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Kids Around Town (KAT) takes citizenship education across
all subject areas and into your local community! Students and
teachers throughout Pennsylvania use this dynamic, hands-on
approach to learn the skills they need to address real issues
in their schools and neighborhoods.
Find out more about KAT. Our Site
Map can help you get started. |
Excitement and challenge fuel the
2008-2009 school year.
KAT Takes on Community Development
Can teen fashion design propel skills and energy to create a viable retail shop that also serves the community as an intergenerational sewing center?
 Seniors at Germantown High School in Philadelphia think so. Working with artist/educators from Breakfree, students in Ms. Mary Connaghan’s economics/government class combine entrepreneurship with civic improvement.
According to students Frank, Ahmaya and Sharron:
“The kids of the neighborhood are letting people in the community know that they are mature enough to run their own business and want them to think differently of them. We want to get people to change the way they spend so much on name brand things.”
Classmates Shanee and Deitrichs add:
“This project helps the youth to stay off the streets and stay out of trouble. This could be a mentoring program for the young ladies so they could have self-esteem.”
So far, students:
- Have met with City Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller and her staff member, Vernon Price;
- Learned how “Zoning Overlay” went from an idea to become city policy for their district;
- Continue familiarizing themselves with the artistic skills, product applications and entrepreneurial principles taught through Breakfree;
- Initiate early steps in networking among community stakeholders;
- Began drafting the narrative and budget for grant applications.
Here are solid curricular building blocks for what promise to develop into numerous graduation projects as well.
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8th grade KAT class in Philadelphia. Issues:
Violence, Drugs,
Peer Mediation |
KAT middle schoolers address
City Council on smoking bill.
Comments from students |
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KAT Takes on Community Development
Seniors at Germantown High School in Philadelphia tackle the troubled Germantown Avenue business corridor with fashion design. (see description on home page)
KAT Students Testify at City Council
“I think their voices really added to the debate regarding this issue, and provided a great conclusion for the hearing,” noted Derek Green, Esquire, Chief Legislative Aide who helped organize the hearings.
Handbook for Public Leaders!
Mission Necessary: Nurturing the Next Generation in Self-Governance
KAT
provides tips and lessons to reach reluctant
learners & learners with special needs. Preview our
Special Learners Toolbox
Now
available - A 63-page local
resource guide indexed
according to public issues that public citizens may wish to address.
Also don't miss:
Four
students share their thoughts about KAT
Additonal
resource Web sites listed
Teachers!
KAT is a PDE-approved provider under Act 48. Contact
KAT
for more information.
Violence
Prevention Project in South Philadelphia
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