Effort to find new mascot moving ahead
The Red Raider mascot is displayed on the Athol High School building. Staff Photo/Greg Vine
Published: 2/14/2021 1:19:52 PM
Modified: 2/14/2021 1:19:51 PM
ATHOL It looks like the new mascot for sports teams in the Athol Royalston Regional School District will be a powerful, ferocious, fearsome animal, a clever, resourceful and intimidating bird, or a medieval symbol of chivalry, honor and bravery.
School Committee student representative Logan Warnham provided an update at Wednesday’s committee meeting on the initiative to replace the former Red Raider mascot, represented by a cartoonish depiction of a Native American with something that is not racially and culturally offensive.