UNESCO interested in Blue Water teaching

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Teachers Elizabeth Burrows (L) and Louise Johnstone presented the new pages of a student created book to the Blue Water District School Board

In a report presented at the Blue Water District School Board meeting on Tuesday, May 18, it was only three years ago that two Ontario schools received the ASPnet designation from UNESCO  - Bruce Peninsula District and St. Edmunds Public Schools.

This year, an invitation was extended to two teachers, Elizabeth Burrows and Louise Johnstone, to represent the Bluewater School board at the UNESCO Annual General Meeting held in Quebec City.

Under UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, ASPnet or Associated Schools Project Network, was formed in 1953 as a network for committed schools engaged in fostering and delivering quality education in the pursuit of peace, liberty, justice and human development.

Burrows and Johnstone encouraged grade four classes to create a book that would be sent to other ASPnet schools to encourage their input in the form of poetry pertaining to their individual geographical areas.

"Our schools are existing in the Niagrara Escarpment biosphere," says Johnstone, "which is in a very elite group that includes, the  Amazon, Waterton Lakes in Alberta and the Serengeti in Africa.  Our students are becoming aware of issues such as environmental concerns, human rights and conservation."

The teachers also want students to initiate a journal that will be sent to other ASPnet schools across the country for their individual entries eventually arriving back at its location of origin.

The two teachers also presented poetry, written by Bruce Peninsula grade four students, that focused on the historical shipwrecks in the region.

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010