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my name is Jeffrey Merced principal of

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Middle School 582 the magnet school for

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multimedia technology and urban planning We

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Believe here at ms582 that

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children learn best through experience exposure

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and Discovery and being that we're a magnet school

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that allows us that opportunity to do so so

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Magnum has changed ms582

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not only our systems

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but also how our students actually learn

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in the classroom some of our systemic

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changes have been given

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our teachers professional development some

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of the actual Hands-On changes

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that have happened for our students is there

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have been introduced to problem based learning or uh

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Project based learning where in the classroom

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instead of just the traditional

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textbook pen and paper and

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even the technology pieces they're

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actually able to create um projects at the end of the

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unit that relate to their learning

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we have a Fab

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Lab which is a short for fabrication lab

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up that they can go into and actually do 3D

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printing actually sit at and

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and work just like they would if they were in

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this profession so we are able to connect them

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with real life professions and careers within

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the labyrinth in our classroom

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when I was a sixth grade and

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I first went to the fifth floor I

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was like oh wow like this is a new opportunity that I'm

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able to step into a Fab Lab and

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create something of my own being

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that we are a magnet school for multi

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technology students will leave here after 3 years with

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a digital portfolio so we teach kids

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what the 21st century is really all about

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from a multimedia standpoint

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we

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will help me um organized

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all my work that I have been doing in

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middle school and it will help my high

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school principals decide

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if they want to choose me for their school we

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have a lot of great programs

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such as student council

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student council has changed Ms

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582 by it allows us

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to have a voice and it allows students

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to discover their voice as well

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but now I'm a

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class representative still but I am running for second

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Theory I make sure that my class

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is heard and I make sure

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that everybody's opinion matters and um

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make people feel more comfortable and

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participating and communicating

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with the teachers when they have something they want

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to say another part of the culture

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is our sports teams we have 7 sports teams

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from baseball to basketball to football to

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soccer uh we have a wrestling program and

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we have a very competitive chess program

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as a student athlete you get in

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set that trend of being a

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leader inside of school and not

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only are you exhibiting that in the classroom

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but you get to exhibit it on the basketball

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court on the field we've uh

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integrated a full Hydroponics lab where

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kids how to survive in an urban environment through

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clean and healthy living in

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Hydroponics we learn how to check the pH

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levels and what that means in water also

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we learned how to take care of vegetation

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and we learned about how to cook fruits

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so we don't always eat um unhealthy

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Foods all the time the debate team so it's

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uh incredible opportunity uh for students

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to explain their positions

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on intriguing topics and

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they just excellent because it it

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bills your character debate is

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something that you have to be into it's

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something that requires an

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extensive amount of research it requires

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doing research accurately and and it

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requires you to facilitate information

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in a way that it it is your own

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words but it is also a part of the research

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and in the future students

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are going to be required to do this in college and

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in real life situations so the

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bait plays a huge component in that

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what makes ms582 stand

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out as a magnet school is the amount of

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exposure that we give to children whether it be with

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professionals whether it be with opportunities whether it

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be through theater through the Arts through some sort of talent

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and more importantly that constant accent

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it's a multimedia which is preparing

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them for the 21st century