2014 Project For A Day Projects
Elementary
Anti-Defamation League – Read for Respect (3rd Grade)
Read4Respect, part of the No Place for Hate campaign, connects volunteers to elementary schools by engaging them in reading books that promote respect. Read4Respect helps students learn an essential “4th R”--Reading, writing, arithmetic… and Respect. The corporate world increasingly identifies interpersonal skills as one of the most important contributors to workplace success. The skills learned through diversity education--teaching students to appreciate differences and treat all people with respect--include many of these ‘”soft skills.” Anti-bias education programs can also develop leadership skills, foster responsible citizenship and promote of democratic values.
United Way of Greater Atlanta – (K- 3rd Grade)
With a strategic focus on career awareness, United Way of Greater Atlanta is excited to partner with Atlanta Partners for Education on Project for A Day! This volunteer experience will provide the opportunity for elementary students to see the purposefulness in their learning, early in their academic careers and to connect education with career success. Volunteers will read a book and speak to the students about the importance of attending school every day, discuss their career path and engage with students in an activity.
City of Atlanta Recycling – (3rd Grade)
This volunteer experience will provide the opportunity for elementary school students to observe their habits as well as the habits of their family when it comes to reducing, reusing, and recycling. Students will be responsible for collecting specific data from home for one week. Volunteers will review and analyze the data with students and collaborate to recommend ways to reduce their waste, reuse various items, and recycle. Volunteers will also conduct one to two art projects with the students to instill reusing items to create new ones.
Middle
Junior Achievement of Georgia (8th Grade)
• JA Assembling Your Career is designed to engage middle school students in STEM Careers. Through the online app students will explore practical information about STEM careers and learn how they can prepare for these high-demand careers while still in school. Following participation in the supplement, students will be able to:
• Articulate why STEM careers and STEM skills are important to their futures, regardless of where they live now or where they choose to live as an adult.
• Identify two-three STEM fields that they wish to explore beyond these activities.
• Chart a path to get them from where they are now to a STEM career.
JA will provide volunteers with training prior to the date of their event.
Atlanta Public Schools –CTAE Department (8th Grade)
• The project is focused on the competencies of Critical Thinking, Teamwork and Collaboration and Choices and Consequences.
• In order to provide an understanding of these competencies, students will participate in an exercise called The Big Picture.
• The exercise is intended as a first step towards educating middle school students specifically 8th graders on the true costs associated with choices and related spending habits.
• At the end of the exercise, students will experience the consequences of their decisions, and learn the importance of collaborating to achieve desired results.