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From YouTube: ASP Cafe a Cup with Joe - Feb 2020
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Joe talks with Stacey Komsa, PYP Teacher Specialist about her volunteering in a school in Peru through AACPS and Laura Pinto, STEM/BMAH Teacher Specialist about the advanced studies & programs offered to middle school students.
B
C
We
used
you
belong,
you
belong
and
it
is
a
nonprofit
organization
and
their
job
is
to
really
kind
of
organize
the
logistics
for
you
as
the
traveler
to
really
make
it
a
more
impactful
trip.
More
than
just
your
typical,
you
know
travel
anywhere,
there's
like
more
of
like
a
service
element
or
a
cultural
element,
so
they
kind
of
work.
The
logistics
of
that
right.
C
A
A
That
came
through
dr.
McMahon
in
her
office
right.
So
that's.
This
is
her
brainchild
of
helping
us
understand
that
our
what's
the
impact,
so
dr.
McMahon
is
always
stated.
You
know
your
impact
on
the
rest
of
the
world,
and
so
this
is
a
way
we
can
manifest
it.
We
know
our
impact.
What
about
the
experience
or
what
you
found
for
the
information
means
you
really
want
to
to
join
into
and
to
go
volunteer
and
in
another
country,
I
feel.
C
Like
just
the
immersion
of
the
whole
experience,
so
you're
there
for
an
extended
period
of
time,
so
it's
not
just
like
a
vacation.
You
get
to
work
in
a
school,
which
is
something
that
really
intrigued.
Me
I've
always
been
fascinated
with
education
around
the
world,
so
I
felt
like
the
opportunity,
could
give
me
kind
of
a
deeper
perspective
of
what
it's
like
in
other
places,
sure.
A
C
We
would
get
up
around
seven
ish
and
then
people
kind
of
trickled
in
for
a
breakfast,
so
they
always
provide
a
breakfast
for
you
and
it
was
nice
to
kind
of
wake
up
to
friendly
faces
and
in
English
to
be
honest
and
then
everyone
kind
of
went
their
separate
ways.
I
went
to
work
at
a
school,
so
we
would
walk
about
half
a
mile
to
the
school
and
there's
always
someone
to
go
with
you.
So
I
walked
with
about
two
other
people.
C
We
get
to
school
we'd,
help
out
in
the
classroom
and
lots
of
different
capacities
until
about
12:30,
1:00,
ish
and
then
we'd.
Walk
back
and
they'd
have
lunch.
That
was
provided
for
you.
We'd
have
like
about
an
hour
to
kind
of
decompress
after
a
day,
long
of
Spanish
and
then
we'd
have
Spanish
lessons
for
a
few
hours,
which
was
my
personal
favorite
part
of
the
day,
and
then,
after
that,
you
usually
had
dinner
and
kind
of,
could
relax
and
kind
of
choose
what
she
wanted
to
do.
For
the
rest
of
the
day.
Talk.
A
To
me
a
little
bit
about
the
Spanish
experience,
you
said
that
really
had
an
impact
on
you
right.
So
you
there's,
you
seem
to
have
indicated
lots
of
Spanish
because
we're
in
Peru
right
so
they're
speaking
Spanish
to
you
in
this
setting
where
you're
volunteering
and
then
you
then
you
come
back,
and
then
you
have
more
class.
Tell
me
about
the
your
Spanish
experience
there.
So.
C
I
felt
like
in
the
four
and
a
half
weeks
that
I
was
there.
My
Spanish
improved
I
feel
like
tenfold
compared
to
like
I've
taken
Spanish
in
high
school
I've,
taken
Spanish
in
college,
and
it's
sporadic
my
Spanish
like
lessons
of
sorts,
but
it's
like
in
those
four
weeks
because
you
had
to
use
it
all
day
and
apply
it,
and
then
you
had
the
class
where
you
could
really
ask
questions
and
they
talked
kind
of
slower
and
clearer.
C
C
I
feel
like
everything
for
the
most
part,
especially
within
the
school,
so
they
like
did
not
speak
English
in
the
schools
like
they
wanted
you
to
just
be
like,
rightfully
so
like
they
wanted
you
to
use
your
Spanish
and
contribute
using
Spanish
like
they
didn't
understand,
English
within
the
school
setting.
So
in
order
to
kind
of
make
an
impact,
you
had
to
try
like
and
try
with
whatever
you
were
like
had
like
at
your
disposal.
A
C
E
C
Culturally,
you
just
you
can't
change
the
world
in
four
weeks,
so
you
just
kind
of
you
know,
do
what
you
can.
