Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Flower Power
One of the most popular projects we did included community service and creativity. Students painted flower pots for residents in an assisted living nursing home. Each student added a creative element to make every pot one of a kind. The residents seemed excited about their new gifts as well! Next year, we will be giving these to a different nursing home, where can have students interview residents for our Living History podcasts. 
Service Hours
We ended up having over 2,000 service hours! One of the projects (which was led by the Social Awareness Club) was baking good and creating baskets for Mother's Day at a domestic violence shelter. Here are a few pictures of IMPACT students who participated:
Monday, March 31, 2008
Senator Letter #47
Dear Senator:
I am a student from Borman Middle School. My name is Cameron
I am writing this letter to you for seeing to what you think about
the law abut immigration I am doing it so I can know if you are for
or against immigrants do you think that they should be able to stay
here in the united states or do you think that they should not get free
papers.
I think that the problem for having the illegal immigrants here is that
there are some bad people that are not aloud her and they think that
they can just rule over us but there is people here that are just trying to
let there family live in a safe place and they are just trying to support there family
so the only bad thing abut it is the bad ones but the rest are just trying to get
a life so I think that you should pass the law if you become president
but the ones that are bad one time put it on there record and send them back.
I want you to be able to pass the law because they are good people there
aren't doing anything to us so you should pass the law that immigrants
can stay and get free papers for to stay here in the united states. I think that will be cool if you can try to pass the law for the immigrants to stay as long as they respect our country.
I would like to thank you for reading this letter I think that it is very important
because they need help and I would like to thank you for taking your time to read this letter so I believe that if you read this you would understand thank you for your time I
hope that you would think about this it will be nice. Thank you for your time
Sincerely:
Cameron Bush
I am a student from Borman Middle School. My name is Cameron
I am writing this letter to you for seeing to what you think about
the law abut immigration I am doing it so I can know if you are for
or against immigrants do you think that they should be able to stay
here in the united states or do you think that they should not get free
papers.
I think that the problem for having the illegal immigrants here is that
there are some bad people that are not aloud her and they think that
they can just rule over us but there is people here that are just trying to
let there family live in a safe place and they are just trying to support there family
so the only bad thing abut it is the bad ones but the rest are just trying to get
a life so I think that you should pass the law if you become president
but the ones that are bad one time put it on there record and send them back.
I want you to be able to pass the law because they are good people there
aren't doing anything to us so you should pass the law that immigrants
can stay and get free papers for to stay here in the united states. I think that will be cool if you can try to pass the law for the immigrants to stay as long as they respect our country.
I would like to thank you for reading this letter I think that it is very important
because they need help and I would like to thank you for taking your time to read this letter so I believe that if you read this you would understand thank you for your time I
hope that you would think about this it will be nice. Thank you for your time
Sincerely:
Cameron Bush
Senator Letter #46
Dear Senator:
I'm an 8th grade student that wants to make a difference in someone's life . I am writing this because I want to give the immigrants the right to go to college or university. I believe that every person should have an opportunity to go to college or university if you choose to .Just because they are undocumented people does it mean that they can't get a better education? A lot of high school graduates are ready to go to college or university. The problem is that some of those students get sad to leave high school because they know that they wont be able to go to college or university.
Many immigrants wish they were legal to get a better education by being able to go to college or university. Every year some high school graduates don't get the opportunity to go to college or university because of this situation. That's why the law that my and I chose was about immigrants should have the right to go to college or university. This law will have its ups and downs some are going to be very interesting and others typical. That will probably happen because people all have different opinions and beliefs.
I want you to make my groups law into a real life law. I want you to give the immigrants an opportunity to go to college or university. After the person graduates from college or university they should be able to get a job , but they have to finish college or university to be able to get a job. They should also be treated with the same respect as other students at colleges or universities. They should pay the same amount for college or university like the other students that go there.
