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Hello Canard.

Seventh graders,

we are excited to talk to you about all

the opportunities that await you in eighth grade.

As you've heard from your counselors,

Eighth grade is a time where you get to begin picking some of your classes in specific

areas that interest you along with the option

to continue your investment in things like band,

choir and orchestra.

One cool thing about being an eighth grade student.

Canard is a variety of ways to apply yourself as a leader.

Some of these leadership opportunities are clubs and

groups that meet outside a regular class time.

Like National Junior Honor Society, Web leaders, the wellness team.

Other opportunities to lead are built into specific classes like

give next Unified PE and the Arts Service E.

L. O.

Today we're here to talk about three very special leadership classes that can hurt.

These are elective classes that involve the opportunity to travel to incredible

places to serve and learn like Catalina Island and Costa rica.

These elective classes are highly involved in school wide projects

and initiatives that engage our community in some cool ways.

There are three classes that include a travel component.

They are cornered cares, Global leadership and environmental leadership.

You are not required to apply for one of these leadership classes and you're welcome

to take any of the other amazing electives that 8th grade has to offer you.

All of these electives require students to apply for a

seat in the class due to space limitations and travel.

The good news is that all three of these classes use a common application.

This means that students can apply for placement in any

one of these classes by completing a single application.

Before we learn how to apply,

let's check out what each of these travel leadership classes has to offer.

Kennard cares stands for community action results, environment and service.

We believe in providing students authentic experiences that reflect the

civic responsibility that they will face in the real world.

That means we do a lot of cool hands on learning around the school.

This includes running our school compost program,

building an outdoor learning center with our new greenhouse growing dome,

giving green school tours to visitors and interacting with sixth grade students to

teach about the kelp forests as part of the ocean adaptations unit,

speaking of kelp forests are class also takes a once

in a lifetime trip to a very special place.

Catalina island California on our trip, we work hard and play hard.

We dig into ecological restoration projects, trail building invasive species,

plant removal, garden projects composting and much more.

We also see a lot of cool wildlife on this trip.

Things like sea lions, dolphins, horn, and leopard sharks, octopus,

sea cucumbers, foxes, deer, hawks, eagles, and sometimes even bison.

If you're lucky

if you're interested in canard cares,

we encourage you to check us out on instagram and facebook

as well as our class website, which is www dot Kennard cares dot org.

You can also link to all of our youtube

videos and social media channels by visiting our website.

Global Leadership is a service based learning course

focused on building leaders locally and globally.

One major service aspect of this program is running cans around the

Oval in partnership with CSU to benefit the Larimer County Food Bank.

In past years we have set school records for donations

with over $7700 and almost £1000 of food donated,

Which is equivalent to over 15,000 meals for our community.

This project is run entirely by the

students who developed committees for marketing,

communications collection, competition, incentives and more.

In the second semester of the course,

we focus on intercultural communication as we prepare for a

7-10 day trip to Costa Rica while in Costa Rica,

we also engage in service projects such

as beach cleanup in turtle nesting environments.

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in the past we've also engaged in adventure activities on our trip,

including zip lining through the cloud forest,

hiking near a volcano and river paddling in the rainforest.

We try out our spanish conversation skills while interacting with local people,

although spanish speaking is not a requirement for the trip.

We have a few students who study french join us each year to,

we love taking out the Costa Rican wildlife, including tree frogs,

quality howler monkeys, slots and sea turtles.

We've also learned about sustainable agriculture while visiting coffee,

chocolate and pineapple farms.

You can check us out on instagram or at tinyurl dot com slash canard global

and we look forward to seeing your application

for a Visa.

Environmental Leadership is a semester long class that provides students

with a unique opportunity to explore their own leadership potential.

With an environmental twist.

The goal of this class is to broaden students self awareness while

simultaneously discovering the importance of connecting

with the natural world around them.

Students enrolled in the environmental

leadership class will engage in exploratory

and hands on activities focused on developing personal and leadership skills

through experiential and service learning activities.

We will dive into issues regarding conservation of land, air and water pollution.

Students will look at ways to decrease their carbon

footprint and investigate environmental interests such as recycling,

energy use, endangered species and wildlife management.

The goal of this curriculum is to broaden students knowledge and

provide opportunities for empowerment to benefit themselves and our community.

Environmental leadership also takes an epic trip

to catalina island California in the spring.

This trip serves to bridge the gap between our classroom

studies and the amazing outdoors while on the island,

students engage in activities such as kayaking, snorkeling climbing,

as well as outdoor service projects like tree planting and trail building.

You can see pictures and learn more about our class by visiting

our website canard E N V L dot weebly dot com.

We hope you find these opportunities interesting and exciting.

Now let's talk about how to apply for these elective classes,

as we mentioned earlier cares G.

L. And E L. All use the same application.

If you fill out one application it can be used to apply for any or all the classes.

In fact we encourage you to apply for all of them.

Remember while you can apply for all the classes,

students can only be selected for one.

We want to include as many students as possible,

so placing students in just one class allows us

to include as many different students as we can.

Now let's explain the steps.

Step one navigate to the application website at www

dot tiny U R L dot com slash canard.

Student leadership and research each of the classes by linking to class websites,

videos and social media pages.

