JAG

Students learn about diversity and the importance of accepting others differences in school, workplace, and the community. For two weeks they will record in their journals different things they hear or see throughout their day that may be categorized as discrimination, harassment, or judgmental. They will design a product to share with an audience about embracing diversity.

JAG students will be working on a project about a career field that interests them. Students will complete papers, websites, iMovies, posters, or infographics on topics of their choice. However, it must have something to do with a career. You will conduct research (including an interview with a professional in that field), craft a project based on evidence, and share it through your final project.

Students will learn firsthand how to make and balance a monthly budget from income to expenses including taxes, student loans, housing, food, transportation and discretionary expenses.
This activity will force students to face the real-life challenge of balancing needs vs. wants.
This activity will give students a realistic idea of the current costs of common goods and services including rent, utilities, transportation costs, and food.
This activity will give students a sense of if their planned job/career earns enough money right out of school to support the lifestyle they hope to have - some students will realize that they might need a second job or roommates just to make their budgets balance!

Students will learn about the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., reflect on a section of Dr. Martin Luther�s King�s speech �I have a dream� and become aware of inequalities that still exist in the United States today. They will create a list of other dreams MLK would have if he were alive today. Students will compile ideas of their dreams of freedom. They will also interview family members on what freedom means to them and in what ways they consider themselves free or not free. They will create a work of art (poster, painting, poem, song, rap, blog post, etc.) that represents what dreams of freedom they have, and host a showcase/exhibition of their creations. We will invite family, friends, school administration and community partners to attend the performance. Artwork will be posted in a display case/hallway throughout the month of February, or to your preference.

Returning JAG students will be working to create a lesson on what it means to be �An Ideal JAG student.� They will then teach the new incoming class of JAG students what it means to be a part of the JAG Advantage and part of the JAG class.

This project will allow students to experience how a business works within while working as a team. Students will work as a team to create a newspaper that they can share with their fellow peers and school community. A lead editor will be chosen and the rest of the class we serve as journalist. Which will require the journalist to meet deadlines and report to the lead editor to ensure the completion of the newspaper by the date set?

The law is involved in our daily lives from when we wake up in the morning to when we go to sleep. This PBL will teach students how the law is involved in their everyday lives and how they can/can better navigate situations that they may encounter involving the law.

The students will learn the importance of the decision making process by holding a mock national election. The students will pick
a candidate completely at random. Students will then research the candidate�s platform. The students must then modify the
candidate�s platform to be appealing to the students of their school. The students will then come up with a campaign plan and
begin the campaign process of getting their candidate elected by using what they know of the decision making process.

After learning about mental health the students will work in small groups to summarize the information they learned & brainstorm ideas for healthy habits. After all groups present their ideas to their classmates they will each join a committee they are most interested in. Committee work includes: 1. preparing a presentation for incoming freshmen or a middle school junior high audience 2. planning and implementing a school wide mental health awareness week, and 3. planning activities for JAG members to participate in to improve their mental health.