{"id":11624,"date":"2022-10-17T10:20:35","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T10:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alst.org\/?p=11624"},"modified":"2024-03-12T06:29:21","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T06:29:21","slug":"school-events-2017-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alst.org\/en\/news\/school-events\/school-events-2017-2\/","title":{"rendered":"SCHOOL EVENTS 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, Columbia, North Carolina &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed educator resources for the Teacher Workshop: History of Anti-Semitism.<br>November 29<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, Lillington, North Carolina &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed educator resources for the Teacher Workshop: Resistance.<br>November 28<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Northrop High School, Fort Wayne, Indiana &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 50 10th-12th grade students and Simone Liebster.<br>November 20<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highland High School, Highland, Illinois &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 66 10th-12th grade students and Simone Liebster.<br>November 15<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"186\" height=\"237\" src=\"https:\/\/alst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Simone-L.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5072\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, Boone, North Carolina &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Arnold-Liebster Foundation contributed educator resources for the Teacher Workshop: History of Anti-Semitism.<br>November 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, Burnsville, North Carolina &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Diana Zientek presented information and resources for the Teacher Workshop: History of the Holocaust.<br>November 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Arizona Council for the Social Studies Fall Conference, Phoenix, Arizona &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference theme was \u201cReady\u2026Set\u2026Global\u2026\u201d and held at Camelback High School. Exhibitors Kristin Dickman Walter and Renee Ochsner shared educator resources.<br>October 21<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Florida Council for the Social Studies, Palm Harbor, Florida &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHonoring the Past, Preserving the Present, Shaping the Future\u201d was the theme of the 60th annual conference. Exhibitor Carol Confehr shared classroom resources with educators.<br>October 20-22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Illinois Council for the Social Studies, Palatine, Illinois &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Harper College hosted the fall conference. A workshop by Gaye Flowers and Marge Fulton included first-person testimony by Simone Liebster, who survived the Holocaust era as a Jehovah\u2019s Witness youth. An exhibit table provided resources for educators.<br>October 13<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wawasee Middle School, Syracuse, Indiana &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 160 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.<br>October 11<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/alst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WawaseeMS.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WawaseeMS.jpg 700w, https:\/\/alst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WawaseeMS-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Illinois Reading Council, Peoria, Illinois &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The 51st \u201cRead the World\u201d conference at the Peoria Civic Center included a workshop and exhibit table by Marge Fulton and Gaye Flowers. Simone Arnold Liebster, author of&nbsp;<em>Facing the Lion: Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe<\/em>&nbsp;was interviewed on Skype from her home in France.<br>October 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Arizona Council for History Education Conference, Phoenix, Arizona &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Held at the Phoenix Zoo, the conference theme was \u201cTaking a Stand.\u201d Renee Ochsner and Kristin Dickman Walter&#8217;s session \u201cStanding Up and Standing Out in Nazi Europe\u201d featured an interview with Simone Liebster and an exhibit table with classroom resources.<br>August 26<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"529\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/alst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ACHE20170826.jpg\" alt=\"Arizona Council for History Education Conference, 2017, Phoenix, AZ\" class=\"wp-image-5082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ACHE20170826.jpg 529w, https:\/\/alst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ACHE20170826-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><figcaption>Arizona Council for History Education Conference, 2017, Phoenix, AZ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest, Illinois &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with foreign exchange students and Simone Liebster. The students were from Russia, Mexico, South Korea, and China.<br>August 10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fort Wayne, Indiana &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 20 students and members of the community and Simone Liebster.<br>June 30<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fresno, California &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 29 students and members of the community and Simone Liebster.<br>June 24<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paulding County Carnegie Library, Paulding, Ohio &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 32 students and members of the community and Simone Liebster.<br>June 23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Park Forest Middle School, State College, Pennsylvania &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 50 6th grade students and Simone Liebster.<br>June 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chicago, Illinois &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 30 middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.<br>June 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Beveridge Magnet School, Omaha, Nebraska &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 304 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.<br>May 16<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lakeview Fundamental Elementary School, St. Petersburg, Florida &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 50 5th grade students and Simone Liebster.<br>May 15<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Basalt Middle School, Basalt, Colorado &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 85 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.<br>May 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Basalt Middle School, Basalt, Colorado &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 75 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.<br>May 11<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Union Intermediate School, Clinton, North Carolina &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 50 5th grade students and Simone Liebster.<br>May 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Napoleon Elementary School, Napoleon, Ohio &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 60 6th grade students and Simone Liebster.<br>May 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Milligan Academy, Decatur, Illinois &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 17 high school students and Simone Liebster.<br>May 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">West Noble Middle School, Ligonier, Indiana &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 80 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.<br>May 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/TheNewsSun20170505.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/alst.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/TheNewsSun20170505.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">>> Article from The News Sun, May 5, 2017 Posted with permission of KPC Media Group Inc<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">West Noble Middle School, Ligonier, Indiana &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 70 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.<br>May 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Springfield Learning Academy, Springfield, Illinois &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 15 high school students and Simone Liebster.<br>April 28<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pontiac Junior High School, Pontiac, Illinois &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Two Skype conferences with 100 7th grade students and 125 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.<br>April 27<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chimacum Middle School, Chimacum, Washington &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 54 7th grade students and Simone Liebster.<br>April 24<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Baltimore, Maryland &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 50 elementary, middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.<br>April 22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highland High School, Highland, Illinois &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 13 10th-12th grade students and Simone Liebster.<br>April 20<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Leesburg Elementary School, Leesburg, Indiana &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 60 6th grade students and Simone Liebster.<br>April 18<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inkfreenews.com\/2017\/04\/20\/leesburg-students-skype-with-holocaust-survivor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">&gt;&gt; Article from Ink Free News, April 20, 2017 Posted With Permission<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Washington, D.C. &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 30 elementary, middle and high school students and Simone Liebster.<br>April 15<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">McKendree University, Lebanon, Illinois &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 14 students from Methods of Teaching Social Science (Elementary) class.<br>April 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rock Falls High School, Rock Falls, Illinois &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 90 10th-12th grade students and Simone Liebster.<br>April 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maiden Middle School, Maiden, North Carolina &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 120 8th grade students and Simone Liebster.<br>March 28<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cramerton Middle School, Cramerton, North Carolina &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 135 7th grade students and Simone Liebster.<br>March 23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cramerton Middle School, Cramerton, North Carolina &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 135 7th grade students and Simone Liebster.<br>March 21<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Napoleon Elementary School, Napoleon, Ohio &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 60 6th grade students and Simone Liebster.<br>March 17<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Natrona Virtual School, Casper, Wyoming &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 20 5th-8th grade students and Simone Liebster.<br>March 9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Boston Latin Academy, Dorchester, Massachusetts &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 30 10th and 11th grade students and Simone Liebster.<br>March 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Westview Elementary School, Topeka, Indiana &#8211; USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Skype conference with 200 6th grade students and Simone Liebster.<br>February 23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alst.org\/pages-us\/education\/educator-comments.html\">&gt;&gt; Educator Comment<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida &#8211; 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