High school students aiding homeless
ASHLEY SLOBODA | The Journal Gazette
North Side High School junior Sofi Vasquez participates in a group with a simple goal – give hope to the community.
“We want to inspire anyone who can give back, to do it,” Vasquez said in an email last month. “It is really an eye opener and is a humbling experience.”
Project Empower formed last August when a few friends talked about wanting to help the community, and interest grew among students around the city, Vasquez said.
“When I first joined the group, I was truly astonished by the amount of love that I had received,” she said. “I was welcomed with open arms, and we automatically felt like a family.”
ANGOLA â Laurie Stockton-Moreno, director of Montessori teacher education at Trine University, was one of three people named to the board of United Montessori Schools of Indiana at its board meeting on Sunday.
âMy hopes are to generate increased excitement about Montessori education in this part of the state, to connect and network with Montessori professionals in other parts of Indiana, to promote the new Trine Montessori programming with the mission of increasing equitable access to Montessori for teachers and children alike, and to take the rare opportunity to give back to the Montessori community through service,â she said. âI could not be more excited about this work.â