The Major Study Project

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The Major Study Project
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The Project Overview

• The Major Study
• The Summit Country Day School
• Presented by Katie Woliver, Wes Homan, Josh
  Thurow, Elisa Munda, Anne Sammarco, Megan
  Browder, Jessica Park, Ty Moore, Michael Twombly

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The Project Goals

• To experience and reflect upon social justice
  principles in action
• Propel the senior class into the community to
  produce a positive impact on the surrounding
  community
• Achieve some visible impact before the end of the
  school year

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Description

• Each Summit student paired up with one or more
  Whittier students to help them write stories and
  work on their writing assignments. We served as
  role models and friends to the kids.

FOR MORE INFO...
Contact The East Price Hill Whittier Elementary
school, Mr. Martella 3rd grade teacher.
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Comprehensive Analysis

• Weaknesses
• Some difficulties we had included working with
  kids that didnt want to work. We came right
  after lunch and recess and they tended to be
  wound up. They just wanted to talk to us and play
  with us instead of work. We did the same type of
  work every week that made it boring for us at
  times and repetitious for them from week to week.
  Tutoring more than one kid presented difficulties
  because they often worked at different paces and
  we couldnt devote all of our time to each kid.
  Within the class, the students were at many
  different reading and writing levels.

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Comprehensive Analysis

• Strengths
• The Good aspects of our time at Whittier
• They were really grateful for everything we did
  for them. Each of us felt like we made an impact
  on at least one student. Every day we left, they
  would give us hugs and beg us not to leave. They
  were excited when we came and didnt want us to
  leave. It made us feel like we were making a
  difference in their lives. They looked up to us,
  and it seemed like they we gaining from our time
  there. The kids were very polite to us.

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Procedures

• We would arrive at Whittier and wait outside to
  be buzzed in. There is heavy security at the
  school and we had to sign in and wear a special
  name tag identifying us as School Visitors.
  Once we were all there and accounted for, we went
  together down to Mr. Martellas room (Room 219)
  and got to work with writing. An hour later, we
  signed out and returned back to school, satisfied
  with our work.

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Resources

• Our group possessed very limited resources
  available for the children
• As a result we provided
• Halloween prize bags
• Book donation
• Pencils erasers

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People/Services

• The children are surrounded by teachers and
  individuals who care.
• Tutors from both Summit and Seaton
• In school assisted learning program
• We took an interest in their extracurricular
  activities as well. Many of the girls became
  involved with Girls on the Run, and some of us
  are even going to watch them compete at Lunken
  track in June.

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Final Visit

• The last day of our tutoring, we held a party for
  the kids with, cake, chips,drinks, cookies, and
  prize bags.
• We thanked them for allowing us to come into
  their classroom. They were very appreciative and
  sad to see us leave.
• The children thanked us, giving us cards and
  hugs.

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The Party!
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The Whole Team
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Thanks!
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Thank you!