At fourteen years old, Nicholas has already been with the FLOC Scholars Program for about two years. One of his favorite times at FLOC was a summer zoology program that took students on a field trip to the Smithsonian National Zoo, which he brought up and seemed to remember enjoying quite a bit.<\/p>\n
The eighth grade student was working on homework and chatting with two of his friends when I found him in the student room at For Love of Children. \u201cI usually eat and do homework before our program starts,\u201d he explained to me. \u201cOr I talk to my friends and maybe play a game with them.\u201d<\/p>\n
When I asked him what he is currently learning about in program, he told me about his theme-based workshop: Global Positioning. This month, our middle school and high school Scholars were given the choice of at least three different theme-based workshops led by our volunteer expert workshop facilitators. These workshops were designed to enrich our Scholars\u2019 learning experiences and give them a chance to explore potential interests that they might not be exposed to in school.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo far in my workshop, we\u2019ve learned where different churches and famous buildings are in the world,\u201d Nicholas told me. \u201cWe\u2019ve also learned the names of these buildings and little bit about the civilizations of cities at different times in history.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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