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In the beginning of the year there was no doubt that I was excited for this program, and excited for the learning to come. I definitely did not realize how much work it takes to complete this course, […]

What’s the story is a learning experience like no other, and is a great opportunity for teenagers to get involved with the real world. I often feel like learning inside a classroom you don’t get how important […]

Wow! That day went by very quickly,and my team and I learned so much about interviewing and Winooski’s ELL program (like I said in my earlier post I only got to go to Winooski).

The day was set up so that some […]

Interview date: 1/10/17 3:30

Coming into the Interview:

One of the hardest parts about preparing before the interview was getting the media kit. I did not have the first interview on my team, so I did not […]

Today my group and I are going to Winooski and Burlington schools, to have a full day of interviewing! Our group planned on going to Burlington and Winooski together all in one day. We did this because, we all […]

I came into this retreat  very excited about the progress that my team and I could have. I had a larger understanding of what it was going to be like since we have done on in November. I knew that I was going to […]

This week my team and I were reaching out to 2-3 people that we were interested in hearing their information about our topic. I contacted two people this week Judy Scott (former director of the Vermont refugee […]

I did 2 different things this week; I talked to my parents about cultural communications in schools, and I looked at some different resources we had.

Our group decided to talk to people around us to get a sense […]

During the November retreat I decided to change topics from the Vermont Opioid Epidemic to cultural Communications in schools. Before the retreat I had not really herd about this issue. I was reading Erin’s blogs […]

Sadly, I came in late on Saturday. I missed most of the pitches, so when I get here I was pretty nervous to present. I had not seen any of the presentations so I did not know what to expect. When I started seeing […]

“In a single sentence, describe the change you are seeking.
In a single sentence, describe the audience you will be targeting?
One a scale of zero to ten, how passionate are you about your topic (zero: […]

Economy, society, family bonds, child care, unemployment and many other things are effected by a big over-arching problem in our country and our state in particular. The opioid epidemic.

What first inspired me […]