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== =**Welcome to the Community Culture Club 2011-2012**=
 * Teens for Jeans 2012 - January 16th to February 12th**
 * [|Teens for Jeans Details]**
 * [|Teens for Jeans]**

Members: November 17, 2011 Create Survey on marketing and what to sell Lanyards, wristbands Festival of Trees for different cultures Courtney - Mexico Robbie - Lebanon Angelique - Ecuador or Puerto Rico Taylor - Canada Toan - Lybia Jawed - France Ask Mr. C about using the kitchen.
 * Meg || Robbie || Jawed || Taylor || Angelique ||
 * Toan || Courtney || Shannon ||  ||   ||

PEACE CLUB MEMBERS PLEASE REMEMBER TO GET YOUR PERMISSION SLIPS IN FOR THE BLITZ BUILD WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2011.

CULTURAL FAIR IS RESCHEDULED TO MAY 16TH PERIOD 5. PLEASE HAVE POSTERS, MUSIC, SCAVENGER HUNT QUESTIONS ETC. COMPLETED.

RAFFLE - SEND THANK YOU NOTES TO CHICOPEE SAVINGS BANK.

CULTURAL FAIR - THURSDAY, APRIL 28TH DURING 5TH PERIOD -ARE WE PREPARED???? PLEASE REMEMBER TO SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS BY 4/26.

Here are the questions we have so far:

1. What controversial ethnic minority mainly lives in Turkey and parts of Iraq, Iran and Syria? (Sana) 2. What is the name of the spring festival that happens every year in Pakistan? ( Zainab) 3, What holiday do we celebrate in honor of our ancestors who have passed away? (Christian) 4. What country's name mean "hidden" or "remote land?" (Alissa) 5. What are three countries that border Vietnam? ( Chomiak) 6. Who is the current president of Cote d'Ivoire? (Chomiak) 7. Which 6 million French-speaking city is less that 8 hours away from Chicopee by car? (Chomiak) 8. What is the flower of Puerto Rico? (Victor) 9. What are Italy's two microstates? Due to these two attractions, what does Italy have the most of in all of Europe? (Tia)

= Still need questions from Ashley, Karla. =

=HABITAT FOR HUMANITY - BLITZ BUILD - WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2011 FROM 8AM TO 2PM.= QUINCY ST. SPRINGFIELD, MA =__ TUESDAY~ MARCH 29, 2011 __=
 * = CRITERIA FOR CULTURAL POSTER BOARD! =
 * 1) FLAG (WHAT DO THE COLORS REPRESENT?)
 * 2) POPULATION
 * 3) PRESIDENT
 * 4) SIZE
 * 5) LOCATION
 * 6) CAPITAL
 * 7) IMPORTANT MONUMENTS
 * 8) UNIQUENESS (WHATS SOMETHING COOL ABOUT YOUR COUNTRY?)
 * 9) SPECIAL HOLIDAYS
 * 10) RELIGION
 * 11) YEAR FOUNDED
 * 12) MEANING OF NAME OF THE COUNTRY
 * 13) LANGUAGE *HELLO WELCOME TO..*
 * 14) NATIONAL ANTHEM
 * 15) MOTTO
 * 16) CD NATIONAL ANTHEM
 * 17) UNDERSTANDING ON CULTURE
 * 18) DATING/MARRIAGE CUSTOMS
 * 19) CURRENCY
 * 20) TOURIST ATTRACTIONS / FAMOUS PEOPLE!
 * 21) AND FUN FACTS!

