Samantha Smith Challenge Celebration
On May 20, 2025, two hundred students who participated in this year’s Samantha Smith Challenge will gather in Orono, Maine to celebrate their work. Participanting schools include:
Monarch Learning Academy (FL)
Hazelwood Elementary School (WA)
Troy Howard Middle School (ME)
Waterville Junior High School (ME)
Bruce Whittier Middle School (ME)
Orono High School (ME)
Asa Adams Elementary School (ME)
Leonard Middle School (ME)
Teacher, poet, and veteran peace activist Doug Rawlings, will be the guest speaker.
The students will engage in a number of activities including the sharing of each other’s SSC projects. The student projects address a wide range of issues, including environmental concerns, gender awareness, racism, plastic waste, inclusion and other societal problems that they wanted to learn more about and to act upon.