New online
resources help teachers, others introduce Companion Flag
Ever wonder how to start a discussion about the Companion
Flag? Have you been hoping to share the Companion Flag idea with others,
but don't know where to begin? Try one of the new, 5-minute introductory
PowerPoint presentations available on this web site!
Specially designed to introduce the basic idea, and
answer the most frequently asked questions, you'll find these colorful
and easy-to-use presentations a great way to share the Companion Flag
idea with individuals or groups of any size. You can show them online
or download them to your computer.
"The
Companion Flag at School" (for principals, teachers,
students & parents)
"The
Companion Flag - An Introduction" (for individuals,
organizations & businesses)
Mark
Morris staff approves CF adoption
Thanks to the spearheading efforts of English teacher
and Companion Flag Ambassador Aaron Wyatt, the administrators and
faculty of Longview, Washington's Mark Morris High School have voted
to adopt the Companion Flag and fly it below the state flag at the
front of the school, starting in 2006. The student body at each grade
level will receive a minimum of three lessons focusing on the Companion
Flag and the importance of honoring both our human differences and
all that we share in common with people everywhere.
Students
embrace Companion Flag at OSU's Peace Slam
CFSI President and founder Scott Wyatt was privileged
to present two workshops on the meaning and purpose of the Companion
Flag to high school students from throughout Oregon and Washington
State, at the 2005 Peace Slam event organized and hosted
by Oregon State University. Mr. Wyatt will repeat the workshop at
a similar event hosted by OSU in April. [See
student feedback.]
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World Cultures
Day: Elementary students celebrate human diversity, similarities with
dozens of world flags and Companion Flags!
Students of Newport Heights Elementary School, Bellevue,
Washington, launched this year's World Culture Day by parading into
the gymnasium with over 40 different national flags and Companion Flags
suspended from flagstaffs!
"Ask
us about the Companion Flag!"
— Seattle area flag shops add Companion Flag displays
CFSI is pleased to announce that two flag
stores in the Seattle area, All the King's Flags and Alphasoft
Wearables, have created special Companion Flag displays to attract
customers to this new idea.
National flags,
Companion Flags greet visitors to Seattle's famous Pike Place Market neighborhood
The flag plaza separating Market Place
One and Two Buildings at the north end of Seattle's Pike Place Market
is now home to five brilliant new national flags and Companion Flags,
thanks to the vision of Companion Flag Ambassador Michael Magnusson
and his colleagues at 2003 Western, Inc. [Sunset
photo]
Canada/US
cross-border teachers' association hears CF presentation
Hands Across the Border, an association of school administrators
and teachers from Washington State and British Columbia, heard a presentation
on the Companion Flag project at White Rock, B.C., on November 4, 2005.
Special thanks go out to Deb Cummings, principal of Blaine Elementary
School, for her kind assistance in scheduling this event.
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