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Philip Axelrod

Philip Alexrod

Platt instilled in Philip a lifelong love of learning, and the understanding that one should never stop learning new things. Platt helped inspire his belief that someone is only truly successful when giving one's all to the community and the world.

A boy reads a book while sitting on a bean bag chair, while another boy reads on a nearby bench in a colorful elementary school classroom. Meriden elementary school students enjoying a snack break at their desks. Two female students smiling in a hallway during the Summer Bridge program. Eighth-grade students work on a STEM project together in the classroom. A young girl wears purple headphones while using a Chromebook in a classroom at Hooker Elementary School.