Dear fellow Hanoverians:
The Hanover Foundation for
Educational Enrichment proudly invites all residents to attend a community
presentation of "Rachel’s Challenge" on Thursday, January 29, at 7:00
PM, in the high school auditorium. Rachel Scott was the first person
killed at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. Rachel’s acts of
kindness and compassion coupled with the content of her six diaries have become
the foundation for one of the most life-changing school programs in America.
Through its annual Grants Awards Program, the Foundation voted to allocate
$4550 to fund this important project . An award of this magnitude would not be
possible without the generous support of our fundraising efforts given by the
entire Hanover community.
Powerful audio/video footage of
“Rachel’s Challenge” will be shown to students in a one-hour school
presentation, followed by a 45-minute training session involving both adult and
student leaders. The impact upon students has been enormous and motivates them
to positively change the way they treat others. This interactive
technique creates and helps sustain a positive climate change within the school
and beyond. “Rachel’s Challenge” offers a year-long
curriculum called the Friends of Rachel (FOR) program that continues training
students and plugs them into activities that continue the chain reaction of
kindness. For more information, please visit the website http://www.rachelschallenge.com ,
or call the high school at 781-878-5450.
The Foundation especially thanks
teachers Janet Curley, Lisa Green, Christine Fay, Korri Jones, Keri Morrison,
Adrienne Newcomb, and Stephen Rodday for their efforts in bringing this
powerful program to our students and community. We encourage all
residents to visit the high school on January 29th to be a part of
“Rachel’s Challenge”.
For "Around Town on the Web",
Cathy H-B
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