elementary school students
Submitted by mns2013 on Thu, 07/10/2008 - 17:14.
Located in Southern Westchester County, Mount Vernon, NY is my hometown. I did not go to public schools in the city, but I have understood from a young age the connection between an effective school system and a successful community. Mount Vernon's schools are facing some challenges in the upcoming school year because the budget was voted down twice by voters. Attached to the budget was a NYS Bond that would have provided capital money for repairs and improvements.
Submitted by JennSteph08 on Tue, 01/22/2008 - 19:29.
Living in an ocean front community, we hear about numerous youth drownings under various circumstances. One that really opened our eyes was a child who drowned under the supervision of a lifeguard.
As a combined service project, we are working to provide a free swimming lesson program to underprivileged elementary school children. The program will teach the fundamentals of swimming, water safety, and survival. The lessons will be given 2 times a week for 5 weeks. While we are trying to provide a free program, we are having issues acquiring a pool to use for free.
Submitted by OneWingedSilence on Mon, 01/21/2008 - 14:26.
My idea is to offer high school credit for tutoring Elementary School Students. I believe that if credit is offered to high school students, a lot more of them will help tutor the elementary students. I know that a lot of elementary students go after school to tutoring but a lot of them don't like to be tutored by regular teachers. They seem to find them stuffy, and don't seem to think that they "get" their problems. 14+9 was a very hard problem when you were little, and they think that someone closer to their age knows how boring it can be sometimes.
