Service+Learning

 SERVICE LEARNING AT IDEAL: CONNECT & CARE. This page is designed to **collect and share ideas,** keep each other informed about **classroom projects** and stay in touch about on-going connections to service learning in the IDEAL community.

Some of the major topics discussed: THE ENVIRONMENT (community, school, nature) HUNGER/ HOMELESSNESS NUTRITION LITERACY THE ELDERLY RECYCLING/ REUSING/ WASTE ANIMAL ISSUES & AWARENESS**
 * __LOCAL & GLOBAL:__

to begin in the coming months, kicked-off at the //11/20 Harvest Festival://  ** Mitten Tree-Pre-K Canned Food Drive-Grade K & Grade 3 Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle-Grade 1 and Grade 2 Paper Waste and Recycling Awareness-Grade 2 and Grade 1 Senior Center/ Elderly Connection-Grades 4/5 Musical Performances @ Senior Center/ IDEAL-all grades, ongoing
 * __Some ideas and projects__** discussed so far (recent faculty meeting 11/17/09)

__information/ websites:__ [|Children For Children] [|City Harvest] [|Children's Aid Society] [|NYC Food Bank] [|Council on the Environment of New York City]** [|WSCAH] 86th and West End 550 WEA

General discussion of different ways we could become involved during the rest of the year.

__Initial focus on possibilities for logistical support:__

4th/5th grade
 * Unloading the truck**

Pre-k to 4
 * Restocking/reshelving days**

__Curricular Integration:__

Letter writing--farm bill, etc. Research, interview
 * Advocacy**

Diabetes and heart disease Cook a kid-friendly snack (J Hackel?)--once a month
 * Nutrition research**

Sing-a-long after school Planned art activity [|World Hunger Year]--has curriculum for teachers (link to their program, [|Kids Can Make A Difference])
 * Other**

NEW: [|feed the world]


 * //great! -b//**

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Dear Fellow Teachers,

Here are some links that might be useful for service learning or Global initiatives.

- [|www.fundforteachers.org] - ** Fund for Teachers ** enriches the personal and professional growth of teachers by recognizing and supporting them as they identify and pursue opportunities around the globe that will have the greatest impact on their practice, the academic lives of their students and on their school communities.

Application deadlines are September 15 and February 15 annually. The Pay It Forward Foundation was established in September 2000 by author Catherine Ryan Hyde and others to educate and inspire students to realize that they can change the world, and provide them with opportunities to do so. []
 * __Pay It Forward Grants:__** Pay It Forward Mini-Grants fund one-time service-oriented projects identified by youth as activities they would like to perform to benefit their school, neighborhood, or greater community. Projects must contain a "pay it forward" focus - that is, they must be based on the concept of one person doing a favor for others, who in turn do favors for others, with the results growing exponentially.