Making a Difference: Jellico Pride

Today the members of this class are forming groups [of 4] to discuss our community.  For the purpose of this project, we will consider Jellico as our community -- even if we are in smaller communities such as Elk Valley, Newcomb, Stinking Creek, Eagan, White Oak, Indian Mountain or "1804".

Get in individual groups based on the community you have chose -- there must be 4 (or fewer) people in your group.  Write "Making a Difference: Jellico Pride" at the top of a sheet of binder paper and the names of all group members participating.  Underline the name of the "recorder" (the person writing down the ideas; they will receive extra credit.

Part I: On the front of this paper write:  "Positive Things About Our Community" and then begin a list of good things.  It could be places to go, things to see, the kind of people, or whatever.

Part II: On the back of this paper, write the heading "How Can We Make Things Better?"  Next, make two columns 1, "Things One Person Can Do" and 2, "Things a Group Could Do".  Now start a list for each side for real things we can do to make positive change.

Part III: On the front of a new piece of paper, write:  "Positive Things About Jellico High School."  Think of good classes, good teachers, good staff members, foods, sports, or whatever else you think is a good thing.

Part IV: On the back of the paper, label it: "Things That Would Make JHS Better".  List things that we could change here to make our school a better place to be.  This isn't a "hit list", so if you want to call out teachers or staff, do so respectfully and use specific things they could do better.  Think of classes you would like to take, things that would make the facilities better, changes in our rules, etc.  Be proactive and think of real things that we could implement.