leadership in high schools

Memo to Parents.  This memo was issued a day before our field trip to all parents and guardians. 

Tomorrow, 9.23.08 your child will be leaving school at 9am to participat4e in the interactive exhibit titled Step Into Africa.  This exhibit is displayed at the Jamestown Savings Bank Ice Arena and is a project of World Vision.

The goals of this field trip for high school students grades 9-12 are:

1. To expose students to like on another continent.
2. To share with students the plight of children faced with poverty and illness
3. To show students family life that has been affected so drastically by long tem illness
4. To allow students to identify poverty indicators in societies other that the U.S.
5. To allow students to participate in a discussion about world poverty and global illness with references to whose role it is to solve these issues
6. To allow students to comprehend the implications of sexual promiscuity, blood transfusions and the meaning of epidemics and pandemics
7. To develop student respect and responsibility in the community
8. To allow students to experience the architectural genius of a modern day Jamestown City (NY) landmark.   

Post script:  The students of the Hewes Center did successfully complete the field trip.  They were joined by 2 teachers, R. Dorey and A. Montgomery, myself and our Public Relations Officer, J. Lindell.  Transportation was provided by the BOCES.  For those who were concerned about the religious overtones that peppered this exhibit, my response was simple:  govts in third world countries are too poor, ( Oprah Winfrey is wealthier than most Africa governments) experiencing civil war or corrupt to sometimes deal with the issues that affect a mere 1 million people.  If world churches and other philanthropic groups/individuals do not step in, who will. 

Other public schools that participated in this field trip for their students were Jamestown CSD and Clymer CSD.  To those teachers and administrators who saw the value of this experience for their students and put aside the separation of church and state rule which underlies school governance, KUDOS.  This experience was about the World Wide Web – Learning that is Whenever, Wherever, Whoever. 

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