JUNIORS: In the Quiet of Summer, Start Your Essays

Do you serve at a High School this year? Has your attention been focused on Seniors preparing for college? Don't forget about the juniors! In preparation for their senior year, help your students get a jump start on their college admissions essay. The less hurried months before the onslaught of a highly pressured fall offer the chance for students to think, reflect and connect with a writing topic that can then be developed into 500 words of polished prose.

So how can you teach your students to use the summer before senior year to their best advantage?

Can teachers overcome poverty?

A volunteer's view from the trenches, which is a touching, yet heartbreaking account of a man's efforts to give time and energy to our youth.

The Impact of Youth Development Programs On Student Academic Achievement

While access to high quality schools is a “necessary ingredient for the education of students, good schools alone may not be sufficient to ensure universally high levels of academic development.”

Click here to read more about how youth development programming can promote educational success.

The Battle of Everyouth

"The Battle of Everyouth" is a projection-based performance staged at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts for one night, beginning at 10 p.m., as part of the Northern Spark "white night" festival. It will be a blend of live cinema, participatory theater, and live performance, creating a context for exploration and conversation on the theme of global youth and violence.

Students from Washburn High School are working with the artists to interact with the public.

"MIA Inside/Out: Battle of Everyouth" is made possible by a Joyce Foundation Award and a grant from the Friends of the Institute with additional support by Northern Spark.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

24th Street Entrance to MIA

Free Exhibition

Featuring artists Ali Momeni and Jenny Schmid.

Middle School Students

A NY Times article about how to improve the work you do with Middle Schoolers.

2011 AmeriCorps Week: Leadership & Communication Webinar

FREE Webinar for AmeriCorps members on Wednesday MAY 18th!! Click here for more info!

Upcoming Event: Child Soldiers and Bullying: Taking a Stand Against Genocide and Hate

World Without Genocide, a human rights organization headquartered at William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, announces its inaugural high school institute to be held this summer, August 16-18. The institute, "Child Soldiers and Bullying: Taking a Stand Against Genocide and Hate," focuses on the connection between bullying and homophobia in our local schools and the prevalence of hate and violence around the world. The institute will include a genocide survivors’ panel; action plans from advocates, human rights experts, and upstanders; leadership training; and award-winning films. The institute will conclude with student presentations for local government leaders.

Rev. Carl Wilkens will be one of the featured speakers. The only American to remain in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide, Wilkens personally saved the lives of hundreds of children.

High school sophomores, juniors and seniors are invited to apply. The program will be held at William Mitchell College of Law from August 16-18. The cost of $100 per student covers meals, materials, and the program. Need-based scholarships are available; no student will be turned away.

To register and for more information visit http://worldwithoutgenocide.org/institute call 952-693-5206, or write to info@worldwithoutgenocide.org

World Without Genocide promotes education and action to protect innocent people, prevent genocide, prosecute perpetrators, and remember those whose lives and cultures have been destroyed by genocide.