Cameron Middle School held assemblies this week for students to discuss and extend lessons on heroism, diversity and tolerance post 9/11.

Framingham Patch attended the 6th grade assembly. Similar assemblies were held for the seventh and eighth grades.

During the assembly, members of the school's chorale sang patriotic songs. Students watched a short documentary on the creation of the 9/11 Memorial at Ground Zero and then the assmbled grade listened as their classmates read original poetry.

Sixth grade students selected to read or have a staff member read their poem were: Erin Macqueen, Nicole DeFlorio, Bella Ko, Tim Driscoll, Zoe Silverman, Juliana Torres, Elizabeth McGrann, Matt Martino, Jacob Laskosky, Megan Jaeger and Alexander Moore.

Seventh grade students who read or had their poems read were: Tia Papandrea, Cassie Baker, Morgan Vautier, Evan Fisher, Abraham Medeiros, Kim Stuart, Samantha Strassheim, Shelby Weeks, Colin Beatty, Julia Bertelli, Nick Drapeau, Max Frantzen, Michelle Quigley and Jordan Ramsay.

Eighth grade students who read or had their poems read were: Andrew Hutchinson, Maddy Fogarty, Nicole Nieves, Leonardo Costa, Colleen Myers, Daniel Hamel, Lucas Sartori, Elexus Johnson, Christopher Winters, Rachel Rogerson, Darian Kianfur, Darrell Foote
Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour and Elias El-Khoury.