Community

Planner: Community

Student to Student SOAR sheets

Hoyt Community One way people at Hoyt show a sense of community is by doing nice things for others because they care. When someone picks up a pencil you dropped or holds a door open for you, saying thank you is a polite response to show appreciation. At Hoyt we have something called Student to Student SOAR tickets. Giving one of these to someone says that you recognize that person for SOARing at Hoyt and that they are appreciated as part of this community, the Hoyt community. You could talk about other things that would be examples of politeness in our Hoyt community. -- holding doors open for someone, following any of the S/O, A, R rules, picking something up and returning to the person that dropped it, or throwing trash in the proper place,

Student to Student SOAR ticket Think of something you have witnessed being done by a Hoyt student for another student in this building. We are going to complete a ticket for that student as a thank you for being a fine Hawk here at Hoyt. Pass out the SOAR to SOAR tickets.

Hoyt Students SOAR I caught ___________________Grade Level______________ (First and last name) doing the most awesome thing ever, and I just wanted to let you know. I had to let the whole world know! People like this make Hoyt community a better place one person at a time. Awesome Act Witnessed _________________________________________________ __________________________________ Witness Explain how to complete this…. Kids often do not know others’ last names, or they put their name on the first blank. Grade level is important for distribution. They do not know what witness means, or that their name goes on the line above the word witness and they will write it underneath, job applications could get thrown out for such mistakes. Model an example for them. Complete one for a student or a fellow teacher (peer)

YOUR TURN Collect them and turn them into…. -- remind me (Blanchard) to send an email when I have verified who is going to be responsible for these…. 

Community a group of people who live in the same area (such as a city, town, or neighborhood) a group of people who have the same religion, race, hobbies a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.

Senior Living What do these people have in common? -- Age – live in same building – common history

Des Moines Farmers’ Market What makes this a community. What is the commonality here? – Des Moines – produce – shopping local farmers/producers

Habitat for Humanity What do these people have in common? – Helping others – beutification

Community Pool People from the area, kids go to the same schools, summer break in common,

Des Moines River Walk People from the area enjoying the same activities, music, sports, frequenting the restaurants enjoying the city

Community Housing Initiative What do these people have in common? They want to help their community by helping the people who need it

Enabling Gardens Gardeners/Master gardeners - in common hobbies with plants, creating something nice for the neighborhood, providing experiences for people with disabilities

Volunteering at Homeless Shelter Giving back to those in the community who need assistance

This is a representation of all the neighborhoods with in the city of Des Moines, Des Moines being a community within Iowa,

Reaching out to support those in our community -- This is a picture of Brubaker and Hoyt releasing balloons for a celebration of life of a former student. Supporting the family and one another for the loss of someone in the community.

Hawk Time Notebook/Paper Pencil Name in upper right hand corner Title line - Community

Community How many communities do you belong to? Can there be communities within communities? Talk as a group the possible communities they are part of – neighborhood, sports, school, church, clubs in school out of school, grade level, this advisory class

1 minute: List 3 different communities which you are a part of.

Quilt Block Square: You are going to decorate a piece of card stock that has images/words that represent you as an individual. These squares will be put together in a “class quilt” that represents our Hawk Time class community. These Hawk Time quilts will be put together to represent a grade level community quilt. Those larger grade level quilts will be put together to show our HOYT Middle School community quilt.