Week 6: Community Mapping - Examining the Issue

This week, the students worked together to finalize the Mission Statement that they created:

We, Everyday Leaders, are uniting together to be a positive influence to the world. We take action while setting education in motion. We influence each other to make good choices in our communities.

I am very excited about this mission statement and how much of a collaborative effort it was. Students also completed a very difficult team building challenge called The Maze Game. Students had to work together (without talking!) to find the safe path along a grid on the floor. Everyone on the team had to get across safely and on the same path. It was definitely a challenge, but the students worked together to make sure no one was left behind.

The students continued with their Community Assets & Needs assessment by debating and deciding which issue they wanted to address for Global Youth Service Day. The students collectively decided that they would like to work to allieviate the problem animal homelessness. Over the next couple of weeks, the students will become experts in this arena, not only by looking at the issue itself, but the causes of animal homelessness, the effects or problems that this issue grows into for our community, different community resources that are already working to address this issue, and finally, we will discuss solutions which will help drive our projects.

Have a great Thanksgiving!

Peace,

Laura