Project 1: Wall Art
Students worked with artists from Life Pieces to Masterpieces of Washington,
DC, and DOJ
volunteers to paint techno art designs on the walls in two of the school’s
computer labs.
Orr students create artwork for the school's computer labs. © 2003 Dan/Danspix
Project 2: Art-in-a-Bag
Students worked with DOJ volunteers to provide patients at Children’s
National Medical Center with art projects to
work on as they recover. All of the materials needed to complete the
projects were provided in a
ziplock bag with a set of simple instructions. Students assembling the
bags included a note of greetings
and jokes to help cheer up the children.
Project 3: Literacy Promotion
The older students at Orr School read to students in the younger grades.
Through this project, the older
students showed the younger ones that reading can be both educational
and fun. After listening to a
story, the younger students were asked questions about it, including
what they liked about the book and
why.
Students listen during a learning project promoting literacy. © 2003 Dan/Danspix
Project 4: Being a Good Citizen
For this project, older students taught the younger ones lessons from
DOJ’s civic and law-related
education program. DOJ volunteers worked with the older students to teach
them the lessons on
responsibility, justice, and authority.
Project 5: Child Safety
Older students reviewed safety guidelines with DOJ volunteers before
presenting a lesson to the
younger students. Safety topics included not talking with strangers,
not wandering away from the group,
not taking a ride with strangers, and other guidelines. The older students
fingerprinted the younger
children so their fingerprints can be added to their school records.
Before the end of the school year,
every child at Orr School will be fingerprinted and the fingerprints
added to their files.
Project 6: Postcards for the Soldiers in Combat
Older students, guided by DOJ volunteers, worked with children in the
younger grades to write more
than 400 postcards to soldiers in combat overseas to let them know they
are remembered and cared
for.
Two Orr students show the postcards they've written to soldiers overseas.
© 2003 Dan/Danspix
Project 7: Care Packs for the Homeless of Washington,
DC
Older students, assisted by DOJ volunteers, filled more than 400 ziplock
bags with food and health
products along with a referral card for services available in Washington,
DC.
Project 8: Manners and Dining Out
With guidance from DOJ volunteers, older students taught younger ones
table manners and how to
order from a menu when dining out. Students practiced what they learned
by sitting at mock table
settings and pretending to order from a menu.
Students learn about manners and dining out from OJJDP volunteers Mark Morgan and Gail Olezene. © 2003 Dan/Danspix
