Students Discuss
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Over twenty students gathered last Saturday, presumably to discuss health care, the threat of swine flu, etc. This exceptionally bright group turned the conversation into a dialogue about the conflicts between protecting individual liberties and advancing the common good. You can see two minutes of the discussion by:
- Viewing two-minute video by Gloria Bilchik. Click here.
- Students answer, "What do you think is the world's biggest problem?" (3 min; 20 sec.) Click here.
- For more photos from Saturday discussion group, click here.
- To see photos of students at out Friday Night movie, "Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?" click here.
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- Pulitzer Global Gateway on
FOOD: Insecurity
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The Pulitzer Global Gateway project on FOOD: Insecurity begins in eight days (Wed., Sept. 30). Journalists Fred de Sam Lazaro and Sharon Schmickle are coming to St. Louis to share the experiences and insight into the pressing problem of global hunger. Here is key information for you:
There will be an assembly open to the public on Thursday, Oct. 1 at Nerinx Hall High School (address and map) from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM. All interested students, teachers, parents, and interested citizens are invited to attend. |
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- Field Trip: Methane to Megawatts
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ActiveCitizen360 is sponsoring a field trip on Saturday, October 3 (9:00 AM - 11:30 AM) to the Fred Weber Quarry and Landfill to see Trash being converted to Methane being converted to Megawatts.
You can check out two videos below for more information:
Special thanks to Christine Marshall of John Burroughs School for bringing this resource to our attention and Genevieve Bodnar, environmental manager at Fred Weber for sharing her knowledge and resources with us.
You must register in advance for this field trip. To sign up, click here. We should advise you that there is a limit of twelve students for the trip and thirteen are signed up. However, we will confirm the first twelve who complete and submit permission forms. You can access the forms by clicking here and then on the permission form on the top-right corner of that page.
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Upcoming Civitas Events
Black: High School Blue: Middle School |
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Date | Time | Place | Activity | Wed., 09/30 -
Fri., 10/02 | Varies | Varies | Pulitzer Global Gateway
on FOOD: Insecurity | Sat.,
10/03/2009 | 9:00 AM -
11:30 AM | Maryland Hts., MO
(map) | Field Trip: Methane to Megawatts | Mon.,
10/12/2009 | 4:00 PM
5:00 PM | Richmond Hts
Comm. Ctr. (map) | Middle School Teacher
Meeting #2 | Sat.,
Oct. 17, 2009 | 9:00 AM -
11:00 AM | Crossroads (map) | High School Country Draft for
Nov. 21 Model U.N. Also, workshop
on being a model U.N. delegate
(country list) |
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What's Civitas? See video below: |
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Video of July, 2009 Trip to Washington, DC by Civitas-Pulitzer Ambassadors
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Civitas Urban Go-Team, June, 2009 |
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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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