Horace Mann School - CCVA in The Record

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CCVA in the Record

Students teach tech literacy to older adults at Riverdale Senior Services Tech ExpoThe Center for Community Values and Action (CCVA) hosted a Tech Expo in partnership with Riverdale Senior Services (RSS) last Friday and Saturday, where older adults familiarized themselves with technology through student-led workshops. The workshops focused on how to access e-books, stream video content, avoid scams, use virtual reality and AI, and even play online...

HM246 hosts in-person activities with Kingsbridge Heights Community CenterThe HM246 service-learning program kicked off their winter trimester by hosting in-person visual arts, sports, and STEM activities with 40 kindergarten through fifth-graders students from the Kingsbridge Heights Community Center (KHCC). The school has been working with the KHCC since 2006 on numerous programs, including HM246 and the Center for Community Values and Action’s other...

CCVA hosts first virtual all-school Service Learning DayThis past Saturday, the Center for Community Values and Action (CCVA) hosted the first virtual all-school Service Learning Day with the help of the Service Learning Committee. The event ran for two hours and focused on “Exploring Justice, Hope, and Healing through Community Partnerships,” with community partner organizations, service learning fellows, and members of the...

12th graders attend Service Learning DayThe senior class attended a virtual Service Learning Day on Thursday, which began with a keynote presentation from April De Simone, included alumni-hosted discussions about issues regarding accessibility, wellness, and the environment, and ended with a reflection led by author Jason Reynolds. The theme for Service Learning Day was “Exploring Justice, Hope and Healing through...

Sophomores participate in grade-wide Service Learning DayThis Thursday, sophomores participated in the school’s first tenth grade Service Learning Day, marking a shift in the service learning requirement from a project composed of direct experience and reflection opportunity to a mandatory Service Learning Day for each grade. The year-long project system had presented logistical challenges, especially the unevenness of the projects students...

CCVA’s Watts joins MD as Service Learning CoordinatorAfter four years in the the Center for Community Values and Action (CCVA), CCVA Program Associate Conasia Watts ‘13 took on a new role this year as the Middle Division (MD) Service Learning (SL) Coordinator. Watts will help develop service learning programming for sixth through eighth grade students. MD students will explore a new service-learning...

Reflecting on community engagement: Celebrating a year of service learningThe Center for Community Values and Action (CCVA) will host the 11th Annual All-School Service Learning Day this Saturday as a celebration for this year’s service learning projects. In preparation for the event, and as part of their service learning requirement, the Class of 2020 gathered on Tuesday to partake in group reflections. Associate Director...

11th graders participate in virtual Service Learning DayOn Thursday, the junior class attended Service Learning Day Zoom workshops hosted by nonprofit agencies located in the Bronx to learn about issues concerning opportunity, wellness, and the environment. The theme for this year’s event was “Exploring Justice, Hope and Healing through Community Partnerships,” Director of the Center for Community Values and Action (CCVA) Dr....

HM 246 presents gallery to Bronx communityOn Wednesday, the school hosted an event in Fisher Gallery to celebrate the work of students in the HM 246 service-learning program. The space featured everything from tote bags to original music and was open to the entire school community as well as HM 246’s partner organizations, the Kingsbridge Heights Community Center, PS37, and other...

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