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Haverhill eighth-graders trained as docents for Anne Frank traveling exhibit
Summary
A Haverhill teacher and 40 eighth-graders are piloting a student-led Anne Frank traveling exhibition after state grant funding and a teachertrip to Auschwitz informed a new curriculum component; the program will bring peer-led tours to middle schools across the district.
Ted Kempinski, a Haverhill Public Schools teacher, told the School Committee on Feb. 27 that 40 eighth-graders completed training this week to serve as student guides for a traveling Anne Frank exhibition from the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam.
Kempinski said the district secured state grant funding tied to a Massachusetts mandate for genocide education, and that the district is the first to pilot the exhibit under the adapted curriculum that uses student docents. "The kids are doing the work," he said, adding that the exhibit includes…
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