Vernon Domingo, a MGA coordinator, was born in South Africa and he was recently there on a visit. This school is looking for some form of relationship with an American school, whereby there could be communication between principal, teachers, and students. This program is geared towards helping parents and kids discover the world together. It is a family-oriented activity that gets parents and students involved at home in discovering more about the world. It encourages parents to harness the appropriate news media to help their children learn about geography and about the world.
Families attend a one-hour workshop with their children.
Each participating family receives a National Geographic world map to hang up in their den. When news is watched, or read about they identify the location and other geography issues related to the events. They keep logs for 6 weeks and return the logs for prizes and certificates. The Challenge program has been done in parts of the state and is proving to be very popular and very successful. Clark University Geography Outreach Clark University's Graduate School of Geography will have their graduate students available to make presentations at area high schools.