Enter the 2010 Multimedia Showcase!

We Are A Solution: Youth Changing the World through Service-Learning Multimedia Showcase

Submission Deadline: January 22, 2010

We live in a world faced with several critical challenges that deserve our collective attention. Everyday in schools and communities across the country—and in fact, the world—young people are daring to make a difference by tackling the challenge to create solutions to these important community problems.

Youth engaged in service-learning do not consider themselves to be “the leaders of tomorrow” because so many are stepping forward as leaders today. Through service-learning, young people are taking what they learn in the classroom and translating it into powerful ideas and action to create change in their own communities.

Celebrating Youth Who Dare To Change the World through Service-Learning

With support from the State Farm Insurance Companies Foundation, the National Service-Learning Partnership (NSLP) at the Academy for Educational Development is helping us shine a bold spotlight on the many ways in which we as young people are changing the world.

It is a national service-learning recognition program for youth, by youth. Through the We Are a Solution: Youth Changing the World through Service-Learning Multimedia Showcase, young people can express how they are transforming their communities, their schools, and even their own lives through service-learning. Through this showcase, youth will:

- Tell the world how education becomes more meaningful and school becomes more exciting when they are given the chance to put the skills and information learned in the classroom into action in the world around us.
- Spotlight the many ways in which youth are creating solutions to important community problems.
- Inspire others to bring learning to life by creating more opportunities for young people to learn and take action through service-learning.

Congratulations to the 2009 Service-Learning Multimedia Showcase Winners!

With support from the State Farm® Companies Foundation, the National Service-Learning Partnership (NSLP) at the Academy for Educational Development is proud to announce the winners of the 2009 We are a Solution: Youth Changing the World Through Service-Learning Multimedia Showcase!

Each of the grand prize winners will receive $500 to support the service-learning program or organization of their choice.

Elementary School Division
A.D. Henderson University School, 4th and 5th grades (Boca Raton, FL)

Middle School Division
Tchefuncte Middle School (Mandeville, LA)

High School Division
Whitman-Hanson Regional H.S., Journalism (Whitman, MA)

Please check out some other service-learning solutions in action from the 2009 Showcase:
Elementary School Division
A.D. Henderson University School, 3rd Grade (Boca Raton, FL)
Canutillo Elementary School (Canutillo, TX)
Lake Erie-Allegheny Earth Force (Erie, PA)
The School at Columbia University (New York, NY)

Middle School Division
AE Wright Middle School (Calabasas, CA)
Many Junior High School (Many, LA)
Maple Hill Middle School (Castleton on Hudson, NY)
Nellie Stone Johnson Community School (Minneapolis, MN)
Saddle Brooke Middle School (Saddle Brook, NJ)

High School Division
Bay Area Video Coalition (San Francisco, CA)
Central Catholic High School (Portland, OR)
Girls Preparatory School (Chattanooga, TN)
Rock Hill Youth Council (Rock Hill, SC)
Whitman-Hanson Regional High School, WH Cares (Whitman, MA)

Vote for the 2009 Service-Learning Multimedia Showcase Finalist Entries!

Vote for your favorite entry in the 2009 We Are a Solution: Youth Changing the World Through Service-Learning Multimedia Showcase.

Browse through all of the entries in each category, and then vote (on the right hand side) for your favorite entry in each category. Pass this on to your friends, classmates, and community members. Remember, it is ONE vote per person!

If you are a school or organization planning to use ONE computer or IP address for MULTIPLE voters, please email nslp@aed.org and we will send you an alternate method to vote. We will combine the votes from the multiple user poll with the votes being captured by the on-screen poll (see the sidebar) to determine the top vote-getters for each category. NOTE: the sidebar poll may not necessarily reflect the total number of votes received. The top vote-getters for each category will be announced on March 16, 2009.

2/19/09 Update: As mentioned above, in addition to our on-screen poll (see the sidebar), schools and organizations using one computer or IP address for multiple voters have also been voting using an off-screen polling option. Here's a summary of the votes received via that poll so far:

Elementary Division:
A.D. Henderson University School, 3rd grade: 0 votes
A.D. Henderson University School, 4th & 5th grade: 2 votes
Lake Erie-Allegheny Earth Force: 2 votes
The School at Columbia University: 4 votes

Middle School Division:
AE Wright Middle School: 0 votes
Nellie Stone Johnson Community School: 1 vote
Saddle Brook Middle School: 3 votes
Tchfuncte Middle School: 2 votes

High School Division:
Central Catholic High School: 4 votes
Rock Hill Youth Countil: 3 votes
Whitman-Hanson Regional H.S., Journalis: 256 votes
Whitman-Hanson Regional H.S., WH Cares: 3 votes

We will combine the votes from the multiple user poll with the votes being captured by the on-screen poll (see the sidebar) to determine the top vote-getters for each category. Polls will close on February 24th.

Elementary School Finalists

Please watch the following four elementary school finalists and then vote (in the side bar) for your favorite elementary school entry!

Elementary School Finalist: A.D. Henderson University School, 3rd Grade (Boca Raton, FL)
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Elementary School Finalist: A.D. Henderson University School, 4th and 5th Grades (Boca Raton, FL)
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Elementary School Finalist: Lake Erie-Allegheny Earth Force (Erie, PA)
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Elementary School Finalist: The School at Columbia University (New York, NY)
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Middle School Finalists

Please watch the following four middle school finalists and then vote (in the side bar) for your favorite middle school entry!

Middle School Finalist: AE Wright Middle School (Calabasas, CA)
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Middle School Finalist: Nellie Stone Johnson Community School (Minneapolis, MN)
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Middle School Finalist: Saddle Brooke Middle School (Saddle Brook, NJ)
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Middle School Finalist: Tchefuncte Middle School (Mandeville, LA)
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High School Finalists

Please watch the following four high school finalists and then vote (in the side bar) for your favorite high school entry!

High School Finalist: Central Catholic High School (Portland, OR)
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High School Finalist: Rock Hill Youth Council (Rock Hill, SC)
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High School Finalist: Whitman-Hanson Regional High School, Journalism (Whitman, MA)
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High School Finalist: Whitman-Hanson Regional High School, WH Cares (Whitman, MA)
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