As a contributor and an editor of Impelled to Act, I was fortunate enough to work with an eclectic group of people this past year. I worked mostly from campus doing quick interviews here and there with people on campus or off campus (by phone) in mornings. In the afternoon, I would transcribe these interviews [...]
Read more...For the Social Action 2012 year, I spent my time exploring the various independent sites Stone Ridge offers. What started out as a simple journal assignment quickly turned into an informative and exciting mission. Each week I went to a new site and had the amazing opportunity to learn about unique projects, and see 4th [...]
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Days End Farm, a horse rescue and rehabilitation facility in Woodbine, Maryland, is a new Social Action site for the 2011-2012 school year. Established in 1989, as a small non-profit shelter with the mission “to ensure quality care and treatment of horse thorough intervention, education and outreach”, it has now become a national rescue 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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For her independent Social Action site, Caroline Shook ‘12 wanted to return back to her roots and give back to the school that gave her so much. Every other Wednesday, Caroline goes to her old school, St. Jane de Chantal, and volunteers in the Resource Center. There, Caroline helps students in kindergarten through eighth grade [...]
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This morning, Susan Conway, Student Mobilization Program Manager at International Justice Mission, spoke to the Upper School about the organization and their efforts to end modern slavery around the world. Her powerful speech inspired Stone Ridge students to take a stand on the issue of human trafficking, which is the third largest criminal industry in [...]
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Transportation is a necessity in all parts of the world. Without it, work would be done at a slower rate, with more difficulty, or not even at all. In some communities in foreign countries, access to affordable methods of transportation, including bicycles, is much more difficult than in the United States. But what if there [...]
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Stone Ridge Middle Schoolers share what Social Action means to them. (View transcript) The five Sacred Heart goals are essential to education at Stone Ridge. These goals are incorporated into our education on the first day of school and are often carried out throughout the year. However, Goal Three of the Sacred Heart, a “social [...]
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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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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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