8th Grade Community Project - Seeking Partners

8th graders have started their Community Project this week!  As an IB MYP school, each 8th grade student completes this capstone project through their advisory.  In this project, students work (by themselves or in groups up to 3 students) to identify issues within their community, plan and take action to address one of these issues.  Final projects will be presented at the end of May.  This is a fantastic opportunity for students to take their learning into the world around them and effect change.   Be sure to ask your students about the project! 

To help students, we are looking for organizations to partner with!  In the community project, students often have trouble finding and connecting with local organizations that work to address certain issues within the community (environment, homelessness, etc.).  If you or someone you know has connections to organizations that would be great for students to contact to work with throughout this project please either email the team or our IB coordinator Ms. Daniels at Caitlin.Daniels@k12.dc.gov.