Three Staples Students Win State Voice4Change Proposal for Free Period Products in Staples’ Bathrooms

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Staples High School:

Congratulations to the six (yes six!) worthy candidates from Staples High School. Voice4Change has announced the winner from Staples High School:

Proposal: Make Me Free; and the recipients are: Camille Kolek, Miriam Hurley & Adelia Purcell.

Make Me Free is a proposal to have free period products easily accessible in the bathroom at Staples. 

There were a total of 54 high schools represented in Connecticut & 59 award recipients out of a total of 250 proposals.

About Voice4Change

Students are Connecticut’s leaders of tomorrow and our communities’ changemakers of today. Commissioner of Education Charlene Russell Tucker and the entire Connecticut Department of Education (CSDE) are proud to officially launch Voice4Change.

(CSDE) is investing more than $1.5 million in high school students across the state to encourage them to get involved, be heard, and make change. A first-of-its-kind statewide civic engagement initiative, Voice4Change empowers high school students to propose and vote on how more than $1.5 million in federal relief funds will be invested to reimagine Connecticut’s schools. Students in participating districts will submit proposals to the CSDE outlining how they would spend $20,000 in their school. Proposals deemed eligible to receive ARP ESSER funds will ultimately be voted on by their high school peers on March 29, 2022.

Voice4Change represents 45 districts, 80 schools, and over 60,000 students!