March Letters to the Editor
March 11, 2016
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Where can I submit an ask jethro?
-Anonymous
Reply: You can e-mail Ask Jethro questions to [email protected] . Jethro also checks letters to the editor, so you can submit through the letter to the editor form on this website.
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Good morning.
We would like to link articles in your paper to the growing Prince George’s County Student Press site. This is a new site dedicated to bringing together news from all over Prince George’s County. A blurb from an article would appear at www.pgcsp.org and link back to your online paper. This would empower students and families to read about issues, events, and successes across the system. Our growing site also accepts submissions from students at schools without newspapers and/or journalism programs. Finally, it is also a home for students to submit their original art.
We do hope you would like to link together and help raise the profile of all our students; especially those seeking to explore the world of journalism.
Thank you,
Jason Cook and Colours
Reply: We would love to be involved! We also encourage our readers to check out the website above.
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Dear ERHS Students –
As you are the future of our planet, I want to encourage you to help eliminate the huge trash problems I see everywhere I go. By encouraging others not to litter, sponsoring trash pick-up, and recycling, we can make our community, our school and our world brighter and more beautiful. Sadly, fish and animals eat plastic and sometimes starve because it fills their stomach and they cannot process real food.
I am proud of ERHS and I think you all are the wave of the future. Take a stand against trash and be a part of the solution.
Thank you!!!
Cornelia Randolph, ERHS Parent
Reply: Thank you for the encouragement! We hope to continue reporting on these issues.
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Dear Editor,
This past summer, a local student participated in an ambitious community service program with VISIONS Service Adventures.
Below is a press release that highlights this unique volunteer experience. It could be a great one for your newspaper, or an idea for one of your writers to tackle. I would be happy to help arrange an interview or send photos to accompany a story.
Please feel free to contact me if you have questions or would like more information.
Best regards,
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Note: The following is a press release and not a Raider Review Article.
Corinne Garcia, Communications Director
VISIONS Service Adventures
406.551.4423 | www.visions-service.com
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Corinne Garcia
VISIONS Service Adventures
406-551-4423
www.visions-service.com
Eleanor Roosevelt High School Volunteers in Peru Over 2015 Summer
December 10, 2015 – During the 2015 summer, Danielle Niremberg, a student at Eleanor Roosevelt High School, traveled to Peru with VISIONS Service Adventures, an international community service program for teens. Niremberg, was part of a group of high school students who lived in a neighborhood in Urubamba, a small city at the base of the Andes Mountains, accomplishing community service projects in outlying rural villages.
Alongside local farmers in the rural village of Yanahuara, the teens constructed 250 yards of cement irrigation canals. This was part of a multi-year project by VISIONS and local partners to help rural families irrigate their farms by minimizing the loss of water, a valuable resource in these remote areas. In the village of Chakkuar, the teens also built a brick and mortar kitchen, cafeteria, and bathrooms onto an existing schoolhouse with the help of local workers.
In equal measure with the volunteer work, the experience focused on cross-cultural exchanges and outdoor excursions. The group learned about Peruvian culture during internships with local weavers, beekeepers, potters and other artisans. They also visited historic and popular sites, including the Incan ruins at Machu Picchu, Cusco’s ancient cathedrals and central plaza, and an artisan market on the mountainside of Pisaq.
“The students who attend our programs tend to be interested in trying something new, working with people on hands-on projects, and expanding who they are in some way,” explains Katherine Dayton, VISIONS Executive Director. “While many come with the goal of helping communities that aren’t as well off, participants also end up getting to know the people whose lives they are impacting. The friendships established during the summer include people from the community, as well as other teens and leaders from the group.”
VISIONS Service Adventures has been running high school and middle school volunteer travel experiences since 1989, and is well known for programs that are centered on ambitious projects in a cross-cultural setting. Other locations include Alaska, the British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, Mississippi, Montana Blackfeet Reservation, Montana Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Myanmar (Burma), Dominican Republic, Ecuador & Galapagos, Nicaragua, Peru, and Guadeloupe.
“Each location is unique, but the common thread is that students are accomplishing significant projects and are being part of something bigger,” says Dayton. “They develop resilience and self-confidence, and can come to understand their potential in this world.”
For more information about VISIONS, check out www.visions-service.com, or contact Corinne Garcia at 406-551-4423 or [email protected].
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