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Showing posts with label Site Content. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Video: Zambian Children Bring Gratitude to FCL
We are excited to bring you words of thanks from a Zambian school where Dr. Farzin Rahmani recently brought equipment. Dr. Rahmani is a representative of one of the many schools in Zambia where teachers have been trained to help children change their communities through Full-Circle Learning.
Check out the video on Facebook!
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Tanzania in the News: Hood River Article
Travelogue: Tanzania - The Universality of Laughter: You step off the plane into the balmy night, your weary legs fail you as you stumble on the tarmac but a dark, unfamiliar hand offers salvation from certain humiliation on this foreign continent...
Check out the compelling Oregon based Hood River News article about Full-Circle Learning in Tanzania.
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Check out the compelling Oregon based Hood River News article about Full-Circle Learning in Tanzania.
View Article.
Friday, July 15, 2016
Rancho Sespe Summer School Newsletter 2016: Hearts of Sage
Excerpt from the Newsletter: As usual, the PEACEMAKERS are overly excited to come into class and see friends they have seen throughout the year as well as meeting new ones. Together the class came up with another word to define aspiration and that was to DREAM.
Click to View the PDFTuesday, July 5, 2016
FCL Sites Around the World: Tanzania
Teachers and students are already conducting inspiring projects after a brief period of training in Arusha, Tanzania, where 99% of families use firewood as cooking fuel. Girls are often sent to gather wood for fuel, which leaves little time for school. In addition to discouraging them from pursuing their education, this practice contributes to deforestation. Thanks to their Full-Circle Learning projects, children are now teaching the community to make cow dung patties as an alternative fuel source. Meanwhile, a wisdom exchange partner is preparing to make solar cookers for them to replicate.
Full-Circle Learning came to Tanzania when Olivia Newcomb, of Hood River Oregon, and Maureen Mungai, of Malaga Spain, raised the funds to train the Tanzania teachers. The training occurred at the Dinka School in the winter of 2016.
Olivia, who grew up as a student of Full-Circle Learning from kindergarten on, especially wanted to bring its benefits to orphans from the Your Sisters project, who attend the school. She collaborated with Full-Circle Learning to enlist the Maureen’s training expertise. As a native Kenyan, Maureen speaks Swahili and also trained many Full-Circle Learning Schools in Lesotho and South Africa. In June, 2016, teachers sent word of their first successful projects. Working with the “Habits of Oneness” module, the teachers had designed lesson plans to introduce the habits of Awareness, Teamwork and Leadership to help students apply integrated education strategies to confront their community challenges. The dung patties were just one of the service initiatives the teachers planned as a result of their training.
Full-Circle Learning came to Tanzania when Olivia Newcomb, of Hood River Oregon, and Maureen Mungai, of Malaga Spain, raised the funds to train the Tanzania teachers. The training occurred at the Dinka School in the winter of 2016.
Olivia, who grew up as a student of Full-Circle Learning from kindergarten on, especially wanted to bring its benefits to orphans from the Your Sisters project, who attend the school. She collaborated with Full-Circle Learning to enlist the Maureen’s training expertise. As a native Kenyan, Maureen speaks Swahili and also trained many Full-Circle Learning Schools in Lesotho and South Africa. In June, 2016, teachers sent word of their first successful projects. Working with the “Habits of Oneness” module, the teachers had designed lesson plans to introduce the habits of Awareness, Teamwork and Leadership to help students apply integrated education strategies to confront their community challenges. The dung patties were just one of the service initiatives the teachers planned as a result of their training.
Newly Trained Teachers Help Students Address Equal Education and the Environment
Teachers and students are already conducting inspiring projects after a brief period of training in Arusha, Tanzania, where 99% of families use firewood as cooking fuel. Girls are often sent to gather wood for fuel, which leaves little time for school. In addition to discouraging them from pursuing their education, this practice contributes to deforestation. Thanks to their Full-Circle Learning projects, children are now teaching the community to make cow dung patties as an alternative fuel source. Meanwhile, a wisdom exchange partner is preparing to make solar cookers for them to replicate.
Full-Circle Learning came to Tanzania when Olivia Newcomb, of Hood River Oregon, and Maureen Mungai, of Malaga Spain, raised the funds to train the Tanzania teachers. The training occurred at the Dinka School in the winter of 2016.
Olivia, who grew up as a student of Full-Circle Learning from kindergarten on, especially wanted to bring its benefits to orphans from the Your Sisters project, who attend the school. She collaborated with Full-Circle Learning to enlist the Maureen’s training expertise. As a native Kenyan, Maureen speaks Swahili and also trained many Full-Circle Learning Schools in Lesotho and South Africa. In June, 2016, teachers sent word of their first successful projects. Working with the “Habits of Oneness” module, the teachers had designed lesson plans to introduce the habits of Awareness, Teamwork and Leadership to help students apply integrated education strategies to confront their community challenges. The dung patties were just one of the service initiatives the teachers planned as a result of their training.
