Page 2 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, DECEmbER 19, 2025 Whittier 6th-graders link ELA, science in yellow fever unit W By Neil Zolot hittier School 6th grade English Language Arts (ELA) teacher Kassidy Butt and science teacher Rachel Hughes had an idea to teach a unit on yellow fever together combining both subjects. They were aided by English as a Learned Language (ELL) teacher Krista Davis and Special Education teacher Carmela Tiberi. “It was a great example of how teachers can take two subjects and put them together,” Whittier principal Michael McLucas said at the 8 Norwood St. Everett (617) 387-9810 Open Tues. - Sat. at 4:00 PM Closed Sun. & Mon. Announcing our Classic Specials Dine In Only: * FREE Salad with purchase of Entree, Tuesdays & Wednesdays * Cheese Pizza - Only $10 Catch ALL The Live Sports Action On Our Large Screen TV’s Scan & Follow Us on Facebook! Advocate Newspapers Holiday Offi ce Schedule T he Advocate Newspapers will observe a holiday clowww.810bargrille.com sure from December 29, 2025, through January 2, 2026. Our next editions will be published on Friday, January 9, 2026. During this period, our offi ce will be open intermittently, and all voicemail messages and emails will be monitored and responded to in a timely manner. For questions, legal notices, or advertising submissions for the January 9 publications, please contact us at 617387-2200 or Jmitchell@advocatenews.net We extend our sincere appreciation to our readers and advertisers and wish you a happy holiday season and a safe, healthy, and prosperous New Year. Thank you for your continued support. James D. Mitchell, President/Publisher Nicolas Blanchard, Kaleb Borges, Santiago Cardenas, Kadoyah Conde, Cristina Guevara and Anthony Galdamez. School Committee meeting Monday, December 15. “Our 6th grade team worked on a lesson that connected our ELA unit on yellow fever with a science investigation,” student Kayden Michael explained. “In ELA we learned about three theories for what caused yellow fever, bacteria, contaminated material and mosquitos. During the bacteria theory lessons our teachers helped us explore this scientifi cally.” “In ELA we read about the yellow fever outbreak in Philadelphia in 1793,” student Soleyana Mehari added. “We studied the symptoms people had and learned about how people did not really know what caused the disease back then.” “After observing bacteria, we connected what we saw to what we were reading in ELA,” student Kaleb Borges continued. “After the experiment, we talked about how it made sense to the scientists at the time that bacteria could be the cause of yellow fever. It was really gross.” “In science, we got to observe real bacteria in petri dishes,” student Sandrey MasLESSON | SEE PAGE 14 EVERETT ALUMINUM SUPPLIES 67 Years! — Vinyl Siding — Carpentry Work — Decks — Roofing — Free Estimates — Replacement Windows — Fully Licensed — Fully Insured
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