October 23, 2009 08:36 am
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Seventh-grade students at Cooperstown
Middle School were recently taken to a variety
of locations such as Glimmerglass State Park,
the cemetery in Fly Creek, The Fly Creek
Historical Association building and the Clark
Sports Center for a hands-on opportunity to
work together and help out their community.
The seventh-grade teaching staff has been
incorporating a Community Service Day each
year for several years. The day out in the ``realworld,’’
provided the students with an
opportunity to see how they can make a
difference, even at a young age.
``Students often hear of giving back and
helping out, but might not know of a specific
way they could make this happen, or even
believe they could make a difference,’’ said
seventh-grade math teacher Deborah Miller.
``Community Service Day not only enables them
to help for a day, but also gives them some
concrete ways to go out and make a difference
as a young person.’’
Every little effort can help and we are glad
the seventh-grade teaching staff at CCS is
instilling this in our young generation. Getting
the students involved in community service at
a young age will only make our future
generations more willing to provide a helping hand
and be better people as they grow up. You
may not be able to teach an old dog new tricks,
but teaching good behavior at a young age will
hopefully stay with them for years to come.
Miller said many of the sites, such as the
Clark Sports Center adventure trails are places
the students utilize themselves, which is
another good reason to bring the students there
to help give back and return some sweat equity
and hopefully become more inspired to care for
these places in their community.
Seventh-grade teacher John Brotherton said
the event also gives students an idea of what it
is like to help others without getting some sort
of compensation for it.
Lesson well taught, now hopefully it continues
to be practiced.
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