Our activities for Spreading the Word to End the Word at our school!

1. Spread the Word to End the Word week March 1-5, 2010. Our Meet in the Middle group used this week to spread the word about the harmful effects of using the R word.<br />Monday-During morning announcements, it was announced there would be short clips during advisory period and it was recommended to teachers to hold discussions after viewing them.<br />Tuesday- Showed Soeren Palumbo speech at a Special Olympics summit. Students were invited to come and pledge to erase the R word from their vocabulary on Thursday during lunches.<br />Wednesday- TAKS day, bummer, no activities.<br />Thursday- Showed additional clips from the Alaska National Games where athletes shared their feelings about being made fun of. Set up a pledge booth in the cafeteria for kids to come and pledge. <br />Friday- Our teacher, Mr. Bird. was interviewed on the announcements to talk about what happened with the campaign and what more the students can do.<br />We had lots of students, teachers, and administrators come and pledge!<br />We took the names of those that pledged and drew them for prizes from Special Olympics and the Down Syndrome Association of Central Texas. We gave away t-shirts, buttons, pens, folders, calendars, and lots of brochures!<br />We took the little cards we made with the pledge and signature on it and made a giant poster to hang in the cafeteria.<br /> <br />