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High
High
School Country Draft on Sept. 29
With the Fall high school
model U.N. coming up on Saturday, November 10, it is time for
students from each of our participating schools to select their
countries. With inordinate generosity, we give you six
weeks advance notice of the countries that you will be
representing. The country draft is this Saturday -- on
September 29 at Crossroads (map). The draft will begin at 9:00 AM.
It will be followed by a workshop on how the model U.N. works,
and if we have time remaining, we'll open discussion until our
adjournment time of 11:00 AM. So here's what you need for
the country draft:
- How the Country Draft Works Explanation
- List of 192 General Assembly countries in the United
Nations
- List of 15 Security Council countries in the United
Nations.
Please
remember that we will have three committees in the General
Assembly, each dealing with different kinds of issues and
resolutions. The three are (a) Political & Security,
(b) Economic & Social, and (c) Human Rights. Thus a
country will need at least three students as delegates (one for
each committee). In addition, if a country is also on the
Security Council, a fourth delegate will be necessary. If
you want to "double-up" delegates in a committee, you can do
so. However, the more "single delegates" we have the more
countries we can have represented in each committee.
We also want to thank the twenty
high school students who came to last Saturday's Urban
Go-Team meeting with Tim Berry of Michelson Realty. We
learned considerable information about the Hadley Township
development in Richmond Heights that we had not previously
known. We appreciate Tim Berry's forthrightness and
willingness to answer any and all questions.
More photos from last Saturday's discussion are available by
clicking here.
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Pulitzer Workshop Dates
Set
Journalists David Enders and Jon Sawyer from the
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting are coming to St. Louis on
October 4-6 to meet with students and teachers about the refugee
crisis in and around Iraq. In advance of their visit, we
have scheduled preparatory sessions with participating
schools. The dates and times of these sessions are:
School |
Date |
Time |
Soldan International Studies High
School --
Okay |
Mon.,
09/17 |
7:25 AM - 8:13 AM |
Crossroads College Preparatory School -- Okay |
Thurs.,
09/20 |
2:05 PM - 3:05 PM |
Parkway West High School -- Okay |
Fri.,
09/21 |
8:55 AM - 9:45 AM 12:15 PM -
1:05 PM |
Rosati-Kain High School
-- Okay |
Fri.,
09/21 |
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
Maplewood-Richmond Heights High
School -- Okay |
Mon., 09/24 |
10:21 AM - 11:03 AM |
Collinsville High School -- Okay |
Mon.,
09/24 |
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM |
St. Joseph's Academy |
Tues.,
09/25 |
8:39 AM - 10:23
AM |
The schedule of
the actual workshops with Jon
Sawyer and David
Enders of the Pulitzer Center is as follows:
School |
Date |
Time |
Parkway West High School |
Thurs., 10/04 |
8:55 AM - 12:00
PM |
at Soldan (with Soldan, Crossroads, Rosti-Kain, and Maplewood-RH) |
Thurs., 10/04 |
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM |
Washington University |
Thurs., 10/04 |
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
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St. Joseph's
Academy |
Fri., 10/05 |
9:28 AM -
11:12 AM |
Collinsville High School |
Fri., 10/05 |
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM |
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Teacher Workshop
at Channel 9 |
Sat., 10/06 |
8:30 PM -
10:30 AM |
In the way
of review, the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting was
established two years ago to provide accurate reporting on
global issues that often are not on the radar screen of the
mainstream press. Part of their program is an outreach
project to St. Louis schools in which students get opportunities
to communicate directly with journalists on the job. In
addition, reporters and videographers come to St. Louis three
times a year to meet with students in St. Louis to further
describe their experiences. To the best of our knowledge,
there is no other similar program in which students and
journalists can actively interact in real time.
Three
projects are scheduled for the 2007-2008 school year. The
first is this Fall on Iraq: Death
of a Nation. Reporter/Teacher David
Enders spent much of the past summer in Iraq, Syria,
and Jordan meeting with Iraqi refugees who have been
displaced both within their country and outside.
Blogs are available for each school to begin communicating
with David Enders -- questions and comments alike. The
link to the blog web site is: http://pulitzercenter.typepad.com/global_gateway_students/welcome/index.html.
Finally for
teachers, the Pulitzer Center is sponsoring a workshop on
its resources and curriculum development for teachers on
Saturday morning, October 6. It will be from 8:30 AM -
10:30 AM (location to be determined). Participating
teachers will receive a $50.00 stipend. If you are
interested, please e-mail us at [email protected].
Teachers who are currently signed up are Kristen Collins
(Parkway West), Liz Morrison (Parkway Social Studies District
Coordinator), Amber Booth (Parkway South), C.J. Kinney (Kirby
Middle School), Margene Jerrolds (Lift for Life Academy), Jane
Garvin (St. Joseph's Academy), Ronni Zagora (Lindbergh), Kelly
Krejnik (U. City), David West (Soldan International Studies),
Kelly Moore (Soldan International Studies), Dawn McClain (Soldan
International Studies), and Dr. Hamid Azimi (Soldan
International Studies).
You can access more
information on the Global Gateway Project by clicking here.
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Two
Essay Contests
We want to
keep students informed about essay contests with interesting
topics -- particularly when there are attractive
incentives. Here is information on two:
Ron Glossop and
the local chapter of Citizens
for Global Solutions is once again offering an
outstanding opportunity for high school and college students in
the St. Louis area to attend an all-expenses paid conference in
Minneapolis in October. The topics of the conference cover
a host of United Nations related issues. In order for a
student to qualify for the trip, he/she must submit a thoughtful
essay. Click here for more details.
Kenya Madison from Vianney High
School has informed us of the Greg Freeman Memorial Essay
Contest on "Improve St. Louis -- Build Racial Harmony."
The deadline for submission of this 750 word contest is February
8, 2008. One contestant will receive a $500.00 savings
bond. Click here for more details.
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Upcoming Civitas Events
(Preliminary Version;
actual events in bold --
always subject to change when change occurs!)
Black: High School
Blue: Middle
School
DATE |
TIME |
PLACE |
ACTIVITIES |
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Sat.,
09/29/07 |
9:00 AM -
11:00
AM |
Crossroads |
Selection
of Countries
Prep Session for
1st MUN |
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Thurs. 10/04
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Sat.,
10/06 |
Varies |
Varies |
Pulitzer Global Gateway Program with high school
students, high school teachers, and university
students |
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Sat.,
10/13/07 |
9:00 AM -
11:00 AM |
Crossroads |
Discussion Group #4 |
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Mon.,
10/15/07 |
4:00 PM
- 5:00
PM |
Richmond Heights Community
Center |
Middle School Teacher Meeting
#2 |
Rev., September 24, 2007
See complete Civitas calendar
for 2007-2008 by clicking here.
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