Students at The Chapel School to Lead Service Learning Projects

On Wednesday, May 16, 2018, after Mrs. Kolb’s 1st grade led a worship service about on “Helping Others” and offerings were collected for The Loukoumi Make a Difference Foundation, winners of The Chapel School’s (TCS’s) 2018-2019 "SL2 Contest" were announced.

The finalists included the following individuals/teams:

• "The American Red Cross" by 6th Grader Taylor Adams;
• "Charity Water" by 6th Graders Simone DiNota and Melisssa Donaghy;
• "The Community Fund" by 6th Graders Hunter Denfeld, Will Livingston and Henry Naylon;
• "The ASPCA" by 7th Graders Nicholas Avery, Lucas Passacantando and Matthew Sarcinella;
• "Yes She Can" by 7th Grader Caroline Geba;
• "Feeding America” by Austin Lawless; and,
• "Learning Disabilities Association of America" by 7th Graders Ava Murphy and Molly Bidwell.

And, the three contest winners were 7th Grader Will Tinson for “Save the Children’s Hurricane Maria Children’s Relief Fund”, 6th Graders Julia Arditi and Malia Hernandez for “Project Night Night”, and 6th Graders Iris Behr, Kira Lopez and Brandon Thorne for “The Confetti Fund”.

SL2 is a cross-over initiative between TCS's thriving Service Learning and Student Leadership Programs. Under the guidance of religion teachers Ms. Danielle Gerbosi and Mrs. Joan Kennedy, TCS students created presentations to persuade a panel of judges to select their charitable organization to be the focus of a service learning project and recipient of a month of student offerings. Each proposal included: (a) a project outline/timeline; (b) a marketing plan with slogans, posters and videos to encourage participation; (c) a fundraising plan that extended beyond the weekly offerings; and, (d) an age-appropriate service learning activity for each grade-level team (K-2, 3-5, 6-8).

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