Welcome: Snacks distributed
National Volunteer Week is part of Water Week at Casady. STUCO is celebrating Casady student service one day and fundraising for CasadyH2OPE for Charity Water the entire Week. The CasadyH2OPE is the Global Youth Service Day at Casady and probably at Oklahoma City. Mrs. Clay does not know of another inititive yet. Mr. Pena incorporated YAC activities during the STUCO Week and the cars fundraiser will share profits with Water Week.
We have change National Volunteer Week to Water Week. YAC's Week, unless students have another good name will be called Volunteer Appreciation Week.
April 26: YAC video at chapel: Interviews of teachers doing s-l: Mr. Bottomly, Mr. Bush, Miss Bornhoft, Mr. Owens, Mr. Sappington
Maybe YAC celebration lunch...students and non-profit partners this year: Vineyard, Habitat for Humanity, Boys and Girls Club, Special Care, Oklahoma Humane Society, Respect Diversity Foundation, JASO, Go Club, the Turkish House, State Farm, Johnson Elementary, Oklahoma Green Schools Committee, Charity Water
April 28: Presidential Awards at Chapel....Maybe wear your meaningul t-shirt day...YAC interviews on Why was it a memorable service experience? We might ask mothers to consider providing celebratory ice cream for all divisions because everyone volunteers one way or another in Service as a path to peace.
4. Challenge 20/20 Update: What is happening with MD?
5. Invitations:
1. Respect Diversity Foundation Annual Exhibit: Sasha and Mrs. Clay visited last Friday the Roots of Service Quilt part of the exhibit. Science Museum Oklahoma (formerly Omniplex), 2100 N.E. 52nd Street, Oklahoma City, OK, Volunteer docents needed on Tuesday, April 13, 2010, Program: 5:00 p.m. in the Eleanor Maurer Theatre. They will also love to have performers for the program-String Quartet, Exhibit will follow. Sasha reports on visit and emerging project!
2. National Youth Leadership Training, July 18-24th, 2010 in Mound, Minnesota. Students must find a sponsor. Mrs. Clay will be in Peru. We are excited to be able to offer an expanded year-long program, the National Service-Learning Leadership Program, of which NYLT is a core component and initial gathering place for the year. This Program is designed to foster leadership skills among young people who return to their home communities to address issues underlying the achievement gap through service-learning projects. Youth entering grades 9-12 in the fall of 2010 attend the training in teams of 2-3 from a common school or community-based organization. An adult mentor joins the team of youth for the final days of the training and supports them on their projects throughout the year. Please follow this link; www.nylc.org/nylt for more information, a program brochure, and a pre-application. Spaces are limited! Pre-applications are due April 23rd. Please let me know if you have any questions about this opportunity.
Sarah Ullmer, Youth Initiatives Manager, National Youth Leadership Council, Celebrating 25 Years of Service-Learning, PH (651) 999-7361, FX (651) 631-2955
www.nylc.org, "Set peace of mind as your highest goal, and organize your life around it." Brian Tracy
3. Six Billion Paths to Peace: Service as a Path to Peace Retreat in San Francisco, August 13-16. Casady has reserved 3-4 spots for students and one for a teacher from each division. Teachers interested are: UD: Mrs. Clay and Mrs. Johnson; MD: Mrs. Crossno and maybe Mr. Childs, LD: Mrs. France. Other teachers who are interested are Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Lopez. From the Primary Division maybe Mrs. Chaudry a teacher who has been working with Pennies for Peace and peace education. Participants must cover transportation to and from San Francisco,the registration fee to the Retreat and hotel accomodations before and after the retreat. Stay at Marconi Center, Retreat location and meals are covered by the registration fee, which in the past has been $30 for students and $100 for adults.
NEW BUSINESS
1. We will have FEDEX Time to plan YAC's role for the 2010-2011 School year. The Agenda for FEDEX Time is One B-block and lunch with a specif purpose.
YAC will see Wagner's video in the company of some s-l teachers (Possible attendees will be: Mr. Lucero-just viewing the video, Miss Bornhoft-has had projects in her curriculum, Mrs. Zesiger-has worked with Challenge 20/20 and has attended s-l conference in Long Beach, Mr. Bottomly-Water Project in a social action course) and create a YAC performance rubric for next year. I look forward to the outcome of our FEDEX time ) The focus questions of the meeting will be:
a. How do we evolve "service learning" from 'learning about those being served' to 'servers learning about themselves'?
b. How can we connect our personal ideals, interests and passions to our school work?
c. How is our school work related to change, social justice, and peace?,
d. How can we become resources for social action experiences to peers, faculty, family, and community?
I will use the "free" ALPS learned web http://learnweb.harvard.edu/alps as my collaborative lesson planning tool.
2. This summer my personal and professional goal is attending the Six Billion Paths to Peace retreat because I want to have a focused exploration with a Casady intergenerational team of the following three questions:
a.How does change become peace?
b.How does service shape peace?
c.How do people change through peace?
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