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SPRING <strong>2022</strong> | 13<br />
her a lot more in depth about it, so it<br />
wasn’t just like our normal presentation.<br />
We talked and talked with her, and it<br />
was really nice to actually see that she<br />
cared about our issue,” said Cash.<br />
Holihan said that what’s unique<br />
about the Civics Action Project is that<br />
students are able to identify the steps<br />
to solve an issue, and actually implement<br />
those steps.<br />
“(Students can) have a conversation<br />
with an actual adult that is knowledgeable<br />
on the topic, build a relationship,<br />
and then through that relationship,<br />
they hopefully get to that final point of<br />
advocating for the change,” he said.<br />
The mental-health group is just one<br />
example of the Civics Action Project at<br />
work in Lynnfield. Topics shouldered by<br />
14 other student groups including technology<br />
addiction, with students Abraham<br />
Chehab, Ethan Francis, Ryan Nguyen,<br />
Arash Saini and Owen White creating a<br />
video to bring awareness to how technology<br />
addiction increases anxiety.<br />
Another group advocated for trees<br />
to be planted on the school property to<br />
combat the deforestation happening in<br />
Lynnfield, due to the increase in people<br />
who want to move into the town.<br />
The group held a bake sale to raise<br />
money to purchase the trees with<br />
each tree costing about $400. Adriana<br />
Buccilli, who is also in the Tree Club at<br />
Lynnfield High, said her group worked<br />
with Department of Public Works<br />
(DPW) Director John Tomasz.<br />
Tomasz told the group he would<br />
get five trees to plant and would bring<br />
in people to help plant them on the<br />
school grounds. The Tree Club's goal is<br />
to plant one tree a year.<br />
The rest of the sophomore class began<br />
their projects after returning from<br />
winter break in January.<br />
The Civic Actions Project’s goal<br />
is for each student, regardless of race,<br />
class, ethnicity, language status, religion,<br />
education, gender identity, sexual<br />
orientation, or disabilty, to be exposed<br />
to civic education. The projects must be<br />
culturally relevant, help to identify students’<br />
civic identities, and apply their<br />
knowledge, skills, and competencies<br />
that are necessary to be an informed<br />
and engaged citizen that can participate<br />
in civics.<br />
By the end of <strong>2022</strong>, all public-school<br />
districts in Massachusetts<br />
must be implementing this project into<br />
their curriculum.<br />
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