Gibbon HAL students complete community service projects
During Gibbon School’s High Ability Learner sponsor Angie Brown’s WIN class, which is composed of High Ability Learners, using the Design Thinking Model, students created projects that solve problems. Two of the groups chose community service. The first group (at right), whose members are, left to right, DaRey Aldaba and Jaxton Swarm, held a class contest to raise money for Children’s Hospital in Omaha. They raised $312.04. The second group (above), whose members were, left to right, Julia Kluever, Andrea Magana, Olivia Piper, Lillyan Schmidt and Katie Flores, conducted two bake sales, which earned over $300. They then contacted Crossroads Mission, the homeless shelter in Kearney, and asked them what items would be of help to them. With list in hand, the girls shopped for the items, delivered them to the shelter, and toured the shelter, learning of its programs. “To say that I am proud of these young people is an understatement,” Mrs. Brown said. (–courtesy photos)
