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Crosby High junior Tavares Anderson reads winning MLK essay at Waterbury Board meeting
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Crosby High School junior Tavares Anderson read his winning Martin Luther King Jr. essay to the Waterbury Board of Education, and the superintendent used the meeting to highlight student awards and district program achievements including Lego League and HOSA successes.
Tavares Anderson, a Crosby High School junior and one of 15 statewide winners in U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy’s Martin Luther King Jr. essay contest, read his winning essay to the Waterbury Board of Education on the Waterbury Arts Magnet School stage.
Anderson invoked Dr. King’s message and tied it to local concerns, saying, “The dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. lives on,” and citing district context in his remarks: “16.5% of residents” and “12%” as statistics related to local food insecurity and poverty in his community. The board and audience responded with applause and congratulations.
Superintendent Schwartz introduced Anderson and used the superintendent’s announcement to highlight recent student achievements across the district, including the first Lego League city championship for middle schools, Wallace Academy students who competed in regional competitions, and HOSA (Health Occupation Students of America) events that drew roughly 600 students from 26 school districts. Schwartz also acknowledged district partners, including UConn Waterbury and a NEST partnership that supplied 75 seedlings for a school greenhouse.
The presentation underscored the district’s emphasis on student voice and extracurricular opportunities. Board members praised Anderson and other students; parents and teachers joined him at the microphone after his reading. The superintendent noted additional student honors from Ed Rising competitions and recognized several staffers for awards and contributions to career and academic programs.
The meeting’s student presentations and awards rounds were presented as part of Board of Education Month and were followed by routine business on the agenda.
