{"id":29596,"date":"2021-06-17T12:19:44","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T16:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/?p=29596"},"modified":"2024-08-31T08:02:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T12:02:36","slug":"fostering-a-sound-culture-at-hazen-youth-voices-and-the-sounding-board-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/fostering-a-sound-culture-at-hazen-youth-voices-and-the-sounding-board-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Fostering a Sound Culture at Hazen: Youth Voices and the Sounding Board Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can a school community emerge from isolation to reflect on individual and collective experiences from this uniquely challenging and transformative year? This spring, Hazen Union Middle\/High School came back together around a creative engagement installation: the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sounding Board<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Part of a broader <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hazen Youth Voices Project<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8212; a collaborative initiative launched by the school\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.communityengagementlab.org\/vcln\"><em>Vermont Community Learning Network<\/em><\/a> (VCLN) team &#8212; the board is an interactive timeline display that captures the year through visual and auditory reflections.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-29596 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HazenSB1-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HazenSB1-1024x634.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"sounding board at Hazen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HazenSB1-1024x634.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HazenSB1-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HazenSB1-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HazenSB1-1536x951.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HazenSB1-2048x1267.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HazenSB2-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HazenSB2-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"A timeline bulletin board\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HazenSB2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HazenSB2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HazenSB2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HazenSB2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HazenSB2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_3345-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_3345-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"A timeline bulletin board\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_3345-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_3345-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_3345-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_3345-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_3345-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-9.52.56-AM.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-9.52.56-AM-1024x756.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"A timeline bulletin board\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-9.52.56-AM-1024x756.png 1024w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-9.52.56-AM-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-9.52.56-AM-768x567.png 768w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-9.52.56-AM.png 1370w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-9.53.07-AM.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-9.53.07-AM-1024x771.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"A timeline bulletin board\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-9.53.07-AM-1024x771.png 1024w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-9.53.07-AM-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-9.53.07-AM-768x579.png 768w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-9.53.07-AM.png 1370w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_3355-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_3355-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"A timeline bulletin board\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_3355-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_3355-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_3355-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_3355-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_3355-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_3356-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_3356-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"A timeline bulletin board\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_3356-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_3356-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_3356-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_3356-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_3356-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-10.02.04-AM.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-10.02.04-AM-1024x671.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"A timeline bulletin board\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-10.02.04-AM-1024x671.png 1024w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-10.02.04-AM-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-10.02.04-AM-768x503.png 768w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-10.02.04-AM.png 1376w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-10.02.22-AM.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-10.02.22-AM-1024x760.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"A timeline bulletin board\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-10.02.22-AM-1024x760.png 1024w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-10.02.22-AM-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-10.02.22-AM-768x570.png 768w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-10.02.22-AM.png 1364w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-10.09.48-AM.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-10.09.48-AM-1024x765.