Community Service
High-school students participate in the Cambridge soup kitchen and the Walk for Hunger, they volunteer at Club Passim (Cambridge folk music club), and within the school they help in the library, serve as homework aides for elementary students, support Open Houses, aid the Parents’ Association with fundraising activities and events.
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