In their social studies class, high school students read Ron Suskind’s A Hope in the Unseen. This book, which follows…
Through reading a Portland Press Herald article entitled “Plenty of Shrimp, Few Buyers,” students in a high school business enterprise…
In the fall of 2004, Mount Desert Island High School offered a course, “Election 2004: Democracy in Action,” designed to…
High school physics students joined with teachers and community members to construct a solar energy system for their school greenhouse—as…
Students in a Community Involvement course focused on sex education met with Planned Parenthood Rhode Island to learn about sex-related…
Tenth graders analyzed the electoral process and its challenges as part of a voter education unit in their Civics classes.…
To learn about their community’s health needs, tenth-graders met with the town manager and fire chief. They found that emergency…
Junior and senior English students brainstormed a broad list of issues and needs of concern to them. Each student then…
Two representatives from the Vermont Department of Agriculture came to the Montpellier High School advanced Spanish class to discuss the…
Each year, high school students participate in a two-day program drug and alcohol awareness program. Put on by local law…