{"id":7737,"date":"2018-05-17T09:36:20","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T13:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/?page_id=7737"},"modified":"2018-06-25T10:07:38","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T14:07:38","slug":"level-up-village","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/programs\/level-up-village","title":{"rendered":"Level Up Village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"cboxElement\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/270118227?height=450&amp;width=800\" rel=\"wp-video-lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7738\" src=\"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/LevelUpFOA-270x152.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/LevelUpFOA-270x152.png 270w, http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/LevelUpFOA-768x431.png 768w, http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/LevelUpFOA-540x303.png 540w, http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/LevelUpFOA-200x112.png 200w, http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/LevelUpFOA-125x70.png 125w, http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/LevelUpFOA-60x34.png 60w, http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/LevelUpFOA-85x48.png 85w, http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/LevelUpFOA-80x45.png 80w, http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/LevelUpFOA.png 957w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>Five Oaks Academy is the first in the Upstate to launch the Level Up Village (LUV) program, a global S.T.E.A.M program. LUV delivers pioneering global Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics\u00a0(S.T.E.A.M) enrichment courses that promote design thinking and 1-to-1 collaboration between students around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Our sixth graders piloted three programs this year: Global Conversations: Doctors DNA, Global Conversations: Malala Yousafzai, and Global Conversations: The Giver. One of the unique aspects of this global program is the partnership our students form with students living in a third world country.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0The units begin with the students preparing online video profiles in shared portals, which are developed through inquiry-based questions. They exchange their personal profiles and continue to communicate and collaborate together on unit projects (again using video) for 5-8 weeks, essentially creating a digital penpal. This video shows our 6th-grade students experiencing\u00a0their first live group Skype with their partner school in Ghana for the Level Up Village course &#8220;DNA Doctors&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When a LUV student kit is purchased in the United States, the money from that purchase sponsors a student in another country who lives on a household income of $1.00 a day or less. It For the first two programs, our students were partnered with schools in Ghana. For the third program, our students were partnered with a school in Colombia.<\/p>\n<p>As the sixth-grade students embarked upon their first LUV\u00a0course, we sat down with them to get their thoughts on this program.\u00a0Stella, a participating sixth grader, said:\u00a0<em>\u201cI can\u2019t wait to get to know someone my age from a different country and understand what their life is like \u2014 and not just the stereotypes.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>So far, Stella has learned that her partner likes to cook and loves cats. There is so much more to explore, but a personal connection and bond have taken root, and that\u2019s the whole point. Even at her young age, Stella sees the ultimate reward,<em>\u201cThis will broaden my international perspective.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 Spoken like a true global-ready learner!<\/p>\n<p>We would like to thank FOA&#8217;s Annual Fund for supporting the piloting of this program. We look forward to rolling LUV out to our elementary levels and up next year!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five Oaks Academy is the first in the Upstate to launch the Level Up Village (LUV) program, a global S.T.E.A.M program. LUV delivers pioneering global Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics\u00a0(S.T.E.A.M) enrichment courses that promote design thinking and 1-to-1 collaboration between students around the world. 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