I don’t normally think about whether or not I’ll be able to get my hands on a decent breakfast every day. I eat the same thing every morning, because it’s always there and right in front of me. Cereal always seems acceptable. Sometimes I’d prefer a pastry or an egg, but I easily take what [...]
Read more...Art and Social Action are teaming up this year with a special commitment to Goal 3: a social awareness which impels to action. A new project for classes Studio 2, Studio 3, and Drawing and Painting, is challenging its students to create in one week a thoughtful, creative, and meaningful response to each of the [...]
Read more...On December 12, 2012, the cafeteria of Stone Ridges was packed with gumdrops, M&Ms, and mounds of icing. Students gathered around tables to construct the finest house out of graham crackers, Twizzlers, and sour gummy bears. The Christmas Gingerbread House Competition was underway, and the scent of endless bowls of candy filled the air. Habitat [...]
Read more...Last year for Social Action, I traveled to charter school Excel Academy Public Charter School for girls in Washington D.C. every other Wednesday. The relatively new school was designed to teach kids in the area who before did not have a chance for a good education or for any at all. There, eighteen juniors, including [...]
Read more...In Washington D.C., I followed my friend to her Social Action site. I drove to the clean, white building of Food and Friends Inc. and entered a fresh and new lobby with a friendly receptionist. She told me that the service mostly happened upstairs and pointed me in the direction. Ready to see the action, [...]
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Eliana Fassihi (2013) guides the freshmen class through the tall glass doors into the welcoming lobby of Sunrise at Fox Hill, an elderly home in Bethesda. Upon arrival she separates her group into smaller sub units, Volley ball, Bingo, or Charades. As the women and men walk past the group, they excitedly and gratefully say [...]
Read more...On Wednesday, September 26, 2012, Stone Ridge had the pleasure of inviting Erin Lauer, a Hunger and Livelihoods Communication Coordinator from Save the Children to speak to our community for our Poverty and Hunger Presentation. Ms. Lauer described poverty and hunger an interrelated, never ending cycle, those who are impoverished cannot afford food and thus [...]
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Olivia Jacocks (2013) runs a tight, but chaotic ship during her Social Action days. Between various discussion groups, coloring, and actual lessons, Jacocks has the freshmen class booked with activities and knowledge surrounding Human Rights. While a relatively new freshmen rotation and an even newer teacher, Jacocks takes the reigns and shows her students what being human [...]
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For her independent Social Action project, Liz Master (’12) spends every other Wednesday going to Learning Ally, an organization that helps people with reading impairments. Tucked away in a nondescript building in Suite 312, Liz spends all day secluded in a booth recording novels, textbooks and other works that are then transcribed onto CD’s and [...]
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The Social Action Leaders are a huge part of the Social Action Program. Every year, a group of Seniors are selected to be Social Action leaders for the incoming Freshman class. They dedicate time during the summer to do research, prepare for class discussions, organize informational trips, and focus on being leaders within the Stone [...]
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