elementary school

Writers Workshop

ren1973 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:58:08 -0500

Help kids with their writing, creativity and English skills.

Reading Buddies College Park

sanajaved — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:04:28 -0500

Reading Buddies is a program intended to bring the best of two worlds together. This program infuses mentorship with advocating an interest in leadership and literacy. In this program, students from the University of Maryland would volunteer once a week to read books to elementary school children located in Prince George's County, very close to the University.

To Mexico, with Love

laticana33 — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:07:32 -0500

"To Mexico, with Love" (https://mexico.uc.iupui.edu/) is a cultural immersion and service-learning program offered at Indiana University-Purdue University. TMWL participants study abroad in Cuernavaca, Mexico, at the school of IDEAL (http://www.ideal-school.com/), for one month and they also volunteer at designated community sites. This year a team of 16 will be building a library at the La Lagunilla community center!

History - Alive and in Person

eliza.marie — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:06:44 -0600

When people think of history, it usually conjures up memories of dry facts, such as names and dates that hold no meaning anymore – if they ever did. History is seen as a boring topic to many, but I know that this is not so: history is all about people, just like us, with fascinating stories to tell. Students, particularly younger ones, are especially vunerable to this: history comes out of a book for them, and it should not be like that.

Muhlenberg Mission to Juarez, Mexico

Amapple — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:39:10 -0600

For the fourth year in a row, Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA is serving with Touch the World Ministries, based out of Allendale, NJ to bring a team of students to Juarez, Mexico as an alternative spring break trip. We will continue on the final stages of construction on a school that was begun in 2005. Over 100 Mexican children are being sponsored by families in the US for $30 a month, an unthinkable price for such a poverty-stricken community. This community of Felipe Angeles used to be a garbage dump, and the families there have built their homes out of whatever they could find.

Cookson Elementary School Homework Helper

JohnC613 — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:32:19 -0600

As Jayden read aloud to me, his index finger trailed across the page, instilling some kind of magic into each word. When I glanced around at the miniature bodies and felt the energy that could only be radiated by fifth graders at 3:30 in the afternoon, I was happy to be at the Homework Helper tutoring program.

Project Now

ProjectNow — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:27:28 -0500

Project Now is a community outreach program funded by the Introspective Psychoanalytic Services, a club at John Marshall High School, Los Angeles, CA. Project Now was started by the IPS committee to primarily educate elementary school and middle school students about the importance of self-esteem, optimism, self-motivation, education and social perspectives (gangs, dropping out of school, violence, drug abuse etc.).

Our Purpose:

Elementoring

shoregirl1124 — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:24:53 -0500

I strongly believe that young children need positive role models in their community. In my town, however, there is no way for students in elementary school to meet or personally connect with high school students, many of whom would be happy to spend time with the younger members of our community. Because it is so important for young children to have someone to look up to, I'm going to establish a mentoring program between high school and elementary school students, called ELEMENTORING.

MEN OF CHARACTER OF VIRGINIA

MofCofVA — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:54:39 -0500

Today men are facing a crisis. Thirty years ago, men represented close to 60 percent of those enrolled in colleges and universities. In 2002, according to the most recent year for which figures are available, the percentage of male undergraduates on the nation’s campuses stood at 43 percent. That figure constitutes the lowest percentage for males since the middle of the 19th century. Because there are less positive male role models in the lives of boys and young men, males have gravitated away from the college path and, for some, towards negative paths.

Project H.E.R.O. (Helping Everyone Reach Out)

danebaxa — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:19:31 -0500

Project HERO was developed to strengthen ties within the community and give students the opportunity to see the difference they can make in other people’s lives while having fun. While Kansas Wesleyan faculty and staff have supported the project, the effort was initiated by students and continues to be student led.