KEF: Greenwood Forest Elementary: Celebrating Cultures and Acceptance for Others—A Culture Fair
Channel: Klein ISD Education Foundation
Date: 2017-04-25

Greenwood Forest Elementary: Celebrating Cultures and Acceptance for Others—A Culture Fair 
Award:  $7,500                                                            
Campus Kids, LLC
Georgia Matthews, Cynthia Sullivan, Jessica Jackson
 
Fifth grade students will participate, on a voluntary basis, in a family-approved project using Family Finder DNA to discover their individual genetic background characteristics.   They will use their results and relevant data to select and research a culture/topic based on their primary background ethnicity.  This project will help students and families have a greater appreciation of individual origins and facilitate a broader acceptance of diversity of cultures.  Students will present the information they have learned, and the data they have collected about other countries, traditions, in a project-based learning design. A “capstone project”—a Family Cultural Night—for other students, families and community members will include cuisine from many other countries and celebrate the diversity of the school and neighborhood. All DNA results will be returned to participating parents upon completion of the project.