Students at Twinbrook Elementary School are learning a little more about the world, it’s culture and geography, thanks to the school’s Geo Club organized by Mia Lee, a senior at Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville.
Mia, who is part Korean and part Ecuadorian, said she started the club, which is sponsored by the school’s PTA, after a recent trip to Ecuador.
She said she hopes the club will encourage the students’ curiosity, knowledge and acceptance of other cultures and perspectives.
“The geography we are concentrating on is culture based. We concentrate on the connections between the students and the continents they are studying,” Mia said.
At the Jan. 30 meeting, the 13 fourth- and fifth-grade students in the club this semester reviewed map skills they learned at an earlier meeting then broke into groups to read about Africa and discuss its people, animals and countries.
“I like when they read the stories. It teaches a lesson,” fourth-grader Camille Chavis, 9, said.
Neill Seminario, 10, a fifth-grader, joined the club when it started last year and is back to learn more. He said he hopes to travel when he gets older, especially to Russia and to Asia and Europe.
He said he has learned a lot about maps.
The Geo Club meets for one hour after school each Monday. There is no cost to the students to join.
“Geography is one of those things that’s not covered so [the club] gets more people involved and learning,” Ajeenah Chavez, PTA president, said.
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