PROjects
YEZ Projects
The following projects have been implemented within the Kent ISD Youth Engagement Zone!
Diverse Cuisine for Diverse Cultures
“KOPS” – Kelloggsville Outreach Program Services
Parks and Recreation Spanish Brochure
Rain Gardens and Your Environment
READY to GrOw
Growing Food for the Community
Other KISD Projects
These service learning projects have been completed by schools within the Kent Intermediate School District, but outside the Youth Engagement Zone.
100 Ways to Use Hands for Helping
Honoring Veterans Throughout the Year
Dinner Dances For People With Disabilities
Grow And Give With Hydroponics
Food For Ronald McDonald House
One Book, One School, One Community
Health Education and Drug Free Communities Projects
The Coalition for Healthy, Safe, Drug Free Schools & Communities is a collaborative effort of community stakeholders working together to enhance – through leadership, collaboration, and education – the health and safety of adolescents, their parents, our schools, and the broader community by providing a drug-free environment that nurtures our children’s spiritual, academic, social, and physical development. These projects were created to help teachers integrate drug and alcohol related issues into their curriculum.
Snuffing Out Synthetic Drug Use
Tweeting, Speaking, and Movie-Making: Civic Action Against Underage Drinking
Groundswell Projects
Groundswell (Grand River hub of Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative) seeks to establish and maintain a hub focused on promoting place-based education and helping young people in Kent County become stewards of their community, environment, and their local watershed, by helping teachers and students engage in service-learning education. Groundswell strives to provide opportunities for young people to investigate environmental issues in their communities and help them decide on the best course of action to resolve challenges and participate in civic action. Here are a few of the projects that are underway.
Environmental Campus Restoration
Michigan State University, College of Education, Global Education Cohort
The following projects were created by MSU students in the School of Education’s Service Learning Class. The students worked in groups, and under the direction of a K-12 teacher, to create service learning projects geared toward the grade level they eventually hope to teach. The students created not only project planners, but lesson plans as well.
Addressing Hunger with Haven House
Go Green for Recycling – Chemistry
Go Green for Recycling – English
Go Green for Recycling – Government
On the Banks of the Red Cedar – Earth Science
This is an Environmental Public Service Announcement
Disabilities within Everyday Life
Young Athlete Program through Special Olympics
Think Out of the Box: Recycle in the Box