Making a difference in the world is more than a hot topic at Salisbury Academy: It's an all-in passion for positive change. Over the past three weeks, middle school students have pondered, identified and formed plans to solve world problems in their weekly Discovery Labs.
The question being asked: How do we springboard from our school's local community outreach to make an impact on larger global struggles?
Issues chosen by students range from environmental issues to hunger to medical needs and have brought about innovative and highly practical solutions. Yet these discussions are made so much more powerful when students are given the opportunity to walk in another's shoes, to see the world through another perspective.
"When students can look at a problem or need from the perspective of another, then they can begin to generate ideas and creatively solve problems from a totally different viewpoint," said Heather Coulter, curriculum coordinator for Salisbury Academy.
To gain this perspective, students visited the Compassion Experience this week. There, students journeyed through one of two children's stories of overcoming extreme poverty and lack of opportunity to become successful, healthy individuals.
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