6th+Grade+Service

Teachers: Julia Rubin, Shushan Sadjadi, and Jennifer Gingery

Theme: Global Awareness

6th Grade students run a book drive through the African Library Project to establish a school library in Malawi. Students learn about Malawi from a Bay Area Malawi drummer who speaks to the class and leads a drumming and storytelling workshop. To reach their goal of 1,000 books, students ask family, friends, neighbors, and teachers to donate used children’s books. In addition to planning the collection, sorting, and shipping of the books, the 6th Grade class also raises funds for shipping. At the end of the project, every 6th Grader writes a penpal letter to the Malawi students receiving the books.

[|African Library Project Book Drive Web Page]