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Service Learning
Read about some of our service learning projects!
Learn more about Florida Learn and Serve
Learn more about University of Florida IFAS Extension
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Celebrating Earth Day & After working on their Learn and Serve Project at the Plantation Hammock Preserve (PHP) located in Islamorada, students helped to design and coordinate an Earth Day event where they spent an entire school day demonstrating and presenting what they learned through the project to the entire school.
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Students Close the Achievement Gap Through Weekly Playgroup for Hispanic Families A handful of Spanish-speaking students in an early childhood class at Coral Shores prepare a weekly program for Spanish speaking families in the Upper Keys to address the achievement gap. |
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Children's Memorial Tree Garden Scrapbook Students created a scrapbook of the Children's Memorial Tree Garden, a garden planted with in memoriam by parents whose children have died. The trees symbolize a life lost. The students took photographs of each tree, and used these photos to create a photographic record of the entire park. In some cases, parents gave poems or short eulogies to be used in the scrapbook. The books were then distributed to each family that had trees in the park. |
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Plantation Key Middle School Students Write Measles Book to Benefit Children in Africa Plantation Key Middle School students wrote and illustrated, Have No Fear, Walk With Me, a book chronicling the process of how children in Africa receive life saving measles vaccines. For each dollar raised, one life can be spared from infection. To date the students have raised more than $800. Books are still available. |
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Service Learning at the Butterfly Garden Groups from both Leadership Classes at CSHS chose to take on the butterfly garden at CMTG as part of their service learning group project. The groups provided needed weekly maintenance, which included pruning, trimming and weeding, they expanded the garden area by planting additional butterfly attracting native plants... |
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Drama I Class at CSHS took on a L&S project on the subject of the Holocaust and Genocide The Drama I Class at CSHS took on a L&S project on the subject of the Holocaust and genocide because they wanted to educate and remind youth about the dangers of violence, and the impact of viewing others through separation and prejudice. The five performances had a profound impact upon the students and the community. |
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12th Annual Florida Service-Learning Institute Sophomore Eric Pettit, Junior Katie Greenman, Sophomore Brittany Violette, 7th Grader Samantha Vonnegut, Sophomore Xotchil Musser, and Monroe County 4-H Extension Agent, Kim Coldicott, energized after spending three days at the 12th Annual Florida Service-Learning Institute held in Orlando. Monroe Youth Challenge Program District Prevention Coordinator Michele Sutter, who also attended, took this photo. |
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The State Farm Treasure Village Montessori School
Service Learning Project Our team is learning cutting edge GPS/GIS mapping technology and hurricane mitigation strategies using native foliage. |
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CSHS - Advanced Photography Project CSHS Senior, Claudia Hallagan begins to plan for her SL project. Claudia will take photographs of students engaged in service learning projects and will create a photographic display of those photos. The display will be exhibited to schools and community venues. |