Full-Circle Learning came to Tanzania when Olivia Newcomb, of Hood River Oregon, and Maureen Mungai, of Malaga Spain, raised the funds to train the Tanzania teachers. The training occurred at the Dinka School in the winter of 2016.
Olivia, who grew up as a student of Full-Circle Learning from kindergarten on, especially wanted to bring its benefits to orphans from the Your Sisters project, who attend the school. She collaborated with Full-Circle Learning to enlist the Maureen’s training expertise. As a native Kenyan, Maureen speaks Swahili and also trained many Full-Circle Learning Schools in Lesotho and South Africa. In June, 2016, teachers sent word of their first successful projects. Working with the “Habits of Oneness” module, the teachers had designed lesson plans to introduce the habits of Awareness, Teamwork and Leadership to help students apply integrated education strategies to confront their community challenges. The dung patties were just one of the service initiatives the teachers planned as a result of their training.
Friday, June 24, 2016
JB Eckl Concert Saturday July 2!
Grammy-winning Canadian songwriter will preview new release Everywhere at Once.
JB’s lyrics “map the terrain of the soul” and his music cuts across styles and genres
Click here for flyer.
Kick Off the Holiday Weekend with a House Concert At
The Reader Home - 23095 State Highway 49, Nevada City CA
Saturday, July 2, 3:00 pm
Free Admission – Onsite CD Purchase Encouraged
**
Special Bonus:
Silent auction to benefit FCL Liberia’s
“Education as Transformation” and Post-Ebola Orphan Scholarships
Great Auction Items
(Checks to Full-Circle Learning or cash preferred)
RSVP by June 29 to TLangness@gmail.com.
Directions to the Reader Home:
From the 20 Freeway in Grass Valley or Nevada City, drive north.
Stay in the left lane. Take HWY 49 North toward Downieville.
Drive about 7 miles. Cross South Yuba Bridge.
After crossing the bridge, drive 1.9 miles on HWY 49.
Turn right into the 3rd driveway, at the crest of the hill. (You will see 3 mailboxes by the gate.)
Go through the gate and cross the cattle guard.
Stay to the left and drive the gravel road for half a mile to the white house.
Parking is available in front of the garage, along the gravel road and around the circle drive.
Watch out for solar lights.
JB’s lyrics “map the terrain of the soul” and his music cuts across styles and genres
Click here for flyer.
Kick Off the Holiday Weekend with a House Concert At
The Reader Home - 23095 State Highway 49, Nevada City CA
Saturday, July 2, 3:00 pm
Free Admission – Onsite CD Purchase Encouraged
**
Special Bonus:
Silent auction to benefit FCL Liberia’s
“Education as Transformation” and Post-Ebola Orphan Scholarships
Great Auction Items
(Checks to Full-Circle Learning or cash preferred)
RSVP by June 29 to TLangness@gmail.com.
Directions to the Reader Home:From the 20 Freeway in Grass Valley or Nevada City, drive north.
Stay in the left lane. Take HWY 49 North toward Downieville.
Drive about 7 miles. Cross South Yuba Bridge.
After crossing the bridge, drive 1.9 miles on HWY 49.
Turn right into the 3rd driveway, at the crest of the hill. (You will see 3 mailboxes by the gate.)
Go through the gate and cross the cattle guard.
Stay to the left and drive the gravel road for half a mile to the white house.
Parking is available in front of the garage, along the gravel road and around the circle drive.
Watch out for solar lights.
Friday, June 10, 2016
Tarzana's Ecuador Project Video and Habits of Heart 2015 Summary
Check out this video of children from the Tarzana school explain the Ecuador project in their words and also learn about othr ways to help.
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Click to View the PDFLiberia Conference in the News!
Check out this news article about the recent "Education As Community Transformation" Conference held in Liberia published in a national Liberian newspaper!
Page 1 of the Article
Page 2 of the Article
Page 3 of the ArticleTuesday, June 7, 2016
Liberia Conference Report: Education As Community Transformation From May 2016
The report of the conference is here! Please review the outcome of this productive and pivotal experience, held in Sinkor, Monrovia in Liberia.
Click Here to View ReportFriday, May 13, 2016
Liberia Illumine Poster!
Check out and download this inspirational poster that displays photos that represent the community spirit of Liberia and Full-Circle Learning!
Click to View the High Resolution VersionFriday, April 15, 2016
Ethiopia: One Planet Rouses Africa on Its Tenth Anniversary
The One Planet School has gained notoriety among the top schools in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The school community unified to remember its vision at a Tenth Anniversary Commemoration on April 9, 2016.
One Planet staff members posed in the historic venue where all of Africa considers matters of diplomacy. Some parents who worked for NGOs recalled hearing Barak Obama speak in the building where the commemoration was held.
Parents, dignitaries and educators gathered at the continent’s most prestigious venue – the African Union building – to honor the occasion with discussions of the school’s vision and of its future. Student videos reminded the gathering of how far the children had come in acting out the mission of the school. Speeches reminded teachers, parents and students of the role they play in securing the future of the nation, with everyone in the “village” contributing to the nobility of the child.
