Cordia Middle School

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Cordia Middle School

• 2005-2006

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Recruitment and Publicity

• Our STLP Coordinator and some STLP students went
  to all of the classrooms at the beginning of the
  year and explained what STLP was and asked
  students to join.
• Students sat at a table in the hallway at pop
  break and signed people up.
• Students produced a brochure about their projects
  and gave them out to the community members at our
  schools Fall Festival. They also presented
  their projects to the Volunteer Fire Department
  in our community (at a public meeting) and
  published articles in the local newspaper and the
  school newspaper.
• Students also presented their projects at a
  meeting of the Knott County Board of Education.

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Cordia Middle School STLP
2005-2006

• Our school is a small school (120 students 7-12)
  Also, our STLP program is an after-school
  activity. Many students are in several
  activities and have a difficult time juggling all
  activities. We do have a diverse membership for
  our small school.

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Students Help With Activities in the School

• STLP students presented PowerPoint presentations
  about Veterans Day to students in the lower
  grades.

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• Some students take pictures of school activities
  for the yearbook and school newsletter.
• Students hand out programs at the Fall Festival
  and other school activities.
• Students also set up the projectors for teachers.

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STLP Students Sponsor Share a Story Night for
Unite to Read
STLP students worked very hard to prepare for
Share a Story Night. They acted out a skit of
the book Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type.
They also had activity centers planned for the
childrentyping center, play-dough center,
puppet-making center, reading centers, face
painting, and art center. Everyone involved
loved it!
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STLP and PRIDE Working Together for a Better
Community
STLP PROJECTS2005-2006
Portfolio Buddies
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STLP and PRIDE Working Together for a Better
Community

• The Middle School STLP became interested in the
  PRIDE organization and what it stands for in the
  5th/6th grade. They wanted to continue with
  bettering their community and environment. They
  wanted to initiate a recycling program.
• They procured a 300 community grant by writing a
  proposal from the Knott County Board of
  Education. With this money they bought plastic
  containers for every classroom for students to
  deposit their aluminum cans and plastic bottles
  in. They created a PowerPoint about the benefits
  of recycling, not littering, and not polluting.
  They presented this PowerPoint to Grades KG-6th
  grades (Every 7th grader is in STLP). They also
  sent letters home to the parents explaining their
  project and telling them that they would have a
  contestthe homeroom bringing in the most
  recyclables all year would win an ice cream
  party.
• They asked for volunteers to take the recyclables
  to the center once every two weeks.

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• Students found that they still had to separate
  cans from bottles and take the lids off of the
  bottles since the Recycling Center in Hazard does
  not accept the lids. They had to put latex
  gloves on and do some dirty work. However, the
  program seems to be a success.
• Students have also applied for a 500.00 grant
  from Trus Joist. With this grant they want to
  construct a building to store the recyclables in
  until ready to transport to the Center.
• Students also participated in a community
  cleanup. This was also a success. They made
  their own t-shirts with t-shirts and transfers
  purchased at Wal-Mart with the community grant.
• Students also created a bulletin board in the
  school foyer about recycling.

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Recycling
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Portfolio Buddies

• STLP students worked with the 4th grade students
  in cooperation with the 21st Century Learning
  Program (after-school program) on their
  portfolios. STLP students sent letters home
  explaining to parents what they were doing. They
  presented PowerPoint Presentations on Personal
  narratives, showed students examples, and taught
  students about MS Word. They then provided
  guidance to students as they typed their
  portfolios.
• The English teacher/librarian taught the STLP
  students how to conference with the 4th graders.
  They then began conferencing with them on their
  pieces.

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Projects are Ongoing

• These projects are ongoing. The recycling
  project will go on all year long. We will work
  with the PRIDE representative at our school in
  doing mini-projects with the younger children.
  We would like to produce a video for the PRIDE
  representative to use with other schools. We
  would like to get the community more involved
  with our recycling program and get a recycling
  center for our county (We are now taking it to a
  recycling center in a neighboring county).
• The Portfolio Buddies program will continue until
  all portfolios are completed.

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Future Plans
We had a great year! Students learned a great
deal, and further developed their leadership
skills. They worked many hours after school, and
it paid off. They plan to attend the KTLC
Showcase and the May awards program. Students
who did not usually participate in school
activities really got into these projects and
developed confidence. Students are now planning
for next year. We plan to work with the fourth
graders as portfolio buddies again, to continue
our recycling program, and work with the 21st
Century Learning Program on another project (to
be decided upon). We may also do an electronic
presentation about the history of our school and
community.
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Sources Cited
http//office.microsoft.com/clipart/download.aspx.
January 12, 2005. Kentucky Department
of Education. Student Technology
Leadership Program. http//www.education.
ky.gov/KDE/Default.htm. January 12,
2005.