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Worcester honors Linda McSweeney for four decades of teaching

Worcester School Committee · April 8, 2026
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Mayor Joseph Ampetti and the Worcester School Committee presented citations to Linda McSweeney recognizing her roughly 40 years of teaching; seventh-grader Sianna Som delivered a speech praising McSweeney’s influence and shared a story about a former student.

Linda McSweeney received citations from the governor of Massachusetts and the City of Worcester on the evening a seventh-grade student, Sianna Som, praised McSweeney’s roughly 40 years in the classroom.

"They say a great teacher can change everything," said Sianna Som, a seventh-grader who told the committee she considers McSweeney the teacher who changed her life. Som described McSweeney’s emphasis on curiosity and community,…

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