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From nobody
to somebody
Mark Kerr
Education - Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Updated @ 9:31:59 AM
Linklater Public School teachers
Jessica Tamblyn and Diane Norris hold up Nobody
and Somebody. The dolls are part of the Who is
Nobody? program that sees students complete good
deeds and then decorate the Nobody doll with
representations of their work.
Photo:
Mark Kerr | Students
at Linklater Public School will soon be transforming a
nobody into a somebody.
No, the students are
not participating in a makeover show. Rather, they will
be taking part in Who is Nobody?, a program designed to
build self-esteem and promote social responsibility.
Kelly Clark, the founder of the program,
introduced Nobody to four teachers on Feb. 12 at Sweets
Corners Elementary School. The Rotary Club of Gananoque
purchased and donated a kit to Linklater Public School,
while the teachers from Sweets Corners and Rideau
Centennial Public School in Portland won the kits at a
conference.
The five-step program is designed to
allow easy integration into the classroom. A box arrives
one day at the classroom. Inside, there is a blank, blue
denim doll called Nobody.
The doll lacks
character, and it is up to the students over the course
of the year to transform Nobody into Somebody.
The first step has students select a living
thing. They then must come up with ways of helping out
their choice of living thing using their ability and
knowledge.
Students have one week during the
school year to take home Nobody and complete their task.
Once they have completed their good deed, the students
create a three dimensional object that is attached to
Nobody. Slowly, Nobody becomes Somebody, a doll
representing the good deeds of the students.
The program teaches students that everyone in
the class has strengths and value, Ms. Clark said.
Everybody can help Nobody become Somebody.
Students must also draw a picture or write a
story detailing their kind act to be included in a class
scrapbook. They also present their accomplishments to
their classmates.
Ms. Clark said her program
demonstrates to students how individual efforts can
create a greater whole.
After five years of
testing out Who is Nobody?, Ms. Clark has received the
support of various Rotary Clubs.
It is
basically a mini-Rotarian project, Ms. Clark said. She
added that the Rotarian idealservice above selfmatches
what she wanted to accomplish with Who is Nobody?
In addition to helping other living things,
students themselves benefit from the program, according
to Ms. Clark. Young students feel empowered by being
able to explore and discover themselves. It helps
students redirect energy in a positive way, she said.
Linklater teacher Diane Norris learned about the
program two weeks ago. She was impressed by Who is
Nobody?
It goes with character education, which
the board has a big push on, she said. This really
ties in well.
Danielle Bell of Rideau
Centennial Public School said the program was straight
forward. It is laid out well, she said.
The
Nobody doll also arrives with teacher and student
manuals, homework sheets, the scrapbook, a take-home bag
for the doll and several other items.
Fourteen
different school boards have used the Who is Nobody?
program, while 25 different Rotary Club has supported
the program by donating kits to schools.
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