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er Steve Shapiro of Pinnacle Learning Center, we held our second year of theMath is a Slam Dunk Program. This program uses Milton High School mentorsto teach students basketball and team skills along with math enrichment andsupport.Tucker students were involved in community service projects this year. Thethird-graders collected 59 bags of clothing for Haitian children that were deliveredto the Raisin Foundation in Port Au Prince. Fourth-graders collectedHalloween candy for our troops in Afghanistan and second-graders made cardsto thank the soldiers for their service. Fifth-graders did 20 hours of communityservice in the school and community.Under the leadership of Lori Henry, Librarian and Future Problem SolversCoach, the Tucker fifth-grade Future Problem Solvers Team once again competedin the state finals in Marlborough. They were one of seven teams fromacross the state to compete at this level. Seven Tucker students were finalistsin the Massachusetts Science Poetry Contest. Their poems were published in theannual poetry anthology through the Boston College Lynch School of Education.In WordMasters Competition, Tucker students earned three medals, ninecertificates and one perfect score. In Continental Math League exams, studentsearned thirteen awards; four first-place medals; six second-place and three thirdplacemedals.Tucker School partnered with Pierce Middle School to pilot Youth BuildersMentoring Program. For ten weeks, Pierce students were matched with Tuckerthird-graders as youth mentors. This program was the vision of Tinu Adewole,former Tucker Parent. Emily Ayre, Pierce Middle School Guidance Counselortrained Pierce students to be student mentors to work with Tucker students afterschool on Tuesdays. Mentors and those being mentored develop relationshipsby doing homework and playing games together.The Power of Families was an eight-part parenting series funded throughthe Children’s Trust Fund and Title One Funds. This program is led by TuckerParent Joelle Auguste. The eight-part series helped families with young childrenbuild early literacy skills and develop home-school partnerships. The programtargeted families new to the United States and the American system of education.December brought Tucker’s Diversity Night. This celebration was held inPierce auditorium and featured student music and dance performances acrossthe grades. Tucker third- through fifth-graders work with OrigiNations DanceCompany. The evening ended with grade five performing “Thriller” whichbrought the house down.210