2006 Loy Norrix High School Partnership Project
August 2006:
- 4 Oneworld contacted Tisha Pankop, the journalism and English teacher at Loy Norrix High School
- Ms. Pankop was searching for a topic for the February issue of the student newspaper, Knight Life, and became interested in the 4 Oneworld Partnership Project.
September 2006:
- Enthusiastic Loy Norrix students agreed to choose Uganda, St. Kizito and 4 Oneworld as the focus for their February issue of Knight Life.
- Cameras and letters were sent to St. Kizito to begin the communication project.
November
- Members of the 4 Oneworld Education Committee gave a presentation to Loy Norrix students to educate them about 4oneworld, St. Kizito and Uganda and the Partnership Project.
- Loy Norrix students received letters and photos from St. Kizito. The pen-pal relationship had begun.
- 70 Loy Norrix students watched Invisible Children, a documentary about the horrific lives of child soldiers forced to fight in the civil war being waged in Northern Uganda.
Results of 4 Oneworld's Partnership Project with Loy Norrix to date:
- The school Key Club made and sold pins decorated with the colors of the Ugandan flag, to donate funds to 4 Oneworld.
- The Peace Jam group raised fund for 4 Oneworld by holding a bake sale.
- Senior, Jessica Carey-Webb, made a donation to 4Oneworld in lieu of receiving Christmas presents.
- Loy Norrix students are eagerly awaiting letters from their pen-pals. With internet expected at St. Kizito in spring 2007, the correspondence will increase.
Encouraged by the partnership with Loy Norrix, the education committee will continue to involve local students in 4 Oneworld projects.