Co-founder Gail Amare prepares to speak at the event.
After an opening session with speeches by representatives of USAID, the Education Ministry, Full-Circle Learning International and One Planet School founders Gail and Zelalem Amare, parents attended caucuses to discuss continuing challenges such as home discipline and raising children in a media-enriched society.
One Planet invited FCL Founder Teresa Langness as the keynote speaker and to provide follow-up staff development back at the school. A few of the school's 56 teachers gathered for a warm send-off.
On the following Monday, the teachers gathered for a refresher course in Full-Circle Learning, to renew its commitment to character education and the potential of each child to serve as a light to the world.
Co-founder Zelalem Amare, right, shares congratulations with the head of the school's parent-teacher organization.
The domed structure contrasts with other buildings in Addis Ababa, sending a message to parents that while the theme was "It takes a village," education is a meritorious act on the part of everyone in the nation.
High school students walking the halls had participated in music videos shown at the commemoration.
Parents participated in the plenary session as well as the caucuses at the commemoration.
One Planet staff members posed in the historic venue where all of Africa considers matters of diplomacy. Some parents who worked for NGOs recalled hearing Barak Obama speak in the building where the commemoration was held.
Parents, dignitaries and educators gathered at the continent’s most prestigious venue – the African Union building – to honor the occasion with discussions of the school’s vision and of its future. Student videos reminded the gathering of how far the children had come in acting out the mission of the school. Speeches reminded teachers, parents and students of the role they play in securing the future of the nation, with everyone in the “village” contributing to the nobility of the child.
Co-founder Gail Amare prepares to speak at the event.
After an opening session with speeches by representatives of USAID, the Education Ministry, Full-Circle Learning International and One Planet School founders Gail and Zelalem Amare, parents attended caucuses to discuss continuing challenges such as home discipline and raising children in a media-enriched society.
One Planet invited FCL Founder Teresa Langness as the keynote speaker and to provide follow-up staff development back at the school. A few of the school's 56 teachers gathered for a warm send-off.
On the following Monday, the teachers gathered for a refresher course in Full-Circle Learning, to renew its commitment to character education and the potential of each child to serve as a light to the world.
Co-founder Zelalem Amare, right, shares congratulations with the head of the school's parent-teacher organization.
The domed structure contrasts with other buildings in Addis Ababa, sending a message to parents that while the theme was "It takes a village," education is a meritorious act on the part of everyone in the nation.
High school students walking the halls had participated in music videos shown at the commemoration.
Parents participated in the plenary session as well as the caucuses at the commemoration.
Monday, March 7, 2016
Liberia Update February 2016
“Education as Transformation” in Liberia
Education can transform students, teachers, communities and global relationships. Liberia during the mid-2000s offers a shining example. Teachers at 31 schools, first acting as change agents to save lives during the Ebola crisis, inspired great interest among other educators who wanted to share in the transformation process. As a result, Full-Circle Learning Liberia more than doubled the number of participating schools between 2014 and the end of 2015.
In recent years, as people had witnessed the changes in the moral convictions as well as the relevant application of skills in service to society, teachers “wanted to jump on board the Full-Circle Learning ship,” according to African Continental Director Davidson Efetobore. Now Full-Circle Learning has taken a strong stand in addressing the issues of post-Ebola Liberia, a country struggling to thaw a frozen economy and to contain the rising cost of commodities after the demise of 40% of the health care force and of the wage earners in many families. So many public health concerns and economic inequities need correcting. Transformation will require selfless leadership and purely motived change agents who apply their skills in service to needs of others throughout their nation.
Children in Full-Circle Learning classes came to the forefront of that transformation movement recently when studying the habit of Advocacy. Their work in practicing Steadfastness and Farsightedness during the Ebola outbreak had already prepared them for this next step. Now they would practice street journalism, with multiple purposes in mind: 1) to give a voice to the voiceless; 2) to discern how people are coping with the economic crisis; 3) to tap the ideas of vendors in the marketplace for solutions that may reduce the cost of commodities and restore hope for Liberians; and 4) to provide research that can inform the priorities of their upcoming service projects. (Should they advocate for improved basic living standards, clean water, electricity, food, equal education or other needs revealed by their investigative journalism?) The welcome reception each team of journalists received in the marketplace shows in the fulfillment on their faces.
Full-Circle Learning teachers using curricular approaches such as this one are “returning Liberia to its pre-civil war values,” according to members of the Education Ministry. At a gathering of educators in December 2015, the FCL office was encouraged to host an “Education as Transformation” conference in May 2016. The Ministry, multiple non-governmental organizations, and students and teachers will be invited to collaborate on the integrative process of community transformation, with service at its core.
Photo captions:
A team of students felt pleased to be advocates for the needs of their community.
Mrs. Dawosu, a Full-Circle Learning teacher, visited the new Full-Circle Learning headquarters in Monrovia. The Liberian team now includes 500 volunteers who mentor and train new teachers.
Students gathered in teams to research the post-Ebola needs of their community.
Young journalists interviewed the fish seller and many others to research compassionate solutions to economic problems.
