LOOK: Students Mix Mini-Golf and Social Activism

A Souhegan High School project managed to mix activism and the student voice with everybody’s pint-sized sport: mini-golf.

Souhegan sophomores hosted their “Voices for Change” Mini-Golf at the school on Thursday. The building’s hallways were transformed into a 16-hole course, with students choosing a cause to promote at each hole.

Social studies teacher Dave Jasinski said that the project is a culmination of a year-long investigation between the English and social studies classes on social activism. Students could choose any local cause that they are passionate about to share on the course.

He said turning causes into a golf course tested their teamwork and problem-solving skills, as well as allow the students to find their voice.

For example, a hole promoting animal shelters took on the shape of a cat, while another hole on teen abuse was filled with empty bottles of beer. The hole promoting recycling used only recycled materials for its construction.

Other local causes included Hope for Gus, Wounded Warrior, The One Fund and Motivating Miles. Students presented information on each while visitors went for the hole-in-one.

The project even managed to mix other subjects into the golf course. Geometry skills were used to measure the path a ball would take as it bounced off walls.