Updated 09/08/10

Lions Pride Club


Pride Club is helping children on the other side of the world for the 2010-11 school year, and giving Larson students the opportunity to become more educated global citizens. Pride Club students will learn about bullying in a part of the world where it limits opportunities for education.

"The Pennies for Peace program is designed to help students broaden their cultural horizons and learn about their capacities as philanthropists. It educates students about the world beyond their experience and shows them that they can make a positive impact on a global scale, one penny at a time. Students learn the rewards of sharing and working together to bring hope and education opportunities to the children in Pakistan and Afghanistan. While a penny is virtually worthless, in impoverished countries a penny buys a pencil and opens the door to literacy.

The mission of Central Asia Institute focuses on community-based education, especially for girls. Research from the developing world reveals that a 5th grade education for a girl improves not only the basic indices of health for her and her family, but also helps her spread the value of education within her community.

Literacy, for both boys and girls, provides better economic opportunities in the future and neutralizes the power of despot mullahs and other extremist leaders." Form more information, go to: http://www.penniesforpeace.org/

Curriculum will be based upon books by Greg Mortenson:

  • Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Journey to Change the World…One Child at a Time and

  • Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan and

  • his daughter Amira's book, Listen to the Wind

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    Pride Club Members, 100th Birthday, Texas PTA
    State Capitol, Austin, Texas, February 2009

    The Larson Pride Program was established at the beginning of the 2008-09 school year as Larson's bullying awareness and prevention program. As part of the Pride Program, the Larson Pride Club, made up of volunteer students from the 4th, 5th, and 6th grades focuses on activities that promote the program. The charter club members, meeting on September 10, 2008, wrote 5 rules for the school that the Larson administration approved and adopted as follows:
    1. No hitting, no kicking, no pushing, no biting, no hurting other students.

    2. No hurtful teasing, no making fun of how people look or talk, no name-calling, no cursing.

    3. No gossiping or spreading rumors.

    4. Everyone is equal. We include others in group activities.

    5. We help others when they are bullied. We get help from friends and adults if we need it.

     The Larson PTA is very proud to support the Larson Pride Club and very proud of its members. They have done a GREAT JOB in writing and following the "Larson Pride Code of Conduct"!

    Past Pride Club Activities Included:
  • College Night
    Students wrote to a college or university and requested information. They also did on-line research and prepared a "science fair type" presentation of their college or university.

  • Anti-Bullying Skit Videos and Public Service Announcement
    Students wrote their skits and performed them while being video taped.

  • Letters to State Legislators
    Students wrote letters about their Pride Club Program to legislators meeting in Austin. Larson PTA members delivered the letters to the legislators during PTA Day at the Capitol.

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