The Tamarac High School National Honor Society has chosen to make our entire campus a more environmentally friendly place. Exactly one week after Earth Day (April 29th), the National Honor Society will host a Greener School Day for grades K-12 at the Brunswick CSD campus. On Greener School Day the National Honor Society (in conjunction with Tamarac’s Student Senate, Middle School Student Senate, National Junior Honor Society, Biology Club, and Key Club) plans to “take over” our school for six full periods.

I am trying to raise enough money for Merrimack High School Students to attend the Spring Peacejam conference in Chicopee, MA April 4-6th. The mission of the PeaceJam Foundation is to create a new generation of young leaders committed to positive change in themselves, their communities and the world through the inspiration of Nobel Peace Laureates.The Merrimack school club, Random Acts of Kindness is a committed group of students who want to learn what they can do to make a peaceful difference in the world they live in. Each student attending from Merrimack will need $125.00 to attend th

The Fire Explorers is a program that lets teenagers and young adults experience and learn about the fire and emergency medical services. We explorers run the post. We elect our own officers, have dues that we collect monthly, and also plan our own meetings. We show leadership to our own explorers because we are leading each other with teamwork and responsibilities with help of our advisors.

This is a club of college students who meet with grade school children every week to do activities on a college campus. We introduce the kids to professors and visit different buildings on the Notre Dame campus to show the kids the benefits of attending college. The kids are in 1st through 4th grade, and none of their parents ever went to college. So, generally we are their first impression and experience with higher education. We teach them about all the opportunities college can offer, and how they could attend.

In our world, not everyone is given equal opportunity to learn, so as two sophomores, we began a project to change this. We recorded books on tape for children in impoverished neighborhoods. We set a goal to record a total of 100 books and donate the books and their matching tapes to four elementary schools. We went to a local festival to spread the word about our project and collect donations. In the end, we raised $150 for supplies.  Next, we visited countless yard sales and thrift stores looking for childrens books, as well as donating our own.