(Moline, IL) The Lights On for Learning DJ Club started at the beginning of this year and each week 12 students meet and critique their latest gig. According to the Lights ON DJ Club sponsor, Dylan Cross, the kids are very professional about playing music and lighting up the dance floor. Here are some of the items they consider each week:
- Review previous dances, what went well and what did not
- Select and preview songs for future dances
- Communicate with the principal to better understand his expectations
- Generate ideas for new dances within our school
- Begin planning for future marketing outside of our school
- Review budgets and look for ways to raise money for club sustainability
Cross says the federally funded DJ Club is truly an entrepreneurial program. "Through this program we hope to show students how to run a successful business. We think that our model is far more effective than reading business information from a textbook. Students learn how to manage money, maintain a budget, communicate and compromise with each other, and work within rules and guidelines from teachers, mentors, and the building principal".
Recently the John Deere Middle School Lights On DJ Club offered a dance to celebrate the end of PARCC testing. The school also had an afternoon dance for the 6th grade students and an evening dance for the 7th and 8th grade students. Both were very well attended. Potter says the kids seem to love every aspect of the business process. They have found that selecting and previewing music lyrics is a long and tedious task but they divide up their work and collaborate within small groups.
The media is invited to the DJ Club this Friday, May 24th at 3:15 pm in room 318 at John Deere Middle School (2035 11th Street, Moline). They can interview the kids and see them in action.
- Review previous dances, what went well and what did not
- Select and preview songs for future dances
- Communicate with the principal to better understand his expectations
- Generate ideas for new dances within our school
- Begin planning for future marketing outside of our school
- Review budgets and look for ways to raise money for club sustainability
Cross says the federally funded DJ Club is truly an entrepreneurial program. "Through this program we hope to show students how to run a successful business. We think that our model is far more effective than reading business information from a textbook. Students learn how to manage money, maintain a budget, communicate and compromise with each other, and work within rules and guidelines from teachers, mentors, and the building principal".
Recently the John Deere Middle School Lights On DJ Club offered a dance to celebrate the end of PARCC testing. The school also had an afternoon dance for the 6th grade students and an evening dance for the 7th and 8th grade students. Both were very well attended. Potter says the kids seem to love every aspect of the business process. They have found that selecting and previewing music lyrics is a long and tedious task but they divide up their work and collaborate within small groups.
The media is invited to the DJ Club this Friday, May 24th at 3:15 pm in room 318 at John Deere Middle School (2035 11th Street, Moline). They can interview the kids and see them in action.
