded to the food pantries, and a ceremonial check presentation is in the planning stages for the coming school year.