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When students reach eighth grade, they aren’t always the best at thinking about what they can do for others. In fact, they can be pretty self-centered, Blackhawk Middle School language arts teacher Allie Canfield-Klotz says.
But that doesn’t mean they need to stay that way.
"They’re at that age where they can turn into amazing human beings if they’re just pushed in the right direction," she said.
So she started the Gearing Others Toward Inspiration Together – GOT IT – club to help give Blackhawk eighth-graders that push.
The gestures may seem small – cleaning every student’s desk and writing positive notes for teachers or making a point of complimenting the people around them – but they help the students learn to think about helping other people, Canfield-Klotz said.
There’s a payoff for the students, too, eighth-grader Bailey Whitehill said. The things she does with GOT IT when they meet on Saturdays make her feel good about herself, she said.
And Blackhawk students have bought into the idea that a positive attitude and few good deeds can result in a big self-esteem boost. About 50 students have expressed interest in the club since it started in late February, Canfield-Klotz said.
For GOT IT’s next big project, the students will help take the pain out of grocery shopping by gathering at a local Scott’s store Saturday and helping shoppers carry out their groceries.
•Canterbury School, Covington and Smith roads, will hold a book fair from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
•Northeast Indiana students in kindergarten through 12th grade are invited to spend the day at Canterbury School from 8 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Tuesday.
•Huntington University has selected students Elizabeth Holtrop and Matthew Schownir, both of Huntington, as this year’s recipients of the Jack P. Barlow Sr. History Book Prize based on their outstanding performance in Great Issues in American History, a seminar required of all history majors. The recipients each will receive $200 to be used for books for their personal library.
•Snider High School student Peter Manges won second place in the Columbia Press Association’s international competition in the Cartoon Portfolio of Work for Newspapers category.
•Alexandra Burton, Snider High School senior, was named a Louis Ingelhart News Scholar by Ball State University.
•Mary Baldwin College student Linde Marie Bischak of Angola received the Mary Jane Donnally Award and was named a Volleyball Scholar Athlete and a 2010 Class Marshal.
•Harlan Elementary, 12616 Spencerville Road, Meadowbrook Elementary, 1065 Woodmere Drive, and Village Elementary, 4625 Werling Drive, will register kindergarten through fifth-grade students for the Elementary Summer Enrichment program between 8 a.m. and noon Saturday at the schools.
•The following high school seniors won the Chick Evans Caddie Scholarship, a full tuition and housing college scholarship: Noah Bouillon, Northrop; Christian Fritz, Concordia Lutheran; Brittany Hursh, Bishop Dwenger; Kurtis Plohr, Elmhurst; Clint Warnecke, Concordia Lutheran; and Brock White, Carroll.
•Ashland University student Chelsea Springer of Fort Wayne was the recipient of the Lt. Col. Murray J. and Eva Lucile Beeghly Endowed Scholarship.
•Ashland University student Chelsea Kamp of Leo received the Dr. Jane Bogniard Endowed Scholarship.
•In honor of Sociology Awareness Week, speakers will discuss "Deviance, Criminology and Criminal Justice: What’s the Difference? What Can We Do?" from noon to 1:30 p.m. today in Kettler Hall, Room 117. Lunch will be served.
•"The Tyranny of Oil: The Future of Big Oil-Ideas for Activism, Policies to Bring about Change" with speaker Antonia Juhasz from Global Exchange, will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in Classroom-Medical Building, room 159.
•"Earth Day: Together, IPFW Can Have an Impact" will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Science Mall (rain location is Walb Student Union lobby).
