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Alexs Pate - Innocent Classroom
Jared introduced Alexs Pate. We have heard many speakers but were especially impacted by Alexs presentation on the achievement gap. Alexs is the founder and CEO of the Innocent Classroom.
Author and educator Alexs Pate launched Innocent Classroom in 2012 with a vision to rebuild teacher-student relationships in school districts with some of the country’s widest gaps in achievement. Since that time, more than 2300 educators in 170 schools and programs have participated in constructing the Innocent Classroom workshops.
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Alexs presentation was inspiring and thought provoking. The messages that we receive about who we are can dictate our path. Children enter the classroom with preconceived ideas of who they are and how they will be treated. Teachers have preconceived ideas of who the children are and what their capabilities are. Alexs reveals those beliefs and helps to reset the expectations and challenge educators to sift those preconceptions and rewrite the script for those children.
Alexs Pate has also published five novels to date. His best-known work is the New York Times Bestseller Amistad, which was commissioned by Steven Spielberg’s Dreamworks/SKG and was based on David Franzoni's screenplay. His other novels include Finding Makeba, The Multicultiboho Sideshow and West of Rehoboth, which was the “Honor Fiction Book” for 2002. Alexs’s first nonfiction book, In The Heart of the Beat: The Poetry of Rap was published in 2010.
N ew Member Induction
Andy Currie was officially inducted as the newest member of the Eden Prairie A.M. Rotary Club. We will learn more about Andy at an upcoming meeting when he offers his vocational, Andy was an active member of the St. Paul club and now lives in Eden Prairie. He will be a great addition to our club. Welcome Andy!
Announcements
- Act of Doing Good – Meals on Wheels – Chaired by Carol Hanson; Every 5 weeks our club drives meals.
- Chicken Challenge – last day for collections. 963 of 1100. We think we are going to make our goal.
- 28 forms have been gathered so far from club members for sign-up for various committees – get your forms in to Stella.
- Speaker ideas send to speakerschair@epamrotary.org include; the speaker, topic, contact information.
- Duty Roster – if your can’t perform a duty, find a substitute and notify Becky Deelstra.
- Tour de Tonka – Looking for volunteers to help with their event. Event is August 6th . Signup sheet is circulating. Several different shifts available.
- Vino Classico – Saturday, October 8th , 6:30 to 9:00 at the Eden Prairie Community Center. You should have your tickets. We have a contest and each member is in a group. Winners receive a $250 gift certificate to the restaurant of team's choice.
- Silent auction items for Vino. Carol Sundet Meeker explained we should have the forms to distribute to silent auction donors.
- Board meeting on the 17th.
- Meals on wheels this week.
Happy Fines
- Carol Bomben - Power went out and realized she is happy to be living in a place where the power can go out.
- Craig Blixrud – Took family to the Saints game and had a great time.
- Lori Kendry – Happy to be visiting.
- Bill Yeager – Happy to be driving Jim Loutzenhiser. He is recovering very well and has joined us today.
- Carol Sundet Meeker – Happy to get first silent auction item last week.
- Jim Loutzenhiser – Happy that Bill was willing to drive him and that his wife was willing to have him leave the house.
Visitors
Laurie McKendry – former club member visited; friend of speaker
David Sherman – guest of Frank Sherwood
Beth Kreusch – 2nd visit - prospective member
Students: Carter Mason, Parker Hewitt, and Stella Lindberg (interns)
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