DATE AIRED: Thursday, May 16, 2019
DURATION: 90 Minutes
ABSTRACT:
WE Day Connect is an interactive, online event for students and educators to come together and celebrate acts of volunteerism and showcase how local youth, schools and community groups act locally and globally to make a difference. WE Day Connect features celebrity and special guests and is an action-packed program that brings the power of WE Day to schools everywhere.
SCHOOLS:
WE Day Connect will feature real-life stories of students, their teachers and the impact they have made in their communities. Here is a preview of some of the schools and teachers in the spotlight.
Pine Grove Public School, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
This all-female group of Grade 7 students is using their new coding skills to build an educational app to promote inclusive language and are creating videos to raise awareness about different types of disabilities or barriers people face. The videos and app prompt the user to take actions and earn rewards through incentives.
Woodlake Elementary School, Sacramento, CA, United States
Fondly called the “Tolerance Kids”, these students support a local shelter for homeless teens by donating their time as well as snacks, blankets and care packages. With many living across from a well-known charity, Loaves and Fishes, and too often living in shelters themselves, the students fully understand what it is like to be homeless.
Brazil Secondary School, Trinidad and Tobago
This year, Brazil Secondary School participated in a WE Global Classroom event highlighting CNN's #MyFreedomDay. Focusing on the issue of child labor, students carried out a highly effective awareness campaign that included creating a tunnel of informational posters for students to reflect on as they walked through, as well as a traditional dance flash mob in the school courtyard.
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