Contributing+to+Society

Apply world-wide issues to the Sandymount community to teach students about social justice and empathy.
 * Contributing to Society**

1. Green school initiative: saving the environment: recycle, reusing (composting), raising awareness of the need to contribute as part of the world-wide society. Share information with other classrooms in other schools. 2. Collection of items for the Needy by students and faculty. Students had to share information with other classes to the entire school. Students created advertising and promotional materials in media. 3. W-Munk- both on its own and to share information about Green school initiatives 4. Toys for Tots, food collections during the holidays (and other times), PBJ club, food donation "admission" to both winter and spring concert, as hunger knows no season. 5. Pennies for Peace 6. Katrina relief 7.Book collection to benefit Baltimore City Schools 8. Sales of WMUNK collection benefitted the Technology Fund- student directed, student produced 9. Memorial Day program to honor Veterans and encourage patriotism

Possible initiatives for the future: 1. is it a possibility to encourage parents to donate to something like the Heifer Project in lieu of teacher gifts? 2. In what ways can out of date or unused school materials be shared with less fortunate populations? (like Sandy Zebal collected for Nicaragua) 3. Freecycle usage to gather school materials 4. More "Eat Locally" initiatives- can we use the compost to begin to generate our own Kitchen Garden?