"Our life is a gift, our character is our choice."

- Duane Hodgin 

Mosaic Service Projects

Students planned their school and community projects based on a need.  The projects included:

• Manchester High School students were "Big Brothers" or "Big Sisters" to elementary school students who were learning English. First the high school students were pen pals with the elementary school students. Students from the high school traveled to the elementary school to work with the students.
• Parish Hill High School presented a “Diversity Day” for the seventh grade in May. Students began the day with ice breakers and food from a variety of nations. Students participated in multi-cultural hands-on activities. The Diversity Club sponsored an assembly with Gabriel Deng who is one of the lost boys of Sudan. Students are raising money for a school that Deng is building in his village
• Students at Ellis Tech were paired with a seventh grade from the local intermediate school. They met once a month and were involved in team building activities as well as discussing issues effecting students today (ex: bullying, harassment, home issues, etc.)
• Students from Windham Technical High School continued the service learning project Lemons and Limes. They presented the activity to students at Windham Middle School and Maple Street School and Center Road School in Vernon. In addition, students facilitated training for their peers from Ellis Tech, Windham High School and Parish Hill High School at a Mosaic field experience. In addition, Mosaic students from Windham Tech collaborated with the GSA to plan and organize the
  events for the National Day of Silence on April 25th. Over 117 students registered to remain silent through out the school day as a means of protesting the silence faced by targets of sexual, racial, religious or ethnic discrimination.
• Students at Windham High School focused on the issue of literacy in Windham/Willimantic, with one group focusing on childhood literacy and one focusing on adolescent literacy.
  
  

• Diversity Day PowerPoint from Parish Hill High School
• PHS and the Kids at SHS Powerpoint (2007) from Plainfield High School
• The Lemons Activity Windham Technical High School