2 MAY 6, 2021 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
Maspeth H.S. student club cleans graffi ti off local buildings
BY SOFIA VALDES
EDITORIAL@QNS.COM
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Maspeth Makes a Diff erence (M.M.A.D.), a
club run by Maspeth High School Assistant
Principal Jesse Pachter, worked together to
cover more than 25 pieces of graffi ti in the neighborhood
in just two days.
Using neutral paints, students in the club covered
18 pieces of graffiti on 57th Avenue between
74th Street and 80th Street.
“There is so much graffiti in the surrounding
neighborhood,” Pachter said. “As a school, you
want to take pride in the community that you service
and I know that giving back to the community
this way is something the community appreciates
very much.”
Hearing about the work Maspeth High School
is doing, members of the community have volunteered
to help in any form they can. Through
an event with the NYPD’s 104th Precinct on the
Long Island Expressway service road and Grand
Avenue, M.M.A.D. was able to cover 10 pieces of
graffiti.
Additionally, the club is forming partnerships
with many businesses in the area. In order to
thank M.M.A.D. for maintaining and beautifying
their community, businesses have been hanging
up signs to show their support.
Seeing the gratitude these businesses have
toward Maspeth’s beautification project made
students appreciate the work that they were doing
in Queens.
“My favorite part about being involved in this
club is when people thank us, because it doesn’t
always register in my brain that I’m doing much;
it just seems like the right thing to do. It makes
me happy to see that people appreciate what we
do and that we are creating a cleaner and safer
community,” said Diana Ivovic, a 12th-grader at
Maspeth High School.
When Maspeth switched back to on campus
learning from remote learning, Pachter was excited
to see that many students signed up to help
the neighborhood.
“My school’s Maspeth Makes a Difference club
Photo courtesy of Jesse Pachter
has made me love my community a whole lot more.
It makes me very happy seeing all our hard work
and being able to say “We did that,’” 11th-grader
Johanna Tomescu said.
As the summer approaches, Pachter hopes to
see local businesses and community members
recognize and appreciate the work that his high
school is doing.
“I think our school is beautiful and I want the
surrounding community to be the same,” Pachter
said.
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