Service-Learning info

Hi all, if you're interested in starting your Service-Learning experiences at Hawkins, you can now email Ms. Sharon Miles (iamsmiles@gmail.com) and let her know to which time slot you'd like to commit. If at all possible, please try to set consistent times. This does wonders for minimizing the organization of the partnership, as you can imagine. Just as a reminder, the below is taken from our syllabus Service-Learning description 

1. Commit to visiting Hawkins at a set time each week (a minimum of 5 one-hour visits) between the hours of 8:00-11am. 
2. Commit to visiting Hawkins at a set time each week (a minimum of 5 visits) between the hours of 12:30-2:45pm  
3. Commit to visiting Hawkins at a set time each week during their afterschool program (minimum of 5 visits), which meets on T/TH from 3-5pm beginning Tues, Sept. 20.

Hawkins Contact Person
Sharon Miles
iamsmiles@gmail.com 


For Berger Middle School, Seth Thomas asked that you wait until October 1st to email him. I'll post his address then. He'll have all the logistics sorted out and will be able to provide us with options for an adolescence experience. If you haven't experienced middle school, I strongly encourage you to try it.

Week two--defining Content Area Literacy

Hi everyone,

Hope you're all having a peaceful Labor Day weekend. We're having menacing weather down here on the coast.

As with the daily agendas, I'll try to keep you informed about what we're doing (and what we've done) on this course blog. Note for next week, you should see your name listed to the right under our individual blog links; instead of our weekly blog post, I'm asking that you choose one or two peers (or more!) and respond to their week one blog posting by Thursday. Try to choose someone who hasn't received a response yet, then double up if you'd like. Make connections, share experiences, take a stab at their questions, and if you can, respectfully challenge their thinking and generate some dialogue through diverse perspectives.

Also, remember to bring your Moss article and a biography book. And one last gentle reminder to read the syllabus. I'm going to ask that you commit (or not) to the Service-Learning project by Tues, Sept 13. 

Below are some pics to enjoy (or ignore). If you can correctly identify the dragonfly or the beach bird (common name + genus and species please), you're exempt from the above blog response for this week (or I'll buy you a pack of Twizzlers from the hall machine, your choice). The third pic is Vivian, in her 2s, commonly known as Vivi, Homo sapien.