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A BIG WELCOME to everyone from our Fifth Grade Team--Mr. Blessis's Class, Mrs. Plante's Class, and Mr. Baillargeon's class



On this page you will find pictures, video links, and information about our summer learning experience. This work was done by the 5th grade students, and facilitated by the teachers.


 * Community Service Learning**

All of our classes are engaged in a joint Community Service Learning Project through our Hasbro Summer Learning Initiative Watershed Curriculum. There are 3 different types of Service: 1)Direct- working directly for or with people who benefit from their service. 2) Indirect- Providing a service without being directly involved with those being served, or provide a service that benefits the environment or community as a whole. 3) Advocacy: informing the community about the need to help solve a problem and make a difference. Advocacy might also include research, which is gathering and reporting on information, to benefit their community or the public interest.

In Community Service Learning, the first step is to find a problem, then a solution, and then formulate your project. Through students' brainstorming, the problem of plastic in the environment was continually brought up--specifically improperly disposed plastic water bottles polluting the oceans and killing wildlife. This relates closely to our watershed curriculum because all flowing water from storm drains, streams, rivers, etc. winds up in the ocean. One definition of a watershed is "the total land area that contributes runoff to a body of water." -HSLI Curriculum

In response to this problem, the fifth grade embarked on some field work for their community service piece. We went on a walking field trip to Stanley Park in which we filled several trash bags with trash (most of it plastic) that we saw on the way there, and on the grounds of the park itself. We also dedicated time to cleaning and beautification of the grounds of Highland Elementary School. To make the biggest difference possible in the time allotted, we went on an advocacy campaign surrounding the problem of plastic water bottles. We've compiled our research, and advocacy work and put it on this web page. We're sending this link to everyone we know to raise their awareness of the problem, and solutions (such as using tap water, or filtered tap water with reusable bottles). Students also wrote letters to individuals in their community, and created posters with their research. Included below is a video compilation students created about the plastic water bottle problem. We hope our efforts will make a difference for the environment. Please spread the word!


 * VIDEOS **

= IMAGINE and SERVE = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wv_5WI5OwI

= RIP Ocean Pollution and Plastic Water Bottles = @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AtIrRvbFok

= How the oceans can clean themselves: Boyan Slat at TEDxDelft =

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROW9F-c0kIQ

= How Plastic Bottles are Made =

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZcaJMnmAdI


 * 5th Grade Video! **

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= Highland EDventure 2015 Student water bottle videos = = =
 * Student Video! **

@http://youtu.be/QjEGEGujHB4


 * Brainstorming Ideas **


 * Community Service Learning Posters **





Field Trip Photos