Service Learning and EmpowermentMillikan Middle School Sherman, California A year and an half ago, Millikan Middle School held a retreat for parents, students, teachers, administrators, and agency staff to explore the potential partnership between service learning and family involvement. Service learning is an innovative educational strategy where students learn their curriculum by implementing meaningful community projects. Students investigate and reflect upon social issues to develop a project that matches community needs. They implement the project and then evaluate their experience and the impact the project had on the community. For Millikan Middle School, service learning became an ideal partnership program between students, teachers, and the Family Center program. More... Matt Oppenheim, Service Learning Coordinator (818) 908-5017 Type 6 | Middle Grades | Character Education and Service Learning |
Service Learning and EmpowermentMillikan Middle School Sherman, California A year and an half ago, Millikan Middle School held a retreat for parents, students, teachers, administrators, and agency staff to explore the potential partnership between service learning and family involvement. Service learning is an innovative educational strategy where students learn their curriculum by implementing meaningful community projects. Students investigate and reflect upon social issues to develop a project that matches community needs. They implement the project and then evaluate their experience and the impact the project had on the community. For Millikan Middle School, service learning became an ideal partnership program between students, teachers, and the Family Center program. More... Matt Oppenheim, Service Learning Coordinator (818) 908-5017 Type 6 | Middle Grades | Character Education and Service Learning |