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Longmeadow students win state, national honors; new state student council president elected
Summary
Members of Longmeadow High School’s Student Advisory Council presented awards to the School Committee, including a Gold Council Excellence Award and national recognition, and announced that senior Kate Carnahan was elected state president of the Massachusetts Association of Student Councils.
Longmeadow High School students told the Longmeadow School Committee on May 15 that the student advisory council won the Gold Council Excellence Award and received national recognition, and that junior Kate Carnahan was elected state president of the Massachusetts Association of Student Councils (MASC).
The presentation, led by students and Assistant Principal Ms. Drowick, summarized the council’s “book of excellence” — a yearlong compilation of activities, service and indicators that the students said led to the Gold Council designation. “It won us the Gold Council Excellence Award,” a student presenter said.
The students described several honors and local activities captured in the binder, including Commonwealth Awards for individual students and the council’s work on inclusive programming. Student council members said one area they plan to grow is community outreach and civic engagement; they noted they attended town meeting and expect to increase public-facing activity. “One of my biggest points was expanding MASC,” Kate Carnahan said after announcing her election as MASC state president, adding that she wants to broaden participation and incorporate mental-health advocacy into state-level work.
Assistant Principal Ms. Drowick and School Committee members praised the students’ leadership and noted several individual honors: a student received an “unsung hero” award; three students were named Commonwealth Award recipients; and others served on regional student-council leadership. The committee’s student representative and the incoming student representative also gave routine reports on school events, athletics and capstone presentations.
The committee convened the presentation as part of its "business with guests" agenda; there was no formal vote attached to the presentation. The committee thanked the students and invited continued student participation in town and district events.
The council said it will pursue more community service and civic-engagement activities in the coming year and that the student delegation will support Carnahan’s statewide agenda.
