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Taipei Municipal Yanping Elementary School (2008 CyberFair Project ID 5347)
Taiwan, Taipei
Official Status: Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 2. Community Groups and Special Populations

We estimate 13 student(s) from 9 to 12 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: Yanping Elementary School is located at Datong district, the smallest Administration Area in Taipei. The area is best known for its popularity of literary works. The place gained its honor by being able to meet a scholar just every few steps. There are many historic spots in the area, and the Confucian temple is the most well known of them all. Yanping Elementary School is located at the Dalongdong in the Datong district, which means “the area with countless scholars.” There are three public libraries in nearby areas, which are Datong library, Lanjhou library, and Yan-Ping library. Also, the Yanping Elementary School Library is continuing to increase the amount of books in stock. Therefore, it is the best environment for promoting reading. However, the hardware alone is insufficient. The first step towards reading needs to be guided. Therefore, this is the reason for the establishment of the Yanping Elementary School Drama Club. The storytelling and dramaperforming volunteers are the planters that spread the interest in reading, and under their planning, the children's interest in reading becomes stronger, which will make them better readers as they grow.

Project Description: The Yanping Elementary School Drama Club (Consists of householders as volunteers) has been established for eight years. During the eight years, the group has expanded from being just a storytelling group traveling between classes in the school to an all-range support group handling all the activities in the school, which include: storytelling, drama performances, competitive activities, fund raising activities, and supporting the school's promotion activities. The research team wishes to gain more in-depth understanding of the operation styles and their services in order to observe and learn how a small organization is able to operate by a conscientious style to expand their beliefs and services. We hope the research team can understand how the group took shape as well as the volunteers' spirit in their services through interviewing, observation and taking part in activities. Through this study, we hope the research team can transfer the understanding of the volunteers' spirits into promoting them, or even putting them into practice.

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