Global+Issues

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 * //Activities are planned and implemented for the school community to promote global awareness and appreciation. //**
 * //Conversation: What are the goals/priorities? What can we share? //**
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 * Most people wanted to see about integrating global education in the lower school and/or raise awareness for their students about global issues **


 * Christina runs a new program with her students called "Women Speaking up for Women" -- Her students would be great speakers ** : )

Facilitator - Dave Rogowski Scribe - Lori Saltveit

(Dave) Why do we want to teach about Global Issues?

(Patrice) It's hard to teach about global issues because there are a lot of problems here (USA) so why should we focus on others? (Heidi) - With domestic problems we tend to turn inwards (Joan) - We are so proud of our individualism -- global ed will help us get over that

(?) we must look at the humanitarian side of it on the elementary level the struggle is putting a face to "who the aid or help is going to"

(?) our schools are schools of choice despite our good intentions with financial aid for some

(Lori) - Tony Blair Faith Foundation - Face to Faith is the middle school and high school program [] Click on Face to Faith and then click on Register

Speakers in class is sometimes too much of a disconnect because difficult for making true reflection

Sounds like Omaha and St. Louis have access to Mosque, Temple etc.

Talked about the exchange program -- seems like finding the host family is the most challenging -- making sure that host family gets education like handy tips like how sharing happens - handbook from network using Best Practices from Didi's school and their experiences -the other issue is students keeping up with their own classes when exchange is 5/6 weeks or if curriculum is so different -- Breakout session this afternoon will hopefully address this -schools that do exchange have an Exchange Coordinator???

Kitty suggested that we come up with a list of things that we need. Utilize an expert or person with experience from a Network school who can start and manage (stipend would be nice) 1. Global Speakers 2. Ideas for lower school to incorporate global issues 3. International book club 4. handbook for families who are going to host a student from another school 5. Travel to schools to Sacred Heart schools in the US. 6. School Cafeteria ideas (vegetarian for week, local food a week, guest with an ethnic focus) 7. A Network school exchange coordinator (US and International) 8. A more formal pen pal project. 9. UN internship program part of Network Summer opportunities. 10. Start a "Network Craigslist" for what do you have AND what do you need -- exchange, pen pals, -- Call it Sophie's List : ) 11. Survey (google survey) Network staff and faculty and RSCJ for their expertise for speaker opportunities. Video-conferencing, Skype, Video library of talks like Ted Talks.

Conversation sparked the question, "Why don't we actually collaborate or engage with other Sacred Heart school in our country"

Joan would love to have UN internship publicized - 6 week program in the summer in NY - include this in Network summer opportunities. (16 year old and up)

__Speakers (some of these are free, others charge a fee)__ Michael Pollan - lives in Berkeley Helene Gale - Atlanta, GA or Washington DC Mark Manary - St. Louis, Wash U Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Holocaust Survivors (Eastern Europe, Sudan, IISTL.org - spe IRC - International Rescue Committee Dr. Paul Farmer

Speakers are good for the one shot deal. Enlist students to film all of these things, "you don't know what you know until you teach it"

Caroline Zoba - traveled to Uganada this summer and taught at St. Bernadette's. She has a presentation and gave offer a virtual presentation. She and I will work on making that possible.

We (Sacred Heart Network) are so unique in having all of our schools, why not market it better? It is such a great opportunity.

Present: Catherine Lipka ll Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, Bethesda., Marylandl [clipka@stoneridgeschool.org] Patricia Baldini ll. Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart! Bethesda, Maryland [pbaldini@stoneridgeschool.org] Ninette Reis ll. Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart. Bethesda, Maryland. [pbaldini@stoneridgeschool.org]
 * ashley || melius || rosary || 2nd || amelius@ashrosary.org ||
 * kitty || mattesky || rosary || 6th || kmattesky@ashrosary.org ||
 * scott || roos || stuart hall hs || Latin, Activities || scott.roos@sacredsf.org ||
 * Rachael || Denny || convent of the sacred heart || English || racahel.denny@sacredsf.org ||
 * Nicole || Tarullo || Carrollton || Math || ntarullo@carrollton.org ||
 * Kristina || Sundstrom || Bryn Mawr || English || ksundstrom@cdssh.org ||
 * Dave || Rogowski || Barat Academy || Global Issues || dmrogowski@barateagles.org ||
 * Caroline || Zoba || CES || 3rd || caroline.zoba@sacredsf.org ||
 * Dale || Ziegler || Sheridan Rd || French 3- 5 || daleA.ziegler@shschicago.org ||
 * Didi || Noelker || Villa Duchesne || biolgy/ap bio || dnoelker@vdoh.org ||
 * Tim || Hellmann || Villa Duchesne || Theology || thellmann@vdoh.org ||
 * Heidi || Reinhart || Duchesne-Omaha || History || hreinhart@duchesneacademy.org ||
 * Lori || Saltveit || Stuart Hall HS || Technology, Global Ed. || lori.saltveit@sacredsf.org