One to the World is an initiative started by Loudoun County Public Schools to help their students learn to think and act on a global scale. While many projects completed by Loudoun County students have thus far been purely hypothetical endeavors, University of Virginia and Woodgrove High School students Elyse and Aidyn Morris saw the program as an opportunity to make a real impact on the world by teaming up with Harmony Middle to support Taonga Preschool and Daycare. They proposed their idea to principal Eric Stewart in early 2016, and he immediately expressed his support for the program. He then contacted this projects now-teacher sponsor, Thomas Casto, who was more than happy to have his eighth grade Civics students get involved! Soon Harmony’s involvement in creating a better school for Toanga was in full swing—everybody was excited to be making a real difference.
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