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Alumni upgrade desks and chairs
By Amanda J. Mantone/ Daily News Staff
Monday, May 8, 2006

High School students got a gift of more than 30 classroom desks and chairs Friday as part of a $3,000 donation from the school's alumni association.

"It's a way to supplement some of the needs of the high school," said Jim Brady Alumni Association president and founder, who graduated from Walpole High in 1972.

The donation has helped fill a shortage of desks and chairs at the school, Principal Frank Sambuceti said Friday, and will fully equip one social studies classroom.

"We actually have already purchased them," said Brady. "There are 30 desks, enough to fill an entire classroom."

Sambuceti said the need for classroom desks and chairs is still great at the high school, despite the recent completion of extensive renovations.

"We're still short," Sambuceti said. "But it's a big help. They're in the room already, in a social studies classroom. We probably need another three or four classrooms to fill with additional furniture, to address a need and to bring us up to our increased enrollment."

Brady said the Alumni Association, which he formed five years ago, has been actively raising money to fund unmet purchasing needs at the high school. They group recently donated books to the library media center, sponsored scholarships for high school graduates and run career days for high school students.

"We talk to the principal to see what they need, and the principal said he really needs some desks and chairs," said Brady. "We thought it would be a nice opportunity to heighten awareness of what the alumni association does, and what the high school needs."

Most of the alumni group's funds are raised through donations and an annual dinner dance, usually held in November.

For more information on the Walpole High School Alumni Association or to make a donation, visit their Web site at www.walpolehighalumni.com.

Amanda J. Mantone can be reached at 781-433-8354 or amantone@cnc.com.