Students Leave on Pulitzer DC Trip Sunday |
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The Pulitzer Center in the World Security Institute on Massachusetts Avenue, NW in Washington, D.C. Students will have two workshops there with Pulitzer staff members and then do field work interviewing people in DC. To see more of the area, click here. |
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This Sunday, winners of the Pulitzer / Civitas essay contest (click here to read essays) are going to Washington, DC with chaperones (Kristen Collins from Parkway West, Kelly Moore from Soldan and Arthur Lieber and Bobbi Clemons from Civitas). Also going on the trip is Civitas intern Allison Reed, sophomore at Washington University and graduate of Rosati-Kain High School. We will return on Tuesday, July 14, just before the first pitch of the All-Star game.
Student will spend two mornings working with the Pulitzer staff in honing their journalistic skills. They will also be developing enhanced strategies for the Global Gateway program to work even more effectively with participating schools.
To access all information on the trip including e-mails that have been sent to students and parents, click here.
Below is the list of students going as well as our schedule of events. We will write-ups on the trip following our return. |
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| Sunday morning, July 12 | Leave St. Louis for Washington, DC | | Sunday afternoon | Arrive at Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. Chill | | Sunday evening | Cookout at Jon & Kem Sawyers' (Jon is director of Pulitzer Center) | | | | Monday morning, July 13 | Workshop #1 at Pulitzer Center | | Monday early afternoon | Meet with Fred Goldberg, former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service | | Monday late afternoon | Work on individual projects while on Washington Mall; free time to visit museums, etc. on the Mall | | Monday evening | Potomac Cruise from Georgetown (DC) to Alexandria, VA (Old Town). Dinner in Old Town | | | | Tuesday early morning, July 14 | Visit to Newseum | | Tuesday late morning | Workshop #2 at Pulitzer Center | | Tuesday early afternoon | Lunch and continuation of Workshop #2 at Pulitzer Center | | Tuesday late afternoon and early evening | Leave Washington, DC for St. Louis | | |
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Students Going on Trip
| Hope Bretscher | Parkway West, 2011 | | Niki Esser | Nerinx Hall, 2011 | | Kelsi Feltz | Lindbergh, 2010 | | Marc Fernan | S.L.U.H., 2011 | | Rosemary Howell | St. Joseph's, 2010 | | Olivia Huddleston-Boatman | Metro, 2012 | | Haroon Ikram | Soldan, 2009 | | Sonya McCanna | Nerinx Hall, 2011 | | Claire Meyer | Nerinx Hall, 2010 | | Harold Norman | Soldan, 2010 | | Martha Orlet | Nerinx Hall, 2011 | | Maria Sanchez | Nerinx Hall, 2012 | | Gulmakai Zulmai | Soldan, 2009 |
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CCC: Civitas-Collinsville Collaboration |
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The letter 'C' is wild ... collaboration with the City of Collinsville; the Collinsville Connection; Collinsville High School and Civitas was the word of last evening. Thirteen high school and college students met with teachers and public officials to discuss collaboration. We had dinner and Grapes and Olives Restaurant on Main Street in Collinsville.
We will be planning some exciting activities for the Fall; our goal is to link the efforts towards active citizenship happening in Collinsville with those sponsored by Civitas. Thanks to Melissa Leavy, Mark Schusky, Barbara Lindauer, Jed Robbins, Joe Rule, and Mackenzie for all their help on the Collinsville side. |
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Response to Civitas Survey on Economy
Thanks so much to Dan Duffy for another thoughtful and insightful response to the results of the survey on the economy that Civitas published last week. Click here for Dan's comments. |
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Upcoming Civitas Events
Black: High School Blue: Middle School |
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Date | Time | Place | Activity | Sun.
07/12/2009 -
Tues.,
07/14/2009 | All-day | Washington, DC | Pulitzer Ambassador Trip
to Washington, DC | Sat.,
09/05/2009 | 9:00 AM -
11:00 AM | T.B.A. | 2009-10 Discussion #1 |
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What's Civitas? See video below: |
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Maria Sanchez (Nerinx Hall, 2012), on 2009 Urban Go-Team |
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Civitas simulation on "Carefully Getting out
of Iraq"
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Civitas: Some Bull; Some Bias
Hopefully not too much self-serving promotion. |
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