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KIRTLAND, Ohio — Kirtland Middle School students are about to embark on a big challenge. A screen-free week is about to start inside classrooms and at home. From May 6 through May 12, students and teachers will ditch the devices for more in-person interactions.
Middle School principal Bob Race said he understands his students spend a lot of time on screens, even in the classroom, using Chromebooks for assignments and watching large classroom screens during lessons. Race said he worked with the Student Leadership Council to come up with the challenge. Each teacher will modify lesson plans to go back to the basics of paper and pencil.
Race said, “The no-screen week would be an exciting thing to do because kids nowadays are always looking at a screen. This week would be beneficial to showing kids how to have fun without a screen and adjust to new and more fun ways to learn. It could show kids that their life isn’t only on a screen and they can enjoy themselves and time with their friends without playing video games with someone.
Each child will be asked to sign a Screen Free Pledge Card. You can join in the screen-free week, too. You can find more information about the challenge and a pledge card for your family if you want to try the challenge by CLICKING HERE.In the future, the school hopes to expand the screen-free week into the community too. You can support students taking the challenge by donating.
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