Box City Creations at Hennessey
Hennessey School students learned about and created their own communities during February Acceleration Academy. During Art class they are having fun painting and decorating the Box City buildings.
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Hillary MacDonald 1st Lancer Girls State Champ
Hillary MacDonald, a first year wrestler and Sophomore beat the #1 seed at 165lbs to become the 1st Lawrence Lancer Girls Wrestler to capture an All State title. Hillary beat Earlyn Figueroa of East Longmeadow in the finals by a pin in 44 seconds in the first period to capture the win at the Girls All State Wrestling Tournament. She is also the first D1 Girls Champ in that weight class for Lawrence.
Daniela Garcia, a first year freshman, took 5th overall at 126lbs. She qualified by earning 2nd place in the earlier D1 event.
Katelyn Belanger, also a first year wrestler and 9th grader in Abbott, also won the D1 championship in the 145 pound class.
Lots of training and hard work paid off for these girls! Congratulations to all!
Good luck to Hillary as she continues on to the New Englands in Providence next weekend.
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Creative Projects in 10GA
During the February Acceleration Academy, students in 10GA created projects based on one of three books they read. Projects ranged from slide presentations to relevant song playlists and boardgames about the characters and books.
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Acceleration Academy at Oliver Elementary
Fifth Grade students at Oliver Elementary spent the week traveling back in time to 1912 to research and study the Lawrence Textile Mill Strike. Through reading Bread and Roses, Too and analyzing primary sources from the Public Library and the Heritage State Park, students learned the impact the strike had on the community. As a culmination of their learning students wrote narratives from different perspectives of the strike and made loaves of bread.
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Trade and Career Fair
Gear Up hosted the annual Trade and Career Fair for students at Lawrence High School. Thirty training schools and employers participated by sharing information about many careers such as HVAC, Electrician, Plumbing, Healthcare, Manufacgturing and more.
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Sweetheart Dance
South Lawrence East Elementary school danced the night away on Friday, February 9th. Happy Valentine's Day!
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Wetherbee 100th day of School
Students in Kindergarten at the Wetherbee celebrate the 100th day of school.
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Lancer and Officer Hendrick Visits the Hennessey
Special Programming students from the Hennessey and their coaching buddies get a visit from Lancer and Officer Hendrick. As part of Unified Champions, students worked together to make Thank you and Kindness Cards for our Community Helpers and First Responders.
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The Bruce School Welcomed Boston Celtic Al Horford
The Celtic Center provided words of encouragement to the students along with some basketball fun.
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Girls in Sports Week Soccer Clinic
As part of Girls in Sports week, the Lawrence YWCA hosted a volleyball clinic with the help of the Merrimack College Women’s Volleyball team.
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Bruce Winter Ball
Middle School students enjoyed a fun evening recently at the Alexander Bruce School Winter Ball.
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