A young advocate spoke earnestly to listening ears in the marketplace.
A group of students celebrated their day in the marketplace.
Education can transform students, teachers, communities and global relationships. Liberia during the mid-2000s offers a shining example. Teachers at 31 schools, first acting as change agents to save lives during the Ebola crisis, inspired great interest among other educators who wanted to share in the transformation process. As a result, Full-Circle Learning Liberia more than doubled the number of participating schools between 2014 and the end of 2015.
In recent years, as people had witnessed the changes in the moral convictions as well as the relevant application of skills in service to society, teachers “wanted to jump on board the Full-Circle Learning ship,” according to African Continental Director Davidson Efetobore. Now Full-Circle Learning has taken a strong stand in addressing the issues of post-Ebola Liberia, a country struggling to thaw a frozen economy and to contain the rising cost of commodities after the demise of 40% of the health care force and of the wage earners in many families. So many public health concerns and economic inequities need correcting. Transformation will require selfless leadership and purely motived change agents who apply their skills in service to needs of others throughout their nation.
Children in Full-Circle Learning classes came to the forefront of that transformation movement recently when studying the habit of Advocacy. Their work in practicing Steadfastness and Farsightedness during the Ebola outbreak had already prepared them for this next step. Now they would practice street journalism, with multiple purposes in mind: 1) to give a voice to the voiceless; 2) to discern how people are coping with the economic crisis; 3) to tap the ideas of vendors in the marketplace for solutions that may reduce the cost of commodities and restore hope for Liberians; and 4) to provide research that can inform the priorities of their upcoming service projects. (Should they advocate for improved basic living standards, clean water, electricity, food, equal education or other needs revealed by their investigative journalism?) The welcome reception each team of journalists received in the marketplace shows in the fulfillment on their faces.
Full-Circle Learning teachers using curricular approaches such as this one are “returning Liberia to its pre-civil war values,” according to members of the Education Ministry. At a gathering of educators in December 2015, the FCL office was encouraged to host an “Education as Transformation” conference in May 2016. The Ministry, multiple non-governmental organizations, and students and teachers will be invited to collaborate on the integrative process of community transformation, with service at its core.
Photo captions:
A team of students felt pleased to be advocates for the needs of their community.
Mrs. Dawosu, a Full-Circle Learning teacher, visited the new Full-Circle Learning headquarters in Monrovia. The Liberian team now includes 500 volunteers who mentor and train new teachers.
Students gathered in teams to research the post-Ebola needs of their community.
Young journalists interviewed the fish seller and many others to research compassionate solutions to economic problems.
A young advocate spoke earnestly to listening ears in the marketplace.
A group of students celebrated their day in the marketplace.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
FCL Celebrates Day of Giving 12/6/2015
Full-Circle Learning is celebrating "Global Day of Giving" on December 6 with fundraising activities simultaneously taking place in Los Angeles, Nevada City and Málaga, Spain.
LOCATIONS:
Mobini Residence
25522 Kingston Ct, Calabasas, CA
12/6 1pm
Studio 540
540 W Broad St
Nevada City, CA
12/5 and 12/6
10am-4pm
Full-Circle Learning Charity Golf Tournament
Marbella Golf and Country Club
Málaga, Spain
12/6
To RSVP call 952 830 500
LOCATIONS:
Mobini Residence
25522 Kingston Ct, Calabasas, CA
12/6 1pm
Studio 540
540 W Broad St
Nevada City, CA
12/5 and 12/6
10am-4pm
Marbella Golf and Country Club
Málaga, Spain
12/6
To RSVP call 952 830 500
Sunday, October 4, 2015
2015 Brings Habits of Oneness to Rancho Sespe
Rancho Sespe’s Ambassadors, Rebuilders and Peacemakers made an impact on their community this year as their Habits of Oneness theme came to life. Practicing the habit of teamwork, they designed wastewater irrigation gardens, role-played the teamwork needed for disaster relief, and honored California firefighters engaged in teamwork to address the current crises.
Next they studied the habit of leadership, identifying its aspects in historical figures and the effects it has in bringing a community together in practical ways. They learned about transportation and related careers, with the little ones (Peacemakers) creating a map from their own village to the beach. A visit to the depot and historical museum helped them honor docents who commemorate leadership skills that shape history.
Their last habit-of-heart, awareness, included community awareness projects and new awareness of the ways in which humans rely on the ocean and its coral reefs. The unit culminated in a beach clean-up to reduce oceanic pollution. The season ended with mastery ceremony, allowing students to not only strive to master their own habits-of-heart but to surprise their parents by celebrating their parents’ mastery of a particular habit-of-heart.
Ambassadors present gifts of art to fire department, who offer demonstrations in firefighting in return.
Ambassadors present gifts of art to fire department, who offer demonstrations in firefighting in return.
Students stop to pose while tabulating the types of pollution found on a beach.
Student-made exhibits help teach the community.
Student-made exhibits help teach the community.
Student-made exhibits help teach the community.
A student recognizes positive habits in her parents.
