
{"id":10647,"date":"2010-05-27T11:15:47","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T19:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=10647"},"modified":"2010-05-27T11:15:47","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T19:15:47","slug":"students-speak-up-at-first-annual-youth-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2010\/05\/27\/students-speak-up-at-first-annual-youth-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Students speak up at first annual youth summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Kate Griesmann<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Staff Writer<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n Carrboro  \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u0153SMART Boards are cool and all, but you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need to have them.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153They are no better than projectors.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n<p>These were just some of the comments on the device that is becoming a popular feature in classrooms these days, made by students gathered for the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Keeping it Green\/Environment\u00e2\u20ac\u009d breakout session offered at the Chapel Hill Youth Council\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s summit, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Speak up! Speak out!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d on May 22.<\/p>\n<p>Session facilitator and Chapel Hill Youth Council member Clara Casabo added SMART Boards to a list of subjects the school system could investigate in order to save money and be more environmentally conscious. Also on the list: air conditioning and heating that can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be controlled by teachers, lights left on overnight, saving paper and greening up cafeterias. <\/p>\n<p>When Casabo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s co-facilitator Daniel Woldorff asked how many people thought SMART Boards were a waste use of school funds, a flood of hands flew up. Only two students thought SMART Boards were a good use of money. <\/p>\n<p>Conversation then turned to how the group of 30 rising eighth-to-11th-graders could make their opinions and concerns known to school, county and state decision makers. That question, in essence, was what \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Speak Up! Speak Out!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the first summit of its kind sponsored by CHYC \u00e2\u20ac\u201c was all about.<\/p>\n<p>The Chapel Hill Youth Council, made up of area high school students, is dedicated to promoting activities, services and projects that benefit area youth. Members, who can attend public, private, home or charter schools, are given opportunities like the youth summit to practice leadership and democracy skills that will help them become involved citizens. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Speak up! Speak out!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was created to let students explore ways to have a positive impact on their community by learning ways to act on their interests and concerns, and be heard. <\/p>\n<p>Other topics covered in breakout groups included sexuality and relationships and teen roles in government. There was a writing workshop, and the summit also included musical performances, poetry readings and a gallery walk. <\/p>\n<p>An adult session, titled \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Allies in Action\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was offered for parents and community members. <\/p>\n<p>Down the hall from Casabo and Woldorff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s session, a large group of students loudly debated ways to reduce racial profiling at school. Next door, three sex educators answered student questions ranging from HIV and STD transmission to ways to discuss safe sex with peers and partners. <\/p>\n<p>A smaller group of students discussed the implications of teaching to the test and responsibility for student apathy: whether it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s that teachers don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t inspire, or that students just don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t care. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153There is responsibility that falls on us as students,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d one participant said, summing up the theme of the summit. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153SMART Boards are cool and all, but you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need to have them.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153They are no better than projectors.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<br \/>\nThese were just some of the comments on the device that is becoming a popular feature in classrooms these days, made by students gathered for the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Keeping it Green\/Environment\u00e2\u20ac\u009d breakout session offered at the Chapel Hill Youth Council\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s summit, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Speak up! 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