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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">From: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Michelle Lee <<a href="mailto:jmlee9@mit.edu">jmlee9@mit.edu</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Subject: Teach for Spark! (+Infosession on 2/5)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Date: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">January 27, 2020 at 10:01:40 PM EST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I’m a publicity director of a Spark program. Spark is a program in which middle schoolers come to MIT for a weekend to take fun and exciting classes, and we would greatly appreciate it if you
could forward the email below to the undergraduate and graduate students in Biology who might be interested in this teaching opportunity!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">tl;dr: Teach anything to middle school students on the weekend of March 14–15! </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Spark teacher <a href="https://esp.mit.edu/spark20">
registration</a> closes on February 7th. <o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To learn more, come to our infosession on February 5th at 5:30 pm in 4-270.
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/2512227735772276/">RSVP for free dinner.</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Do you know cool, interesting things? Well, lots of middle schoolers are eager to learn from you! This spring, teach anything with the Educational Studies Program, through Spark!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><a href="https://esp.mit.edu/whatisspark"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Spark</span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> is our weekend-long program for middle school students, held this year on<b>
</b>the weekend of <b>March 14–15</b>. Classes can be any length from 1 to 3 hours and any size from a small workshop to a giant lecture, with as few or as many sections as you want. You can also teach interactive walk-in classes featuring fun activities where
students can freely drop by. Spark attracts over a thousand middle schoolers! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">No prior teaching experience required.
</span><a href="http://esp.mit.edu/random"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Past classes</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> have included
<i>Combinatorial Game Theory</i>, <i>Journalism</i>, <i>Russian Music and Literature</i>,
<i>Woven Paper Fish</i>, and <i>Unicycling</i>. You can also take a look at our </span>
<a href="https://esp.mit.edu/teach/logistics/whattoteach.html"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">website</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> or last year’s
</span><a href="https://esp.mit.edu/learn/Spark/2019/catalog"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Spark catalog</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> for more inspiration. We encourage you to co-teach your class together in a small
team, so spread the word to your friends and colleagues!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Free t-shirts as well as free meals will be provided during the weekend to all of our teachers! If you want to talk to us or learn more, we will have an infosession on
<b>February 5th</b> (Wednesday) at 5:30 pm in 4-270.<b> </b></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/2512227735772276/"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">RSVP for free dinner.</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Register at </span>
<a href="http://esp.mit.edu/spark20"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">esp.mit.edu/firework</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> by February 7th to be a part of Spark, and feel free to email
</span><a href="mailto:spark@mit.edu"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">spark@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> with any questions!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Julian and Rujul</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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