Local+Issues

Please use the table below to read about your classmates' local issues and give any suggestions on what can be done to solve these problems. To begin click "edit" and click in the box where you would like to type. Don't forget to click on save after you are done. //Hint: Click on each person's name to read their phase 3 responses. I look forward to collaborating with you!// Parents have very little contact with the school because of the distance from their homes, work or because they lack transportation to the school. Most of them speak Spanish and we have very few Spanish speakers in the school. || Put in place programs and parent nights that help them become more involved in the school. This means we may need to hire people who speak Spanish to hold family nights or provide some type of transportation or even hold meetings in community centers close to where they live ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Class Group Names || Local Issue || Tamara A. || Robert D || Aaron C. || Nami C || Loa D. || Rickey W. || Chloe M. || Joey S. || Zihao C. || Beyza Ö ||
 * Tamara A. || LEP (Limited English Speakers) students are bused to our school from miles away.
 * Robert D || . ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Aaron C. || Homelessness is a problem everywhere, but here in Hawai'i it is a very big issue. I have decided to focus on the homelessness in Hawai'i. Many do not know that we have this problem because their initial thoughts when they hear Hawai'i are palm trees and blue beaches. || Maybe your school could hold a drive where people can donate personal hygiene products to distripute to the homeless through local organizations. ||  || To address this issue, I can look up local organizations and assist them in any way possible. I can donate food or clothes, depending on what they need. I participate in a leadership program that brainstroms ways to help our community, and although we can't provide help as far as homes for the homeless, we can give them personal hygiene products and other necessities for clean living. ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Nami C. || Our local issue we have here in Hawaii is definitely homelessness. Due to land scarcity in Hawaii, houses here are expensive and many can't afford it. We even have problems paying for rent, my mom works two jobs to make ends meet. As you can see below, many homeless pitch tents near the beach and live there. Beaches are the most common places where homeless go because there are public showers and bathrooms || Maybe your school could work with a local homeless shelter to donate items for the homeless. ||  ||   || I could volunteer at local homeless shelters and maybe help to make people realize how much of a problem this is. I could donate things I don't need or clothes I don't wear or fit anymore. I see so many people sleeping at bus stops on the sidewalks and it really impacts me and should have an impact everyone also. ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Loa D. || My local issue that I am adressing is drugs like meth. There is a meth project called 'not even once' that helps stop the usage of meth.Meth is a local issue because lots of people use meth in Hawaii. It really affects you, making you do stupid things and thinking that you have bugs crawling threw your body. It is really scary because when on meth you do crazy things that harm yourself or others it is also illegal. || In our school we have a "Say No to Drugs," once a year for one week. The students sign a huge poster pledging to say no to drugs. One day they wear red to support saying No to drugs. Maybe this could be something to implement in your school. ||  ||   ||   || People have adressed this issue by having groups of people that are apart of the not even once project going to highschools and giving out wristbands saying not even once and doing power points to show the bad things about using meth. ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Rickey W. || As a frequent tourist I try and be very respectful of the fact I am a visitor on a Hawaiian Island, but I've had a few rough comments when I ventured into places that were not tourist areas. In particular I grabbed a lunch and went to a public park not on the map (found it by accident) and was told to leave as it wasn't a park meant for tourists. That also happended somewhere else on Kauai. I left, of course, but it was odd to me as I was trying not to act like a tourist."- Blazer Profet. Racism In Hawaii || Maybe changes could start in your school. By organizing a group with teacher supervision to bring awareness to the negative feelings often felt by the natives of Hawaii and support activities that help change the perspectives toward tourist. ||  ||   ||   ||   || Hate towards other races ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Chloe M. || There is a lot of litter crowding the highways and main roads, probably because no one enforces those laws. Also, there are many business owners struggling to keep their businesses successful, many are closing down and in huge debt. || Maybe your school could join a local community organization to adopt other roads to keep clean. I know that many roads and highways have been adopted by people and organizations to help clean up litter. ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || For the littering issue, we can organize a group at our school and help clean up streams and roads. We have adopted a road as a school but I feel that we need to do more than just that. Our community service groups could focus more on helping with local issues rather than completing unimportant tasks around the school. Concerning the business issue, we can focus on purchasing things from local small businesses rather than already successful chains. ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Joey S. || The use of school funds. || At our school we have team leaders who are students. They present suggestions to the administration at our school brought up by the students. ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || make a petition to use the money on more important items in school ||   ||   ||
 * Zihao C. || In Beijing, the traffic jam is a big issue. More and more cars are bought by people then there are more and more cars on the roads. Sometimes you need to waste much time to go a short distance. It is a local issue in Beijing. || Encourage people to take buses and subways by writing blogs. ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || people should take bus and subway more then there are less number of cars on the roads. In this way, there will be less traffic jam in our life. ||   ||
 * Beyza Ö. ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||