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Students helping students: building the cougar community closet
Students helping students: building the cougar community closet
Henrico Learner Profile (HLP) Attributes & Skills
Henrico Learner Profile (HLP) Attributes & Skills
Grade: 8th and 11th
Class: CTE Electives
DLI Standards: Global Collaborator
Learning EXPERIenCE
Learning EXPERIenCE
Creating a community closet for students in need is an excellent example of life ready learning because it teaches students the life skills such as empathy, collaboration and problem solving. Empathy is developed by understanding the struggles of others and taking action to help them. The 8th grade EFE students recognized this need in our school community. The students then collaborated with one another and high school students from The ACE Center at Hermitage to work on problem solving and project management. Problem solving is a critical skill as students have identified the needs, come up with a solution, and implemented the solution. These skills are crucial for success in life and work and have been developed through this process of creating and maintaining a community closet. Students have learned the importance of giving back to their community and creating a positive impact. Students have utilized the growth mindset to dream big with the cougar community closet and to achieve big outcomes through the utilization of the project management tools their high school mentors taught them.
What the students like about this experience:
What the students like about this experience:
"Being a part of the beginning, middle, and end of this project, has been a fun process. From becoming aware of the needs of our classmates, to wanting to do something about it, to then project planning to make something out of our ideas. I enjoyed COLLABORATING with the students from the ACE center who taught us about scrum boards and helped us with our vision. There were challenges with location and working with teams to all decide on one decision. I learned how to work better with others." -Lameece A
"Being a part of the beginning, middle, and end of this project, has been a fun process. From becoming aware of the needs of our classmates, to wanting to do something about it, to then project planning to make something out of our ideas. I enjoyed COLLABORATING with the students from the ACE center who taught us about scrum boards and helped us with our vision. There were challenges with location and working with teams to all decide on one decision. I learned how to work better with others." -Lameece A
What the teacher likes about this experience:
What the teacher likes about this experience:
This helped our students to be more #LifeReady because they were required to communicate and collaborate with several partners both inside and outside of school to bring together a comprehensive plan for our community closet. - Andy Givens
Additional Pictures/Media/ARTIFACTS
Additional Pictures/Media/ARTIFACTS
Students organize food, toiletries, and school supplies that were collected during our donation drive.
HCMS students project plan with ACE student helpers and Capital One Agile trainers.
HCMS student leaders design the physical layout and marketing campaign.
Students organize weekly donations.
The Hermitage ILC and Hungary Creek ILC collaborated to bring this project to life. They are very proud of the collaboration among the middle and high school students and teachers.
Mr. Moose and Mr. King were huge champions of this collaborative project.
HCMS students explain the life lessons that they learned from seeing this project through.
Mrs. James-Moore is proud of her ACE students and their leadership.
Thank you to the innovators that helped make this experience possible:
Mr. Givens
Mrs. James-Moore
Mrs. Sommers
Mrs. Woltz
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