Partnerships

Public School / College Partnerships collaborative educational efforts of Oberlin College & the Oberlin Public Schools

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Spanish In The Elementary Schools Click here for more information about the SITES program.

What is SITES? The “Spanish In The Elementary Schools” (SITES) program, initiated in the fall of 2005, recruits and trains Oberlin College students to teach Spanish at Eastwood and Prospect Elementary Schools. These Spanish instructors meet with the program director (Kim Faber) twice a week through the new course EDUA 010 “Spanish Teaching Practicum”, to cover pedagogical and professional issues related to language teaching, as well as to address any problems and questions that arise. The SITES program has three main goals: To expose all Oberlin elementary-school children to Spanish. To support foreign-language teaching in the Oberlin public schools. To offer Oberlin College students interested in language teaching an opportunity to develop their teaching skills and work in the community. Beginning fall 2006, all Oberlin Public School children, grades K–5, now receive 30 minutes of Spanish instruction, twice a week for 20 weeks during the school year. The Spanish classes are taught by Oberlin College students who have been trained, or are simultaneously in training. SITES Handout SITES Why? SITES Did You Know? News-Tribune Article - January 24, 2006 Oberlin Online Article - March 27, 2006 Oberlin Review Article - April 28, 2006 Chronicle-Telegram Article - May 17, 2006 Interview with the Superintendent - November 28, 2006

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Oberlin College Scholarships for Oberlin High School Graduates Click here for more information about the scholarship program.

As part of its commitment to the community, Oberlin College is contributing its greatest resource - a first-class education - as an encouragement to all Oberlin students to pursue excellence and seek a college degree. Beginning in the 2001-02 academic year, Oberlin College will offer full tuition scholarships to qualified graduates of Oberlin High School. The scholarships are a component of the College/Schools Partnership, a collaborative effort between the College and the Oberlin public schools to enhance the quality of public education for all students in Oberlin. The entire program is part of the Oberlin Partnership.

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College Enriches Public School Science Curriculum By Betty Gabrielli December 6, 2004

What do you get when you mix Jell-O, gumdrops, jellybeans, and licorice sticks? Why, a 3-D model of a cell, of course. That is, if you are a sixth grader in Marcia Stewart's life science class at Langston Middle School. "Hands-on projects are always big hits with sixth graders," says Stewart. Especially when they can be eaten, which the students did the next day (from Oberlin Online News & Features - http://www.oberlin.edu/news-info/04dec/langston.html) Click the picture on the left for more information.

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Poetry Rules in Middle School, Thanks to Oberlin Partnership By Betty Gabrielli June 23, 2004

If "poets are people who like to hang around words," as critic John Ciardi once wrote, then seven Oberlin College students found kindred souls while teaching the art and practice of poetry to sixth, seventh, and eighth graders at Oberlin's Langston Middle School this spring. Proof are the four stunning poetry anthologies produced by the Langston students - Leaving a Mark, Liar Bird, Temporary Relief, and Hatching Poems - and the sense of empowerment gained by the novice teachers, all seniors who graduated with majors in creative writing. (from Oberlin Online News & Features - http://www.oberlin.edu/news-info/04jun/langston.html ) Click the booklets on the left for more information.

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Oberlin History as American History Student Projects Demonstration Collaborations between Oberlin College Students and Public School Teachers Facilitated by Professor Carol Lasser Oberlin College History Department Click here to see descriptions of the projects or go directly to the projects by clicking on the topic titles to the right.

Oberlin History as Oral Histories The Lorain County News During the Civil War Teaching Tolerance Project Langston Middle School, A History Fair Housing in Oberlin: The Case of Porter v. Oberlin Oberlin Architecture Oberlin History Math Workbook Documenting Langston Middle School Oral Histories

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Professors Visit Prospect Elementary for a Brainy Discussion with Students Text and photographs by Sue Kropp

SEPTEMBER 21, 2000--Jan Thornton, associate professor of biology and neuroscience, and Lynne Bianchi, assistant professor of neuroscience, visited Prospect Elementary School yesterday to talk with third- and fourth-graders about the brain. The students have been studying anatomy in their science classes.   (from Oberlin Online News & Features - http://www.oberlin.edu/news-info/00sep/thornton_and_bianchi.html ) Click the photograph on the left for more information.

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Elementary Science: Bringing Science to the Schools Text and photograph by Michael Kish With grants from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Outreach Program, local elementary school teachers enlisted the help of Oberlin College students in presenting experimental science projects in their classrooms. As part of the projects, the College students prepared essays from which these quotes are taken... (from Oberlin Online News & Features - http://www.oberlin.edu/news-info/00jan/hughesgrantstudents.html) Click the photograph for more information.

College Students Lead Science Experiments in Local Schools Text by Charles Nokes - Photographs by Gail Burton The first time I walked into Jean Ebosh's classroom at Oberlin's Prospect Elementary School, I was petrified. I had signed on with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Outreach (HHMI) program to help Ebosh lead hands-on science experiments. When I opened the door, her third-graders were running around and yelling. After Ebosh told me that they were collecting materials for a lab exercise on friction, I began to realize what the term hands-on means in an elementary school... (from Oberlin Online News & Features - http://www.oberlin.edu/news-info/99mar/hughes_students.html) Click the photograph for the rest of this article.

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Local Teachers Awarded Hughes Grants Text by Mark Graham - Photographs by M. Landau In a small, informal ceremony at the College's Lewis House Monday night, Caitlin Scott, youth-education-programs coordinator at the Center for Service and Learning (CSL), awarded 18 local elementary-school teachers grants from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Outreach Program... (from Oberlin Online News & Features - http://www.oberlin.edu/news-info/98dec/hughes.html) Click the photograph for the rest of this article.

College Students Help to Bring Science to Life at Eastwood Elementary School Photographs and text by Sue Kropp In September three teachers at Eastwood Elementary School received grants from Oberlin College and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Outreach Program to initiate innovative science projects in their classrooms. Oberlin College science majors helped the Eastwood teachers develop curricula and lead presentations. Recently they conducted some experiments with the children... (from Oberlin Online News & Features - http://www.oberlin.edu/news-info/99dec/nova_project_eastwood.html) Click the photograph for the rest of this article.

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KID CITY Kids Creating Communities Photographs by John Memmott Kids City, was a joint venture between the Oberlin College Center for Service and Learning (CSL) and third-graders at Prospect Elementary school. Students created model farms, houses, stores, roads, and ponds for a display in the Adam Joseph Lewis Studies Center. Students from Oberlin High School and community leaders assisted the elementary students as they constructed this town. For more photographs of this experience click on the photo to the right.

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Taking History Outside the Classroom Text and photograph by Michael Kish

On a recent afternoon, two Oberlin College students herded six rambunctious sixth-graders around downtown Oberlin. Although the kids were glad to be out of school for a while, laughing as they ran down the sidewalk, the outing had a serious purpose. The College students--Jennifer Lewis, a senior from Washington, D.C., and Camalo Gaskin, a senior from Oakland, California--were leading them on a tour of Oberlin abolitionist landmarks as part of their project for the course Oberlin History as American History.   (from Oberlin Online News & Features - http://www.oberlin.edu/news-info/99dec/lasserclass.html) Click the photograph on the left for more information.