2/4

What I think about project citizen is that it the best project I did all this year because I get to figth for what I belive in. I think this is the best project becasue I do not have to do what the techer want to do. I like this project just because I want a new school.

I feel that this project is great because the kids get to say we they feel and what they think and that is great because most techer get to tell what the kids got to do and how to do it.


I am really excited because if we get the cps and the cip to build us a new school why we on summer break . We can have more kids becase people be like you not going to that school look at it its old and dirty and out of shape.


I wonder about the cps and the cip I think they do not want to build us a new school becasue they think they already fix it up.

 

2/6

Manuel Pratt

new school
interviewed Rev. Sloss

The person role in the community is locl school cansol

Is this a problem that you think important yes because he think we need to have good lunchroom and computer.

Do you think others in our community belive this is an important?why
grow ups grow upin this school so they think it sould be better.

What policy if any does goverment now have to deal with this problem
he think it is the govment pro blem but not because we black.

What are the advantages of this policy? 80 pecent and of this community is rich.

What are the disadantages of this policy? CIP sould put the money back to byrd.

How might the policy be improved? They need to live race behand.

Does it need to be replaced? keep pushing you get what you want.

what disagreements about this policy if any exist in our community?
Put politcal polity in the feeling.

Where can I or my class get information send a letter to m.soctt.

How can we get put in the newpaper I am going to put them in the newpaper.


I was at the table with Rev.sloss in I interviewed him and I feel like I was a powerful person. I feel like I was a manger of a big time compony. Like I was the manger of a black program like Dr. king but the program Iam in is to fight for a new school but Dr. king fight for every body rights.

Usually in the class i do not feel powerful becuase everybody try to roast on me about my chin. but for the first time i felt porowerful becuase i was interviewing a powerful person. it is agood thing becuase i never did this before. it is differnt kind of school usually kids do not interview grown ups. grownups interveiw grownups. it made me feel like a was big and powerful grownup.

i think the interview will helps us a lot becuase if we get more people to speak they will help us get a new school.

After the interview i started to run aorund and i was getting compliments form the teachers and students. that made me feel that i was the most important person in the class. i wanted to go down and interview mr. gartner the prinicpal becuase i just felt interviewing peoiple. i though i coudl get my grades higher and convince them to get aus a new school. he has like 30% fo the poewer to get us a new school.

we started action plan to interview people like jesse jackson and to get them in newspapoers like chicago defender. i am real excited to see if we can win this back.

 

 

2/9

Manuel Pratt
8:45 phone call

Good morning Rev Sloss
good morning

This is Manuel Pratt from Byrd
I know


We just realized it is no school on thursday
I know its a HOLIDAY


We would like to reschedule for wednesday
Friday 10:00 after reading


Are you going to Bring the magzine people
Have to make room on there schedule


Did you talk to Jesse Jackson
Got to make a school visit


When Rev. Sloss came to Byrd he told us to put pressure on people. Here are his suggestions:
1. Interviewing poeple. This is when you talk to people and get there opinion

2. Petition. A petition is when you get people signature

3. Editoral/Newpaper/Magazines. Is when the you write something to the new paper


4. Docvmentary viode. Make a viode

5.Poll/suruey.garph of the ranking


I like to interview people because you can meet people you never think you can meet.

 

2/13

I think this is going to help us because the more people we get the more power to push them to get a new school.

 

2/17

What is a petition?
Something you get to support something
2. Why are we having people sign our petition?
To get a new school
3. I felt successful with the petition becuase
I got 19 names and and addres
4. The easiest part of the petition was
Hard because I did not reallyno what to right
5. This was easy because
I did not think it was easy at all because it took alot of work
6. The hardest part of the petition was
To go up to people and ask them for there name and addres and tell them way we need it.
7. This was hard because
I had to think alot
8. When I was petitioning, I enjoyed
I enjoyed geting names and walking around
9. I enjoyed it because
I did what I wanted to do in my time
10. When I was petitioning, I disliked
To do what the seaker wanted to do
11. I dislike it because
I want to diffant places
12. My next steps for petitioning are
I don t really know rigth

 

 

 

 

 

 

2/18

1. What is a survey?
A paper that have questions on it
2. Why are we having students and teachers take our survey?
To see if they think we need a new school
3. I felt successful with the survey becuase
We got 10 classes survey back
4. The easiest part of the survey was
Was to type out the survey
5. This was easy because
It took no hard work
6. The hardest part of the survey was
Was I do not know
7. This was hard because
We had to walk around
8. When I doing the survey, I enjoyed
Puting it togather
9. I enjoyed it because
We played alot
10. When I was surveying, I disliked
I dislike nothing
11. I dislike it because
nothing
12. My next steps for surveying are

To get a big time person up to the school

 

2/19

1. STATEMENT: Yesterday Mr. Schultz went to the Board Members of the Constitutional Rights Foundation (CRF) to present the great things Room 405 is doing.
How does this make you feel? Why? It make me feel like I just got a job at Bugerking. Why because Mr. Schultz went to tell the people about us but not us.

2. STATEMENT: The class was successful getting many responses to our school wide survey.
How does this make you feel? Why? I liked it because I got 19 names and addres from the school. I did not like it because we had to listen to the sekper. Why because I wanted to go to a diffent class.

