Our+Community+Program

Three students enrolled in the Seminar program at the High School spent some time at Susquenita Elementary in the recent past. Amy Dando, Patrick Goodyear, and Kelsey Suloman worked with Ms. Abigail Foy in her 2nd grade classroom. These three students were chosen because of their interest in education, their dedicated work ethic, and their leadership capabilities. The three students met with a representative from Junior Achievement, planned their lessons, and carried out 5 activites that promote "our community."

Junior Achievement describes the “Our Community” program as follows: Understanding life outside of home and school begins with students taking a look at how things work in their communities. This program puts community life into perspective for students as they explore matters of business, citizenship, economics, and the interdependent roles of people working in a community.

Amy, Patrick, and Kelsey taught the “Our Community” program at the Elementary school for approximately 40 minutes, once per week, for five weeks. Although the students were provided materials from Junior Achievement, they were still responsible for planning and implementing each lesson.

Things went great! These students were participating in a ‘pilot’ program. Everything went so well, we are now planning on having the students work with Mr. Todd Baldwin of West Creek Hills Elementary in East Pennsboro School District. We have no doubt that Amy, Patrick, and Kelsey will continue to set the bar high! Also, we would like to send a special thank you to Ms. Foy for allowing seminar students the opportunity to work in her classroom.

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