A parent receives a mastery award from her child at the ceremony.
Next they studied the habit of leadership, identifying its aspects in historical figures and the effects it has in bringing a community together in practical ways. They learned about transportation and related careers, with the little ones (Peacemakers) creating a map from their own village to the beach. A visit to the depot and historical museum helped them honor docents who commemorate leadership skills that shape history.
Their last habit-of-heart, awareness, included community awareness projects and new awareness of the ways in which humans rely on the ocean and its coral reefs. The unit culminated in a beach clean-up to reduce oceanic pollution. The season ended with mastery ceremony, allowing students to not only strive to master their own habits-of-heart but to surprise their parents by celebrating their parents’ mastery of a particular habit-of-heart.
Ambassadors present gifts of art to fire department, who offer demonstrations in firefighting in return.
Ambassadors present gifts of art to fire department, who offer demonstrations in firefighting in return.
Students stop to pose while tabulating the types of pollution found on a beach.
Student-made exhibits help teach the community.
Student-made exhibits help teach the community.
Student-made exhibits help teach the community.
A student recognizes positive habits in her parents.
A parent receives a mastery award from her child at the ceremony.
Keeping Love Alive in Hangzhou
The children of Zhejiang Province continue to make Love an important habit-of-heart in the development of public and private school children. At Zhejiang University’s Affiliated School, students this year completed an integrated unit with drama, oral speaking skills, homework, art and music reinforcing the theme. They created a mock radio station with interviews about love, held a community theatre on the theme, conducted reading activities in class, and acted on the “I love my dad” challenge, drawing pictures, engaging dads in activities at home, and performing poetry and music about dads.
In a nearby Greentown school, students carried the project to the community service level by showing love for their human family, empathizing with children in a mountainous region who lack warm clothing and learning materials. They sacrificed blankets, clothing, spending money and toys to sell to reach out in love to these distant “brothers and sisters.”
Students rehearsed “radio station” interviews about love.
A boy and his dad completed their homework assignment to engage in acts of love together at home, such as reading, cooking and spending time together.
Children examined the effect of love on the outcome of a story.
Students created an “I love my dad” art exhibit.
A girl shows her certificate for practicing the habit of love.
Students bring the bedding they have donated to show love for those living in the mountains, who do not have enough bedding to stay warm.
In a nearby Greentown school, students carried the project to the community service level by showing love for their human family, empathizing with children in a mountainous region who lack warm clothing and learning materials. They sacrificed blankets, clothing, spending money and toys to sell to reach out in love to these distant “brothers and sisters.”
Students rehearsed “radio station” interviews about love.
A boy and his dad completed their homework assignment to engage in acts of love together at home, such as reading, cooking and spending time together.
Children examined the effect of love on the outcome of a story.
Students created an “I love my dad” art exhibit.
A girl shows her certificate for practicing the habit of love.
Students bring the bedding they have donated to show love for those living in the mountains, who do not have enough bedding to stay warm.
Monday, July 27, 2015
Joni Mitchell Tribute by Acclaimed Jazz Singer Tierney Sutton to Benefit Full-Circle Learning
Check out the Tierney Sutton concert on August 1st to benefit the Full-Circle Learning program!
Tierney Sutton, named “Jazz Vocalist of the Year” by Jazzweek Magazine, and called “one of the most- lauded jazz vocalists of her generation” by the New York Times, will make her first-ever Sierra Foothills appearance at the Center for the Arts in Grass Valley on Saturday, August 1st.
Tierney and her band will play and sing their audience-mesmerizing Joni Mitchell tribute program from her critically-acclaimed album After Blue, accompanied by poetic Parisian guitarist Serge Merlaud and cello virtuoso Mark Summer. Sutton comes to Grass Valley at the peak of her career to support the Nevada County-based global nonprofit educational organization Full-Circle Learning. Sutton volunteered to work with Full-Circle Learning’s programs serving urban inner-city Los Angeles children back in the early 1990s.
Sutton and her band have recently headlined shows at Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center, the Hollywood Bowl and the Kennedy Center. Nominated for seven Grammy Awards, her albums feature a soulful mix of jazz, Americana and popular music that has driven her past nine albums to the top of the jazz charts. At the Center for the Arts, Sutton and the band will present their latest project, “After Blue,” an intimate, jazz-inspired re-imagining of the legacy of Joni Mitchell. The After Blue album features a who’s- who of the jazz world, including Al Jarreau, Hubert Laws, Peter Erskine, Larry Goldings, Serge Merlaud, Kevin Axt and The Turtle Island Quartet.
Sutton’s Joni Mitchell Tribute program sold out for four nights, with two shows per night, at San Francisco Jazz this past summer. The poignant timing of the Grass Valley performance honors the legendary Joni Mitchell, who suffered an aneurysm in March.
The benefit concert will take place Saturday, August 1 at the Center for the Arts. Doors open at 7:00 pm, and the concert starts at 8:00 pm. The Center for the Arts is located at 314 W. Main in Grass Valley.Advance tickets are available online at thecenterforthearts.org/tickets; at the Center for the Arts box office, by phone at (530)274-8384; or at the Briar Patch, at 2950 Sierra College Drive in Grass Valley.
