Page 12 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, MAy 22, 2026 EPS Students Participate in Statewide Applied Learning Event Senior engineering students Jonathan Hernandez Vasquez and Andrew Orellana. One8 Applied Learning Showcase at the Track at New Balance on Friday May 8, 2026.300 schools were represented with students from 5 - 12 grade displaying their work. Special to Th e Advocate Senior engineering students Akanksha Neupane, Amelia McNally, and Josue Lara. T he Everett Public Schools (EPS) sent a large continSenior engineering students Gabriel Portillo Flores, Gabriella Araujo, and Vinicius Porto. gent of students to this year’s One8 Applied Learning Student Showcase at The TRACK at New Balance, a high-profi le event in which students from across Massachusetts present academic projects to educators, industry professionals, business leaders, academic professionals, and distinguished guests. Held on Friday, May 8, 2026, the Showcase featured 55 EPS students, including 31 from Everett High School (EHS) and 24 from the Keverian and Whittier Schools. The middle school students presented their social studies Petition Projects, the culminating assessment on a united entitled, “Loyalty, Voice, or Exit.” They examined historical petitions, including those of the abolitionist Prince Hall, and explored how citizens can use advocacy to bring about change.They applied their learning by developing petitions focused on issues impacting their communities. Topics included environmental concerns, playground improvements, school lunches, and the use of artifi cial intelligence. Senior engineering students Ritchy Samedy and Ateeq Rahman. LEARNING EVENT | SEE PAGE 13 Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll stops by the “Wheelchair v. Elevation” project to talk to senior engineering students Ali Raza, Lucas Martins, and Elvis Nguyen, and teacher and STEM advisor Dr. Anna Seiders. The Lt. Governor congratulated the team on its work and commended the EPS for its collaboration with Project Lead The Way. Senior engineering students Noel Lopez Ardon and Kenton Tran.
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