When One Door Closes, Another Opens!
By Kyla, Mady, Sarah, Ethan and Hunter
Today marks our last day of our Global Goals project, and it’s very bitter sweet! Although we’ve done some fantastic things, our group has experienced our fair share of bumps in the road. There are ways that we could have reached our goals differently, but we wouldn’t think to change one minute of it.
One of our speed bumps was staying motivated during the process. This is by far one of the longest and most in depth projects many of us have ever had, so we found ourselves running out of steam quite quickly. We had to change our mindset as far as projects were concern; most are a sprint, but Global Goals was a marathon. Another struggle may have been the amount of outside-the-box thinking that was needed for this project. Many of our group members are university level students, so not necessarily having a set rubric to follow really pushed us outside of our comfort zone. Despite our challenges, we feel that a lot of us rose to the occasion. 
Considering the amount of challenges we faced, our group accomplished a lot! We successfully gathered first aid supplies to send to Nicaragua, sold mental health bags to educate our school, and even ran a social media contest to encourage staff and students at Npss to get active!
The cherry on top, however, was the Global Goals Fair. It was fantastic to see so many playing our game and being excited to receive healthy prizes such as fruit or sunflower seeds. Looking back on our accomplishments, all we feel is pride.
In conclusion, although we had some challenges, Global Goals was a great learning experience. Many of us learned more about event planning, time management, and had some fun too! We encourage other schools and classes to use Project based learning in their curriculum, because you learn about yourself as well as your topic.
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