PROJECT 60/365

#DUEHEALTH

MONICA BOWMAN

LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGH SCHOOL

ALL IT TAKES IS ONE PERSON TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE.

SUPPORTIVE ADMINISTRATION, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY

TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ONE-TO-ONE AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES

USING A GRANT WRITING TEMPLATE AS A GUIDE

HAVING STAFF WHO ARE EXPERTS IN A TOPIC AS ADVISORS

HAVING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY JUDGE

PRESENTATIONS

PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES FOR

THEIR PROJECT

DEMONSTRATING THAT ONE PERSON CAN BE THE POSITIVE

DIFFERENCE

OVERVIEW OF PROJECT 60/365

• Community Involvement

• Group Project Based Learning activity

• Using our One-to-One Initiative

• Grant writing

• Presentation to a Panel

• Advanced Anatomy and Physiology students

PREPARATION

• Promoted the idea that ‘One person can make a positive difference.’

• Fall semester group project

• Embedded technology

• Google Classroom• Remind• Encourage communication between

students

EARLY SPRING SEMESTER

• Ask the following question:-

• If it only takes One Person to make a Positive Difference, how would YOU help improve the health of YOUR Community?

THE IDEAS

• Provide prenatal vitamins to Mother’s in low socioeconomic situations.

• Promote vaccinations within the District.

• Create a Community Garden Area on our campus.

THE IDEAS

• Design an Outdoor Classroom.

• Improve our drinking fountains.

• Improve our Community Fitness Center.

• Provide the Community with organic gardening courses.

THE IDEAS

• Create an area within Counseling that provides students with a calming environment.

• Provide a Middle School after school Art Therapy Club.

THE IDEAS

• Involve more District students in the District 5K.

• Encourage the local communities to provide healthier food and drink opportunities during local Fairs and Community Activities.

BUILDING GROUPS

• Students were encouraged to use the Blogging option on Google Classroom to discuss their ideas and create a group that had similar interests, even if this meant working with students in different classes.

BEGIN WORKING ON GRANT WRITING

• Used the template from this website http://www.arc.gov/funding/HowtoWriteaGrantProposal.asp

• Broke down steps

• Each with a separate due date

KEEPING STUDENTS ON TRACK

• Google Classroom

• Remind

• Infinite Campus

• Bulletin Board Checklist

PAIRING GROUPS WITH ADVISORS

• Asking District Staff with expertise to interact with a group during the process.

• Making connections between different Buildings.

• Providing an opportunity to network.

ADVISORS

• Students had to initiate contact, learning to introduce themselves and to gain valuable information from our Advisors.

• Students were expected to report progress to Advisors on a regular basis.

ADVISORS

• Advisors were welcome to view the final presentations.

• Students were expected to thank their Advisors.

• Some Advisors involved their Advisees in District decisions such as helping to design future classroom spaces.

INVOLVING THE STAKE HOLDERS

• Working with our Ladue Education Foundation, Ladue High School Parent Association, and Dad’s Club, we asked them to judge each of the student presentations during Academic Lab/Seminar.

INVOLVING THE STAKE HOLDERS

• We also involved the Building and District Administration in this judging process.

• This allowed students to convey what they felt was ‘a need’ to an audience that was willing to listen.

INVOLVING THE STAKE HOLDERS

• The students gained valuable information on their projects from the perspective of individuals who had not been involved in the complete process.

• The question and answer period of the presentations did provide valuable discourse.

STUDENT FEEDBACK

• Students felt ownership.

• Students felt that this was the first truly valuable group experience that they had had because they controlled the process.

• Students enjoyed working with the Advisors.

STUDENT FEEDBACK

• Students requested that the process be started first semester.

• Students requested after school as a potential time for the presentations.

ALL IT TAKES IS ONE PERSON TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE.