Third grade students at a school organized various community service projects like a food drive and cleanup to help their community and show people the gardens they created, believing that even young children can impact their community through working together with adults on solutions to issues, though their voices are often minimized. The students find meaning and joy in contributing to their community through their schoolwork rather than seeing school as just work.

1. we want to help change
community
third graders are powerful
school can be real work
food drive, clean up
community, show people
our gardens
three
third
graders
Schools really go
squash passion
Kids can impact their
community.
Often their voice is
minimized
School can be life.
Life can be school.
Third graders are
filled with joy
Ellie, a passionate,
caring, third grader
create and contribute
to her community
working at school to
serve others will ease
the school to work
transition.
Seems like these students see
the issues in their community
They think that big solutions are
possible
All three think that they can work
with adults on these
solutions.
They feel unfairness deeply.
They feel that helping one
person is a big deal.
They feel like adult work
is boring.