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What is Chucktown Squash? Chucktown Squash is an afterschool program that provides a unique blend of physical and educational activities that allows students to excel in the classroom and the world. It all started in 2010 when a group of people in the community became aware of the lack of beneficial afterschool programs in the area. “In Charleston, more than 1700 children lack daily supervision after-school, during the hours of 3:00-6:00pm”(Chucktown Squash). This means all of those children are spending hundreds of hours alone with no attention or engagement in activities. National studies show that the relationship between limited after school supervision include: increased teen pregnancy rates, violence, decreased school attendance, risk…

include or integrate the curriculum into their teaching. Perhaps most significant is the change in understanding on how to use the science in afterschool as indicated by the post-reflective survey (going from 2.5 to above a 4 with 5 being strongly agreed). • Growing Up Wild Workshop o All descriptive statistics indicate a strong satisfaction with the workshop content, curriculum and trainer. Participants also favorable indicated that they will integrate the curriculum into their teaching, and…

Hugo was the most costly disasters which were experienced by U.S. in terms of infrastructure damage, local economies, and homes. After Hurricane Hugo made landfall on September 21, 1989, near Charleston, South Carolina, media accounted that there was serious problem in South Carolina’s recovery and response efforts. Lot of damage was done by Hugo each and every place in South Carolina suffered some damages, some lost homes, lives etc. Great devastation was done to forest 80% of the forest was…

Prom Night in Mississippi Reflection Prom Night in Mississippi is a documentary film about Academy Award-winning actor, Morgan Freeman who offers to pay for the senior prom at Charleston High School in Mississippi under the condition that, prom had to be racially integrated. In this film, we view the struggles that are faced and overcome to have a successful integrated prom in 2008. My personal views, emotional connection, previous thoughts, reaction, and what I learned from watching this…

The Mambo dance was originated by a Cuban bandleader, Perez Prado, in Havana, Cuba in the 1930s. It is a very sexy Latin style dance along with passionate and flirtatious hip movement that flows forward and backward. Additionally, Mambo dancers dance in sharp and quick steps, side steps, rock steps, kicks, points and flicks of the feet. There are a variety of Mambo rhythms, and they are all based on the clave rhythm that used in Afro-Cuban music. The rhythms are set by a variety of percussion…

year. They have differing levels of sponsorship at the race ranging from bronze to platinum with a starting price of 1,000 and the high price going to 5,000. During the race they have many different events going on to get participants in the holiday and running mood. Some of the events they do alongside the race are a costume contest and an event for the kids. They are hoping to get more people interested in terrace and donating. My responsibilities for this project were posting the poster for…

The Mission Statement and the Liberal Learning Outcomes that the University of Charleston have produced for their student will be very important and helpful to their careers and lifestyle. I believe that this will be a great feature to add to my student life here at Charleston as it will help guide myself and others around to succeeding, while thinking and having an overall picture in our heads of what and where we want to be by the end of the student careers. The Mission Statement of University…

Here at the University of Charleston we all strive to meet a mission. The mission at the University of Charleston is to educate each student for a life of productive work, enlightened living, and community involvement is reflected in your life plan. On my very first visit at the University for SOAR, I learned what the mission statement was. When I learned it, I was not sure how it was going to affect me, or play a role during my education. I was kind of surprised to hear the mission statement,…

Regardless of a hyped up sense of crisis depicted in news reports, a commonality of purpose and methodology exist between the various political elements in Charleston. The purpose is satisfying the budget shortfall, and the methodology is replenishing that shortage with higher taxes. West Virginia voters should demand the legislature submit a budget to the governor that matches projected income, and then be adamant the governor does his job by cutting the size of government. The legislature…

Current Event Project A year ago, in June, a black church in Charleston, South Carolina, was shot at by a man named Dylann Roof. This shooting is now known as the “Charleston Massacre.” During the shooting, nine people were ruled dead. Roof is currently facing 33 federal charges. These include violating the Hate Crime Act, resulting in death and attempt to kill; obstruction of exercise of religion, resulting in death, involving an attempt to kill, and use of a dangerous weapon; and use of a…