Tierney Sutton, named “Jazz Vocalist of the Year” by Jazzweek Magazine, and called “one of the most- lauded jazz vocalists of her generation” by the New York Times, will make her first-ever Sierra Foothills appearance at the Center for the Arts in Grass Valley on Saturday, August 1st.
Tierney and her band will play and sing their audience-mesmerizing Joni Mitchell tribute program from her critically-acclaimed album After Blue, accompanied by poetic Parisian guitarist Serge Merlaud and cello virtuoso Mark Summer. Sutton comes to Grass Valley at the peak of her career to support the Nevada County-based global nonprofit educational organization Full-Circle Learning. Sutton volunteered to work with Full-Circle Learning’s programs serving urban inner-city Los Angeles children back in the early 1990s.
Sutton and her band have recently headlined shows at Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center, the Hollywood Bowl and the Kennedy Center. Nominated for seven Grammy Awards, her albums feature a soulful mix of jazz, Americana and popular music that has driven her past nine albums to the top of the jazz charts. At the Center for the Arts, Sutton and the band will present their latest project, “After Blue,” an intimate, jazz-inspired re-imagining of the legacy of Joni Mitchell. The After Blue album features a who’s- who of the jazz world, including Al Jarreau, Hubert Laws, Peter Erskine, Larry Goldings, Serge Merlaud, Kevin Axt and The Turtle Island Quartet.
Sutton’s Joni Mitchell Tribute program sold out for four nights, with two shows per night, at San Francisco Jazz this past summer. The poignant timing of the Grass Valley performance honors the legendary Joni Mitchell, who suffered an aneurysm in March.
The benefit concert will take place Saturday, August 1 at the Center for the Arts. Doors open at 7:00 pm, and the concert starts at 8:00 pm. The Center for the Arts is located at 314 W. Main in Grass Valley.Advance tickets are available online at thecenterforthearts.org/tickets; at the Center for the Arts box office, by phone at (530)274-8384; or at the Briar Patch, at 2950 Sierra College Drive in Grass Valley.
Monday, July 6, 2015
Preschoolers Work as One When Teachers, Parents and Music Lovers Do the Same
Check out the House of Blues concert on July 12th to benefit the Full-Circle Learning program!
Photo: Above, graduates received special honors at their ceremony June 30th. After a year of learning to appreciate diversity and work together to learn and serve, more than three of four children exceeded their parents' expecations in all growth areas: motivation to learn; desire to get along with and to help others; interest in science and the natural world; vocabulary and pre-reading skills ; and capacity in music and art. Parents had completed a bilingual home reading program while also developing fundraising skills to get through a year of growing pains.
The Full-Circle Learning Early Childhood Center at Rancho Sespe doubled the number of preschoolers served in the region this past year. The children mastered ten habits-of-heart, while the parents and teachers worked together to overcome challenges brought on by rapid growth in enrollment. Now, LA musicians are also coming together to give the project a boost.
You can help by attending the concert featured below, sponsored by Oneness!
The growth process started when the management of Rancho Sespe (a HUD community for farmworker families between Fillmore and Piru, California) requested that FCL fill Rancho Sespe's vacant Head Start space with a Full-Circle Learning program free to its families, who had never qualified for Head Start because they all work low-wage jobs in the citrus industry and are not on welfare. We agreed. These families feed America and deserve access to inspired early learning programs.
Full-Circle Learning accepted the challenge, combining two schools into one and lengthening the hours of its skilled teaching staff. However, the project learned eventually that its grant would not expand, even though the enrollment doubled. Suddenly,the utility costs, licensing needs and deferred maintenance on the building made it a struggle to keep up. Undaunted by these challenges, parents pitched in with cooking and carpentry skills to help with fundraising and minor repairs. Partial funding came from a First Five grant, licensing funds from the Samuelsson Foundation and a late-year boost from the Silicon Valley Foundation. Bessie Minor Swift Foundation funded the bilingual home reading program crafted by Full-Circle Learning, which not only trained parents but left every participant with a new home library of ten primers on this year's habits-of-heart.
Only half the projected needs have been met for the coming school year. A benefit concert, sponsored by the Oneness Project at the House of Blues in Los Angeles at 5:00 pm July 12, will help jumpstart the budget for fall, so that with the support of friends, parents and the base grant, the program can hopefully continue to serve two classes without interruption.
Meanwhile, we celebrate the achievements and service of these children, whose have honored adults who practice the habits-of-heart in their own community and who have reached out to share global wisdom with partners abroad. Even before kindergarten, they understand their responsibility to apply their skills in compassionate to benefit the whole human family.
SUPPORT THE CHILDREN IN 2015-16 BY ATTENDING THE CONCERT JULY 12.
