STLP
Program
Student Technology Leadership Program
2002-2003
"Let's
Meet on the Net!"
A Finalist in the 2002 Global Junior Challenge in Rome, Italy
Western Fifth
Graders Riga
Latvia Students Upton Fifth Graders
“Ciao, Italy! Sveicina ts, Latvia!
Zdravo, Slovenia! Hola,
Spain! Sveiki, Lithuania! Goddag, Denmark! Nazdar, Czech Republic! Kalimera, Greece! Bom dia,
Portuga! Buna ziua, Romania! Hello, Malta!”
Upton & Western students are excited to be participants in Italians'
Mara Morosini &
Marcella Tinazz's European Kids Project,
that has been selected a finalist in the
2002 Global Junior Challenge in Rome,
Italy! Their project includes a dozen
classes who
have created web pages about
their towns and schools to learn about each other and
foster global friendships. We have become key pals through e-mail. Now we have taped
our school day to video-stream over the
Internet so we can meet each other on the Net!
The students in
Tanja Gvozdeva's classes in Riga, Latvia sent us a video of their school
day! This beautiful postcard
accompanied the video & a nature book from our
European friends. Go to
http://www.hardin.k12.ky.us/video/choosevid.htm
and
click on Let’s Meet on the Net. Compare
classes & subjects taught in Kentucky with those
in
Latvia!
Heifer
Project: Year Three
Activities
Agribusiness Partnerships
STLP Team Writing Letters
The
2002-03 STLP Teams at Upton & Western Elementary in Hardin County, Kentucky
have contacted area farming associations & agribusinesses, inviting them to
become partners in our Heifer Project.
We are grateful to Mr. Dennis Parrett of Cecilia Farm Services, Mr.
Chuck Crutcher & the Hardin County Beef Association, Mr. Benny Simms & the
Hardin County Dairy Association, & Mr. & Mrs. Byron Nelson of Nelson
Dairy Farms, for their wonderful donations to this year’s fund drive.
Friends of STLP
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Mr. Dennis Parrett Cecilia Farm
Services |
Mr. Chuck Crutcher Hardin Co. Beef Association |
Mr. Benny Simms
Hardin Co. Dairy
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Mr. Byron Nelson Nelson Dairy
Farms |
Heartland VideoEuropean to U.S. Video |
Mrs. Judy ArthurKy. Pioneer Descendant |
These
folks were honored as Friends of STLP at the Kentucky Teaching & Learning
Conference held in Louisville, Ky. March 6-8.
Mrs. Stith’s New York cousin, Mrs. Judy Arthur, was recognized for her
HPI contribution in honor of their Kentucky pioneer ancestors. Heartland Video changed Riga’s European
videotape format to American so it could be shown on Hardin County’s
Video-streaming machine.
International
Collaboration with
The
American School In Madrid, Spain
American School of Madrid
STLP Team members & students
at Upton & Western were excited to receive an e-mail from a class
at The American School in Madrid, Spain eager to join our Heifer Project. They
made a CD of Christmas Carols and sold them to raise money for HPI. They have informed us they earned $1,000 for their
Heifer Project! Learn more about their school at http://www.amerschmad.org/120_present.html
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Captain Planet Foundation Grant
Graphic From
http://www.captainplanetfdn.org/
The
mission of the Captain Planet
Foundation is to facilitate and support hands-on environmental projects for
children and young adults 6-18. Its objective is to encourage innovative
programs that empower children to work individually and collectively to solve
environmental problems in their neighborhoods and communities. Grants range
from $250 to $2,500.00. STLP Team
Members have applied for a Captain Planet Foundation Grant to send more flocks
of chickens to hungry families through Heifer Project International.
Upton Days Sales
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Showing the Web Site
Booklet
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Purchasing a
Chicken for a Hungry Child
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STLP Team members volunteered their time during Upton Days to sell booklets and accept donations for this year’s Heifer Project International Fund Drive.
Illinois Collaborators
Beth Jensen's Second Grade Class in Melrose, Illinois has
contacted us about joining in a Heifer Project to battle world hunger. We are excited to communicate with them
about ways to fund HPI farm animals and training for hungry families across the
globe.