=**// LOOK UNDER AT PURPLE FOR MORE INFO ON UPCOMING ACTIVITIES AND IMPORTANT DATES! //**= Wow. You guys have really blown us away. In just 4 weeks we collected **542,411** pairs of jeans for homeless teens all across the US and Canada. || = HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SPEAKER NICOLE WILLIAMSON presentation on Tuesday, April 5th at 2:30. = = Quilt Squares - Do we still want to do this? = = E. Longmeadow High School Environmental Club invitation = The Guest Speaker for the Green Convention will be Massachusetts' Secretary of Energy, Rick Sullivan!
 * = HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SPEAKER NICOLE WILLIAMSON NEXT TUESDAY!! =
 * = WE ARE SELLING FLOWERS AT "DANCING WITH THE TEACHERS ON APRIL 7. CANCELED =
 * ===WE DID IT- OUR ONE MILLIONTH PAIR OF JEANS!===

Hello this is Azi Akpan from East Longmeadow High School's Environmental Club inviting you, your club, and other lovers of nature to the first annual Western Mass Green Convention hosted at our school next month, April 14th. An invitation has been recently sent to your school providing details of this event, but to provide you more time to respond, we are emailing you as well. This Green Convention will be a fresh spark to new connections and relationships involving high school students who share a mutual love for the environment in addition to make a firm statement to all of our towns about our commitment to our cause. Since we would like to include participating schools on our First Annual Green Convention shirts, we ask that you provide details of how many people are attending the event from your school by Monday, March 28, 2011 (responses via email preferred to our club advisor, Mrs. Mary Jane McMahon at [|mmcmahon@eastlongmeadowma.gov]). With this email I have included a copy of the official invitation and application form through an attached file. It is okay if we don't receive your fee for participation ($10 per person) via mail by March 28th as long as we have received your application by the deadline, but we must have the money well in advance to cover the expenses.

Feel free to email me at this address or Mrs. McMahon if you have any additional questions.

Thank you so much and I hope that you will be seeing us April 14th :) NEW DATE: CULTURAL FAIR -TOUR OF THE WORLD- Thursday, April 28th, period 5 all lunches.

World Language Classes and Social Studies Classes will be touring our 10 "booths".

Countries represented: 10 are needed 9. Tiara- France and one student from Ms. Chomiak's class 10. Karla- Brazil 11. Student from Ms. Chomiak's class - Vietnam 12. Student from Ms. Chomiak's class - Canada
 * 1) Victor- Spain
 * 2) Tia-Italy
 * 3) Alyssa-Puerto Rico
 * 4) Ashley-Poland
 * 5) Zainab - Pakistan, Henna
 * 6) Sana - Turkey
 * 7) Starr-China
 * 8) Christian-Mexico

THINGS TO DO: Write up info sheets, make food, include music, art and dance. CONTACT BUSINESSES FOR RAFFLE PRIZES

**WHO CAN SELL FLOWERS AT THE SOUND OF MUSIC PLAY ON MARCH 24 AND MARCH 25? March 24 - Victor, Alyssa, Karla, Zainab March 25 - Mrs. Chomiak

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CULTURAL FAIR - New dates approved by Mr. Morrison - April 7 & 8 for the cultural fair! [|Example]

[|Poetry Slam FAQ]

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

CULTURAL FAIR UPDATE- TOUR OF THE WORLD TENTATIVE DATES 4/7 & 4/8 during lunches.

What is the criteria for presentation at each station? Recipes, art, maps, dance, music.

February 11, 2011

GREAT JOB ON THE TEENS FOR JEANS EVENT!! Next meeting is Tuesday, Feb. 15th. Here is a tentative agenda: 1. Count the Jeans. 2. Upload pictures and create a PhotoPeach presentation (Optional) - Send it to DoSomething.org to enter their contest. 3. Plan the Cultural Fair - Tentative Date 3/17 & 3/18 4. New Business - Events Poetry Slam Advisory Recycle Drive 4UR School ( Ford Motor Co.) Habitat for Humanity Others

Update - December 21st, 2010 No meeting Tuesday.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Seasons Greetings and Peace on Earth Goodwill towards All
The last Friday of every monthe Peace Club will be making treats and selling them at StarBooks Cafe in the library. Here are the dates: Peace Club Members: Karla, Sofia, Sana, Zainab, Victor, Ashley, Tia, Alyssa.
 * January 21 - Victor, Ashley || March 25 - Victor || May 27 - Victor ||
 * February 18 - Victor || April 29 - Victor || June ?? ||

Cultural Fair - tentatively March 17, 2011. More details to come! Please think about what activity you can contribute to the Cultural Fair. For example, Zainab will be creating henna designs on participants.

