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Grade 10 students trade skills for bills
- January 23, 2009
Grade 10 students put their unique skills
to work in Wednesday's All School, garnering bids totalling
more than $800 in their ingenious "Skills Auction".
As part of their fundraising efforts for
their upcoming Week Without Walls trip, the girls offered
up a variety of expertise to the highest bidder; skills auctioned
off included baking, tutoring, locker cleaning and organization,
photography instruction, songwriting and even steel pans lessons.
The auction generated some furious (but good-natured) bidding
wars among both students and teachers, and allowed students
in grade 10 to share their unique interests and talents with
the Linden community.
The money the girls raised in the auction
will help subsidize the cost of their February Week Without
Walls adventure, where they will head up north for three days
of cross-country skiing, dog sledding and other winter activities.
The trip will also educate the girls about off-the-grid living,
as they will be staying at a lodge powered completely by renewable
energy.
Linden student and teacher featured in
Town Crier Education Guide - January 14, 2009
As part of an article on student civic involvement,
Linden student Noa (grade 10) and teacher Andy Ranachan appear
in the Town Crier's Winter 2009 Education and Camps Guide!
In the article, Noa and Andy discuss Linden's involvement
with Student
Vote, a non-profit organization that works with educators
to encourage the democratic involvement of students. To see
the article, click
here (it appears on page 6).
Thanks to Noa and Andy for sharing their
thoughts!
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