There
are
some
days
once
she
became
comfortable
with
us.
I
was
with
another
volunteer
and
the
same
plasm.
She
let
us
like
guide
a
quarrel,
a
collaborative
group
work
activity
which
was
super
cool
so
like
once,
she
kind
of
understood
us
and
learned
about
us
than
she
did
she.
As
an
art
teacher
who
was
in
the
classroom,
she
led
us
kind
of
take
charge
a
little
bit
more,
but
a
lot
of
times.
C
C
A
A
Then
you
know
they're,
they
have
the
intuition
about
what
sounds
right
to
them.
Right
yeah,
my
volunteering
experience
was
a
little
different
from
yours.
I
I
went
to
an
old-age
home
so
to
say
it
that
way
in
Peru,
especially
in
this
area,
the
concept
of
a
nursing
home
doesn't
exist
so
and
the
expectations
in
society
is
that
you
know
that
sort
of
the
families
will
take
care
of
anybody,
elderly,
so
an
elderly
there
could
be
defined
from
50
up
right,
so
I
was
taking
actually
care
of
myself.
Then
I,
guess
in
that
sense
right.
A
E
A
C
A
C
A
D
A
C
Like
other
volunteers,
yes,
so
I
felt
like
me,
like
you,
were
a
roommate,
so
I
felt
like
you,
it
definitely
became
like
a
sense
of
family.
While
you
were
there,
so
you
always
had
someone
there.
You
knew
that
someone
was
looking
out
for
you.
So
if
something
happened
like
you
had
someone
there
to
support
you
and
I
felt
like
those
relationships
lasted
after
so
like
my
room
and
I
still
try
to
meet
up
with
her
like
at
least
once
a
year
and.
C
A
B
C
C
There
was
one
little
cafe
up
in
San
Blas,
with
Sam
glasses,
up
on
the
hill
and
I
just
loved
this
cute
little
cafe,
and
it
had
this
window.
That
kind
of
was
like
looking
on
to
the
street
and
you
could
see
like
the
orange
rooftops
and
the
cusco
flags
which
are
rainbowed
and
it
just
was
very
I,
feel
like
a
peaceful
setting,
cuz
you're
like
immersed
in
this
kind
of
environment.
That's
uncomfortable,
like
you.
C
C
A
B
F
A
B
C
A
C
I
feel
like,
in
its
truest
sense.
It
really
taught
me
like
empathy
like
you,
have
all
these
Els
in
your
classroom
all
the
time
and
you
don't
I,
have
never
experienced
anything
like
that
and
I
felt
like
through
this
experience.
I
could
see
what
they
like
felts,
because,
like
as
much
as
I,
wanted
to
help
as
much
as
I
wanted
to
impact
like
if
I
was
very
limited
to
my
language
capabilities,
so
I
mean
it's
just
something
that
takes
time
and,
however
best
you
can
support.
A
B
A
B
A
Just
how
efficient
that
is,
or
just
different
right,
so
it's
not
better
or
worse.
It's
just
yeah
parallel,
but
it's
it's
a
different
way
of
looking
at
how
they
do
how
they
organize
and
how
they,
you
know,
sort
of
used
space
and
though
it
was
probably
I
know.
You've
said
this
before,
but
it's
sort
of
like
a
changing
moment
for
you,
volunteering
right,
yeah,.
B
C
A
D
Cafe
at
Maryland
Hall
is
a
collaborative
venture
between
Anne
Arundel,
County,
Public,
Schools
and
Maryland
Hall
for
the
creative
artists,
the
culinary
arts,
students
of
the
center
of
Applied
Technology
sound,
not
only
prepare
the
wonderful
food
items
they
also
manage
and
staff
the
cafe
patrons
may
enjoy
a
treat
for
a
cup
of
coffee,
while
also
enjoying
exhibits
and
performances
from
artists
in
the
a
ACPs
PDA
program
and
local
art
community.
This
amazing
collaborative
partnership
gives
a
community
an
opportunity
to
experience
awesome
food
and
customer
service
in
a
rich,
artful
atmosphere
here
in
the
communities.
F
B
B
F
F
F
Absolutely,
and
even
though
the
STEM
program
is
a
magnet
program
that
you
apply
to,
and
so
it's
a
program
within
the
school
within
those
three
schools,
we
really
do
spread
stem
and
stem
activities,
stem
philosophy,
stem
values
out
to
all
students.
So
all
students
in
the
building
actually
get
STEM
experience.
A
F
B
F
D
F
F
F
A
A
student
in
Anne
Arundel,
County
Public
Schools,
and
they
follow
the
fifth
grade
year
in
October.
