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ANNE FRANK EXHIBIT ON DISPLAY AT RIDGE VIEW HIGH SCHOOL

11/23/2021

Students at Ridge View High School are providing a special learning opportunity for their community. The Anne Frank Traveling Exhibit is on display at Ridge View, which is located at 4801 Hard Scrabble Road in Columbia. Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl, is known for a diary she kept while hiding during World War II. Earlier this year, The University of South Carolina became the official U. S. Partner of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, and is the only partner site in North America, according to its website. The Anne Frank Center on the university’s campus is offering several programs for schools to participate in to include a traveling exhibit.

Matthew Tinneny, a Teacher Cadet instructor and advisor at Ridge View was instrumental in bringing the exhibit to the school. After taking a Holocaust course last summer through the South Carolina Council on the Holocaust and visiting the new Anne Frank Center, Tinneny decided to get Teacher Cadets involved.

Using a Peer-to-Peer model, Teacher Cadets are learning the history to be tour guides for the traveling exhibit and will share their knowledge with all visitors but most importantly with other young people in a way that adults cannot. The future teachers spent one day of training last week and are training this week.

“In my over 20 years of teaching in Richland Two, I have never seen a group of students dive in with such enthusiasm and truly collaborate and learn like they did during the first training. I know they will do the best job in helping others hear Anne Frank’s words, ‘How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.’ If our Teacher Cadets can help people hear Anne Frank through this exhibit, I believe the world will be improved for the better,” said Tinneny.

Ridge View is the first school in Richland Two to gain approval for the Anne Frank Traveling Exhibit. Starting Monday, November 29, 2021, school groups are invited to tour the exhibit during the school day. After school tours for community members and groups are also being offered. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed. Masks and social distancing are required. To schedule a tour, please email Matthew Tinneny at mtinneny@richland2.org.