COMMUNITY SERVICE
One of our school's DRSL's (Desired Results for Student Learning) is: Students will demonstrate respect for themselves and others. As part of our school-wide action plan we will be doing community service projects to show respect and caring for our community. We will be posting information about the community service projects we have done and will do as a school.
Projects 2011-2012
Penny War: Haiti
Our penny war starts today Monday Jan 30th till March 2nd. This is to raise money to sponsor a person in Haiti who is starting a business as well as teaching community members both adults and children English. The organization that we are working through is called Sustain Haiti based here in Provo, UT. Their website is www.sustain-haiti.org.
I have helped develop an English curriculum for them as well as have been with them in Haiti working on the management team so I can assure you the money is getting directly to the people!!!! Each teacher will have a bucket or buckets in your classroom. Students will put pennies into their first period bucket and then can put dollars and silver coins in other teacher’s buckets. The pennies add points and the silver and dollars take points away. Please encourage your students to bring what they can so we can help support those people who can have life altering effects with a small amount of money. There will be weekly prizes for the class that raises the most money. Then the school that raises the most money will receive a picnic.
Because the numbers which are attending each of our schools is so vast we will be making sure the numbers are proportional so that the K-4 does not automatically win because how many kids they have!!!! If you have any questions of concerns please feel free to contact me: Katie Baldwin, kbaldwin@ogdenprep.org.
Ogden River Parkway
Students spent a day at the Ogden River Parkway on September 13, 2011. They assisted Ogden City workers in weeding near the river and planting new trees in the area.
Standard Examiner Article about Ogden River Parkway Cleanup