Invisible Children In Uganda

Auburn students set out to attend Invisible Children program in San Diego

AUBURN, Mass - Several years ago, the Auburn High School founded a club for students interested in learning more about and contributing to the Invisible Children in northern Uganda. Invisible Children, a nonprofit organization was founded in the spring of 2003, when three young filmmakers traveled to Africa in search of a story. The filmmakers from Southern California discovered the tragic realities of northern Uganda -- where children trained as soldiers are both the weapons and the victims.

The documentary "Invisible Children: Rough Cut, " was originally show to friends and family but has now been seen by millions of people all over the world—including the Auburn High School.

This year, AHS successfully raised $5,746 for the Invisible Children Program “Schools for Schools" . Money raised will help to re-build schools in war-torn areas of northern Uganda and establish radio towers in the Eastern Congo. The towers will be used to alert remote communities of an impending threat of attack by rebel forces.

The "Schools for Schools" program raised more than $1,144,174 this year with help from 1,162 participating schools from across the country.

As a result of the fundraising success, Christina Mills and Lydia Grek will attend a student summit next week in San Diego. Although this is not a school sponsored trip, students who are able to attend will bring their knowledge and leadership experience back to AHS for future projects.

Upon entering their senior year, both girls will have the opportunity to spend four days at University of San Diego with 650 students from across the nation. Mills and Grek will attend a variety of leadership workshops with special guest speakers to discuss the Invisible Children program.

Grek said she was encouraged by her siblings to join the Invisible Children club.

“My sisters were both in it. I really believe in helping kids in Africa who can’t help themselves,” she said.

The emotional documentary also inspired both students to volunteer.

“There is so much going on in the world, I thought, what can I do to help out?” Mills said. This will be her first trip across the country to California.

Both students anticipate the trip will provide them will valuable information they can pass onto their peers in the upcoming school year.

New teaching methods in action - Invisible Children

New teaching methods in action

Today I had a great experience with one of my partner teachers, Sister Josephine, from Sacred Heart School.  At the conference that we had recently, we talked about some active learning strategies and ideas.

One of the activities we did at the conference was a chance to free-write about what “home” means to each of us.  Then we underlined key words or phrases, and in a group, combined those phrases to make a collective poem about home.  The activity went extremely well, and it was incredible to share the idea of home with Ugandan and American teachers.  One of my partner teachers, Sister Josephine, was in my group, and I could tell she got a lot out of the activity.  Today, she brought up the activity, and decided we could have the students do a free-write about “friendship.”

As we introduced the activity to the class, they were apprehensive.  The students are so used to lectures and taking notes.  I had to explain what a free-write was, and with a little encouragement, the students began to write.  It was most likely the first time they ever had a teacher tell them not to worry about spelling or grammar or answering correctly —just to put their thoughts on the page.  I then had them count off by six and break into groups.  It was their first time doing group work.  They all shared what they had underlined and created a collaborative friendship poem.  Sister Josephine and I circulated around the room while they worked.  Then each group shared their poems with the class, and they were great!

After they shared their poems, Sister Josephine explained the point of the exercise.  She told them that writing is easier than they think, and that no matter the topic, they can put their thoughts on a piece of paper.  The students said that the lesson helped them learn about working in a social setting, about how easy writing poetry can be, and about how they can share and express their thoughts.

It was so awesome to see students, who are in the equivalent to 10th grade, doing group work and collaborative work for the first time.  I hope to work more with them on this during my time here, and  am so glad that Sister Josephine is so excited and accepting of new classroom practices – I am very lucky to be working with her.

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