Chapter 74 vocational technical student is selected as First Place entry in Statewide Competition

Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a Chapter 74 vocational technical student was recognized in the 2022-2023 Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth (MPY) annual Poster Project. The theme of this year’s Poster and Public Service Project was “The Earth Loves You. Love it Back.” The project endeavors to create and sustain an environment where all students can participate in school peacefully. There were 441 total entries in all divisions.

The first-place entry at the high school level was submitted by Alex Petraglia of Nashoba Valley Technical High School in Westford. The winning entry is copied below.

MAVA extends its congratulations to this outstanding student.

David

Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth Announces Winners of Annual Poster Project

February 7, 2023 Robert Mills Client News, Non-Profit News

The first-place entry at the high school level was submitted by Alex Petraglia of Nashoba Valley Technical High School in Westford.

Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth (MPY) is proud to announce that nine students from across the Commonwealth have been chosen as winners of this year’s annual poster project.

There were 324submissions made by students from 47 school districts this year. MPY has hosted the poster project since 2009 to engage students on important topics and provide a platform for their voices.

The theme for the 2022-2023 project, “The Earth Loves You. Love it Back”, was focused on the continued movement to be green and sustainable, and it challenged students to cover topics such as reducing paper consumption, saving electricity, educating others on sustainable development goals and planting trees.

“Our annual poster project seeks to empower students to find their creative voices as they respond to and learn from MPY’s theme,” said Executive Director Daniels. “The students who responded this year are talented, thoughtful, and very expressive. Students from across the Commonwealth have inspired us to take better care of

The annual Public Service Announcement (PSA) Project is currently underway, with the same theme – “The Earth Loves You. Love it Back.” Submissions are due on Friday, April 28, 2023. To download a submission form, click here.

Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that provides training, fosters collaboration, and develops programming to increase the health and safety of students. MPY is committed to bringing cutting-edge information and high-quality trainings to constituents and endeavors to provide solution-oriented, community-based, multi-disciplinary approaches to reducing and ideally eliminating risky behaviors for youth.

Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth is governed by a Board of Directors made up of school superintendents, police and fire chiefs, and other community leaders who work closely with MPY staff to deliver this mission. To learn more, visit: https://massachusettspartnershipsforyouth.com/.

David J. Ferreira

MAVA Communications Coordinator

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