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Highlands Elementary and John Beasley honored for community service; student selected as Project 351 ambassador

2109284 · January 14, 2025

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The committee recognized Highlands Elementary staff and volunteers for Toys for Tots and other community service, and presented John Beasley (8th grade) as the district’s Project 351 representative for statewide youth leadership.

The committee recognized Highlands Elementary School staff and volunteers for ongoing community-service work, and presented John Beasley, an 8th grader, as Danvers’ Project 351 representative.

Nut graf: Highlands Elementary staff described monthly community-service efforts, longstanding Toys for Tots partnerships with local firefighters, and emergency-assistance drives; the committee congratulated the school and the student ambassador selected for Project 351, a statewide youth-leadership program.

Highlands staff and administrators said the school runs monthly meetings to coordinate support for families, holiday drives (Toys for Tots) and ongoing emergency-assistance donations. Staff credited long-term volunteers and firefighters who collect and distribute toys and praised Kelly Boudreaux (social worker) and Edu Gasanowski (28-year volunteer) for leading the effort.

Principal Calantoni introduced John Beasley as the district’s Project 351 nominee; Project 351 nominates an 8th-grade ambassador from each city and town in Massachusetts for a year of leadership and service. Beasley said he is “really excited for this opportunity” and plans to pursue IT as a career. Committee members congratulated the student and his family.