3. STATEMENT: Everyone in the class was supposed to get 125 signatures on the petition to show support. Not everybody has.
How does this make you feel? Why? It make feel like that every body gave It a canges. Why because every body can not get the same numbers as every body elaes

3. What can Room 405 students do to get more signatures on the petition?
To go to a store and ask people can they sanig the from and tell them why.
4. Do you think it is important to continue getting signatures on the petition?
NO because it not about the support it about
5. Now that many classes have returned their surveys, what is the next step?
To get people on the street to take the suvey
6. What do you think the surveys will reveal about the feelings and thoughts about the kids and teachers at Byrd Academy?
I think that every body not doing there best
7. What is going to be a good way to share the results of the survey? With the school? With the community? With the city? With the Board of Education?
To put in the newpaper and on t.v.
8. STATEMENT: Mr. Schultz combined all the students stories into a letter that was hand delivered to Rev. Jesse Jackson yesterday.
How does this make you feel? Why?
I do not feel nothing
9. STATEMENT: Mr. Schultz used the same letter but changed who it was made out to and gave it to all the board members at the CRF meeting yesterday and it was very well received. Some members even want to come to our school based on the invitation from the class. How does this make you feel? Why?
I feei like a bom thats about to figther
10. STATEMENT: One alternative solution to our class policy will be to combine Byrd Academy with another nearby school.
How does this make you feel? Why?
I feel we will lose because I do not know
11. If Byrd got combined with another school, is our fight worth it? Why?
i think it is not worthit becase ido not know
11. I feel that I have been contributing to our cause because I have
Did interviews and got mnames did talk on the phone
12. Our next steps for our action plan should be
I do not know
13. To make this more fun and interesting we should be
Haveing freetime and haveing a break

 

2/24

  1. How many total people took the survey?
    271
    2. How many more girls took the survey than boys?
    37
    3. What was the percent of girls that took the survey?
    55.4
    4. What was the percent of PK students that took the survey?
    6.3
    5. What was the total number of people that feel that the closets and washrooms are the biggest problems at Byrd?
    148
    6. What is the sum of the number of boys that took the survey and the number of people that feel the gym is the biggest problem?
    168
    7. What is the mode (most common answer) to the problems with Byrd?
    lunchroom
    8. What percent of the respondents feel that the school is fixable?
    9.6
    9. What is the percent of the total that were 5th graders who took our survey?
    11.8
    10. Which grade had the most impact on the survey results?
    4 grade 48

 

3/24

Do you realize how brave you are in fighting for what is right. Many adults do not dare voice their opinion but you all took a stand. Please don't give up the fight. Did you know that the civil rights movement in the 1960's was not just led by the adults but by the young people. One group called SNCC- Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee actually helped black people in Mississippi to win the right to vote in their state. Before the young people got involved these people weren't allowed to vote. The members of SNCC taught in a "freedom school" and helped youth and adults learn about their rights as citizens. These young people worked hard and sometimes felt like giving up but they were determined to make a difference and stand up for what was right. So stay strong, young warriors your ancestors would be very proud of you !!!

Cassandra McKay

I think it is just like the civil rigths movement but not lead by adults and kids it is lead by just kids and when we need hlep thats when we call up mr.Schultz. I understand that you is calling us brave just like the civil rigths movement. I say we is brave just by doing what we doing.


When you said that we just like the civil rigths movement that make me feel like if we win or lose that we all are winers but if we win the battle we is more of a winer than we can every be.When you said our ancestors will be proud and in the letter it said keep figthing if we stop figthing do you think our ancestors will be mad.

 

4/8

Room 405-
Your interview and tour went well yesterday. You did a great job dividing roles and taking responsibility. Mr. Delgado was very impressed!

Please copy and paste the following in your journal and respond to the questions. Title your new document 4/8/04. Please write at least one complete sentence for each question.

1. Who did you interview and give a tour to yesterday?
Yesterday we interviewed ... Willie Delgado

2. What was your favorite part of the interview with Mr. Delgado?
My favorite part of the interview was ... When he was talking because he told us about his kid life

3. What was the best thing that he said to the class?
The best thing he said to the class was...He was very impressed

4. Mr. Delgado explained that we all need to be better and different than our parents. What does he mean by this? When some parents try and give up we do not give up

5. Representative Delgado was impressed with Room 405. Why? Some people thing kids in the 5th garde can not do thing like this

6. What is Mr. Delgado's role in the community? Representative of state

7. Do you believe Mr. Delgado when he says there is money for schools? Why or why not?
Yes because the preson we interview befor said it
8. What did Mr. Delgado say about different people moving into the neighborhood and how they should be treated? That evrey body get treated the same

9. After the interview and tour, do you think it is possible to get a new school? Why or why not? Yes because willie delado is going to try get Mr.Duncan to come up to the school

***After you have completed the journal entry make sure to save it then go to the action plan folder and go to shared documents and find the Byrd Pictures iMovie. Watch the movie and then post 'discussion' on it. It may take a while to load.***

 

6/7

How I feel about the school clouesing down is that my fiamly history it feel like my family history is get lock up. I think it not fiar to the grow-ups they get move to another school and looking for jobs. I think that they sould look for jobs for the teachers jobs.


When we started the project citizen I thougth Lets give it a try. After that we started to get on the news and the newspaper and even geting to meet centers and people how work for the state and people how ran for the write house. I learn how the goverment work thats important.


At the end the school is geting took down but we was the olny class in Byrd Academy that try to save the school and I think we sould be happy for that I know I am so look at the brigth side we get to go to a new school where you have a gym a lunch room and a sage. Thats the brigth side to me.