World Issue Students Create Projects to Help Community

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Pete Ruden 
Sports Editor 

Students have been working on projects
that can help out their communities. Photo
credit Pete Ruden. 
Since the beginning of the year, students in World Issues have been working on a project that can help change the community. Inspired by Google, the project is called a 20 percent time project, in which students use a fifth of their time, usually on late start days, to work on a project of their choice that will help change the community.
            “Beginning of the year, we tried getting the students to think outside of the box,” said social studies teacher Kyle Lehman. “This class is based on issues around the world, so we tried to get them to localize a problem that they might be able to fix.”
            Big ideas have been created from this project, such as Gmail, Google Images and Google slides. With those inventions becoming a part of everyday life, that is the level of success that students are striving for.
  Projects that students have tried to make a reality include conserving food within the building, starting up recycling programs, community gardens, raising money for the Animal Rescue League and setting up bike repair stations along biking trails.
            “Most of [the students] are doing pretty well,” Lehman said. “Most of them have talked to several different people along the process.”
            The project gives students something to explore that they are passionate about, in hopes of making it a reality. The work that the students have put into these projects is much more than just school. They are being pushed to put in their full effort to make a change in the community, or maybe even the world.
            “As teachers, we typically tell you what to do most days of the week, and this makes them open up and find something to do on their own that they are kind of passionate about,” Lehman said. “So, hopefully it will push them farther. This will give them an idea that they can attach to outside of school.”

            

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