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Brady students earn money for much-needed Teen Center |
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Wednesday, 24 January 2007 |
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Page 1 of 2 By Gary Gollehon – The I-O’s roving reporter
At a recent basketball game at the Brady Campus of the Dutton/Brady Schools, I had the pleasure of being escorted by one of my grandsons to the new Activity Room that the school created.
Through Service Learning Grants, money was funded to help make this project become a reality, but in order for the money to be given, certain criteria was implemented by school head, Jim Mepham. Included in this criteria was a work-ethics involving the students (grades 5-8) who do various jobs around the school, such as helping to clean the lunchroom, the school halls, pickup debris and trash on the school grounds outside the building.
 PUZZLE WORKERS - Brady eighth graders Sara Miller and Logan Rossmiller break open a table top puzzle at the Teen Center. I-O Photo by Buck Traxler
Service-learning engages students in the educational process, using what they learn in the classrooms to solve real-life problems.
Students not only learn about democracy and citizenship, they become actively contributing citizens and community members through the service they perform. Service-learning can be applied across all subjects and grade levels; it can involve a single student or group of students, a classroom or an entire school. Students build character and become active participants as the work with others in their school and community to create service projects in areas like education, public safety and the environment.
Students develop an understanding about the importance and impact of service, strengthen their character and roles as engaged citizens, and improve their academic performance. Service-learning programs provide useful places for engaging students in volunteer opportunities and in helping them start off on a solid path toward a lifetime of service and civic participation.
Examples of past projects are community cleanup and the “Empty Bowls” project that collaborated with the Family and Consumer Science class, art class and the 21st Century After-School Program. Money raised went to the Great Falls Rescue Mission.
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