FITCHBURG – An entertaining evening is expected when an illustrious panel of local educators, officials and students will be asked “Are You Smarter than a Massachusetts Fifth Grader?” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at Weston Auditorium on the Fitchburg State College campus.
The contest, inspired by the television game show, kicks off Outreach to Teach: Extreme Makeover, a community service project to help give a facelift to the new Arthur M. Longsjo Middle School.
Contestants for the event include Fitchburg Mayor Lisa A. Wong; State Rep. Stephen L. DiNatale; Fitchburg Public Schools Superintendent Andre R. Ravenelle; Fitchburg Assistant Superintendent Paula Giaquinto; Arthur M. Longsjo Jr. Middle School Principal Craig Chalifoux; Fitchburg State College Dean of Education Elaine Francis; Former Miss FSC Cait Healey; and Fitchburg State College Student Government Association President Mark Hubbard.
The fifth-graders of the Longsjo Middle School and Outreach to Teach Student Project Directors Katie Clark and Michaela Lally are developing the questions; the contestants are busy studying.
Tickets are $5 for adults and Fitchburg State College students, and $3 for students from the Longsjo Middle School.
Tickets are available at the Longsjo Middle School, the Fitchburg Public Schools Superintendent’s office, the Information Desk at the Hammond Campus Center on the Fitchburg State College campus, and at the Education Department in the McKay Campus School, Room C-191.
“Outreach to Teach” is a National Education Association community service project whereby college organizations, faculty, and students; public school teachers, students, and parents; and community members and business partners from across the state come together to revitalize a high-needs public school. On April 24, 2010, more than 200 volunteers will grab hammers, shovels, brushes or mops to repair, landscape, paint, clean and decorate the school, digging in to give Arthur M. Longsjo, Jr. Middle School in Fitchburg a much needed facelift.
“Picking up a shovel or a paint brush to beautify a school is a powerful personal investment,” NEA President Reg Weaver said. “It's important to do more than just talk about improving the facilities where teaching and learning takes place. It’s important to show our commitment to great public schools by actually making school facilities better.”
For more on the Fitchburg program, or to make a donation, please visit:http://fsc.edu/fitchburgeducationfoundation/ott.html |
