VOL. VI, No. 36; Tuesday, April
17, 2007
Dear
Arthur,
Today's newsletter includes
(Note: You can now click on the blue hyperlinks below to go
directly to the story!):
Upcoming
Events for Balance of
2006-2007 School Year
Urban Go-Team Moves on To Hadley Township in Richmond
Heights
Update for Middle School Model U.N.
'Invisible Children' program at
St. Joseph's
Academy
Civitas
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so by clicking here.
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Upcoming Events
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PLACE |
ACTIVITIES |
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Wed., 04/25/07 |
9:00
AM - 12:00
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C.C.G.C. |
Middle School Model U.N. Session
#3 |
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Thurs.,
04/26/07 |
9:00 AM - 12:00
PM |
C.C.G.C. |
Middle
School Model U.N. Session
#4 |
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Fri.,
04/27/07 |
9:00 AM - 12:00
PM |
C.C.G.C. |
Middle
School Model U.N. Session
#5 |
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Sat.,
04/28/07 |
8:30 AM -
12:00 Noon
1:00 PM -
4:00 AM
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KETC-TV (Channel 9)
3655 Olive
(63108)
Crossroads |
Optional
(but inviting!) workshop for high school and middle school
teachers on using resources of Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting
Urban Go-Team Activity #2
(We will go to the 'Hadley Township' area in Richmond
Heights)
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Wed.,
05/02/07 |
9:00 AM - 12:00
PM |
C.C.G.C. |
Middle
School Model U.N. Session
#6 |
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Thurs.,
05/03/07 |
9:00 AM - 12:00
PM |
C.C.G.C. |
Middle
School Model U.N. Session
#7 |
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Fri.,
05/04/07 |
9:00 AM - 12:00
PM |
C.C.G.C. |
Middle
School Model U.N. Session
#8 |
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Thurs.,
05/10/07 |
9:00 AM - 12:00
PM |
C.C.G.C. |
Middle
School Model U.N. Session
#9 |
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Sat.,
05/12/07 |
9:00 AM
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11:30
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12:00 PM
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3:00
PM |
Crossroads
Junior High
Park in Maplewood |
Urban Go-Team
Activity #3
Picnic &
Softball |
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Mon.,
05/21/07 |
4:00 PM - 5:00
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Chevy's in
Crestwood |
Middle School Teacher Meeting
#4 |
Rev., April 16,
2007 |
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"Urban Go-Team" will
move from '63112' to
'63117'
After a
most successful activity on Saturday, March 31 in
the Skinker-DeBaliviere neighborhood around Crossroads
School [Zip Code 63112] , the Civitas Urban
Go-Team will be moving about three miles to the southwest to the
Hadley Township
Area near the Richmond Heights Community Center
[Zip Code 63117] for its next session on
Saturday, April 28.
Below is
another map that hopefully will help you identify the area
within the context of the central portion of St. Louis
County.
The reasons why
we are so interested in this area are many, but three that come
to mind immediately are: (1) most of it is scheduled for
demolition in the next year as a new development takes
shape. Many people will be moving out; many moving in. (2)
The neighborhood is adjacent to Highway 40 (I-64) and it will
have to endure many of the hardships of everyone along the
immediate corridor of the construction the highway over the next
three years or more, and (3) the neighborhood is immediately
north of where a similar community was uprooted five years ago
to make room for a Wal-Mart, Lowe's, and a host of smaller
retail outlets. With the Hadley Township area, Civitas can
provide students with an opportunity to observe and possibly
influence a wholesale change of a long-standing neighborhood in
our community. The project will begin this April and
Civitas' involvement will continue for a number of years.
Our
first excursion to the area is on Saturday, April 28, from 1:00
PM - 4:00 PM (this is a change of
time from previously reported). The
first steps will be extensive mapping and photographing of the
area (similar to what we did on March 31 in the
Skinker-DeBaliviere area). If time permits, we will begin
interviewing residents. If we cannot begin the
interviews on April 28, we will do so on the morning of
Saturday, May 12 when we have our final Urban Go-Team activity
of the school year (prior to the summer program).
Because these activities will be away from
Crossroads, they will constitute field trips and students
will need signed permission
forms. Students listed below have valid
forms through the end of the school year as a result of their
participation in the February "Nuke Conference:"
| Bonastia |
Bailee |
St.
