What is your Passion?
An introduction to SMORE and the Civic Action Assignment
What is your passion and how can that get you involved in the community?
What makes you happy? What makes you angry? What do you want to see changed in the world? These are the questions that motivate us to take classes, have discussions with those around us, and pursue careers. How does a passion morph in to community action? You will discover this as we explore the above questions.
Anorexia Awareness
Do you know someone or have struggled with an eating disorder? How can you make a change?
- Anorexia is the third most common chronic illness among adolescents.
- Over one-half of teenage girls and nearly one-third of teenage boys use unhealthy weight control behaviors such as skipping meals, fasting, smoking cigarettes, vomiting, and taking laxatives
- An estimated 10-15% of people with anorexia or bulimia are male
TOMS: Shoes for a Cause
The company was founded in 2006 by Blake Mycoskie, an entrepreneur from Arlington,Texas.The company designs and sells shoes based on the Argentine alpargata design as well as eye wear. When Toms sells a pair of shoes, a new pair of shoes is given to an impoverished child, and when Toms sells a pair of eye wear, part of the profit is used to save or restore the eyesight for people in developing countries.
Boise Rock School
Since its inception in 2008, Boise Rock School has been led by the belief that the best way to get individuals excited about learning music is to have them play in a group. We believe the band setting, coupled with a strong curriculum and student-chosen songs, achieves better results that any other teaching method.
In addition to helping students achieve musical excellence more quickly, the band setting also encourages essential life skills such as group problem solving, understanding the importance of compromise and seeing firsthand the value of positive social interactions.