School Visits to New Orleans Area Schools
The Alliance
is pleased to offer the opportunity for attendees to visit 3 schools in the New Orleans area on Monday June 23rd or Tuesday June
24th. The following is
each school's information and instructions on how to reserve a seat on the
shuttle.
School visit information:
All school visits
will take place on Monday June 23rd
or Tuesday June 24th
- Complimentary
shuttles to Samuel J. Green Charter School;
Martin Luther
King Charter
School; and Andrew Wilson
Charter School.
- Shuttle space is
limited and on a first-come, first-serve
basis. Attendees planning on
visiting a school are asked to RESERVE A SEAT on the shuttle. To do so, please email at natlcharterconf@continue.uoregon.edu
or 800-280-6218. BE SURE to mention what school you want to visit in your email!
- Complimentary shuttles
will leave from the Morial
Convention Center (Hall A
entrance) and will drop attendees off at the Convention Center after the
visit.
SCHOOLS
Dr. Martin
Luther King Charter School
DATE: Monday June 23 2008
Shuttle departure: 8am; Shuttle returns: noon
School description: The school was the first to re-open in the Lower 9th Ward
after Hurricane Katrina. Its mission is
to create and maintain an orderly, trusting environment where teaching and
learning are innovative and exciting; where students are taught to read, write,
compute, and think critically according to their fullest potential. The school visit will begin with a tour of
the Lower 9th Ward. After,
attendees will visit the school, and have an opportunity for question and
answers.
Andrew
Wilson Charter
School
DATE: Monday June 23 2008
Shuttle departure: 8am; Shuttle returns: noon
School description: The school aims to rebuild the Broadmoor neighborhood, hit hard by
Katrina, with a world-class school at its center. Andrew
Wilson Charter
School focuses on student
achievement and its highly qualified teachers offer students a comprehensive
curriculum that includes the arts, music, and physical education. In a joint venture with the Broadmoor Charter
School Board, the school is committed to its students and the neighborhood it
serves.
Samuel
J. Green
Charter School
- Edible School Yard Project
DATE: Tuesday June 24 2008
Shuttle departure: 8am, Shuttle returns: noon
School description: The mission of Edible Schoolyard New Orleans (ESY NOLA) is to create
and sustain an expansive organic garden on the public school campus of Samuel J. Green Charter
School in New Orleans. The Edible Schoolyard is
integrating organic gardening and fresh seasonal cooking into the school's
curriculum, culture and food programs. It involves students in all aspects of
farming the garden-along with preparing, serving and eating the food-as a means
of awakening their senses and encouraging awareness and appreciation of the transformative
values of nourishment, community, and stewardship of the land. After the tour, attendees will have an
opportunity for question and answers.
General Questions?
If you have any questions
regarding the school visits, please contact Veria Samaroo at veriavs@gmail.com or 954-481-8960.
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