The Youth Leadership Council (YLC) reviewed all of the
mini-grant proposals that were submitted and are proud to announce the 13 that
were granted! Congratulations to the Service-Learning & Leadership mini-grant
recipients below! The YLC and the mini-grants are funded by Community Education
Youth Development funds and Educational Equity Alliance – Integration
Collaborative. To learn more about Community Education youth programs &
initiatives, please visit: Youth Programs
Disability Awareness
40-50 Next Step students will be creating an informational
video in their technology class to create awareness about various disabilities.
The video will be shown multiple times in order to get their message out into
the community increase inclusion for all.
Sharing Cultures
Seven students in Mahtomedi High School’s ELL class will
learn about diversity, equality and respect. They will learn how to organize
and hold a book drive, deliver and read books to homeless children at shelters.
St Paul Family Services will receive books for the children in their
care.
Children’s Hospital Activity Packages
25-40 students from Harmony Learning Center will read and
research about age appropriate children and teen literature to include in the
activity packages for the Children’s Hospital in St. Paul, MN. The high school
students will learn about diverse audiences that represent different cultures
and backgrounds. The project will impact approximately 100-200 children at the
hospital in the next two years.
Share a Book
20-30 6th grade students at John Glenn Middle School
will mentor kindergarten and first grade students at Weaver Elementary while
sharing books! The 6th graders will select the books and design a
mini lesson for guided reading.
Kids Teaching Kids
Thirty-two 4th grade students from Carver
Elementary will be teaching math skills through math games in the Landfall
community. The students will be directly involved in creating the math games
and the materials needed to buy or make the games. The class will learn more
about the Landfall community and brainstorm other ways to continue to help
others in this community.
Bridges of Time
Fourteen 3rd, 4th and 5th
grade students at Webster Elementary’s Leadership Development group will work
with the elderly at Maplewood Care Center. The students will learn skills to
help them make positive choices that have the potential to change their lives.
Learning Through Teaching
100 8th grade students at John Glenn will mentor
younger students at Weaver Elementary through teaching math concepts in a
hands-on way. The 8th graders will build the function machine box
and design the content of the lesson. The goal is to motivate older students in
math by making them the teachers to younger students through fun activities.
Papa Lemon
Twenty-eight 4th graders at Richardson Elementary will learn
from an author who is African-American and has written and published several
books. The students will be given the opportunity to write their own stories
about their own lives which share their different cultures and values. The
students will share their own book in various ways throughout the spring.
REEL Role Models
Thirty-one 5th grade students at Weaver
elementary will be learning about developing good habits to be successful and
what it means to be role model. The youth will create and produce all “REEL
Role Model” videos to show to the school. The group will implement a train the
trainer model for incoming 4th graders in order to continue the 5th
grade role model theme at the school for years to come.
Living History
Twenty students at Harmony ALC will pair with elderly
residents at Gladstone Senior Center in order to create conversation and
understanding. Students will get firsthand accounts of WWII experiences
demonstration that history is the story of real people from their own community.
Both students and seniors will go to a visit to the Minnesota History Center
which they will view the Minnesota’s Greatest Generation exhibit.
NHS & Senior Sweetheart Dance
116 NHS students at Tartan Senior High will be giving back
to the community by assisting in the annual Sweetheart Dance held at the
Gladstone Senior Center. This event will bridge the gap between the elderly and
today’s youth by engaging in meaningful conversation with dance guests that in
normal circumstances may not accur. This act sets the tone of respecting all
members of the community.
ROPES
Fifty ESL students at North High School will welcome
different guest speakers in order to find their voice within the community. The
youth will create, perform and publish their work in order to present it at the
end of the year.
Building Relationships Across the Generation
Fifteen 7th and 8th grade students
from Maplewood Middle School’s special education class and the elderly will be
learning from one another through various activities that will be held at
Gladstone.
