Falmouth swimmers set new state record

Three Falmouth 8th grade students set a new state record at a swim meet on Dec. 4.

Swimming in the 200 meter free relay, the team of Winslow Robinson, Michael O’Donovan and Kevin Kane set a new record of 1:56:14. Kane also set a new record in the 200 meter butterfly with a time of 2:35:21, breaking the old record by 15 seconds.

Greely students practice global activism

CUMBERLAND — One of the many history electives offered at Greely High School is Global Activism, a semester long course offered to juniors and seniors focusing on global issues and how students can raise awareness and make a change.

Each semester students taking the course are required to choose one global issue and do something about it, whether it be taking action or raising awareness; this semester’s class has a wide range of projects in the works.

Katarina Pisini and Carly Hopps have partnered with the Bilinya School in Sudan through a non-profit organization called H20 for Life. They are working on raising enough money to provide the Biliya School and community with a WASH center, which would provide clean drinking water and allow the students to bathe in fresh water.

Alex Cowan, Ben Hackett and Sam Reed are working on a project called Rakes for Refugees; they are offering to rake, shovel or do other yard work for donations that will be used to provide a refugee family with supplies for the holidays and winter season.

Advertisement

Working with an after-school program to promote heatlhy eating and exercise, Julia Mitiguy is trying to raise awareness about diabetes and how healthy lifestyle, diet and regular exercise as a child effects health as an adult.

Students will be presenting their final projects Jan. 3-20 and these presentations are open to the public.

Contributed by Katarina Pisini, MSAD 51

Sidebar Elements


Members of Falmouth Elementary School’s Kids Who Care program recently collected non-perishable items to deliver to the Falmouth Food Pantry.


Only subscribers are eligible to post comments. Please subscribe or login first for digital access. Here’s why.

Use the form below to reset your password. When you've submitted your account email, we will send an email with a reset code.

filed under: