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Veterans Day Celebration to honor Lynnfield seniors dabble in high school makerspace two World War II heroes Nov. 10
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he Lynnfield Veterans Day Celebration will take place on Friday, November 10. Veterans Day is a celebration of the brave men and women who have dedicated their lives to protecting us. It is incumbent upon us to spend some time showing our appreciation. This year’s celebration will be special. It will begin with a brief ceremony and the unveiling of a commemorative gold star plaque mounted on our Todd Lane street sign to recognize two of Lynnfield’s distinguished veterans – Private David B. Todd and his brother, First Lieutenant Charles N.
Todd – who were both killed in action during World War II. The unveiling will be held at 10:00 a.m. at the corner of Todd Lane and Summer Street. Then there will be a 30-minute ceremony on the town common, beginning at 11:00 a.m., followed by brunch in the meeting house. All Lynnfield veterans and residents are invit-
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High school senior Sebastian Fadel (right) shows Lynnfield resident Ronald Block (left) how to use a three-dimensional pen during the makerspace event on Oct. 30 at Lynnfield High School. (Advocate photo by Christopher Roberson)
By Christopher Roberson
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hree years after establishing a makerspace at the Lynnfield High School Library, Media Specialist Janice Alpert reached out to the Senior Center in an effort to expand the program. “The point of a makerspace is to create, think, build and wonder – it could be anything,” she said, adding that it is the rebranding of classes such as auto shop, home economics and wood shop. “Our makerspace has all different kinds of technology: Some of it is high tech, some of it is low tech.” On Oct. 30, the makerspace was divided into eight sections, each one facilitated by high school students. Their job was to showcase the various technologies, such as Sphero Robots, a green screen and a three-dimensional pen, to senior citizens. “These students are amazing, they have so much to share,” said Alpert, adding that the makerspace has grown exponentially since it was introduced at the high school and at Summer Street Elementary School in 2014. A makerspace was also adopted at Huckleberry Hill Elementary School in October 2016 and at Lynnfield Middle School in January of this year. Lynnfield residents Fred Santangelo and Frank Walsh mar-
Janice Alper t, the media specialist at the Lynnfield High School Library, described the makerspace program to the 10 senior citizens who visited on Oct. 30. (Advocate photos by Christopher Roberson)
veled at the Sphero Robots as they lit up and zoomed around the carpet. Having been on the market since 2011, the robots can be controlled by either a smartphone or a tablet. “It picks up speed, it takes off,” said Santangelo. Walsh, a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said the robots and other similar gadgets have exceeded what he ever thought was possible. “We didn’t have all of these devices and coding,” he said. “These are the fields of
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