Student Corner
Students are also involved in community outreach programs outside of Calvert. News about this involvement will be posted here throughout the year.
Calvert Launches its Komen Team!
Mark your calendar. On October 19th You Can Make A Difference!
We want you to join Calvert School on Sunday, October 19th so you can be among the anticipated 35,000 people who will participate in the 2008 Komen Maryland Race for the Cure held in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Your help will help support the Komen promise of saving lives and ending breast cancer forever by empowering people, ensuring quality for all and energizing science to find the cures.
New this year, the middle school students will participate in a t-shirt design contest. The winning design will be placed on our very own Calvert Race for the Cure long sleeve t-shirts. If you are interested in purchasing one, please send $10 to Mary Alice Lears by September 29th.
To register, click here. Please let us know if you have any questions.
6th Grade Ties Outreach to Echo Hill Trip
The 6th grade is in full preparation mode for the upcoming trip to Echo Hill Outdoor School. The entire 6th grade will be departing from Calvert MS on Monday, October 13 at 8:30ish in the morning and returning by dismissal on Friday, October 17. At Parents' Night on Monday, September 22, we will offer an informational session on Echo Hill to all of our 6th grade families.
The Outreach Program in the 6th grade is directly tied to the Echo Hill experience. To quote Mr. Ewen, the 6th grade Science teacher and Community Outreach Liaison, "I don't think there's another single event that will absorb so much of the students' time this year. We should take the time before and after the trip to make it as meaningful as possible."
A basic framework of the Outreach component is below:
Several themes reveal themselves through the Echo Hill experience. Each theme will become a topic of discussion during Community Outreach time on Wednesdays from 11:00-11:30. Advisors will introduce the theme, take questions, and to make expectations clear.
Themes in no particular order:
1. Skills
2. The Chesapeake Bay
3. Swamps and Ponds
4. Adventure
5. Camp Life
6. Community
6th grade teachers planto use these themes as a lens through which to focus their instruction. After we return, advisors will use Community Outreach time to reflect upon these themes and to compile the data and ideas the students have collected. Our hope is we can identify trends that can be useful in the respective classroom settings, create some fantastic presentation ideas, and really show the 9th and 10th agers how engaging the 6th grade can be.
Quite a few teachers will be joining the students at Echo Hill and everyone is hoping for beautiful weather! Stay tuned for more information and for some insight into the Echo Hill program, check out the Echo Hill website.
7th Grade to put on Mock Election in Middle School
It is Mock Election Time!! The 7th grade Outreach Program, lead by Mrs. Marlowe, is focusing on the upcoming election. Over the course of the next two months, the 7th graders will educate the entire MS community on party issues as they relate to education, the economy, foreign policy, and energy. The students will also introduce the candidates and present speeches. The ‘candidates' will also debate some hot button topics at one of our Monday assemblies.
One of the highlights of the program will be a visit on Wednesday, October 8 from The League of Women Voters, who will discuss the electoral process and the importance of exercising our right to vote.
On October 30, all MS students will vote in the Mock Election and the winner will be announced later that day. The students can then follow the election on November 4 understanding more about the candidates, their positions, and most importantly, the process of electing a new president.
