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Check out two blogs from members of the USM community:
1. Chuck Taft’s Taft in the South blog, chronicling his trip through the deep south and his observations about the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement. Be prepared to 1) learn and 2) be awed at the opportunities our kids have to learn from Chuck.
2. USM upper school student blog on their trip to Tanzania.
Here’s from their second post:
Why are we going to Tanzania?
Here is the story.
During the 2005-2006 School Year, the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) began this program to bring students and schools from around the world together to address global issues. Using the book by J.F Richard, High Noon: 20 Global Problems and 20 Years to Solve Them, NAIS framed a series of activities, then set the teams in schools to work on projects. They allowed schools to sign up in pairs or on their own and in many cases, assigned the global issue for teams to work on. You can read more about the program at www.nais.org/challenge2020. In the fall of 2006,USM signed up and was assigned two teams–one of them partnerd with International School of Moshi, Tanzania. We also got the task of poverty to work and study with our parnter school, and then implement a solution in our local areas.
And what are you doing today?
When you go the blog, be sure to click on the bottom to the “next entry,” to see additional blog entries. Otherwise you’ll miss our kids’ smart comments and observations about this extraordinary learning experience.
Enjoy reading!
