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 Make-A-Difference Day 2007

On this national day of helping others, each class plans and executes a project for the last Friday in October that will make a difference in someone’s life within the local and/or national communities. This school year has put forth a wide array of projects ranging from a Penny Harvest program, to adopting Spanish-speaking grandparents and building inter-generational friendships via English-Spanish dialogues, to the creation of literacy programs and sharing with the Connor School, to the development of “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” campaigns, to an ongoing “Food For Thought” program created as a supplemental effort to stock the local food banks and pantries with “green” and healthier food options by working with local vendors throughout the year… AND all of these projects are not add-ons to the curriculum but infused into our classroom studies, because at HCS “service learning is not a thing to teach, but a way to teach.” These initiatives and many more will be celebrated in a school-wide assembly on Monday, Oct. 29th at 1:30 PM in the Demarest Auditorium, and will be complimented by a performance by the “Puppets for Peace” class who are practicing peace advocacy in the tradition of the Bread and Puppet Theater. Other projects throughout the year will be the creation of school murals, the adoption of an endangered species, Holocaust awareness programs, character education activities, landmine awareness and advocacy, as well as our yearly MLK events and Empty Bowls fundraiser to serve and support Hoboken’s homeless population.

Check out 1/2 P's Make a Difference Day pics!