It's nice to see how students respond when given the responsibility. One teacher noted that a student who would normally be a problem in other situations was working with other students in trying to get them organized for one of the events.

There is a certain level of sensitivity [when parents want to transfer students]. But the district has a responsibility to manage the overcrowded schools.

It's good because the parents and visitors get to come and talk about what they do to the students, and the students feel good because a lot of them know who the presenters are. Everyone has a good feeling.

The students voted me student body president simply because they knew who I was, and part of that responsibility was making a speech in front of the entire school, ... I had a couple of teachers help me with it, and it ended up pushing me to do something I probably wouldn't have otherwise done. Once that happened, it didn't bother me to speak in public.

taught her students when you make a mistake, you don't make excuses. You accept responsibility. This is the best example she can give them.

We have a responsibility to educate and train students, but we also have a responsibility within the larger community, ... Are we doing a play because designers need to know how a corset works, or because we have an urgent need to put ideas before an audience?