CAS Highlights

Dylan Moreno - East

For his CAS project, Dylan organized the Run through the Storm 5k run/walk through Hyannis in order to raise money for Sturgis East’s Track and Field Program! The money raised will be used to purchase uniforms, jump equipment, and more. For this project, Dylan created his own website with race info and sign up links, contacted local vendors for donations, wrote a proposal which was presented to Barnstable County representatives in order to have police presence on race day, and recruited volunteers for race checkpoints and water stations. This was a very ambitious project and he raised over $2,500 to support his school team!

Ella Savini - East 

Ella focused on the CAS strand of creativity by experimenting with painting on different kinds of materials. Her most recent medium was a glass table that she purchased at a thrift store. Because glass is a difficult material for paint to adhere to, this served as a challenge for Ella and helped her strengthen her painting skills!

Sudeen Dwyer - West 

Senior Sudeen Dwyer helped lead M.A.R.C.H.’s 3rd Annual Anti-Racism Conference. She MC’d the event and facilitated a workshop titled “Proactive and Reactive Anti-Racism.” Sudeen’s conference brought together over 80 students and teachers from the Cape to learn and grow. The other workshops were facilitated by local anti-racist experts and some of Sturgis’ own staff, such as Profe Rais, Ms. Curran, and Mr. D’ Innocenzo. Through CAS, Sudeen reflected on the immense pride she has in leading the school’s anti-racist efforts, but she ruminated on the challenge of getting a predominately white school invested in combating racism. Her CAS project was a shining example of principled, caring student leadership.

Abby Youssef - East

Abby’s CAS Project was a collaborative effort with some of her peers to rewrite a ten-page published science article in simpler terms for middle school students to understand.  Under the guidance of Dr. Gilligan and Dr. Stair, Abby and her fellow Sturgis students collaborated on rendering the original article (“Secretory immunoglobulin A in preterm infants: determination of normal values in breast milk and stool” by Granger et al.) into more accessible language and images that could fit on two presentation slides. Though challenging, Abby learned a lot about science writing, working collaboratively, and about time management. The final project was published in the journal Pediatric Research.

Will Caolo - West 

Hyannis Main Street Community Art Wall

Will worked with the Hyannis Main Street Waterfront Historic District Commission, the Cordial Eye (art non-profit), and other community leaders on an almost-two-year attempt to install a community art wall on Hyannis Main Street.They attended and presented at various town meetings, garnered public support, researched art walls online and by visiting Worcester’s POW! WOW! mural event, and facing numerous road blocks to get the wall established. Finally successful, Hyannis is now one of just three places in Massachusetts that has an art wall.