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Program Updates
Civcorps Schools is always evolving. Here are a few highlights:
- Civicorps will be the feature the new hour long Discovery Channel show, “Battleground Earth.” Civicorps Elementary School and Civicorps Recycles! will be featured in the third episode which airs on Sunday, August 18, 2008 at 10:30 PM.
- Civicorps Elementary School is now enrolling all students all grades (K-5).
- Save the date for Civicorps’ annual fundraising event, 6:30 PM, December 10, 2008 at the Oakland Museum.
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Civicorps Schools in the News
Civicorps Schools has recently been featured on the Discovery Channel’s new Planet Green network television show, Battlegound Earth: Ludacris vs. Tommy Lee. Civicorps Elementary School students and Civicorps Recycles! staff are the stars of the show! If you would like to view the show, Rebecca Grove, Director of Development, has copies of the DVD
Click here to view the Civicorps Schools’ video to be featured on the City of Oakland’s website very soon.
San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday April 20, 2008
Civicorps Schools is internationally known for its pioneering and successful programs.
If you are a reporter who would like to learn more about Civicorps, please contact
Rebecca Grove.
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"By returning citizenship to the schoolhouse and by extending the boundaries
of what is traditionally called school, students become more engaged in their learning.
They build the necessary skills to be well-educated citizens who see their potential
for changing the world."
– Clint Wilkins, Head of Civicorps Elementary School |
