FITCHBURG — It’s always fun on Fridays at South Street Elementary School.
Granted, the weekend is near, but more importantly the elementary school students are always excited to spend time with Goodrich Academy students who are heavily involved in the “Community Service Learning” program.
Every Friday since September, Goodrich high-school students Deanna Capone, Vinny Evangelous, Samantha Grant, Nathan Hebert and Cody Mosher visit South Street Elementary and work hand-in-hand with kindergarten students in Noreen Howe, Melissa Guerard and Cynthia Clark’s classes, and Kayleigh Pennell’s fourth-grade class.
The Goodrich students enjoy the interaction, along with coloring, singing, dancing and reading to the younger students.
“I’ve done this for two trimesters now and I enjoy it a lot,” said Capone, who now wants to be a teacher and attend Mount Wachusett Community College or Fitchburg State University ever since participating in this service program. “It melts my heart that these kids might not have it all. You’re providing them with education and getting them ready to start th
Goodrich Academy student Nathan Hebert helps out South Street Elementary School fourth-graders Dilanys Rosa Segarra (left) and Nevaeh Farnsworth (right) while in Mrs. Pennell’s class.e rest of their years in school.”
For Grant, it’s all about interacting with the young students and having fun with them for the hour-and-a-half they are inside the elementary school classrooms.
“I like helping them; it’s fun,” said Grant, who enjoys doing activities with the kindergarteners. “I just love them.”
Evangelous and Hebert both talked about the joy they get by being around these young students.
“I just love helping the kids out,” Evangelous, a junior, said. “I love interacting with them. Being with them makes me happy and I love it.”
Added 10th grader Hebert: “I enjoy playing with the kids and making them feel good and happy. I really enjoy helping them out, and I like doing community service because it makes me feel really good.”
Guerard said her young students can’t wait to see the Goodrich students every week and eventually create a bond with them.
“They are big kids to them,” Guerard said. “They call them the ‘high-schoolers.’ When they walk in they are through the roof. It’s almost like a big-sister, big-brother type of thing. They want to show them things, ‘look what I can do’ and they are proud of their own work and they can’t wait to show that off and work with them.
“I love having them come in. I think it’s an amazing program.”
The Community Service Learning program is directed by Goodrich Academy teacher Brad McNamara.
“I hope they get a sense of helping other people and giving back,” said McNamara, who credits Goodrich Principal Alexis Curry and Margaret Daoust-Magennis — who helps come up with craft ideas for the kids — for their support in this program. “Some of these kids struggle academically, but they feel a sense of accomplishment by helping these kids.”
Garner is the Fitchburg Public Schools’ communications coordinator.
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