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WEEKLYNEWS.NET - 978-532-5880 FEBRUARY 6, 2020
Covenant Christian reinforces Ella’s Army
A year’s worth of hard work
paid off for Covenant Christian
Academy’s senior class with
its $7,000 donation to support
local Peabody-charity “Ella’s
Army.”
Class of 2020 members at
the West Peabody school partnered
with Ella’s Army early in
their junior year and have been
raising money for the charity
ever since.
Ella’s Army is a 501(c)3
Peabody based charity run by
Dennis and Erin O’Donnell
lost their daughter Ella Jade
O’Donnell in 2016 at the age
of 10, after a courageous 11-
month battle with brain cancer.
The O’Donnell’s in a statement
described Ella as a dancer,
an inspiration to those around
her, and a tenacious fighter
against the brain cancer that
eventually took her young life.
They said the Covenant senior
class gift is one of the largest
single gifts the charity has ever
received.
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During the presentation
ceremony Pedro Tameirao, a
member of the class of 2020
who was instrumental in organizing
the fundraising efforts for
his class, reflected how moved
the entire senior class was by
Ella’s story and by her parents
commitment to come alongside
other families that might be
facing a similar diagnosis.
“We learned that the research
efforts supporting pediatric
cancers are tremendously underfunded
compared to other
cancers. We knew as a class that
this was something we wanted
to be a part of,” he said.
Each spring at Covenant
Christian Academy, students
in grades 7 -12 have the opportunity
to travel with their
classmates on an academically
focused trip that aligns
with specific curriculum
goals (called Academic Travel
Week).
It allows students to experience
the world outside the four
walls of the school, the living
classroom all around them.
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This past spring, while other
classes visited the Battlefield at
Gettysburg, explored Quebec,
and did Marine Biology Science
Labs on the Chesapeake Bay,
the junior class took on a challenge
to come up with a “hard
thing” that will take great effort
to accomplish – and use it as an
opportunity to raise money to
fund a charity of their choice.
Class members quickly decided
they wanted to support the
efforts of Ella’s Army. Over the
course of six days, they canoed
down the Saco River in Maine,
and then biked across 75 miles
of Massachusetts, camping
all along the way. They raised
pledges from family and friends
in support of the trip, and also
organized numerous fundraisers
at school.
“This trip was really a test
of our endurance, both mentally
and physically,” Tameirao
said, adding, “Not only were we
pushed to our physical limits
with the canoeing and biking,
we also had to endure things
like an early spring attack by
mosquitos in the woods of
Maine and an overnight rainstorm
that flooded a few of our
tents. Even though our muscles
hurt, and we were itchy and wet
and exhausted, we never lost
sight of our goal. We encouraged
each other to keep going
for Ella.”
With the help of teachers
John McShane, Andrew Hoover
and Richelle Denman-Joseph,
students explored a variety of
locations and routes. Rail trails
provided an almost continuous
path for the biking stretch.
“This was quite a distance and
a difficult goal,” said McShane,
a science teacher and junior
class advisor at Covenant. “It’s
great to see students willing to
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struggle through this and experience
some discomfort along
the way in the pursuit of serving
others.”
Michael Curtis, Dean of
Students at Covenant Christian
Academy, said the excursion
and fundraising effort encompassed
Covenant’s core
philosophy.
“There are really two goals
we’re hoping to accomplish
with this experience for our students
- first, before they graduate
and go off to college, we
think there is tremendous value
for them to be given the opportunity
to physically accomplish
something together that they
may not have thought they were
capable of.
“Secondly, we want our students
to have the opportunity
to personally serve a cause they
are passionate about. It allows
them to develop a real understanding
of what it looks like to
serve others.”
Ella’s Army hosts its Third
Annual Night to Remember on
Saturday, March 28 7-11 p.m.
at the Holy Ghost Society in
Peabody. All proceeds from
the event will go towards supporting
families that are affected
by pediatric cancer, and
research.
For more information, visit
the Ella’s Army Facebook page.
(https://www.facebook.com/
prayforellaodonnell/)
Covenant Christian
Academy, a Pre-Kindergarten
through Grade 12 Christian and
Classical school located in West
Peabody, serves over 320 students
from 40 cities and towns
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