The program goals were: to increase faculty members' ability to facilitate positive student self-concept development, to increase students' informational background in careers and to help them gain decision-making skills, to increase counselor effectiveness in career guidance and education, and to use the most successful aspects of similar Oregon high school career guidance programs.
Three guidance counselors, the language skills staff two teachers and one aide , a guidance committee, and the administrative staff worked with a target group of 80 academically disadvantaged sophomores in the language skills classes to test materials and techniques. Students are not boxed into individual grades or labels; they are fluidly and flexibly grouped throughout the day in a highly structured, well thought out, purposeful and meaningful way.
Students are encouraged to solve rigorous real life problems by applying critical and creative thinking across the curriculum. Students at Westside Village are encouraged to participate in a democratic school in a variety of ways. As they grow, they take on more leadership roles.
For example, students may write proposals to solve problems, start new activities, help people in need or aid community issues. The school also focuses on community service and the outside environment.
Ultimately, the goal of this approach is to help students learn to advocate for themselves, each other, our natural world and create a world in which they aspire to live.
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Website by 20North. But Meyers was looking for something more, something bigger and better that would complement the existing program while captivating the attention of students. He drew inspiration from Sisters High School, where a guitar making program serves as the capstone for an extremely popular woodworking class.
That class plays off Sisters music culture, including the annual Sisters Folk Fest and Americana songwriting project in the high school. It also grabs the community and pulls them in. With no experience and little more than an idea, Meyers sat down and wrote a grant to seed the program.
The request was a success, but Meyers soon learned that there was more to ski manufacturing than he expected. It was then that Meyers discovered Community Skis. He made his first research trip two years ago to build a pair of skis with Lish and Boumas in their Mammoth shop. He ended up spending a week there, convinced that he had found the perfect partner for his program. The footprint was small enough to fit in the limited space and the entire process was built to incorporate the work of non-professionals.
The idea was to bring in a few students to build a pair of skis with Lish and Boumas. The response was overwhelming, recalled Meyers. When Lish and Boumas arrived on campus, students flocked around the mobile studio.
High schoolers packed into the thirty-foot trailer, as Lish talked them through the secrets of off-grid and mobile manufacturing. The demonstration skis never got made, but the spark was lit, said Meyers.
In the ensuing months Meyers identified an initial crop of would-be ski makers. The short-term goal is to get each student to manufacture a single pair of skis over the course of the school year. Hurdles, however, remain—namely the liability question. The process of working to bring dispensers to the district and to also work on the state law has been really rewarding.
Sophomore Neve Gerard said, "It's really cool we were able to get this opportunity, and it makes it easier, especially for lower-income students. Teacher Matt Fox says this kind of real-world action provides students with opportunities to gain leadership skills. The units at middle and high schools are up and running with products, and those at elementary schools should be filled with products soon, if not yet already in place. Those wanting to learn more about the project can check out the Oregon toolkit , which helps spell out the law and inform schools on how to roll it out.
Carly Keenan is a multimedia journalist and producer for NewsChannel Learn more about Carly here. Also, while I agree that women should have access to dispensers such as these as a standard in school restrooms, why are they are they free? If these are freely given then access to even more important things such as school lunches should be free as well For everyone. What kind of delusional, clueless people are you allowing to post on here, Barney? This whole forum is pathetic and dumb. Have some compassion because kids can be really hard on each other.
When I was in high school we brought our own products and put them in our lockers and then we we transfer them to our backpacks. We were strong women then, not soft little cupcakes who embarrass at everything under the sun.
Oh back when the wheel was invented and these products were less than a dollar a box? Yeah… things are different these days. Get a clue. This is really genius…..
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