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Student Reflects on Impact of AYLP - Bangladesh: Cole Norgaarden, Blake School
May 22nd 2013
Cole Norgaarden, a student with the 2011-2012 Bangladesh cohort, reflects on the unexpected and life-changing lessons from his month-long trip to Asia. Read on for his first-person account of the AYLP experience and how it motivated him to take action on an important environmental issue once back ... Read More
Tips Tuesday - Creating a successful student art festival
Elise Ogden
May 28th 2013After our inaugural MN Media and Arts Festival last week, I have so many thoughts about what to do (and what not to do) in order to put on a successful student art festival. So I feel it is only appropriate that this week’s Tip pass on some of what I learned from this festival. While what I ...
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World Savvy Media & Arts Program Festivals A BIG Success!
World Savvy Admin
May 28th 2013Over the past three weeks, World Savvy has hosted three Media & Arts Festivals, one in each of our three cities, to showcase original art and media created by middle and high school students on the theme of Sustainable Communities. All told, nearly 1400 students participated in this ...
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Photo Friday - Industrious Sponge
World Savvy Admin
May 24th 2013The lost driftwood, out of place. Out of water. On our grass. Broken.And then that patch of grass, surviving, growing strong but weak. The plastic bottle that you may have thrown away last week, now in the gutter.The garbage islands of New York City, Is now the new Statue of Liberty.Who will ...
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