Franklin High School
Service Learning Opportunities
Pre-approved SSL projects
Any project provided by Mr. Goldman is pre-approved, but students still must complete Preparation, Action, and Reflection to earn credit for the hours.
Kayam Farm at Pearlstone Center
Reisterstown, MD
Jones Falls Watershed Association
Baltimore and surrounding area
Moveable Feast
Baltimore, MD
Television viewing is undergoing a change - will your community be ready? The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) would like to partner with students to help educate your community about an important change that is happening with television, and to help students fulfill their community service requirements. The Digital Television Transition (DTV) is just around the corner – February 17, 2009. On that date, all full power television stations will stop broadcasting in analog and only broadcast in digital format. Those receiving their television programming via over-the-air means (rooftop antenna or “rabbit ears”) could lose their ability to watch TV. The transition has the potential to impact many of your friends, family, and community members. The DTV transition is the biggest change to television programming since the advent of color TV. Its impact is huge.
The FCC is seeking civic-minded young people to serve as grassroots educators and help spread the word about the transition to members of their community. Some ideas for students to participate in this important, nationwide initiative include visiting senior centers; holding small workshops in malls, churches, and community centers; working with the mayor's office and local broadcasters in the community to come up with a plan for the town; or even designing an old television recycling program. Spreading the word about the transition is a great way for young people to also help at-risk members of their communities make it through the DTV transition. These ideas can help consumers most likely to be impacted by the transition – seniors, minorities, non-English speakers, people with disabilities, those living in rural or tribal areas, and those with low income levels.
The FCC has created a student-oriented website to help guide interested youth in being community educators on the DTV transition. We’d like to partner with your district, your school, and your students in order to ensure that all American consumers are prepared for the DTV transition. Throughout the country, high school students are logging into http://www.dtv.gov/students/index.html to get more information about the DTV transition and get interesting project ideas.
Please click into http://www.dtv.gov/students/index.html and be part of the wave of people helping their friends, neighbors and community members make the DTV transition.
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