(And, I have to say, I got in a massive tangle over the question about knowing their birth parents at the beginning of the book - the girl I'd chosen to put through the wringer knew her mum but not her read my mind - I was going to link to that too! It's a truly great test that - provided you read the instructions carefully - lets you develop your character/plot even as you take it. What that person has failed to understand is that individual traits alone cannot be good or bad (rather like eating healthily), and that there are some circumstances that make so-called Mary-Sue traits more acceptable - for example, if they lived in a world where hybrids were very common. One of my MCs is in danger of being a Mary-Sue because she owns a (cheap) leather jacket, is modest, and dares to share my religious views. Health classes hear annually from MINDS, Mental Illness Needs Discussion Sessions.That quiz did make me laugh. Last year our Diversity Committee conducted a letter writing campaign on behalf of the Jena Six. Our GSA created a Chain of Remembrance that hangs in the Commons with staff and student signatures to show that bullying and harassment will not be tolerated.
Amnesty International promotes awareness and action for causes like AIDS empidemic in Africa. Sheila Brice,Community Service Organizerįrench, Japanese and Spanish Clubs encourage global competency through competition and trips There will be a “Talk Back” section so students can ask questions of the cast. One of our seniors, Alicia Thomas, is in the cast. This year Mosaic Youth Theater’s “Speak for Yourself” will perform at our assemblies. Martin Luther King Assembly is a decades tradition that features a video “the Faces of Groves” and options for Community Service projects. Paul Van ErmenĮxperiential Learning Center Our annual Dr. It is a great achievement of past and current faculty and students that has a 17 year tradition that continues to promote awareness and communication skills. The Multicultural Retreat is a highlight of our activity calendar each year. Visit “our house” at Fred Procter, PrincipalĪnnual Multicutural Retreat brings 15 teens and 10 staff together to spend a weekend together off campus getting to know one another. Groves High School, home of the Falcons, takes great pride in our high expectations for achievement, our diversity, our acceptantance of differering perspectives and our students ability to expand their point of view. Mission Statement : To Celebrate diversity, tear down barriers, and rise by lifting others.
Who inspires you? What connections do you need to make in order to carry on Martin Luther King's legacy in your community?įor more information on participating in ALL IN! in your school, visit Advisor : Shelia Brice Investigate the contributions made by one of the people or groups that worked with or inspired Martin Luther King.
He lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott after Claudette Colvin and later (more famously) Rosa Parks refused to give up seats to white bus passengers. He was counseled by civil rights leaders like Bayard Rustin, an activist who fought for racial equality as well as lgbt equality. He worked with the American Friends Service Committee to travel to India and study Ghandi's principles of nonviolent resistance. King made important community connections. Martin Luther King may be the best known figure of the American Civil Rights movement, but he understood the importance of community, and he did not do his work alone. What is your dream for your community? What needs to happen to make your school, neighborhood and city closer to that dream? In his most famous speech, King described his dream for America. King focused the nation's eyes on civil rights by working tirelessly to end oppression through nonviolent means, becoming the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.ġ. Today America celebrates the life and legacy of civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr. Whether or not you are part of an ALL IN! student group, we encourage you to visit this blog each day for ways that you can make a difference on your own or with others!īefore we can move forward to build more inclusive schools and communities, we first need to look back and find inspiration from the leaders who came before us, and the barriers that they fought to overcome. To kick-off these activities, each day this week our blog will feature a new topic for discussion, reflection and action. Over the next several days, student groups across metro Detroit will be surveying their peers to find out who feels "in" and who doesn't at their school, hosting dialogue sessions with other students and reporting what they find to school administration.