It is highly recommended that you looked extensively at the linc classes websites

to inform your application answers and explore which

course maybe the best fit for you.

Step two after you're clear on which of the courses you will be applying for,

complete the initial google survey at www dot tiny U

R L dot com slash canard sorry slash K I N

leader survey prior to completing the full application heads up.

This short survey is also linked below and it's due soon.

Well before all other application materials

as indicated by the highlighted deadline

listed on the leadership application page,

step three,

download and print your application or pick up a hard copy at

school in the student services office or in your science classroom.

This packet will include many important steps like attaching a picture

of yourself so we can begin to learn who you are

and obtaining apparent signature for approval to participate

in travel written essay prompts and more.

One of the most important parts of the application is a space for you to rank your

desired classes in the order of which you

hope to be placed after researching the courses,

whichever classes your top choice goes on the number one line.

If you and your family are comfortable

applying for multiple classes then we encourage you

to apply for and rank as many classes as you can by ranking multiple classes.

This increases our ability to place you in one of the three programs.

However, please only mark classes that you and your family would accept if offered.

Do not mark classes that you would not accept a spot in.

Carefully.

Consider things like trip cost,

travel destinations and class content before ranking your class choices.

Our goal will be to use these rankings as priorities for your consideration in each

class we will put you in the application pool of your top ranked course first.

If you rise as a top applicant, you will be placed in your top ranked class.

If you do not make the cut in your top choice.

Your application will then be moved to your 2nd

and 3rd range classes until the placement is made.

This is why we encourage you to apply for all classes because it

allows us the best opportunity to successfully include you in one of our programs

keep in mind that we usually have more applicants than spots available.

So not all students who complete an application will

be guaranteed to make one of our leadership rosters.

Once you have attached a picture, rank your class choices,

uh obtained a parent's signature,

you are ready to complete the written essay

prompts that are included in the application.

We would recommend writing one quality paragraph for each of the questions.

This means that you're finished.

Application will include multiple paragraphs for us to read

Step four.

After you finish the written portion of the application,

you will need to print your great report.

Please staple a copy of your first sorry crap town.

Step four.

After you finish the written portion of the application,

you will need to print your grade report.

Please staple a copy of your final first semester grades for all

of your classes behind your application packet and written essay responses.

Step five as you will read in the application essays.

One of the criteria that we highly value in our

selection process is your current teachers input and rankings.

Please do not ask your teachers for a recommendation

but know that we will be taking our final

list of applicants to all seventh grade teachers to

ask for input as part of our selection process.

There's nothing for you to do as a student for

this step but we just wanted you to be aware that

your character work ethic and behavior in all of your

seventh grade classes is a big factor in our decision making

Step six.

In addition to your application packet,

we would also love to see your personality and

leadership style shine in a flip grid video submission.

Please navigate to www dot flip grid dot com slash Canard leadership.

For more instructions on how to produce your video,

you will have the choice to simply hit the record button to film

yourself or you can edit and upload your own video for your submission.

Once you're done with your video, you will be asked to upload a profile picture,

make sure you represent yourself in a professional way that is well lit

and shows us your best smile with no extra stickers or emojis.

Remember first impressions count

before you submit your video.

Type your full first and last name and your

list of ranked classes in the description box.

Don't worry.

Once you hit submit,

your video will be private and only viewable by our teacher team.

No students will have public access to your application video.

Once you're done with all these steps,

it's time to turn in your hard copy application

in room 524 or 526 before or after school.

Do not drop off or leave your application unattended.

Please wait and hit it directly to one

of the leadership teachers when they're present.

So we can confirm that you have turned it in.

Be extra aware of the due dates listed on the application and the website.

No late applications will be accepted.

Keep in mind our goal is to successfully place all applicants in a leadership class.

However, we often have more applicants than spots available.

We encourage you to be thorough and do your absolute best to make sure

you give us the best picture of who you are as a student.

The top applicants for each class will be selected based on the fulfillment of all

requirements that we've discussed and must stand out at a level beyond their peers.

After top candidates have been placed,

any remaining spots will be filled using a

random lottery for all other qualified applicants.

If all rosters filled to capacity,

some students may not be selected for any of the programs.

We will be releasing a final roster for students who were selected each

class.

We will be releasing a final roster for students who are selected for

each class on the friday evening of the day before spring break,

please check all three class websites at that time

to see which class you were placed in.

If you are not selected for one of our classes,

please feel free to reach out for some feedback from any of

the teachers who are listed as instructors for your top ranked choice.

We would also recommend that you keep your Chin up and apply yourself in some

of the other leadership opportunities that we

mentioned at the beginning of this video.

There are a lot of other cool ways to engage in leadership at Canard.

Good. Excellent.

Feel free to repeat this video as many times as

you need because we covered a lot of specific details.

If you get confused or have questions about specific classes or trips,

please reach out to the appropriate teacher team.

Also, if you need some clarity regarding any phase of our application process,

please don't hesitate to reach out.

Yes.

You can contact any of us at the email addresses which

are listed at the bottom of the student leadership website.

To download an application and to review all of these details,

visit the Canard student leadership website at the address on your screen.

We are excited to get to know you.

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