February 10th - Period 2 Activity is Teens for Jeans Kick-off Event in the library.

[|Peace Club Field Trip]

//We made $147. selling Peace Pops! Yeah! Good Job!!//
 * PEACE CLUB UPDATES - DECEMBER 1st.**

Festival of Trees Holiday Decorating Contest - All clubs are invited to decorate a tree in the library. Tia will contact someone at Arbors to have 5 senior citizens judge the trees. We need to make a rubric with criteria for the judging.

//Toys for Tots - Peace Club has an opportunity to collect toys for under- privileged children. If we bring them to 22 NEWS they will have us on the news. See Mrs. Crowther for more details. We should do this. It will be good for the school community.//

Teen For Jeans Fundraiser begins January 19th and ends February 14th. We will need people to provide food - Thanks! The Kickoff Party is Thursday, February 10th Activity Period 2. We will invite GSA and SADD to participate as sponsors with us.


 * Next meeting is Tuesday, December 7th after school in the library. We will be decorating our Tree and posting signs for Toys for Tots collections.**

The art and practice of stone balancing has been cultivated around the world for thousands of years. It's known by names such as Land Art, Awareness Art, Petromancy and Earthworks. Also called Upala Yoga (Stone Yoga). Upala and Yoga are Sanskrit words; Upala means stone and Yoga means union." The process of making them is meditative--as anyone who has even made a simple cairn (rock stack) knows.

Read more: [|http://blog.beliefnet.com/freshliving/2010/06/stone-balancing-as-yoga.html#ixzz13tXSkkrD]

A Peace Club photo for the yearbook will be taken on Thursday, November 4th.

PEACE POPS MONEY IS DUE BACK ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5th. If you don't think you can sell all of what you have, please drop them off at the library and I will try to find other students to sell them. Thanks to everyone who participated!!

Next meeting activity - Think Bright 1/2 Light poster!

NEXT MEETING DATE IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH @2:30 pm in the library. It is important that we start to be consistent, have reliable members, and stay on task to accomplish our goals for the club. Therefore, meetings will be held on Tuesdays and last approximately an hour. On November 9th we will set a date and time for our "environment theme" (one of many we are hoping to be involved with). We will be making posters encouraging teachers to turn their classroom lights to 1/2 bright. Our motto will be Think Bright 1/2 Light. We will read the electrical meters during a full light day and compare the readings to a 1/2 light day. Letting our school community know how much energy we have saved!

Nicole from Habitat for Humanity called and would like to come and talk to our group on **Tuesday, December 14th @2:30.** She will fill us in on area projects and how we can help with everything from building houses to sustainability. **Please let me know if this date works for you**.

All Peace Pop money has been returned except for one box. Please get that last box or money back to me as soon as possible. When we know how much money we have made, we can then continue with other projects.

Other ideas - 1. "Have a Heart" event to raise donations for a charity. Peace Club members and others can make and sell large paper hearts for a dollar to students and staff. The hearts will then be joined together in a collage or heart shape representing a loved one. This decoration will be hung in the school hallway for all to see.

2. Holiday/Christmas Bulb Tree - Students will sell light bulbs for a dollar each and each bulb will be place within the form of a lighted Christmas Tree. The money raised will go to a charity.

3. Habitat for Humanity - [|Habitat in West Springfield]

4. Teens for Jeans - January 2011

5. Talk to elementary students in our school district about bullying.

6. Bake sale during homecoming. Talk to Mr. Morrison or Mr. Blain.

7. Library Cafe fundraiser. A percentage of the cafe beverages sold with go to Project Peace.