Culture
What is your favorite City Year value and why?
Thanks for sharing! :D
Complete this line of the pledge.
To serve as...
To serve as a City Year Member to the very best of my ability,
What part of the logo represents the idea that a year of service should be part of every young person's life experience?
The name: City Year
Name the CEO/President of City Year.
Jim Balfanz (City Year Boston '94)
Mrs. Callahan tells the students they will be these 3 "E" words every morning. What are they
They will be Excited, Engaged, and Educated by the best teachers in the whole world!
Name 3 City Year values.
Service to a Cause Greater than Self
Students First, Collaboration Always
Belief in the Power of Young People
Social Justice for All
Level Five Leadership
Empathy
Inclusivity
Ubuntu
Teamwork
Excellence
What is your favorite line of the pledge and why?
Neat!
+400 XP
What part of the logo represents the 12 months of the year?
The 12 yellow triangles
Who are the founders of City Year?
(Bonus 100 points for the co-founders, too!)
Founders: Michael Brown and Alan Khazei
Co-founders: Jennifer Eplett Reilly and Neil Silverstone
What is Ms. Carpenter's job title?
Assistant Principal
Which value is this?
I am a person through other people; my humanity is tied to yours.
Ubuntu
How many lines are in the City Year pledge (besides "I pledge...")?
There are 10 lines.
What do the bold colors (yellow, black, and red) represent?
The energy and vibrancy of our community's collective idealism, especially the idealism of young people.
What year was City Year founded?
1988
This question is for all players!
The first to find the Student Creed and read it aloud it gets the points. (This is not the Eugene Field song!!!) You may use any resource for this question.
I am bright, there is nothing I cannot do.
Yesterday's failures are behind me.
Today's successes are yet before me,
And I will make today the very best day of all
For this day begins the rest of my life.
What is the acronym or mnemonic device used to remember the 10 City Year values?
BLESS SUITE
or
Serve Students Beautifully So Lead Each Individual Until They Excel
Recite over half of the pledge correctly!
If you did it, AWESOME!
If not, you'll get it soon enough!
What do the groupings of seven triangles represent?
(There are 4 groupings of the 7 triangles.)
The days of the week and the Native American belief that with every major decision, we should consider the impact on the next seven generations.
Name 2 of the 4 international CY sites.
UK: Birmingham/West Midlands; Greater Manchester; London
South Africa: Johannesburg
How many schools/charter partners are in TPS?
78
(Range for full points is 10 above or 10 below)
What are the three main methods City Year uses to build democracy?
Citizen Service
Civic Leadership
Social Entrepreneurship
Recite the entire City Year pledge. :)
(You get 2 chances)
I pledge...
To serve as a city year member to the very best of my ability, To honor the rules and expectations of city year, To respect my colleagues and the people and communities we serve, To provide excellent service, To lead by example and be a role model to children, To celebrate the diversity of people, ideas and cultures around me, To serve with an open heart and an open mind, To be quick to help and slow to judge, To do my best to make a difference in the lives of others, and To build a stronger community, nation and world for all of us.
What do the compass points represent?
(The white space in the CY logo)
The Native American belief that the meeting point of the four directions is a gathering place.
Name 7 of the 29 City Year sites in the USA.
Baton Rouge, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, New Hampshire, New Orleans, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Providence, Sacramento, San Antonio, San Jose/Silicon Valley, Seattle/King County, Tulsa, Washington, D.C.
Where did Eugene Field Elementary get its name?
Eugene Field, Sr. (1850-1895) was a popular humorist and journalist. He was known for his wit and satirical humor, and often called, “the poet of childhood” (a term he despised). Field was the son of the attorney who successfully defended Dred Scott, a fugitive slave, in Scott's first trial. Though his father was an attorney, Field had little affinity for academics and never graduated from college.