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l Teacher Sonia Sorran with her students
Life Moe, Alina, and Basma.
Lessons
Area youngsters are learning 2013-14 Project Highlight backpacks with food items, socks,
outside the classroom as well as books, ponchos, and toiletries, just
in it, thanks to a United Way A grade 4/5 split class from Giles to name a few,” said GECDSB
big-ideas initiative. Campus French Immersion Public teacher Sonia Sovran.
School chose to focus its Think
United Way’s Think Global Act Global Act Local project on The backpacks were given to
Local supports Windsor-Essex homelessness. Street Help, which assists people
County teachers and helps create experiencing homelessness.
future civic leaders — all while “Whenever I think of what I Following the project’s completion,
providing an opportunity to work have just done, I feel proud one of the students noticed a man
together toward a great cause. and very happy because I in the community wearing one of
did something to make a the backpacks, and had a brief
The Think Global Act Local stranger’s life easier. Even conversation with him.
Classroom Program, launched in if I don’t know that person
the fall of 2013, gives high school but I know that they have a “The students are becoming
and elementary students an ”hard life, I’m glad I made a aware of what community means,
opportunity to understand the difference. and how to become a contributing
barriers some people in our .........– Linda, student at Giles member,” says Sovran.
community face. The in-class Campus French Immersion School
curriculum, designed by United Teachers can learn more
Way, highlights issues in the “The students decided they about the Think Global, Act
students’ own neighbourhoods — wanted to fill 25 backpacks with Local program by contacting
issues such as poverty, food items that those who are homeless actlocal@weareunited.com.
insecurity, mental health, literacy, might need. We knitted hats
emergency housing, and isolation. ourselves, as well as filled the Learn more about WE
Students United on Facebook at
Teachers work with students to
come up with real-life ways to www.facebook.com/WEStudentsUnited
help people in the community.
or follow @WEStudentUnited
Classes are then invited to apply on Twitter. U
for grants of up to $1,000 to
implement their ideas. Last year,
more than 40 applications were
received, and the WE Students
United Committee awarded 13
classes with the seed grants to roll
out their respective projects.
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Life Moe, Alina, and Basma.
Lessons
Area youngsters are learning 2013-14 Project Highlight backpacks with food items, socks,
outside the classroom as well as books, ponchos, and toiletries, just
in it, thanks to a United Way A grade 4/5 split class from Giles to name a few,” said GECDSB
big-ideas initiative. Campus French Immersion Public teacher Sonia Sovran.
School chose to focus its Think
United Way’s Think Global Act Global Act Local project on The backpacks were given to
Local supports Windsor-Essex homelessness. Street Help, which assists people
County teachers and helps create experiencing homelessness.
future civic leaders — all while “Whenever I think of what I Following the project’s completion,
providing an opportunity to work have just done, I feel proud one of the students noticed a man
together toward a great cause. and very happy because I in the community wearing one of
did something to make a the backpacks, and had a brief
The Think Global Act Local stranger’s life easier. Even conversation with him.
Classroom Program, launched in if I don’t know that person
the fall of 2013, gives high school but I know that they have a “The students are becoming
and elementary students an ”hard life, I’m glad I made a aware of what community means,
opportunity to understand the difference. and how to become a contributing
barriers some people in our .........– Linda, student at Giles member,” says Sovran.
community face. The in-class Campus French Immersion School
curriculum, designed by United Teachers can learn more
Way, highlights issues in the “The students decided they about the Think Global, Act
students’ own neighbourhoods — wanted to fill 25 backpacks with Local program by contacting
issues such as poverty, food items that those who are homeless actlocal@weareunited.com.
insecurity, mental health, literacy, might need. We knitted hats
emergency housing, and isolation. ourselves, as well as filled the Learn more about WE
Students United on Facebook at
Teachers work with students to
come up with real-life ways to www.facebook.com/WEStudentsUnited
help people in the community.
or follow @WEStudentUnited
Classes are then invited to apply on Twitter. U
for grants of up to $1,000 to
implement their ideas. Last year,
more than 40 applications were
received, and the WE Students
United Committee awarded 13
classes with the seed grants to roll
out their respective projects.
U• i e • Fall • 2014 • Vol. 3 • United Way/Centraide Windsor-Essex County • www.weareunited.com • 17
