Microgrant Presentation – Sharita Ware

Name: Sharita Ware
Project Category: Service Learning Project
Project Description: Participate in 2019-20 First Lego League Team challenge to find a way to make our city a better place; work with Purdue University’s GERI (gifted and talented) program to develop a citizenship course.
Teaching Subject: Engineering and Technology Education

Issues Addressed: Service learning; Enrichment classes; Interdisciplinary projects; After school programs.
Topic: Service- learning
Rationale: Helping our students to see the world beyond their individual wants and needs. This generation of students have been labeled “consumers,” taking from the environment and the people around them rather than giving and serving. The rationale for both projects was for the kids to have fun while learning and giving back to their communities in meaningful ways. First Lego League and Purdue University’s GERI enrichment classes provide great resources and opportunities for students. These interdisciplinary after school projects support numerous educational standards.

• Students taught: 200 per semester
• Student demographics: Asian 1.6%, Black 0.7%, Hispanic 9.4%, White 84%, Multiracial 4%

• Medium-sized school
• Rural
• Traditional public school
• Enrolled students: 530
•  Demographics
  • Free/Reduced lunch percentage: 64.1%
  • Racial profile:
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      Source:https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=1811340&ID=181134001825