7th Grade Coat Drive

October 19, 2013 / All News

coats smallEach year the 7th grade organizes a coat drive under the direction of Mrs. Anne Keenan, the 7th grade math teacher. This year the students collected almost 700 winter jackets for the Good Samaritan Center.

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