Service Learning Project:
Water You Doing to Make the World Well?
Service Learning Project Water You Doing to Make the World Well? Our school’s mission is to ensure our students gain essential 21st Century workplace and life skills. Our students are beginning with the end in mind to become college, career, and citizenship ready for their futures. One important way we are helping them to become better citizens is by offering them many service learning opportunities throughout the school year that impact our local community.
This year we are also offering our students the opportunity to contribute beyond their own backyards and make an impact on other children across the world. We are asking our students the question, “Water you doing to make the world well?” Our students will be challenged to do chores at home or find other ways to bring in change to donate on our Water Wednesdays. The water well collection will take place in the gym before our Morning Meetings every Wednesday. Our goal is to raise enough money to build one well through the Water Project, a non-profit organization that brings fresh water to communities across Africa.
Our Junior Beta Club will count the change and track our progress. The Student Energy Team will partner with the Beta Club to help teach our students about the importance of water conservation. Our teachers will embed this water project in a variety of lessons to make real life connections in geography, social studies, science, reading and math. Together we will challenge each other to find ways to raise funds while also learning about the importance of water in our daily lives. An example of one water challenge is to drink only water for a week and all the money students and staff would spend on soda can be donated to the Water Well Wednesday. We are excited to see how our synergy will impact our school and our world!
- You can view some of our teachers sharing their talents to kick off our Water Wednesday Campaign by clicking HERE!