Eighth grade projects
Mrs. bryant
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ms. Buonopane
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Mr. Titcomb
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Ms. Trombley
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Generation Citizen
On December 12th, our 8th grade students attended Generation Citizen’s Civics Day at the State House in Boston. Students were able to present their service-learning project plans to several public officials and local leaders. Our Linden students were recognized for the “Most Effective Design” and “Greatest Demonstrated Impact” awards. We even got to visit the State Senate and House of Representatives chambers. Here’s a recap the process we took to plan our projects and what we still have to come.
We used Generation Citizen’s civics curriculum to guide us through the many steps of our projects. All students examined and discussed the issues facing our community and came to a consensus on which problem was most important to them. Blocks 1 and 4 both chose to focus on the health and wellness of our students, parents, and faculty, block 2 chose work on community-building, and block 3 chose to focus on environmental awareness.
Students then dove deep into researching the root problems within each topic. We then broke into project teams, with each team responsible for a different subtopic. For example, students in the Healthy Living class broke into 5 subgroups: nutrition, fitness, motivation (eliminating screen-time), drug abuse, eating disorders (healthy body image). Each subgroup had its own goals and its own projects to meet those goals.
Part of the research was to meet with and interview community partners such as teachers, nurses, nutritionists, specialists, police officers, and counselors. Some our best research came from these experts! We thank them for their continued support of our projects.
Through this research, students were able to start planning actions that would help achieve their team goals. Some examples of projects are:
Block 1- A calendar of healthy meals, a MyPlate display in the lobby, a fitness club in the after-school program.
Block 2- Planning and implementing the mentor program, running a “respect campaign,” work with the Culture club to create of more positive Linden culture.
Block 3- Sponsoring endangered species, Red Cross fundraiser for victims of Hurricane Sandy, recycling program.
Block 4- Fitness calendar for students, fitness video, motivational advertisements.
For complete details on each block’s projects, see the Project Descriptions.
We used Generation Citizen’s civics curriculum to guide us through the many steps of our projects. All students examined and discussed the issues facing our community and came to a consensus on which problem was most important to them. Blocks 1 and 4 both chose to focus on the health and wellness of our students, parents, and faculty, block 2 chose work on community-building, and block 3 chose to focus on environmental awareness.
Students then dove deep into researching the root problems within each topic. We then broke into project teams, with each team responsible for a different subtopic. For example, students in the Healthy Living class broke into 5 subgroups: nutrition, fitness, motivation (eliminating screen-time), drug abuse, eating disorders (healthy body image). Each subgroup had its own goals and its own projects to meet those goals.
Part of the research was to meet with and interview community partners such as teachers, nurses, nutritionists, specialists, police officers, and counselors. Some our best research came from these experts! We thank them for their continued support of our projects.
Through this research, students were able to start planning actions that would help achieve their team goals. Some examples of projects are:
Block 1- A calendar of healthy meals, a MyPlate display in the lobby, a fitness club in the after-school program.
Block 2- Planning and implementing the mentor program, running a “respect campaign,” work with the Culture club to create of more positive Linden culture.
Block 3- Sponsoring endangered species, Red Cross fundraiser for victims of Hurricane Sandy, recycling program.
Block 4- Fitness calendar for students, fitness video, motivational advertisements.
For complete details on each block’s projects, see the Project Descriptions.