Friday, November 20, 2009

Students support community through Social Responsibility


By Jessica Zamarron and Karina Mendez

Social Responsibility is a class where students help out the community. The first thing we did was clean the Waldo property. We were divided into groups of 2-4 and we cleaned the school grounds. We all did a good job. Personally we think we picked up 10-15 lbs. of trash.

The month of October was D.V.A. (Domestic Violence Awareness month). We listened to a presentation about a woman named Carolyn Thomas who got beat up by her boyfriend and he almost killed her. He also killed his ex-girlfriend's mom. He shot Carolyn Thomas in the face and she had to eat from a tube attached to her stomach.

The pictures showed her and how she had to eat from the tube. Also one of the pictures showed her face and how it looks like it's melting. Now she helps women who have been hurt by their husbands or boyfriends. We also used the purple ribbons to represent the bruises.

We also go to the retirement center called Four Seasons. We play games, read books, and more. We like to visit them because they only see each other every day and don't get to go out. We also adopted a Street (Lansing Avenue). We picked the street so we can clean it.

If you are interested in being in Social Responsibility then please contact Mrs. Renfro in Room 204 or e-mail her at larout_jillian@salkeiz.k12.or.us

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