Service Learning 2006-2007

"Prospect Sierra Service Learning 2006-2007: Caring for People and Places" - Quicktime Video of the presentation!

June, 2007

To view our Green Projects Gallery, click here.

8th Grade Service Learning at Eco Village

It's hard to reject hope and Eco Village Farm Center in Richmond offers just that ~ hope.  It is a small rural place with fruit trees, bees, and farm animals in an area better known for a tough urban life and oil refineries.  On September 12, shortly after school started, Prospect Sierra's new 8th graders packed their lunches, garden tools and hats and headed for the farm.  They worked throughout the day in the hot sun; pulling weeds, preparing garden beds, cleaning out animal pens, herding goats and clearing ivy from the creekbeds.  At the end of the day, the concrete results of their efforts were apparent.  Our larger hope is that they will further Eco Village founder, Shyaam Shabaka's vision of providing a place for kids in Richmond to learn about environmental and social justice issues and develop the skills for doing something about them.

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Service Learning in the News 2005-2006

"Little by Little" - Prospect Sierra Students in Tanzania

December 5, 2005

"The Little Green Schoolhouse" - CAIS Fall 2005

Fall, 2005

Hurricane Katrina

Be sure to click the photo to see more pictures of our holiday party for our Katrina families!

December, 2005

Work Party Photos

Prospect Sierra families renovate and furnish apartments for hurricane victims.

September, 2005

Service Learning in the News 2004-2005

"Stop! In the Name of Earth!" a mini movie of the skit by our 4th graders! (6 MB Quicktime Movie)

Stop! In the Name of Earth! Know What Your Planet's Worth!

As part of their Service Learning Program activities this year, the 4th graders brought recycling efforts to a new level at the Tapscott campus. 

Honoring their hard work – and the work of previous fourth grades in getting the program started – Prospect Sierra will be awarded the Grand Prize by the West Contra Costa Integrated Waste Management Facility at the West County Earth Day celebration on April 23, 2005.  Congratulations!  And thank you for protecting our planet!

April, 2005

Kids That Help Kids

Below are links to several recent news stories which describe our school's support for the Center for the Education of the Infant Deaf. We are, of course, very proud of the work of the third grade teachers, students, and parents who took on this project with such heart and enthusiasm.

San Francisco Chronicle, January 20, 2005

The Daily Californian, January 20, 2005

Contra Costa Times (Hills Newspapers), January 21, 2005

Kids That Help Kids

Posted on February 10, 2005

"Service Learning at Prospect Sierra" - presented November, 2004. (Note: This file is 21 MB and will take a while to load.)

November, 2004