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Paper Clips

Expression in Art and Written Word
Sponsored by the
Council on Educational Equity and Inclusion

WHAT

An opportunity for students to articulate their responses to seeing the video Paper Clips through art and written word.

WHY

1. To align our work with the District’s core belief and commitment to our diverse student body and workforce;
2. To help eliminate the achievement gap by offering opportunities for discussion, greater awareness and skill-building around our differences.  The goal is to foster respect for—and celebration of—our diversity; and to promote cultural unity, individual growth, classroom and workplace harmony;
3. To formalize the District’s equity and diversity efforts through its Council on Educational Equity and Inclusion and set a clear course of putting policy into practice; and
4. To help create a climate of appreciation for differences among our students and staff.

WHO

Any interested student in middle and high school.

HOW

Integrated Art instructors and/or Language Arts/Social Studies Instructors will receive, through the Principals of participating schools, a copy of the video Paper Clips to be shown to their students.  Students will have an opportunity to discuss the film with classmates under the guidance of their teachers.  Students will be invited to participate in the project by creating a work of art or written piece as an expression of their responses to the video.  Detailed information, including submission date, general logistics, eligibility criteria of work, and other specifics are included in this packet.

WHEN

To be presented to Integrated Art Instructors and/or Language Arts/Social Studies Instructors in the beginning of the 2007-08 school year.  A workshop will be scheduled for participating instructors to give them guidance on classroom presentation.  Students will have until October 31 to submit their work for pre-screening at the school level. 

Ten (10) students’ work will be selected through a random/lottery drawing.  Final selections will be announced by early January 2008.  Tentative plans to include the work of all entrants in a book to be compiled by Duval County Public Schools are also being considered.

The ten (10) entrants selected through the random drawing/lottery (along with one adult family member and one of the student’s teachers) will be awarded a trip to Washington, D.C. to visit the Holocaust Museum.  Jay Stein has very generously offered to provide the funding for this award.  The trip to Washington, D.C. is likely to take place during the month of April, when Holocaust commemorative activities generally take place.

COMMITMENT

• Dedicating the month of September for watching the video and engaging in classroom discussion
   

• Allowing students time to work on their projects so that all work can be submitted by October 31 for pre-screening at the school level
   

• Providing guidance and support to students throughout the three-month period

• Gathering completed work and delivering it to the Department of Integrated Arts/Visual Arts Department on the sixth (6^th) floor, Room 606, of the School Board Building by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 16, 2007

SUPPORT

The Council on Educational Equity and Inclusion, its Steering Committee members, and the District’s counseling staff will provide support and guidance to participating schools throughout the course of the project.

List of Participating Schools