Today marked the first day of the International Livable Cities Conference!  Students were welcomed to the conference; read articles about the amazing projects they have done in the fields of housing, transportation, waste, economics, parks&rec/public art, and Food/Safety/Health; did some mingling to meet other urban planning professionals attending the conference; and headed to Hawthorne to do some mapping of a neighborhood street.  Tomorrow morning our keynote speaker, Rex Burkholder, will be introducing the Brownsfields Challenge to the students.  We are continuing to discuss the question: What makes a city livable?


Homework:
Due 3:15: Complete Hawthorne Map of specific block and fill out the chart and the question about what makes Hawthorne unique...you do not need to answer the 4 questions at the bottom of the page -- we will discuss those in class.
Due 3/18: Business Card! please have about 10 available that you can turn-in with assignments -- these will get entered into the 'door prizes' jar.  If you turn one in tomorrow you have a chance at winning the first door prize of the conference!  so exciting
Due 3-15: Pages 33 and 34 in Service Learning Journal
Due 3-15: Page 10 in Novel Packet -- First Person Narrative

Due 3-20: 8th grade only: Final draft of environmental symbol

Due 3-21: 7th grade only, service speech rough draft

6th and 7th graders: You received paper work for your marine biology trips today.  Please turn that back in as soon as possible!