Evidence of Engagement: Students

Students from Decatur Discovery Academy Honor the Road to Reconcilliation

 

Honoring The Road To Reconciliation- Honoring memories, Telling our stories, Rebuilding Rwanda. These excerpts from the program includes Bishop Rucyahnan and Ambassador Kimonyo. This Commemoration was held at Decatur Discovery Academy in Indianapolis, IN USA on 4/23/2011

View still photos from the event here.

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4th Graders from Springville K-8 help restore a local wetland

In a project that earned teacher Brian Torres a Disney Planet Challenge Award for $1,000, students from Springville K-8 cleared the site of garbage; planted more than 300 new plants, trees, and shrubs; and tested the water quailty.

 

Read about the news coverage here:

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King Middle School Students Present at National Conference

EL National Conference Student Keynote from Expeditionary Learning on Vimeo.

Students from King Middle School in Portland, ME deliver the Expeditionary Learning Schools National Conference keynote in Portland, OR in March 2011. The students described their civil rights expedition, Small Acts of Courage.

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Springfield Renaissance School partners with Mount Holyoke College

For a great example of how schools can partner with local colleges and universities, read this article on the Mount Holyoke College website about their partnership with the Springfield Renaissance School.

 

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Just Like You - the documentary

at the santa fe school for the arts and sciences, three students created a documentary that aired last spring on pbs.

Mimi Obo, Sarah Colvin, and August Honnell created a wonderful 90 second film titled "Just Like You" to address the issue of diversity.

Click here to read the article in the Sante Fe New Mexican


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