School Intros: Emory Markle, Colonial IU, Eastern Lebanon County High School, and Campbell Elementary

Campbell Elementary

I am a GT facilitator at Campbell Elementary which is located just outside of Houston in Sugar Land, Texas. My fourth grade GT class had begun our “Math Around Town” unit, part of the Texas Performance Standard Project. It is a math based unit that poses real world math application problems. It is a difficult unit but through the use of technology, the kids learn a lot and really seem to enjoy it. We had just begun the unit when the Alex’s Lemonade Stand opportunity came my way, which I previously knew nothing about. After just a little bit of research, I really thought that I could apply the lemonade stand concept to our existing unit, and get a bigger buy-in by my students, and at the same time raise school awareness of childhood cancer. When I posed it to the students, they were immediately on board.

This project has been completely student driven. When they were in the initial brainstorming phase, the students determined that specific roles were necessary. Therefore, we have one project manager and a few supervisory roles. The bulk of the students are in the general workforce. Once those roles were decided upon, the real work began. We have already conducted one stand at our school fundraiser and our second and final stand will be held on April 10th. We are thrilled to be a part of this event and I am most excited about how much my students have learned!

Easter Lebanon County High School

Eastern Lebanon County High School (ELCO) is located in south central Pennsylvania, approximately 25 miles east of Harrisburg. Our school is located in a rural setting between four small towns that comprise our district. The school population at the high school is 850 students in grades 9-12 with a graduating class averaging just over 200 students. Our school mascot is the Raider and our school colors are blue and gold.

Colonial Academy

The Life Skills Support class at Colonial Intermediate Unit 20 services young adults 18-21 years of age. Located at our main administrative office, the students learn functional academic, daily living and work related skills needed to become independent members of their communities. The skills learned in the classroom are applied while making soup and selling snacks throughout the building. All of our students are also involved in outside work experiences in an effort to successfully transition them into a permanent job placement. Our Lemonade Stand for this event was constructed by Alternative Education students who attend our Colonial Academy.

Emory H. Markle Intermediate School

EHMIS is a middle school located in Hanover, PA. We are the colts. We have about a 1000 students in grades 6 to 8. We are very active in the community and like to try to help however we can. We are excited to be able to help Alex's Lemonade to fight childhood cancer.