South Marshall Gifted & Talented participate in Community Service Project

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The 8th grade Gifted and Talented Enrichment class at South Marshall Middle School 
has learned citizenship through action

with a service project. They were given the challenge to find out more about their
community and help to solve

a community need through planning and carrying out a service project. Students had
to learn about our

community through research of public statistics, discussions with Glenda Byers,
Coordinator of the Roots to

Wings Youth Service Center, and reading and discussing recent local news articles
related to our community.

Awareness of community issues brought to their attention that some families struggle
to be able to

provide for basic needs and often reach out to the Youth Service Centers at their
local schools. Students

entered into thought-provoking action, planned, and carried out the SMMS Hygiene
Haul-in. Students had to

organize the project from the ground up and gained first hand experience in
practicing the targeted skills for all

Marshall County School students in the areas of citizenship, critical thinking,
creativity, communication,

collaboration, and developing their personal character to be a productive member of
society. The SMMS

Hygiene Haul-In was a huge success with a grand total of 1,963 items donated to
provide for the basic needs

of our community.


Picture 1: Hannah Griffy and Jayda Harris

Picture 2: GT Students with Mrs. Glenda Byers

Picture 3: Seth Adams and Hannah Griffy