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"A timeline bulletin board\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-10.09.48-AM-1024x765.png 1024w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-10.09.48-AM-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-10.09.48-AM-768x574.png 768w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-10.09.48-AM.png 1370w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In line with their district mission of<\/span><strong> fostering learner agency through reflective practice, <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hazen is exploring a variety of community-centered, project-based approaches that embed this theme into all students\u2019 educational experiences. And Hazen&#8217;s participation in the Vermont Community Learning Network provides the infrastructure to do so. This network helps schools and communities evolve into a cohesive learning system. We collaborate to answer the essential question:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>What are the best next steps &#8212; the most effective sequence of professional development and community engagement &#8212; for educators and partners in their quest to help all students develop a love for learning?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School-wide initiatives include student-led parent\/guardian dialogues, independent-based learning projects, narrative grade reports and digital <a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/personalized-learning-plans-plps\/\">Personalized Learning Plan and Portfolio Process (PLPPP\u2019s)<\/a>. Faculty and staff from every content area and grade level prioritize tasks centered around student voice and identity. Multimedia projects, including interviewing and audio projects in partnership with Vermont Folklife Center (VFC) and Vermont Public Radio (VPR), are just some examples of Hazen\u2019s efforts to make reflection and agency part of the school culture. This year, students engaged in conversations with neighbors, friends, family members, elder partners, authors and storytellers, teachers and even the elementary school to talk about everything from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vpr.org\/post\/vaccine-approval-12-15-year-olds-brings-prospect-normal-summer#stream\/0\">Youth Vaccines<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/ossuweseeyou.wordpress.com\/\">Coyote Stories<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/14-BfLSRplHdJ1aaS3ishWhSQLFJnPb4M\/view?usp=sharing\">Pandemic Adjustments<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/13uEjw8Be5pzQxGhcnFKAcN5Tz3v4GrtW\/view?usp=sharing\">Healthcare Workers During COVID<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1-SNAIaZIG0dnwn5BKQ2mxFznVc5Zqozt\">Family Recipes<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sounding Board Project Goals<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><b>\u201c<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are making history here &#8212; and youth voice matters.\u201d (From the VCLN team\u2019s framing for faculty.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global Citizenship classes at Hazen highlight the significance of primary sources and artifacts. Collaborations with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hardwickvthistory.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hardwick Historical Society<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, VFC and VPR impressed upon the VCLN team the importance of contributing youth voices to historical records of the pandemic. Perhaps even more important, the team expressed a sense of urgency about hearing from students about their current needs. When a Hazen student and faculty member participated in the Senator Sanders <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tdkpYhyTU2U\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virtual Town Hall<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for Vermont high school students, the event hit home the immediate and overwhelming challenges facing our youth, exacerbated by the pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With these seeds planted, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the VCLN team wondered: How might we offer the Hazen community a fun and therapeutic way to come together and share our collective thoughts and feelings about the COVID experience? Key outcomes would include learning more about students\u2019 needs and inviting them to take leading roles in shaping the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The team decided on a plan with two major components: <\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1AxK0tdUVQaXh3rHJuvY8bfcouPlDXnvsybQTuQbaHzY\/edit?usp=sharing\">Guided prompts<\/a> for student-centered reflection and discussion, <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A large-format visual display on the school\u2019s walls for collecting and sharing the work from these activities. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project goals:<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Active listening:<\/strong> Better understand how our students are doing and hear what they need. Make student voice and agency central to our message and mission and culture. Prioritize inclusion, accessibility and equity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Historical record:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collect, document, archive and share student voices and artifacts from the pandemic.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Connection:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Come back together as a school community before we head off for the summer. Reflect on the emotions and memories of the past year and a half.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Shared wisdom:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Identify lessons and insights, new routines and relationships that we want to carry forward into our future.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Visioning:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do we collectively envision our future? What do we want Hazen to be when we return in September? What do we need to do to rebuild our community?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Celebration:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Celebrate the community&#8217;s resilience, which has been central to navigating this time. Showcase multimedia student work from the year. Celebrate graduating seniors.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gathering Voices\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a typical year, it can be a challenge to find the time, space and momentum to bring students from all corners of the school together around a single endeavor. This year, thanks to the pandemic, organizing a coordinated community project is a monumental feat. In an effort to hear from as many students as possible, the VCLN team identified Teacher\/Student Advisory <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as an ideal place to initiate this work, from both a logistical and social\/emotional standpoint. Because students begin every day in a 50-minute block with the same small group of students, advisory provides the necessary time, in a safe and welcoming environment, for students to comfortably engage in a range of topics and deeper reflection.