River City High School of Leadership and Service

More About the School

River City High School of Leadership and Service opened in 2006.  It is a small school and a member of the Coalition of Essential Schools.

River City High School is beginning its work with Facing History.   After attending a seminar in summer 2008, Twana Hinton will be teaching a full semester Holocaust and Human Behavior course.  The school is exploring several years of expanding their use of Facing History over the years.  One goal is that all students will take a full semester Facing History course before they graduate.  The school hopes to use Facing History resources on the Civil Rights Movement (Eyes on the Prize, Choices in Little Rock) to complement River City High School's existing relationship with the National Civil Rights Museum.

Demographics

• 82 students
• 100% African-American students

Plan for 2008-2009

1. Develop and implement a semester long 11^th grade Facing History course focusing on Holocaust and Human Behavior.  All students will take this course before they graduate.

2. Facing History program associates will meet bi- weekly with the teacher of the Holocaust and Human Behavior course to develop and plan this course.

3. Begin to work with the history teachers and the National Civil Rights Museum to incorporate Facing History's resources on the Civil Rights Movement (i.e. Eyes on the Prize study guide) into the curriculum.

4. Facing History program associates will facilitate in-service professional development workshops focusing on community building to all faculty.

5. Identify Language Arts teachers to attend summer, 2009 Holocaust and Human Behavior seminar. Identify teachers to attend Follow-up seminar in summer, 2009.