So
my
understanding
is
that
this
year
it's
October
12th
through
noon
on
November
24th,
that's
the
Tuesday!
Before
Thanksgiving
the
student
needs
the
lunch
number.
The
six-digit
lunch
number
begins
with
a
six
seven
or
eight,
usually,
and
and
also
the
the
password
that
he
or
she
uses
to
access
the
computers
at
school.
That's.
F
B
F
And
so
these
info
sessions
are
a
great
opportunity
to
get
to
meet
the
teachers,
hear
about
the
types
of
classes.
Students
will
be
taking
the
co-curricular
or
elective
in
elective
classes
or
encore
classes.
They
call
in
middle
school
that
are
available,
and
usually
you
get
a
tour
of
the
school.
We
always
have
stem
students
available
and
stem
parents,
because
there's
some
questions
that
families
might
want
to
ask
a
stem
parent,
and
so
we
have
you
know
the
community
of
stem
available
at
these
sessions.
That's.
A
F
D
F
All
three
years
and
that's
in
the
encore
elective
block
and
then
students
will
also
take
Project
Lead,
the
Way,
which
is
an
engineering
course,
and
they
take
that
all
three
years
and
so
some
of
their
encore
elective
classes
are
limited
because
you're
in
the
stem
program,
you're
going
to
take
the
stem
the
stem
electives.
But
they
do
have
availability
and
they're
scheduled
to
take
all
year
music
dance
chorus.
A
F
A
F
F
So,
roughly
half
their
day,
they're
in
they're
in
classes
with
the
comprehensive
students
are
the
liberal
arts
students
in
the
school
and
then
about
half
their
day.
They're
spent
in
blocked
classes
where
they
are
with
the
stem
students,
the
computing
and
automation
project,
li,
the
way
courses
and
then
at
each
grade
level.
We
block
to
two
classes
together
or.
B
E
F
So
in
sixth
grade,
for
example,
it
is
social
studies
and
science
and
so
that's
a
class
that
is
a
stem
only
class,
it's
two
hours
back-to-back
and
it
gives
us
a
flexibility
to
bring
in
project-based
learning
and
to
be
able
to.
You
know,
basically
teach
science
and
social
studies
kind
of
simultaneously
and
a
very
hands-on,
and
you
know
kind
of
application
way.
That's.
A
F
A
That's
pretty
cool
so
that
so
a
student
now
is
thinking
in
fourth
grade
thinking
about
applying
this
other
current.
Fourth
graders
would
in
the
fall
of
their
fifth
grade
year
than
apply
for
entry
the
following
year
in
grade
six
right
correct,
so
it
could
be
a
three
year
sort
of
preparatory
sequence
right,
so
you
talked
about
the
curriculum
during
the
school.
Is
there
anything
after
school
or
on
the
weekends
that
the
students
may
do?
Yes,.
F
I'm
stem
funds
and
additional
ten
clubs
at
each
school.
So
in
the
stem
middle
schools,
there
are
roughly
20
clubs
offered
to
all
students
in
the
school.
We
don't
exclude
the
liberal
arts
students
from
attending
any
of
the
stem
clubs
are
welcome
to
join
the
stem
clubs,
but
all
students
in
the
stem
program
are
required
to
belong
to
a
club
all
three
years
in
the
program
they
can
change
between
year
to
year
or
semester
to
semester.
Right
typically,
though,
like
the
kids
who
are
in
robotics,
they
love
absolutely
love.
B
F
Clubs
for
three
years,
but
we
have
some
really
unique
clubs.
We
have
a
central.
We
have
a
biomechanical
allied
health
club,
there's
a
broadcasting
club
at
Old,
Mill
South,
which
is
a
really
unique
club.
Lyndale
has
a
pretty
high-tech,
Robotics
Club,
but
there's
many
clubs
and,
like
I,
said
the
students
can
belong
to
any
club.
If
they're
interested
in
government
or
Model
UN
right
the
newspaper
for
the
school,
it
can
be
any
club
that
they
want
to.
We
just
want
to
involved
in
the
school
so.
A
F
D
F
A
F
They're
kind
of
exploration
days,
sometimes
they're
tied
to
the
application
of
what
students
are
learning
in
school
but
other
times
it's
just
an
opportunity
in
the
community
that
we
want
to
go
out
and
take
kids
take
take
advantage
of
so,
for
instance,
in
April,
but
the
u.s.
Science
and
Engineering
Fair
is
coming
to
Washington
DC
right.
E
F
A
Really
cool
families
are
welcome
to
join
too
so
that
means
the
so
you're
talking
about
so
you're
talking
about
the
students
who
were
selected
through
lottery
to
go
into
STEM
program.
