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Middle School Scott Mcclintock Summary

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Scott McClintock chooses Maplewood Richmond Heights Middle school because the garden in this school did so well that they make another garden. So Scott must of think those students in this school like garden so he created a program for students to go outside and explore. He starts by building garden and stuff for students to learn. After that he created a science program for middle school students. He is trying to make students explore outside instead of doing stuff in
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The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter has many unique characters that are all connected with the game of baseball. Tom Gallagher is a just a regular boy who likes to play baseball. He is the one telling the story to us about his baseball team. He makes unlikely friends with different types of people and goes on a lot of adventures.

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*I need a hook Every year, 112 students in Grade 10 students from all corners of Vancouver to take part in the TREK Outdoor Program. During their 5 months On-TREK, the students are taught about the environment, sustainability and survival in the outdoors, giving them the basis for a lifetime of outdoor adventure. By having the unique opportunity to explore the outdoors during school and camp, hike, climb, bike and kayak, the students become more aware on the impact the natural environment has on their daily lives, and will be able to make informed and responsible decisions long after their time in TREK. “I never thought I would feel so connected to the outdoors,” Sarah Korn (10) says, “but TREK has allowed me to be more aware about the effect

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The first way the book turns the concept of “ business as usual” as it relates to teaching, learning, and school communities on its head is how the school is set up and the appearance of the school. The school is located in an old factory. When I was reading about the school, I realized that the school is very different from any other school I have been too. The thing that make this school unique and different, is in the middle of their lobby, they have a big blue slide that they have their students and quests that came to visit their school, slide down. Instead of having a staircase they put a big blue slide.

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First, he thinks that children should be hands on to explore the real world. Another, is that people in some states are making public schools with no buildings. Everything would be outside like field trips to museums, radio stations, etc. to teach students about the real world and learn from it. Contact with adults and to learn from them, like teaching them about their profession and on what they have done in their whole life. Lastly, is to help one another and to teach each other new things and have someone to rely on, and by doing that you are learning too.

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