Wednesday, December 19, 2007

What if...

...high school students made captioned fly-by tours on Google Earth of the Erie Canal, the Oregon Trail, or the Transcontinental Railroad for use in elementary and middle school classroom?

...each varsity team had a student videographer to provide coaching footage, create music videos, and produce game footage to be shown next-day on the school video network?

...Seniors in study halls produced podcasts of science labs or important lessons for substitute teachers or tutors to use?

...teachers sent vocabulary lists to WACS so that some words might be incorporated into daily announcements?

...English 12 students had invitation-only access to their teacher’s class blog so that they might respond and build upon each other’s guided comments about the novel they are reading in class?

...all the library books read this semester featured summary shelf-notes (like at Barnes & Noble) written by recent readers?

...alumni visited in a series of convocations to share their you-can-get-there-from-here perspective on travel, community service, careers, avocations, colleges, etc?

...social studies classes provided guest-appearance current events to WACS broadcasts?

...clubs, activities, and teams held monthly “teas” in the library to share goals, purposes, accomplishments and thanks with neighbors in the community?

...Seniors in study hall researched and created ACS Hall of Fame posters / displays / videos / murals?

...each department produced a segment of the legendary “all of the above” lunchtime quiz show for a once-a-month auditorium-packed “live broadcast?”
What if I was to tell you I’m ready to put my money where my mouth is to contribute the energy, expertise, and enthusiasm necessary to make any of these dreams become shared realities for ACS?
Well, I am. What’s your dream?

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