Photo: Above, graduates received special honors at their ceremony June 30th. After a year of learning to appreciate diversity and work together to learn and serve, more than three of four children exceeded their parents' expecations in all growth areas: motivation to learn; desire to get along with and to help others; interest in science and the natural world; vocabulary and pre-reading skills ; and capacity in music and art. Parents had completed a bilingual home reading program while also developing fundraising skills to get through a year of growing pains. The Full-Circle Learning Early Childhood Center at Rancho Sespe doubled the number of preschoolers served in the region this past year. The children mastered ten habits-of-heart, while the parents and teachers worked together to overcome challenges brought on by rapid growth in enrollment. Now, LA musicians are also coming together to give the project a boost.
You can help by attending the concert featured below, sponsored by Oneness!
The growth process started when the management of Rancho Sespe (a HUD community for farmworker families between Fillmore and Piru, California) requested that FCL fill Rancho Sespe's vacant Head Start space with a Full-Circle Learning program free to its families, who had never qualified for Head Start because they all work low-wage jobs in the citrus industry and are not on welfare. We agreed. These families feed America and deserve access to inspired early learning programs.
Full-Circle Learning accepted the challenge, combining two schools into one and lengthening the hours of its skilled teaching staff. However, the project learned eventually that its grant would not expand, even though the enrollment doubled. Suddenly,the utility costs, licensing needs and deferred maintenance on the building made it a struggle to keep up. Undaunted by these challenges, parents pitched in with cooking and carpentry skills to help with fundraising and minor repairs. Partial funding came from a First Five grant, licensing funds from the Samuelsson Foundation and a late-year boost from the Silicon Valley Foundation. Bessie Minor Swift Foundation funded the bilingual home reading program crafted by Full-Circle Learning, which not only trained parents but left every participant with a new home library of ten primers on this year's habits-of-heart.
Only half the projected needs have been met for the coming school year. A benefit concert, sponsored by the Oneness Project at the House of Blues in Los Angeles at 5:00 pm July 12, will help jumpstart the budget for fall, so that with the support of friends, parents and the base grant, the program can hopefully continue to serve two classes without interruption.
Meanwhile, we celebrate the achievements and service of these children, whose have honored adults who practice the habits-of-heart in their own community and who have reached out to share global wisdom with partners abroad. Even before kindergarten, they understand their responsibility to apply their skills in compassionate to benefit the whole human family.
SUPPORT THE CHILDREN IN 2015-16 BY ATTENDING THE CONCERT JULY 12.
Monday, March 23, 2015
Winter News Around the World – 2014-15
Theresa Boli announced a ten-year plan for Full-Circle Learning Papua New Guinea, with a Champion Teacher Training program, early childhood initiatives in rural areas, K-12 education programs and vocational training with preparation for medical careers. She is building a team from among the teachers and administrators trained by FCL in 2013.
In Liberia, the District 4 Teacher’s Association, through the Liberia Movement for Better Education, has requested Full-Circle Learning training for 300 more teachers now that schools are up and running again after the Ebola’s quarantines. Full-Circle Learning Liberia’s 31 participating schools had initiated a successful social mobilization Ebola prevention program. Educators in Chad and the Gambia also work to implement strategies to engage children and youth in community service in life-changing ways.
American public schools continue to link communities around the world through their Full-Circle Learning programs. The parents at Tarzana Elementary School’s Habits-of-Heart Club, in California, organized a Kids United for Liberia walk after a discussion of what it means to be an orphan and the work of their global partner in embracing orphans as service-oriented members of their human family. The Venus School project has enjoyed a successful year with the after-school services in Jacksonville Florida, focusing on science and problem-solving. Sixty students at Spurgeon Middle School, in Santa Ana School District, have continued to improve their classroom community. They are known as the Change Agents at their school.
The Early Learning Center at Rancho Sespe is completing an in-home literacy project, with parents reinforcing the same reading and character goals at home that children learn in class by reading with their children. (This project made possible through a Bessie Minor Swift grant.) Children in Zambia’s Blessed Vale School and in the Full-Circle Learning Early Childhood Center at Rancho Sespe (in Fillmore, California) have exchanged smiles and information in a wisdom exchange to learn about the impact of smiles in spreading love throughout a community (just one of many outstanding projects of the preschool, which expanded its services at Rancho Sespe starting in fall 2014).
Meanwhile, the Blessed Vale School in Zambia added new secondary grade level, with the Zambian Gems working on new buildings for the school.
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Students at the Full-Circle Learning Early Childhood Center learned about the habit of patience in many ways (in personal interactions, through literacy goals, role play, etc.). One highlight, a lesson plan about the water cycle, taught them to understand the nature of the local drought. They later used math skills to make pumpkin pies to honor farmers who had practiced patience during the drought. Lead teacher Sugey Lopez helped parents plan a banquet to raise money for needed building repairs. The farm workers helped contribute.
In a series of parent workshops, staff members such as Maria Enriquez helped parents explore strategies for bringing making the bilingual reading project effective.
After reading, “Have You Said Hello Today?” Preschoolers in Fillmore, California passed smiles to one another and launched “the smile that went around the world,” symbolically floating their smiles in the air on balloons and sending smiles online to Zambia.