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In appreciation and acknowledgment of teachers\u2019 expertise and nuanced relationships with their respective advisories, the team settled on a format that gave individual advisories and advisors creative freedom and autonomy. With the \u201cplease do and can do,\u201d they were able to ensure a collective spirit and fidelity to the collective project. This also honored the needs and interests of diverse advisories. The team knew it was essential to make <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1AxK0tdUVQaXh3rHJuvY8bfcouPlDXnvsybQTuQbaHzY\/edit?usp=sharing\">the menu<\/a> concise and straightforward. So they worked together to offer streamlined and engaging offerings that would support teachers. No need to burden them with more responsibilities during an already hectic and overwhelming year.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Implementation<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The VCLN team:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">uses weekly faculty meetings to introduce focus for the week: welcome, model, scaffold, and test; invite questions and ideas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shares Menu of weekly goals and prompts, with one \u201cPlease Do\u201d and additional optional \u201cCan Do\u201d activities.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sends weekly emails and calendar reminders and provides resources and supplies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">collects responses to collate and display on the Sounding Board<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sounding Board Close-Up<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collective Poems: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/u\/0\/d\/1bQlaLyOamqzP7Un0RyFBLl_yOrJvJNXgAQg11KB-Wo8\/edit\">Hazen Will Miss<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/u\/0\/d\/1IOpq88C4hwL9F2BKagSUcu1DCZqZ35Ot35-p4ft--gk\/edit\">Hazen Won\u2019t Miss<\/a>; see also Hazen\u2019s April <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1D79o8kDowL7jaaOfPNqfP_X12LCWAF__kaYt6N4VjPo\/edit?usp=sharing\">collective poetry prompts<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1dsvonI1umIlBmsPzNqPz9_gyGss_7cVeTCqdMgnO4Ns\/edit?usp=sharing\">Today we feel<\/a>&#8230;, <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1m3dL1_qRfprjIT4o03BOPHJbs38CRCQqd1-Vx1198ws\/edit?usp=sharing\">Spring in Vermont <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/read.bookcreator.com\/aTVbOjIqIIOA05wnFqXHbWsvkAE3\/yB6Xn7WtT76kZOH7wY9xqA\">Hazen Pet Haikus<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29792 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-9.52.56-AM-300x222.png\" alt=\"Closeup of a timeline bulletin board\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-9.52.56-AM-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-9.52.56-AM-1024x756.png 1024w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-9.52.56-AM-768x567.png 768w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-11-at-9.52.56-AM.png 1370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reflective Responses: On sticky notes, students share why they chose the articles they did. In addition, they shared how the article\/event made them feel.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feelings Wheel:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A spectrum of feelings, grouped by color and category, to help students explore and identify their feelings at different points throughout the year. Copyright <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/AbbyVanMuijen\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abby Van Muijen<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Student Work: Multimedia class projects and artwork<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Words of Wisdom: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Graduating seniors will share advice with the rest of the Hazen Community.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Keeping the momentum going<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next up, when we return to school in the fall, we will create ways for students to share their hopes and dreams for the 2021\/2022 school year. In addition, they also want to invite the local community to come inside to see and hear what the students shared. Moving forward, a major priority is strengthening community partnerships. This could serve as an excellent launching point for long term collaborations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How might you find ways to reflect with your community?<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inspired by Hazen\u2019s example? You can learn more about the Sounding Board by checking out this <a href=\"https:\/\/wke.lt\/w\/s\/rPEdA5\"><i>Wakelet\u00a0<\/i><\/a> collection of mural\/pandemic\/timeline inspirations. And, the Vermont Folklife Center through their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vermontfolklifecenter.org\/listening\">Listening In Place<\/a> resource seeks &#8220;ways to maintain our connections to one another when we most need them, engage with personal stories to strengthen our relationships, and create a record of what we are experiencing throughout the pandemic, and beyond.&#8221; You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vermontfolklifecenter.org\/fieldnotes\/sound-education\">see here<\/a> how they partnered with Hazen to do so, for even more inspiration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can a school community emerge from isolation to reflect on individual and collective experiences from this uniquely challenging and transformative year? This spring, Hazen Union Middle\/High School came back together around a creative engagement installation: the Sounding Board. Part of a broader Hazen Youth Voices Project &#8212; a collaborative initiative launched by the school\u2019s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/fostering-a-sound-culture-at-hazen-youth-voices-and-the-sounding-board-project\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fostering a Sound Culture at Hazen: Youth Voices and the Sounding Board Project&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":29787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[515],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-based-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29596"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40901,"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29596\/revisions\/40901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}