Evidence of Engagement posts tagged "Community"

ANSER Teacher offers groundbreaking Holocaust Summer Course

Never Again Is Now: Using the Holocaust to Examine Ourselves, Our Communities and Our Humanity

Presented in affiliation with the Holocaust Educators Network, the National Writing Project, the Boise State Writing Project, and the Idaho Human Rights Education Center. 

“Historians will argue that the Holocaust was a turning point in modern history: a point from which we have, and will, determine our future humanity.”

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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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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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School Profile: King Middle School

Since becoming an EL school in 1992, King has fully reinvented itself—from a low-performing school to one of the highest-performing schools in the state of Maine and a model school within the EL network.

Download the King Middle School profile here

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School Profile: The Odyssey School

The Odyssey School is a dynamic Expeditionary Learning community dedicated to fostering each child's unique potential and spirit of adventure through exemplary standards.

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School Profile: Genesee Community Charter School

Located in Rochester, NY on the campus of the Rochester Museum, this K-6 school has had a tremendous impact on the city of Rochester and the EL community.

Dowload their full school profile here

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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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Revitalizing Rochester and keynoting conference

Genesee Community Charter School students examined the city of Rochester's waterway proposal, presented their findings to the city mayor, and then gave the keynote address to the Expeditionary Learning's 2010 National Conference.

Check out their fantastic Powerpoint presentation:

 

You can learn more about their report here:

 

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