List of 3 news stories.

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  Parents gather for hand-on class with Tenacre teachers

  4/25/2024
  A small group of Tenacre parents gathered last night for a hands-on design class with Dave Hamilton, Tenacre’s Director of Design Technology, and Lauren Howard, an Instructional Technology Specialist at Tenacre. Using the PAC foyer as their classroom, parents learned how to use Adobe Illustrator to create trivets from simple drawings, the same process Mr. Hamilton and Mrs. Howard use with Tenacre students when they create items in class. After each participant created a design on an iPad, the group moved to the laser cutter to watch it cut all the different pieces in minutes. Seeing the laser cutter in action proved to be as fascinating for the parents as it is for Tenacre students. The group also got to see the ShopBot, another new piece of equipment used to create larger pieces, including the set components for the spring musical. Inspired by the evening’s activities, the group had myriad ideas for other potential projects at Tenacre. There was great enthusiasm for what’s happening at Tenacre now, what we will be able to do in the future with new space, and a hint of envy that the students get to do this exciting work at school regularly!
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  Sixth graders participate in service learning at Rosie's Place

  4/25/2024
  As part of the Tenacre LEADS program, sixth graders participated in a service-learning project at Rosie’s Place on Tuesday. Rosie’s Place is a Boston-based organization that helps poor and homeless women maintain their dignity, seek opportunity, and find security in their lives. Lee Frechette, a member of Tenacre's Class of 1975 who formerly directed Tenacre’s outreach efforts and has volunteered at Rosie’s for many years, helped the sixth-grade class organize the visit. Before the visit, sixth graders researched Rosie’s website to learn about its history, mission, programs, and the people it serves. During the visit, students made Mother’s Day cards and worked collaboratively to assemble more than 150 gift bags for the women, as well as small bags of soap. This is the third year the sixth-grade class has visited Rosie’s. 
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  Tenacre welcomes acclaimed author Sy Montgomery

  4/23/2024
  Tenacre kicked off Earth Week by welcoming acclaimed author and naturalist Sy Montgomery to Tenacre today. Montgomery, who has spent her life exploring and documenting the wonders of the natural world, gave presentations to students this morning with Matt Patterson, illustrator of her most recent Sibert Honor award winning book, The Book of Turtles.