I think that this law will work because the immigrants will finally get an opportunity to go to college or university . They could finally prove to the country how much they appreciate them for the law that change their lives. I think that this law will be one of the best things that could happen to a high school graduate that is legal. This will make the country look smarter and nicer than it is right now. More people will have a better life and not suffer as much any more.
Thank you so much for reading my letter I really appreciated. Hopefully you will consider my opinion and make into a law. If you do decide to make into a law I will be very grateful and thankful. Hopefully by reading my letter you will know that many immigrants would love to get an opportunity of going to college or university. Thank you again for reading my letter and please think about my opinion.
Sincerely:
Michelle Moreno
I'm an 8th grade student that wants to make a difference in someone's life . I am writing this because I want to give the immigrants the right to go to college or university. I believe that every person should have an opportunity to go to college or university if you choose to .Just because they are undocumented people does it mean that they can't get a better education? A lot of high school graduates are ready to go to college or university. The problem is that some of those students get sad to leave high school because they know that they wont be able to go to college or university.
Many immigrants wish they were legal to get a better education by being able to go to college or university. Every year some high school graduates don't get the opportunity to go to college or university because of this situation. That's why the law that my and I chose was about immigrants should have the right to go to college or university. This law will have its ups and downs some are going to be very interesting and others typical. That will probably happen because people all have different opinions and beliefs.
I want you to make my groups law into a real life law. I want you to give the immigrants an opportunity to go to college or university. After the person graduates from college or university they should be able to get a job , but they have to finish college or university to be able to get a job. They should also be treated with the same respect as other students at colleges or universities. They should pay the same amount for college or university like the other students that go there.
I think that this law will work because the immigrants will finally get an opportunity to go to college or university . They could finally prove to the country how much they appreciate them for the law that change their lives. I think that this law will be one of the best things that could happen to a high school graduate that is legal. This will make the country look smarter and nicer than it is right now. More people will have a better life and not suffer as much any more.
Thank you so much for reading my letter I really appreciated. Hopefully you will consider my opinion and make into a law. If you do decide to make into a law I will be very grateful and thankful. Hopefully by reading my letter you will know that many immigrants would love to get an opportunity of going to college or university. Thank you again for reading my letter and please think about my opinion.
Sincerely:
Michelle Moreno
Senator Letter #45
Dear Senator:
Our names are Cecelia Gonzalez Anysa Jimenez and Desereye Rodriguez, we go to Frank Borman Middle School, and were in the eighth grade. I'm writing you this because we have written a law that we would like to share with you. The reason we're writing this to you is because we would like you to hear our law and potentially help me pass it. We would very much appreciate it.
We need this law because well teens are getting pregnant and killing the babies because they aren't ready to become a mommy but instead of killing the poor innocent babies they should just give birth and but the babies up for adoption. We think it I super sad to hear about the poor babies dying. Most teen moms either abort their baby or end up killing them themselves and throwing them in the garbage which is not right at all!!! Now a days teen moms are cruel to their kids.This law will stop moms for killing their poor innocent babies. It will save the babies because most moms get an abortion because they don't want their parents to know that they are pregnant because they know that the parents would kill them. So if we pass the law that no one can get an abortion without a parent signature then the moms will think first about what they are doing. We will be saving lives. We will become heroes.
This law will definitely affect the teen moms who get pregnant and want an abortion because they will end up having to tell their parents that they had sex and need to get an abortion so they will need a signature to get it. This will also effect the little babies who are dying because now they will actually get a chance to come into the world maybe if the grandparents aren't so cruel. We think that the law might effect the whole world because there are people all over the world that think that abortion should be illegal that no one can get one, but there are others who believe that abortion is okay.
We would like to thank you for taking the time to read our letter, we know its kind of cheesy but we feel like its an important law. We would very much appreciate it if you would actually consider passing our law. We feel that well like that poor innocent babies shouldn't die just because their moms are scared to tell their parents that they had SEX!!! Thanks so much for your time.
