Walsh Middle School Principal Takes ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Walsh Middle School Principal Patrick Johnson, his vice principals Beth Herrmann and James Bergeron and key leadership at the Framingham middle school took the ALS ice bucket challenge Friday afternoon,

Johnson, in his first year as principal at Walsh, challenged former Principal Teresa Carney, Fuller Principal Sharon Seyller, Cameron Middle principal Michelle Melick and Framingham Superintendent of Schools Stacy Scott to take the challenge or donate to ALS too.

This week, the ALS ice bucket challenge hit the $100 million mark raised for ALS charities. Last year, by mid-2013, only about $25,000 had been raised. The challenge was started by former Boston College baseball player Pete Frates, who has Lou Gerhig’s disease, also known as ALS.

Watch Johnson take the ice bucket challenge on Framingham Patch’s Facebook page, by clicking here.

“It is really important we work hard to find a cure,” said Johnson. ”Until really recently this was like a hidden disease. There was not a lot of research and funding for it. We are trying to stop that.”

Patrick said staff at Walsh have family members and friends, who have or had the disease.

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Framingham Patch has uploaded a video of the entire Walsh Administrative team taking the challenge to this report, thanks to Sheron Doucette and her students.

PHOTO CREDIT: Susan Petroni