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INDEX
Area Studies
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MIDDLE SCHOOLS
Central High School: Middle Years Scholar Program Central High serves grades 6-12. The Middle Years Scholars Program is for middle school students identified as gifted. It focuses on the study and analysis of “alternative” points of view. The school also has an IBO program, the only one in the Ozarks region.
Iao School http://childrensingingpeace.com/CSPAWnews.html Iao Intermediate School (Gr6-8) is in Maui, HI. In 2002, the first formal audio recording of “Children Singing Peace Around the World” was completed with children from Iao School. The children have since named themselves toe Iao Peace Team. Subsequently, a number of other schools in various countries of the world have participated in this project.
Jackson Hole Middle School Jackson Hole Middle School in Jackson Hole, WY has exemplary environmental programs. For example, 6th graders participate in the World Water Monitoring Day program. Students test indicators of water quality, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, turbitity, and so forth. A 7th grade ecology unit explores relationships on how noxious weeds affect habitat. Lesson plans can be found at the web site.
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West Jay Middle School This 6-8 middle school has developed a model recycling program for its students and community. In addition, it sponsors an International Cultural Fair that involves parents, the community and people from other schools in the area. The program is directed at helping people understand world connections, problems, differences, and how to develop peaceable solutions to problem areas.
Williamsville Junior High School On this web site, one can see the impact one teacher can have in bringing a global perspective to a school. Verna Stallone, a 6th grade social studies teacher, teaches a Civics course (E Pluribus Unum) with an emphasis on the multi-cultural diversity that makes the U.S. unique and strong. In addition, she teaches a comparative government course that focuses upon the governments in the U.S. and the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) after participating in a Freeman Fellowship that involved a study-tour in China. Finally, she does another unit on the United Nations, its history and considerations today for international developments.
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