Latimer Students featured on NBC Bay Area

Moreland students are making a difference in the community and getting noticed! A group of 4th grade students at Latimer School, led by Andrew Ross, launched a Sock Drive in February. The inspiration for the fundraising effort was to support fire victims following the devastating Southern California wildfires in January 2025.

In about two weeks time, the 4th graders collected more than 2,000 pairs of socks for fire victims, earning them a feature on NBC Bay Area.

Organizer Andrew Ross, along with his classmate Maddy Bocanegra and Principal Hilary Gill, were interviewed by NBC Bay Area anchor Marcus Washington for a feature that aired on Today in the Bay.

Their efforts are in line with the Moreland School District Strategic Plan. Goal two of the plan is that Students are Actively Engaged in Their Communities and are Globally Aware.

Latimer Students featured on NBC Bay Area

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the story I can't wait to tell you about it's about a South Bay group of students giving back 1 sock at a time making us all Bay Area proud these are fourth grade students at Latimer School in Moreland the school district there in San Jose and they decided to to launch a soft drive to collect new socks for victims of the recent Los Angeles wildfires we spoke to 2 of those students about what inspired them to act first needs with diapers and wipes but we thought that that could be a bit hard for families to access and socks and underwear were the second most needed item and those are easy to get I really want to help them and kind of give them like a start like getting new houses and stuff like that now remember these are fourth grade students okay oh my God so the school's principal says those students actually approached her about this idea to give back and Andrew came to me and said Mrs Gail I do something this is a really big problem and I figured it out um we were really proud he said I figured it out like I love that so look the group ended up with 2,250 pairs of socks for the official Drive total

Published March 25, 2025 Print