October 18-19, Sherwood Park, Alberta (ACSI)
October 25, Redeemer University, Ontario (EDIFIE)
October 26, Moncton NB (ACSI)
November 1-2, Toronto ON (ACSI)
November 19-20, Anaheim California USA (ACSI)
October 18-19, Sherwood Park, Alberta (ACSI)
October 25, Redeemer University, Ontario (EDIFIE)
October 26, Moncton NB (ACSI)
November 1-2, Toronto ON (ACSI)
November 19-20, Anaheim California USA (ACSI)
I have been thinking about this since I read it Ben. The part that reaonstes with me most is that these kids live with challenging life circumstances and most don’t want to be there. I forwarded it to an amazing Outreach Principal and friend of mine but she is so overworked presently, that she may not get back to it. My first thought is to go back to Dr. Brokenleg’s work with youth at risk and look at ways to make certain that each child feels that they belong there. Maybe through the use of Storify or some such simple and quick webtool, each can express his/her feelings about such challenges. Kaye, my principal friend, has relied on kids to build classroom shelves, taught them how to answer the class phone properly when she is busy, taken them to garage sales to purchase necessary needs for their living conditions, etc. etc. and once the relationship is solid, has successfully helped many graduate! Or, my daughter spent 10 days with a class of Japanese students where only one spoke English and she helped them express through song and sport??? I’ve been thinking so much about this and just wanted to throw a few things out there. Keep us posted! Ellyn