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Education: Peer Partners Program
Imagine the wide-eyed excitement of 26 elementary students as older students from SAMOHI, armed with posters and displays, walked into their classroom. The high school students are prepared to teach about recycling and the choices each person makes every day to help or hurt the environment. The focus is on school lunches and packaging. The high school students give their presentation to a hushed crowd and then ask for questions.
The discussion is lively and older students leave feeling energized and motivated. Comments of the younger children ranged from awe over their new discoveries to the wish to do the same teaching when they get to high school.
Peer Partners trains Santa Monica High School students to give monthly environmental education in-class presentations to ‘partner’ schools - SMASH/John Muir Elementary Schools. The high school students not only become "teachers," but they learn about local environmental issues, present themselves as excellent role models, and develop skills in addressing the public. Peer Partners is often the first time high school students see themselves as positive role models. The older students become mentors and role models for the younger students in profound and significant ways. See Santa Monica Daily Press coverage for 2008 or contact us to learn more.
Last updated: Tuesday, 08/11/2009
The Library Goes Sustainable All Over!
The Santa Monica Library has developed a formidable collection over the last several years on all subjects sustainable. Whether you are a professional or student researcher, or just a parent trying to get through another science project for your child, we have the resources right at your finger tips. Link directly to the
Library's database
and watch the collection grow before your eyes. The
Library
itself is a phenomenal green story.
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