Sincerely:
Anysa Jiminez, Desereye Rodriguez, Cecelia Gonzalez
Our names are Cecelia Gonzalez Anysa Jimenez and Desereye Rodriguez, we go to Frank Borman Middle School, and were in the eighth grade. I'm writing you this because we have written a law that we would like to share with you. The reason we're writing this to you is because we would like you to hear our law and potentially help me pass it. We would very much appreciate it.
We need this law because well teens are getting pregnant and killing the babies because they aren't ready to become a mommy but instead of killing the poor innocent babies they should just give birth and but the babies up for adoption. We think it I super sad to hear about the poor babies dying. Most teen moms either abort their baby or end up killing them themselves and throwing them in the garbage which is not right at all!!! Now a days teen moms are cruel to their kids.This law will stop moms for killing their poor innocent babies. It will save the babies because most moms get an abortion because they don't want their parents to know that they are pregnant because they know that the parents would kill them. So if we pass the law that no one can get an abortion without a parent signature then the moms will think first about what they are doing. We will be saving lives. We will become heroes.
This law will definitely affect the teen moms who get pregnant and want an abortion because they will end up having to tell their parents that they had sex and need to get an abortion so they will need a signature to get it. This will also effect the little babies who are dying because now they will actually get a chance to come into the world maybe if the grandparents aren't so cruel. We think that the law might effect the whole world because there are people all over the world that think that abortion should be illegal that no one can get one, but there are others who believe that abortion is okay.
We would like to thank you for taking the time to read our letter, we know its kind of cheesy but we feel like its an important law. We would very much appreciate it if you would actually consider passing our law. We feel that well like that poor innocent babies shouldn't die just because their moms are scared to tell their parents that they had SEX!!! Thanks so much for your time.
Sincerely:
Anysa Jiminez, Desereye Rodriguez, Cecelia Gonzalez
Senator Letter #44
Dear Senator:
My name is Jackie and I'm 13 years old. I live in Phoenix, Arizona. I am writing to you because of a big problem! Smoking. That's a very bad and nasty habit. I think it should be against the law to have tobacco. All it does is cause problems. There are people dying from cancer which was caused by smoking.
You will see people smoking all the time. It's gross! The smell even makes me want to barf. Do you really want people getting sick because of this? Another thing, it's addicting. It really causes a lot of problems. Plus the smoke flows in the air and makes kids sick. Yes, it's that harmful!
Now all I really want is for you to help out with this. Now I know people are addicted and would do it illegally. So you can just raise the price way higher! No one would buy it after that. So that's a good way to go. It's sad seeing people get cancer and diseases all the time. Some even have to get a tube put into their throat to be able to breath! So please help out.
Well thank you so very much for taking your time to read this letter. I want you to know I really appreciate it. Hopefully you'll keep this is consideration. Well have a great day. Once again thank you for reading this!
Sincerely:
Jackie Cortez
My name is Jackie and I'm 13 years old. I live in Phoenix, Arizona. I am writing to you because of a big problem! Smoking. That's a very bad and nasty habit. I think it should be against the law to have tobacco. All it does is cause problems. There are people dying from cancer which was caused by smoking.
You will see people smoking all the time. It's gross! The smell even makes me want to barf. Do you really want people getting sick because of this? Another thing, it's addicting. It really causes a lot of problems. Plus the smoke flows in the air and makes kids sick. Yes, it's that harmful!
Now all I really want is for you to help out with this. Now I know people are addicted and would do it illegally. So you can just raise the price way higher! No one would buy it after that. So that's a good way to go. It's sad seeing people get cancer and diseases all the time. Some even have to get a tube put into their throat to be able to breath! So please help out.
Well thank you so very much for taking your time to read this letter. I want you to know I really appreciate it. Hopefully you'll keep this is consideration. Well have a great day. Once again thank you for reading this!
Sincerely:
Jackie Cortez
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