Last Call with Andrea Cameron, Forest Grove teacher and community gardener
Sarah Connell Sanders
Correspondent
Andrea Cameron spent the last year developing a flexible curriculum for the Community Teaching Garden and Literacy Project. Woodward Day School has already begun to use elements of the curriculum and Forest Grove Middle School, where Cameron teaches, will launch this project as an after-school club when COVID-19 protocols allow for it.
How long have you been in Worcester?
I grew up in Worcester over by St. Peter Marion. Now, I own a house in the Indian Lake neighborhood. I bought it about seven years ago. I work at Forest Grove, which is right down the hill from the lake. I met Carl Gomes two summers ago. He had an end-of-the-summer neighborhood block party. When I met him, he started talking about his vision for a community garden. I shared with him that I worked at Forest Grove and I loved his idea. Shortly after, I began working with him on a curriculum that we coul
PAXTON – Anna Maria College is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year and is marking the occasion with a slate of community events and programs, the school recently announced.
The celebration will culminate at the college’s annual Service and Success Gala, where the 2021 recipient of the Presidential Award, which recognizes alumni and supporters of the school, will be chosen.
“It speaks to the wisdom of the Sisters of St. Anne in establishing an institution that associates a quality education with social responsibility,” said Anna Maria President Mary Lou Retelle. “The challenges in today’s world and the recent pandemic particularly affirms the importance of service to community. It is more critical than ever to have a citizenry that is well-educated, ethically grounded and ready to serve and we especially honor those alumni working toward the public good.”