The general objective of the project is to combat school dropout and early school leaving by building an educating community made up of public and private entities that prevents and manages situations of hardship within the local educational system.
OUR LUCKY STAR
With the Our Lucky Star Project, we develop and systematize actions that individual partner entities already carry out in the territory.
The project aims to implement a set of coordinated actions between local institutions, schools, the third sector, and associations to build an integrated welfare community model in the Castelli Romani area. The goal is to create an integrated educational proposal centered on the school institution which, supported and integrated by the energy and professionalism of the subjects involved, can stem dropout phenomena linked to the personal and/or family conditions of students and offer a real opportunity for growth to the entire local educational system and its beneficiaries.
Associazione Arianna Onlus – project lead;
Lazio Region;
Municipality of Albano Laziale; Municipality of Castel Gandolfo; Municipality of Marino;
National Research Council – Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies;
Umberto Nobile State Middle School; Antonio Gramsci Comprehensive School; Primo Levi Comprehensive School;
Santa Maria delle Mole Comprehensive School; “Via Romana 11/13” Higher Education Institute;
Borghi Artistici Social Enterprise; Gnosis Cooperativa Sociale Onlus; Fondazione Il Campo dell’Arte; Liberamente Onlus; Il Colle Incantato Social Promotion Association; Marino Aperta Onlus; Punto a capo Onlus; Prassi e Ricerca Social Cooperative Onlus;
CRIF Research Center on Philosophical Inquiry;
Center for Research and Studies on Labor, Economy, and Development Problems – CLES srl.
Project Our Lucky Star. Right to growth: let’s build our future
Our intuition stems from daily experience, consolidated habits, and cultural traditions through which we discovered that apparently separate realities could dialogue, collaborate, and grow together with a single common goal: the education and training of young people. Considering knowledge of our territory and the added value of the third-sector associations operating within it to be fundamental, a collaborative and constructive dialogue between schools, parents, third-sector associations, and young people becomes indispensable. The school is the hub of the educating community but also an agency for building relationships; parents cannot be passive spectators but must provide support by respecting their role, backing choices, and facilitating the most difficult paths. In this regard, we parents have recognized ourselves as fundamental actors for the educating community, and this has allowed us to write a code of ethics respecting our role within this community.
To date, we are realizing that this code is no longer just a document for its own sake; through our meetings, shared experiences, organized events (school parties, Christmas, Carnival, etc.), focus groups, meetings with school representatives, projects, and much more, it is becoming an implicit pact through which, with respect and determination, we are building a reality that never existed before.
Parents’ Code of Ethics
1) “…We are the bow from which, as living arrows, our children are sent forth…”. Let them be free to live their own lives.
2) Teach them that what matters is effort and dedication, not the result.
3) Educate them to respect the teaching staff and schoolmates.
4) Share common educational guidelines with teachers, allowing the school to provide continuity to its educational action.
5) Teach them team spirit and to support others without mocking them.
6) Respect the decisions of the school institution and educate them to do the same.
7) As parents, we cannot and must not replace teachers. If we do, we undermine their authority.
8) Use and teach them to use proper language.
9) Ensure that our children wear clothing appropriate for the environment they attend.
10) Teach them respect for schedules and commitments made to the school.
11) Always instill in them serenity and objectivity of judgment, regarding both their own performance and that of others.
12) Help the school grow. There is always a need for support and constructive contributions.
13) If we want to arrive first, we run alone, but if we want to go far, then we walk together.