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Tucson, AZ: Pueblo Magnet High Creates CC! Mini-Communities

CC! will be half of a two-part "smaller learning community" program at Pueblo Magnet High. The school has divided the 1900-member student body into groups of 20, and each will have an adult volunteer as an advisor. The goal is to carve the massive student body into small, more personal groups where students can discuss issues and get to know each other better.

On Wednesdays they'll meet for the CHARACTER COUNTS! half of the program and working on the Six Pillars. Patricia Dienz told the Arizona Daily Star in January 2006 that students will discuss ethical issues, especially how the Pillars interact with each other.

On Thursdays, they'll spend at least 20 minutes of quiet time together, reading.

Pueblo has received a federal grant of $775,000 to create these mini-communities. The school will spend this sum over five years on teacher training, curriculum, material, teacher training, parental involvement and payment for staff who become advisers.

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