Benjamin Grant Application
Working on the
Grant
STLP Team members at Upton & Western
applied for a grant for an HPI gift from the Benjamin Fund, whose objective is
“to fight hatred and bigotry in Hardin County, in the state of
Kentucky, in the United States and even beyond.” They are hoping to expand last year's successful project by doubling the 250 flocks of chickens sent by HPI to families in Afghanistan.
Governor's Volunteer Service Award
Upton & Western 2001-2002 STLP Teams Recognized
by Governor
Upton & Western 2001-2002 STLP Team
members received Certificates of Appreciation from Governor Paul Patton for
their outstanding volunteer service in the Commonwealth of Kentucky by raising
funds to send four goats and 255 flocks of chickens to needy families in 2002
through Heifer Project International.
WAAD Service Video-Conference Participants
Upton
STLP Team members shared information about their schools’ involvement with
Heifer Project International during the We Are All
Different KTLN activity at Elizabethtown
Community College on Dec. 13th.
This 4th video-conference in
the HCTV Diversity Awareness Project concentrated on the
theme
of service, and illustrated different ways to serve others. Vine Grove physician, Dr. Tim
Law,
spoke about his health clinic for the Amish community, while the STLP members
related
how
their classmates had learned about hunger in the world, and had managed to help
citizens of
Third
World nations through Heifer Project International acquire farm animals &
training in their
care,
providing them nutrition & extra income for shelter, clothing, medicine and
education.
Civil
War Research
Illustrating Morgan’s
Christmas Raid
for a KTLN Video-conference
Mrs.
Rigg’s & Ms. Cooper’s classes worked hard on an Illustrated Timeline of
John Hunt
Morgan’s Christmas Raid through Hardin County to
share with students around the
commonwealth in a KTLN video-conference at
Elizabethtown Community College Oct. 25th.
They were the first classes in the state to interact
with staff from the Kentucky History Museum,
sharing Civil War stories from different areas of
Kentucky.
Besides the
Timeline, a representative from the Ky. Military museum shared Civil War era
weapons and drilling procedures. A young girl acted out an eyewitness diary
of events during 4
years of the Civil War in Hopkinsville.
KTLN
Civil War Video-Conference at ECC
Civil War Re-enactors Visit
As a culminating activity to the
students' study of John Hunt Morgan's Christmas Raid
through
Hardin County in 1862-63, Mr. Mike Beumel and fellow re-enactors from the
Orphan Brigade set up camp
in the Upton library Nov. 1 & spent the day teaching Upton students
about a soldier's life in Kentucky during the Civil
War.
Because of their research, the Heritage
Council has promised to erect a marker explaining
Morgan's
journey through Upton to destroy bridges along the L & N Railroad in Hardin
County,
Kentucky.
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Members of the Orphan
Brigade |
Mr. Beumel Explains Saber
Uses |
Mr. Fields Shows Civil War
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Festival of Trees & Lights
The Festival of Trees & Lights Entry
Upton & Western STLP Teams
participated in the 2002 Festival of Trees & Lights held at Louisville
Slugger Field Nov. 22nd thru the 24th. They decorated a tree with packages, candy
canes, and farm animal beany babies to represent their gifts of 265 farm
animals through Heifer Project International.
Their tree and many others, in addition to wreaths and stockings of all
sizes, were for sale in the corridors of Slugger Field. Their tree sold for $90.00. All sales will benefit Kosair Children’s
Hospital programs. Last year the
proceeds funded the Baby Buggy transport vehicle and the Neonatal Intensive
Care Unit.
Farm Animal Orders Benefit Kosair
Programs
STLP Members Deliver Farm Animal Orders
Upton
& Western students fell in love with the toy farm animals from the Kosair
Children’s
Hospital Gift Shop used to decorate the Christmas
tree, so the STLP Teams took $125.00 worth
of orders for them, which raised more money for hospital programs.
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PAST YEARS PROJECTS
To learn about STLP Projects in years past, please
click on a year below.
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