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Citizen Schools at Grady will resume on Jan. 20th. Come back often to this website, as we will update often as we get closer to our relaunch date.
- The National Competition is underway -
Vote for your favorite WOW!s from across the country,
and most importantly,
VOTE FOR GRADY!
If you wish for your child to join Citizen Schools, please fill out an application for the spring semester.
Find an application (uso Español) for the 2009 Spring Semester!
Then download the new Grady Student/Family Handbook.
About Us
Since 1995 Citizen Schools has built a creative and effective learning model that addresses
community needs while building student skills through hands-on experiential learning activities. Citizen Schools operates a National Network of apprenticeship programs
for youth that connects middle school students with adult volunteers in hands-on learning. The campus sites nationwide are located in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Texas. At Citizen Schools, students develop the academic and leadership skills they need to do well in school, get into college, and become leaders in their careers and in their communities.
Our goal is to prepare students for leadership roles in the 21st century. To achieve this goal, Citizen Schools has identified four important objectives for students' success:
- Strengthen academic skills
- Develop personal leadership skills
- Facilitate access to resources
- Build community connections
Our learning model includes Apprenticeships, Explorations, AIM (Homework help), and Team-building Activities. Citizen Schools focuses on skill development such as oral communication and links closely to school activities and learning standards.
Why Citizen Schools?
Citizen Schools has a dramatically more optimistic point of view - based on the exciting results of our unique "apprenticeship" approach that allows kids to learn by doing, and by teaching others, too. Research shows that kids (and adults) learn faster and more deeply from "real-life" experiences that challenge them to be active earners. That's why Citizen Schools students don't just learn how to protect environment spaces - they actually build a camp site that is environmentally friendly. And they don't just take pictures - they create a photo story that expresses their innermost thoughts and feelings. The result is a kind of confidence, self-discipline, and mastery that many children don't find anywhere else. Citizen Schools helps strengthen the community by building strong links between parents and schools, between neighborhoods and institutions, and between kids and adults.
What's more, Citizen Schools turns children into community heroes by teaching them the necessary skills to become leaders in the 21st century. |
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Family Surveys
updated December 15, 2008
December 12, 2008
Dear parents and guardians,
We will have our Fall WOW! Showcase this year on Thursday, December 18th, and an invite is attached for you to review. We sincerely hope that every...
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8th GRADE ACADEMY
8th grade is a crucial year in a child’s education. Research shows academic achievement in eighth grade opens doors to high school success, college attainment, and rewarding careers. While many of their peers struggle, students in Citizen Schools’ 8th Grade Academy learn the skills, build the relationships, and discover the confidence they need to navigate their educations and lives.
This year, the Grady Campus proudly offers 8th Grade Academy to your child. Building on our previous success, we will provide:
- High School and College Visit
- Assistance with Application to High School of Choice
- Leadership Development
- Advanced Lessons
- Working Towards Positive Life Choices
Join us and provide a unique experience which challenges your 8th grader and helps him or her reach their potential!
Link to 8th Grade Acadamy |
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During our daily hour of academic support time, known as AIM — Aspire, Invest, Make the Grade — staff members check students' assignments in their school agendas, and read feedback from their teachers about how they are doing in a given subject. Citizen Schools Team Leaders serve as academic coaches, providing:
- Time, space, resources, and tools to complete assignments
- Coaching by peers and Team Leader to ensure students complete homework correctly
- Opportunities to review and practice essential skills, including those taught during Learning Labs or 8th Grade Academy lessons
- Support for increased self-direction in students' learning
- Structures that maximize and encourage effective effort from every student, thus promoting culture of achievement
Link to AIM: Aspire, Invest, Make the grade |
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Citizen Schools Fall Apprenticeships are well underway - we have
approached our 5th week!
Our On-Going Apprenticeships:
- Build-A-Bike with CT Ben Gibson
- Feed Me Better with TL Ms. Charlene
- Nobody's Perfect with CT Delara
Aubon
- Guitar Slingin' with TL Mr. Patrick
- Who Want's to Be A Millionaire? with
CTs from Smith Barney
- Hands on Banking with CTs from Wells
Fargo
- Getting Involved with TF Ms. Melissa
- Poetry Slam! with CT Cedric Ary aka Brother
Said
- Say It With Pics! with TL Mr. Jason
- HTML 2 U with TF Ms. Megan
- Dorm Room 101 with CT and former TL
Brian Chavez
- 8GA with TL Ms. Adrienne
- Both Feed Me Better and Poetry Slam
Apprenticeships will be entered into a nation-wide competition
We have tentatively scheduled the WOW! for Dec.
16th at 6:30pm.
Link to Fall Apprenticeships |
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Dear Parents,
I hope that you all had a great thanksgiving. As the end of the semester approaches, we at Citizen Schools are starting to prepare for this semester's WOW showcase. The WOW showcase is a time were the children can show and discuss everything that they have learnt this year during their apprenticeships.
In order for this event to run smoothly we would like some volunteers to help us set up before the showcase and to help during the event.
The WOW showcase is on Thursday December 18th starting at 6:15pm ending around 8:00pm.
If any of can help on this day, please email me back or call the office at 713-625-1422.
Thank you,
Melissa Dunkley
Teaching Fellow/Grady MS
Citizen Schools
5215 San Felipe
Houston, TX. 77056
713.625.1422 office
melissadunkley@citizenschools.org
Citizen Schools @ Grady MS:
http://classjump.com/citizenschoolsatgrady/index.php
www.citizenschools.org
Educating Youth, Strengthening Communities
A parent's first stop for information Citizen Schools at Grady. Here, you can find information on current events, etc.
All necessary documents (applications, permission forms, fliers, etc.) will be stored here.
Link to Parent's Corner |
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Welcome to the Staff Page. Match faces to the names of your Citizen Schools Team Leaders, Teaching Fellows and Campus Directors.
Back Row: Megan Quinn, Adrienne Thomas, Jason Dawkins, Karen Sweet-Angel
Front Row: Pat Solomon, Melissa Dunkley, Patrick Waters, Charlene
Iroanya
Link to Staff Page |
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Family Surveys
posted on December 15, 2008 |
Check Out the New Photos!
posted on December 15, 2008 |
Get Your Grady Book Cover!
posted on December 15, 2008 |
Updated Photo Albums!
posted on December 15, 2008 |
Continued Opportunites to Serve!
posted on December 15, 2008 |
Superhero University Lock In
posted on December 15, 2008 |
Calling All Parents!
posted on December 15, 2008 |
Join Us For Lights On After School & A Dessert Potluck!
posted on December 15, 2008 |
Dance, Dance, Revolution!
posted on December 15, 2008 |
Teacher Appreciation Breakfast
posted on December 15, 2008 |
Parent University: High School of Choice Night
posted on December 15, 2008 |
WOW! Kids Invest
posted on December 15, 2008 |
Friday Exploration & Spring Start Date News
posted on December 15, 2008 |
Rebuilding Houston Photo Album Uploaded
posted on November 3, 2008 |
Upcoming Events
posted on August 20, 2008 |
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