Zambian Cherilyn, who wants to practice helpfulness as a doctor someday, sent an online smile enjoyed by the American children. Her classmates also participated.
Zambian students talked about the influence of Full-Circle Learning on their education, standing near the building site of additional class for 8th grade at the Blessed Vale School. Zambian Gems will help add more secondary grades to the school.
At St. Cecilia’s School, love links helped those of all ages set personal goals for reaching out to others.
American students made love links as wishes for loved ones turned to positive acts to make those wishes come true.
Davidson Efetobore (fourth from right) has been asked by the Liberia Movement for Better Education, to expand the FCL training programs to encompass many schools at once, with the help of master teachers and co-trainers.
African parents meet to discuss ways to enhance their children’s potential.
Sixth graders in California’s Santa Ana School District adapted envisioned their study of civilization, the envision the impact of mutual Respect on the progress of human history. The process of connecting past and present drivers of success helped them define their own class code-of-ethics.
We have received word from Gambia that Funmilayo Aberejesu and her colleagues have based the Solid Foundation School based on the Full-Circle Learning model. They want to provide scholarships for orphans and children of prisoners, with help from donations. Other Gambian affiliates, such as Starfish, continue to provide projects that advance opportunities for service and learning.
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In Liberia, the District 4 Teacher’s Association, through the Liberia Movement for Better Education, has requested Full-Circle Learning training for 300 more teachers now that schools are up and running again after the Ebola’s quarantines. Full-Circle Learning Liberia’s 31 participating schools had initiated a successful social mobilization Ebola prevention program. Educators in Chad and the Gambia also work to implement strategies to engage children and youth in community service in life-changing ways.
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American public schools continue to link communities around the world through their Full-Circle Learning programs. The parents at Tarzana Elementary School’s Habits-of-Heart Club, in California, organized a Kids United for Liberia walk after a discussion of what it means to be an orphan and the work of their global partner in embracing orphans as service-oriented members of their human family. The Venus School project has enjoyed a successful year with the after-school services in Jacksonville Florida, focusing on science and problem-solving. Sixty students at Spurgeon Middle School, in Santa Ana School District, have continued to improve their classroom community. They are known as the Change Agents at their school.
The Early Learning Center at Rancho Sespe is completing an in-home literacy project, with parents reinforcing the same reading and character goals at home that children learn in class by reading with their children. (This project made possible through a Bessie Minor Swift grant.) Children in Zambia’s Blessed Vale School and in the Full-Circle Learning Early Childhood Center at Rancho Sespe (in Fillmore, California) have exchanged smiles and information in a wisdom exchange to learn about the impact of smiles in spreading love throughout a community (just one of many outstanding projects of the preschool, which expanded its services at Rancho Sespe starting in fall 2014).
Meanwhile, the Blessed Vale School in Zambia added new secondary grade level, with the Zambian Gems working on new buildings for the school.
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Checkout out our Facebook page, Full Circle Learning
To follow our blogsite, sign up at: info@fullcirclelearning.org
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Full-Circle Learning Images from Around the World
Students at the Full-Circle Learning Early Childhood Center learned about the habit of patience in many ways (in personal interactions, through literacy goals, role play, etc.). One highlight, a lesson plan about the water cycle, taught them to understand the nature of the local drought. They later used math skills to make pumpkin pies to honor farmers who had practiced patience during the drought. Lead teacher Sugey Lopez helped parents plan a banquet to raise money for needed building repairs. The farm workers helped contribute. In a series of parent workshops, staff members such as Maria Enriquez helped parents explore strategies for bringing making the bilingual reading project effective.After reading, “Have You Said Hello Today?” Preschoolers in Fillmore, California passed smiles to one another and launched “the smile that went around the world,” symbolically floating their smiles in the air on balloons and sending smiles online to Zambia.Zambian Cherilyn, who wants to practice helpfulness as a doctor someday, sent an online smile enjoyed by the American children. Her classmates also participated.
Zambian students talked about the influence of Full-Circle Learning on their education, standing near the building site of additional class for 8th grade at the Blessed Vale School. Zambian Gems will help add more secondary grades to the school.
At St. Cecilia’s School, love links helped those of all ages set personal goals for reaching out to others.American students made love links as wishes for loved ones turned to positive acts to make those wishes come true.
Davidson Efetobore (fourth from right) has been asked by the Liberia Movement for Better Education, to expand the FCL training programs to encompass many schools at once, with the help of master teachers and co-trainers. African parents meet to discuss ways to enhance their children’s potential. Sixth graders in California’s Santa Ana School District adapted envisioned their study of civilization, the envision the impact of mutual Respect on the progress of human history. The process of connecting past and present drivers of success helped them define their own class code-of-ethics. We have received word from Gambia that Funmilayo Aberejesu and her colleagues have based the Solid Foundation School based on the Full-Circle Learning model. They want to provide scholarships for orphans and children of prisoners, with help from donations. Other Gambian affiliates, such as Starfish, continue to provide projects that advance opportunities for service and learning.
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