8th Grade OffCampus Trip

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8th Grade Off-Campus Trip

• Heifer Ranch and
• Little Rock, Arkansas

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Why?

• To better align with our mission of preparing
  students for a global and interconnected world
• To align with the 8th grade curricular theme of
  social justice and injustice
• To connect to our service learning program
• To empower students with knowledge that they can
  make a difference
• To provide an opportunity that students would not
  gain independently

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What?

• Little Rock
• Central High National Historic Site Museum
• Clinton Presidential Center
• Heifer International
• Headquarters
• Heifer Ranch Global Challenge Program

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Who?

• 8th grade students / advisory groups
• Five chaperones each weekend
• Heifer Ranch staff
• Mr. Yohman will travel every weekend
• Mrs. Colpitts, Mrs. Burrows, Mr. Rothe are
  additional chaperones

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When?

• Fall of 2009, over three weekends
• Friday Monday
• September 18 21
• September 25 28
• October 2 5
• Will work with athletic schedules as best as we
  can

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How?

• Air travel from RDU to LIT
• Charter Bus
• To and from the airport
• Around Little Rock
• Car on the premises

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Cost?

• 460 includes the following
• Air travel
• Camp fee
• Students will need money for lunch on Friday and
  personal purchases
• Limited financial aid is available

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What is the Global Challenge Program?

• Combines two experiences
• Team-building exercises, including a ropes course
• Global Gateway experience
• Three nights
• Two in the Heifer Bunk Barn (Heifer Hilton!)
• One in the Global Village

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What team-building activities are included?

• Environmental and hunger related issues
• Globally themed team-building initiatives
• Communication, critical thinking and group
  cooperation skills
• Self-discovery

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What is the Global Gateway program like?

• Students
• Experience daily struggles people in poverty face
  everyday
• are given little and must cook meals
• gain an understanding of the complications
  surrounding hunger and poverty
• see their connection in creating change that
  brings possibility and hope to millions around
  the world

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What is the Global Village?

• Replications of homes in various countries
• Guatemala, Thailand, Urban Dwelling, Appalachian,
  Refugee Camp
• Students are randomly chosen for a location
• Work together

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A Night in the Global Village

• Edutopia, George Lucas Foundation
• A Night in the Global Village Role-Playing Life
  in Poverty

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What do parents need to do?

• Be excited and supportive!
• Share the excitement with your children.
• Plan ahead.
• Inform Mrs. Colpitts of conflicts with certain
  dates