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Loyola students present service projects on homelessness, sick children and food drives
Summary
Students and teachers from Loyola Elementary presented two months of deeper-learning, student-led service projects — including a food drive, awareness campaigns and TED-style talks — and described classroom practices used to design and assess the work.
Kelly Raffney, principal of Loyola, told the Los Altos School District Board of Trustees that Loyola teachers framed student work around deeper-learning moves and a single driving question: “How can we help our community?” Raffney described a two-month process in which students surveyed peers, chose service topics, created action plans, carried out projects and practiced public speaking for a TED-style culmination event.
Teachers Maria Bridal and Heather Rubenstein and classroom teams grouped students by…
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