Joseph's |
| Coughlin |
Samantha |
M-RH |
| DeBaun |
Morgan |
Rosati-Kain |
| Dobinsky |
Jodi |
Parkway North |
| Fanning |
Katie |
Lindbergh |
| Faulkingham |
Logan |
M-RH |
| Ghidey |
Teresa |
Parkway North |
| Gunning |
Kyle |
Hazelwood Central |
| Hendricks |
Anna |
Crossroads |
| Hopkins |
Mary Kate |
St. Joseph's |
| Jacobsen |
Jenna |
St. Joseph's |
| Kowalski |
Mandi |
Collinsville |
| Kramer |
Laura |
St. Joseph's |
| Kroeger |
Matthew |
Hazelwood Central |
| Lynch |
George |
Crossroads |
| Madden |
Colleen |
St. Joseph's |
| Madden |
Molly |
St. Joseph's |
| Marks |
Kyle |
Hazelwood Central |
| McGinnis |
Zora |
Metro |
| Niedringhaus |
Megan |
St.
Joseph's |
| Reed |
Allison |
Rosati-Kain |
| Rochester |
Katie |
M-RH |
| Rodriguez |
Patty |
Parkway North |
| Rogers* |
Meg |
Rosati-Kain |
| Roper |
Mandi |
Rosati-Kain |
| Slovinski |
Ashley |
Collinsville |
| Smith |
Vanessa |
Crossroads |
| Spaunhorst |
Amanda |
St. Joseph's |
| Webb |
Terrie |
Rosati-Kain |
| Weeks |
Brynne |
Crossroads |
| Witherspoon |
Colin |
Crossroads |
| Yeckel |
Jeff |
DuBourg | * Form in but signature missing
Others will need to submit signed permission forms prior to
April 28. Interested students may download blank
forms from these two sites:
Completed forms can be:
(a) Sent to Civitas at 10845 Olive
Blvd., Suite #155; St. Louis, MO 63141-7760.
(b) Faxed to Civitas at (314)
367-7742.
(c) E-Mailed as
attachments to us at [email protected].
(d) Brought by hand to Crossroads where we will meet at
1:00 PM on Saturday, April 28.
As stated previously, Civitas will once again have a
program this summer in which students can intensely learn
and act upon urban issues in our metropolitan area. We'll
do some studying, we'll have lots of field trips, we'll have
interesting speakers, and we'll even try out some tasty
restaurants. This year, we call the program the Urban
Go-Team: "Show Me the Money in St.
Louis!"
If you are interested in
being a member of the Urban
Go-Team, it is not too late. Just show up
on April 28 or e-mail us at [email protected].
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Middle School Model U.N. Update
 It's the calm before the storm so to speak for
Civitas' Middle School Model UN program. After two successful
General Assemblies at the end of March, we've enjoyed a couple
weeks of relative tranquility. Now the next "storm of resolutions" is upon
us as we gear up for the General Assemblies on April 25, 26, and
27, and May 2, 3, 4, and 10.
Teachers are
reminded to email their resolution rough drafts as soon as
possible to Lisa if they haven't done so already. She'll send your
students feedback on those drafts within a day or two so they
can make appropriate revisions in their final drafts. Our goal is to have all
the final drafts turned in and posted on our website two weeks
before the session so that students have plenty of time to
preview and prepare their thoughts on all the resolutions. From the drafts we've
seen so far it's obvious that the middle school students are
tackling timely issues that are vital to our planet's
future!
If you have any questions at all,
feel free to email ([email protected])
or call Lisa (865-4704).
The General Assemblies will be held at Creve Coeur Government Center, 300 N. New
Ballas
Road, and will last from 9:00 until
noon. Here is a
link to directions if you need them: http://www.civitas-stl.com/map/cccc_dir.htm.
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St. Joseph's Academy Sponsors Program on 'Invisible
Children'
Last Thursday evening, April 12, St. Joseph's Academy
hosted a program on the Invisible Children of northern
Uganda. It featured a video of these children who have
been tortured, maimed, and in many cases forced into military
service while pre-adolescent. The film has been
circulating in the United States for several years now,
and teacher Jane Garvin has mentioned it to her World
History class at St. Joseph's Academy. On of the
students, Lauren Probst, had previously seen the video.
She ordered it for the class, brought it in, and Ms. Garvin
showed it to the class. One thing led to another, and Ms.
Garvin and the students put together a program last Thursday
night to show the film for students for high school students
around the area. And indeed students came from "miles
around." Estimates are that there were up to four hundred
students present from St. Joseph's, S.L.U.H., CBC, Chaminade,
DeSmet, Visitation, Villa Duchesne, Nerinx Hall, Lafayette,
Parkway, Kirkwood, Webster Groves, Westminster, and more.
Congratulations! Individuals interested in learning more
about the 'Invisible Children' can go to www.invisiblechildren.com.
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