Daily+Memos

Good Day Program Managers, Program Coordinators and teachers of Jumpstart!

Please make it a habit to check this page daily during Jumpstart because it will be our vehicle for communicating with you about important information or updates in the program. It will also serve as a reminder of the activities that are coming up and serve as a progress check for student projects. If there is information that you would like posted on this page just let me know. Thanks, Dave Eagle

July 13th:
I know that there was a problem with the Power point in Lesson 5 of math. We are trying to correct the problem by making it a separate link. Some other thoughts:

1. Great job on the student field trips for Duval, Oxon Hill and Crossland! Please take the time to get student feedback in some form so we can write a news article on the experience for a Please check out the blog created by Mr. Meh at Duval on their trip with video clips and student responses about the day. It may be something youwant to replicate at your school and I am sure Mr. Meh would give you advice if you need it: [] Evans Meh, DuVal High School 9880 Good Luck Rd Lanham, MD 20706 Tel: 301-918-8600 X 3023

2. Make sure students know that they only receive their Student service hours for the days they are in attendance of the project time.

3. By this time hopefully you have shared the list of ideas for a project and shown the students in your worktime group a number of different types of projects from the wiki and perhaps even Youtube. Challenge them to connect the project to their interests. If they like rap music- write an environmental rap.

4. Let them see the requirements for the Gallery Walk by going to the link on the wiki "Gallery Walk" and reviewing what is suppose to be on their display boards. If they need a camera for their team picture then you can get a digital camera from the SLC program manager. If students want to begin their display board you can get them from your program coordinator.

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July 6,2010 = First Day Prep reminders: =
 * Each Student will need a map of your school for the first week advisory activity. It would be real fun and much more interesting if you also created a Scavenger Hunt for the students to help them get to know your facility and staff.
 * Make sure that you have pre-read the play "Tale of a trash can" and that you have the props and the roles in the play assigned ahead of time to teachers who will read and act out the play for the students during your general assembly on the first day. Please don't wait until the last minute. There are ten roles so Program Managers and Coordinators will have to get involved!
 * Make sure that you have cut the yellow card stock paper that you were given into the picture cards for the "How long does trash last?" activity that will be used by the small student groups on the first day. You will need to put them in envelopes or use rubber bands to distribute a full pack of cards to each small group.
 * Please count your College Ed books and compare the number to your enrollment. If you are short please let us know asap.
 * Also make sure that you have enough of the Pre-test run off and have them ready for the first day for teachers to use in their first mini lesson period.
 * Make sure you have the equipment ready for opening day to project the videos from this wiki. (You will also want a working microphone for the moderator) You should do a dry run to make sure the general meeting room for your opening day is dark enough to see the videos and that you have amplified speakers that project the sound. This is important. If you have problems contact your tech person or let us know. Do not wait until the morning of opening day to realize you have a problem. These videos are critical to "hooking" students to the theme and the project.
 * Make your Jumpstart program your own by being creative and adding any other Opening Day activity that you think will help get students excited about the program and their project.
 * Be prepared to give students an overview of Jumpstart and the expectations of the project based learning. Stress that this will not be just "sit and get" but that the students will have lots of choice to connect their skills and interests to their environmental project. Make sure they understand the Service Learning Hours attached to the program and what that means. Also explain the upcoming field trip.
 * Program coordinators: if you have parents who try to enroll their child after he/she has missed the first two days you must let them know that it is too late to enroll unless there was an extraordinary circumstance and at that point Darlene or Dave would need to approve the exception.