September is Basic Education & Literacy Month! ๐๐
One goal of Rotary is to strengthen the capacity of communities to support basic education and literacy, reduce gender disparity in education & increase adult literacy.
#ServiceAboveSelf#ServeToChangeLives
Make time each week, and sometimes each day, to take the focus off our mortal lives and ponder something bigger. https://t.co/DZ2hFh4omo via @bluezones
When I was a building principal, we had a group of boys who were consistently getting office referrals during lunch for aggressive and disruptive behaviors. In the past, these behaviors had led to increasingly severe consequences that did not reduce the negative behaviors (and caused some students to be sent home and to miss instruction). I sat down with the group and we worked together to come up with a plan on what to do during lunch. One of the boys asked if we could start a knitting club, since his Auntie had recently taught him how to knit. Since he was a leader of the group, the other boys agreed. I asked them to come back tomorrow with some ideas of what to knit. The next day one of the boys said that he wanted to knit little hats for the preemies at the hospital, since his little cousin was there and that a nurse mentioned that they had run out of the little hats. The boys knitted daily and we delivered the hats to the hospital. We received many heartfelt thank you notes from families, nurses and doctors (and even an in-person visit with a personal thank you and cookies from a newborn's mom). This group continued to grow as did our ability to create knitted hats for preemies. This became a huge success for the participating students. There was significant improvement in the studentsโ behavior, attitude, achievement, and attendance. It is so important to think outside of the box for โwin-winโ solutions. It really isnโt the WHAT you do that is important, it is the WHY you are doing it! Our knitting group become a team, family, and community.
#maslowbeforebloom
Get inspired and see how the past inspired artists of today. Check out these seven contemporary artists and their historical influences. https://t.co/otEJeiAUVV
We are providing $1Billion for arts and music education through voter supported Prop 28. Met today with the CA Arts Council and Create CA to commemorate a summit to insure all students get access to arts and music education.
@toniehrler @ogcancerpatient I donโt either. Iโm a stage 3c bc survivor. The lifelong side effects altered my life, my career, itโs difficult to celebrate. I also lose friends to the same disease who were once declared โ curedโ , found at an early stage. The pink culture sexualizes and profits as we suffer.