3/22/13 - In addition to attending classes and doing homework, students at a local charter high school have also been working to tackle a big, local issue; hunger. Earlier this month, students at Kensington Woods High School in Howell completed a special 2-day project focused on developing solutions for the issue of hunger and food insecurity in Livingston County. While the schoolâs juniors were taking state exams, the remainder of the 7th through 12th grade student body took part in the project in which they were presented with specific challenges that the schoolâs staff developed in conjunction with the Livingston County Hunger Council. The challenges addressed three points of view: awareness, reaching hungry children and getting kids and teens to eat more healthfully. They then learned about the issue of hunger in Livingston County and the role the Hunger Council plays working to end it. Students were divided into multi-age teams and worked as a team through the 5-step design process that began with empathy by focusing on real life experiences. After defining the issue, the students brainstormed potential solutions, which they then prototyped and tested. Each team then presented their solution to other students, which ranged from food stands and gardens to social media campaigns and school assemblies. Hunger Council members, who were present during the process, plan to take those ideas back to their strategy sessions and work on making some of them become reality. You can find out more about the Livingston County Hunger Council at www.livingstonhunger.com. Pictured: Sophomore Chase Peterson works with Senior Deepika Schild on their prototype to address hunger in Livingston County. (JK)
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