Youth Express: Brilliant Bookworms
From 12/14/13: Stories from the Winchester Thurston Brilliant Bookworms
Youth Express: “From There to Here” Participants from Winchester Thurston
From 5/11/13: Participants in From There to Here, a City as Our Campus project in which 23 Winchester Thurston fifth graders interviewed ten people born in other countries that now live in the United States
From There to Here…2013
As part of their Spring 2013 Social Studies unit, twenty-three Winchester Thurston School fifth graders interviewed people who came to the U.S. from other countries.
Vietnam – Stories from U.S. Veterans
On May 7th 2012, nine veterans met with Winchester Thurston School eleventh graders to share experiences and stories from their service during the Vietnam War. The accounts below include these student interviews as well as reflections based on these conversations, all of which were conducted as part of a U.S. History class and The City as Our Campus program (directed by Ms. Teresa DeFlitch). Special thanks to Dr. Alexis Macklin at the Senator John Heinz History Center.
From There to Here…2012
As part of their Spring 2012 Social Studies unit, twenty-eight Winchester Thurston School fifth graders interviewed people who came to the U.S. from other countries. Here are excerpts from these interviews, and the students’ reflections on this project.