While most students spent their summer vacations relaxing and doing the occasional assigned summer reading, one 10-year-old Jordan/Jackson student was researching a problem that would become his cause.Ciaran Connolly, a fourth grader, was described by his former teacher, Rayna Freedman, as a very bright student with diverse interests. He does well in school and says that his favorite subject is math, though it is not his true passion.“He’s always been interested in observing his surroundings, especially animals and nature,” explained Connolly’s mother, Tracy Gay.She realizes that her son has …
The football, track and basketball teams are highly publicized in Mansfield. They work hard and it shows on the scoreboard. They deserve every bit of the recognition they receive. There is one team, however, that works just as hard and does well but gets little to no recognition in the community.The Mansfield color guard team is tough, dedicated and competitive.“I have never seen a team as dedicated as these girls,” Coach Tommy Lee praised. “They know when it’s time to work and when it’s time to have fun.”The competition season is eight weeks from the beginning of February to the beginning of…
For half of her life, 7-year-old Aubrey Organ has been an inspiration to the green movement. This high-spirited young girl learned to recycle from her mother Robin Organ, director of Green Schools and has been teaching others to be kind to the earth.If you ask her how she knows what to recycle, Aubrey will sing her answer. Her preschool teacher at Oak Hill in Foxboro taught a song to help the students remember what can be recycled. Aubrey loves to teach it to other kids.“Aubrey’s been teaching that song to lots of kids at community events,” Robin said. She and her 8-year-old sister Haley will…
The new Mansfield High School (MHS) online newspaper, The Hornet Buzz has given 16-year-old sophomore, Christiana Begin the chance to learn new skills and develop as a leader and a member of a team.Christiana joined the paper last September following the suggestion of a friend. She is involved in many other activities and was unsure at first but she went to a meeting and thought, “what the heck?” Christiana wrote an article or two before Karen Kenter-Potty, math teacher and Faculty Advisor for the paper, saw great energy and interest in the sophomore. After only a week or two, she was named …
Self-proclaimed “normal kid,” David Bogdan is much more than that. It is not often that you hear about a student who loves community service and being involved in school events, but this 13-year-old eighth grader from Qualters Middle School does. Those who know David well see him as a personable young leader, who loves to help others. On January 15, eighth grade student ambassadors from every city and town across Massachusetts convened at different locations around Boston to enrich the city and volunteer in the community in an event called Project 351. It had been scheduled to take place the …