You're
talking
about
the
entire
school
population,
then
now
you're
talking
about
the
families,
also
getting
involved
right.
F
F
B
F
A
F
One
of
the
unique
qualities
of
the
STEM
program
is
that
we
take
students
out
beside
the
classroom
walls
basically
into
the
community
or
into
businesses
at
least
once
a
month.
So
in
any
given
school
year,
each
student
will
9
or
10
trips
outside
of
you
know
the
regular
classes
that
they
would
attend.
They
will
leave
school
and
go
either
for
a
whole
day
or
half-day
experience.
In
most
cases,
those
are
the
application
of
what
they're
learning
in
school
right
and
we
take
kids
all
over
I
mean
between
Morgan
State
University.
F
All
the
way
down
to
we've
been
to
the
Patuxent
Naval
Air
Base
I
mean
we
go
all
over
the
place.
This,
the
area
that
we
live
in
between
Washington
DC
and
Baltimore,
the
US
Naval
Academy
partners
like
Northrop,
Grumman
and
Lockheed
Martin
I
mean
I,
could
go
on
about
the
partners
that
we
have.
We
are
able
to
take
kids
on
some
pretty
amazing
experiences,
and
then
we
always
do
tie
it
to
some
sort
of
stem
career.
So.
A
Then
it
looks
as
if
learning
then
is
becoming
you
know,
sort
of
in
our
generation.
It
was,
we
went
to
school,
we
learned
and
that's
it
right,
and
so
we
had
homework.
This
is
changing
it's
sort
of
revolutionizing
how,
through
content
through
stem
right
and
the
philosophy
of
using
your
skills
and
knowledge.
That
learning
is
not
within
the
four
walls,
but
also
expanded,
so
family
school,
the
school
community,
the
family
community
and
then
the
community
at
large.
It's
pretty
cool.
It's.
A
F
For
our
sixth
grade
students
who
are
coming
into
the
program,
we
have
a
very
unique
offering
and
that
we
have
an
overnight
summer
program
camp
and
it's
at
the
Science
Center
in
Baltimore,
Wow
and
so
they'll
start
their
day
off
about
one
o'clock
in
the
afternoon,
and
we
do
a
lot
of
team
building.
We
want
the
students
to
get
to
know
one
another
start
learning
about
how
to
be
a
team:
how
to
work
on
a
team.
They
get
the
opportunity
to
meet
all
their
sixth
grade
teachers.
F
B
F
5:30
that
will
get
on
buses
and
get
to
the
Science
Center
at
6
o'clock,
and
we
are
the
only
the
only
visitors
at
the
Science
Center
at
that
point
in
time,
and
so
the
Science
Center
then
runs.
We
have
three
different
rotations
of
engineering
challenges,
basically
that
they
will
go
through
and
then
that
night
they'll
get
to
see
the
IMAX
movie
and
then
in
the
morning
they'll
see
the
planetarium
show
have
breakfast
and
then
will
return
to
school
about
10
o'clock
in
the
morning
for
families,
then
to
pick
their
students
up.
B
F
Have
a
several
choices
of
books:
they'll
get
their
choice
in
a
book.
They'll
do
some
summer
reading,
it's
fun
fun
book
to
read
and
then
we'll
introduce
under
Socratic
seminar.
The
first
day
of
school
will
make
when
they
enter
in
sixth
grade
right,
and
the
seventh
and
eighth
graders
also
have
two
day
commitments:
their
two
day:
commitments
basically
for
middle
school
students
each
summer,
and
we
give
families
choices
of
dates.
So
you
can
plan
your
family's
vacation
around
around
this
requirement
because
it
is
a
requirement
to
attend
the
summer
programming.
So.
A
That's
the
building
of
getting
to
know
community,
because
students
are
making
the
transition
of
many
schools
to
go
into
these
three
stem
middle
schools
right
and
then
you
have
the
so.
The
parents
can
rest
assured
that
they
actually
will
know
some
other
people,
and
so
it's
the
social
aspect
of
it,
but
also
the
academic.
A
F
E
The
writing
on
the
walls
course
was
designed
to
create
an
exciting
experience
for
students
who
might
not
normally
consider
taking
an
art
course.
We
examine
modern
artists
in
a
modern
material
and
may
encourage
students
to
find
their
voice
and
tell
their
story
through
their
work.
Writing
on
the
walls
is
such
a
fun
class.
It's
a
fun
way
to
approach
art.
This
was
the
first
time
I
realized
I
might
have
some
artistic
ability.
You.