Friday, December 17, 2010
project #3 ; blog #5
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
project #3 ; blog #4
project #3 ; blog #3
- there are students at AHS who are dancers
- many students dance during lunch
- it gives a mix of hip-hop into the atmosphere//hip-hop culture
- a mixture of interests
- upbeat, & fun
- it gives students the chance to show themselves off and challenge others
- students might be shy
- students might have a hard time free-styling
- students might want to give up or change their minds
- one student might out do everyone else because of prior skills
- take the competition too serious// over competitive
- might not have enough time for every single student to strut their stuff
one student might out do everyone else because of prior skills
i'm not basing the competition on the skills part so much. i think that it might be a little unfair if there is someone who everyone knows will win and does. I would look for students who actually put a lot of effort and have fun doing the dance off.
might not have enough time for every single student to strut their stuff
project #3 ; blog's 1 & 2
- we've gotten seven people to sign up, which is more than enough.
- We got signs all over the school.
- we have several song choices
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Sunday, November 28, 2010
blog #3 ; project # 2
- Fresh/new idea/ never done at AHS
- athletic activity
- team building
- include both book and street smart skills
- active
- low participants
- fun activity ideas
- time/date
- activity will take place outside (winter = cold)
Low participants : i want to have prizes for the winners, maybe that will drive students towards participating. And I think that students would enjoy different challenges. I mean, what teenager doesn't like winning a winners title?
Activity location: will be around the school. I would like to make this during those long advisory days so that everyone in the junior class has the opportunity to compete in the race.
blog # 2 ; project #2
- get/find teams
- think of activities
- find partners to work with on project
- find mentor.
bowling get together updates
FINAL PLANS : Dec 10th, Check in 3:45, starts at 4 - 6 pm, $8.00, Hi-Line Lanes.
blog # 1 ; project 2
so my plan would be to have teams, in pairs. (they would be able to choose their partner), and these teams would have different obstacles to complete. some of the activities that i already have in mind is a balloon toss, egg toss, sack race and three legged race. I'm still deciding whether it should be an all school race, or just between the junior class.
The objective to this project is to strengthen team building skills, use both educational smarts and street smarts while trying to stay active!
Milestone dates
November 29-10th : brain storm, ask students for their opinions
December 10th: find/have mentor
December 17 : have final plan of activities.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
proposal for lead project #1
A great way to build friendships and strengthen bonds is to get to know your peers at school. Although the students at Aviation high school are very friendly and know most people by their names, we, as students still consider most peers as acquaintances. After three years at a small school, I don’t even feel like I really and truly know the junior class. Therefore, I feel as if a social gathering will improve friendships that lack bonds and to see others outside of a learning environment. A all school bowling night get together will give students the opportunity to bond outside of school and see different sides of those they walk along side with in the hall ways.
A great community is a community that works together. To build a better community, a great advantage would to have relations with those who are in the community. After all, everyone in a community is needed to make a change; our community at Aviation includes our wonderful staff, parents and guardians, and of course, our dedicated students. Before I leave high school, I want to know that I’ve made or tried to make a change with building stronger bonds with other students and for other students. Bowling is a laid back activity that allows you to compete against others in team, which builds teamwork, develops hope and trust between teammates.
Since bowling is such an original activity that many students would love to participate in, I hope that students will take advantage of this activity to chill with friends on a Friday night. The get together is scheduled for December 10th, at Hi line lanes in Burien, which is about a 8 minute drive from our school. Tickets are being sold during lunch from the 29th to the 3rd for $8.00. Hi line lanes is charging 7.50 for each ticket, and to get a $.50 cent profit, (which will go to the Junior class account). Some of the short term goals that I have for this project is getting the word out and getting students to participate. My long term goals include students bonding with one another, whether they’re with underclassmen or upperclassmen. This get together will allow students to get to know each other on another level and bring some closer.
Coming up with ideas can be easy, but putting them into action can be a bit of a challenging. The first step that I took was to confirm the idea and find a mentor for the evening. After finding a mentor, I had to research how much it would cost to have a fundraiser at Hi Line Lanes and I had to pick a date that I thought would work for my mentor and other students. I made sure that the date I wanted didn’t interfere with any other Aviation school related event. Afterwards, I called hi line lanes and got some dates down that would work for Aviation student’s schedule and something that wasn’t booked already. After getting potential dates, I met with our bookkeeper, Bonnie and told her about my idea. She gladly agreed to help me and gave me a fundraiser form. I had to change my planned dates about 3 times because it didn’t work with my mentor or the date was already booked at the lanes. After I found a date that would work with the schedule at school and a date that wasn’t booked, I came across a problem with ASB. They had a problem with the date because on Friday the 10th, they wanted to set up for the dance and they would have liked to have students from Leadership to help set up. Plus, they were concerned about having students choose between the dance or a bowling night. They felt as if students might feel like they’re pulling out a lot at one time. They advised me to change dates for something that was a week later, but I told them I worked hard for the date I picked and I already had things schedule and I wouldn’t change the date because things were already set in stone. I would hate to have students pick between bowling or a dance, but that’s the students ultimate choice. A solution to this problem was to sell bowling tickets a week before ASB were going to sell the dance tickets.
It will be evident if this project was effective by the turn out of students who buy tickets. The success will be measure by how much fun students had during that evening. While students are getting ready to leave that night around 6, I would like to walk around and thank those who came out to the social event and ask how they liked it. For future planning, I would like to gather feed back by recording short little interviews and thinking about the comments that were made.
Students who offered to help me with this project is Karan G, and Molly. My peers will help me spread the word since we all hang out in different groups. Word will spread around faster that way. I am a great candidate for this project because I can bring originality to the table while keeping in fresh. As a student, I know how I would want a social event to go down, so I have an advantage to take my street knowledge and apply it to a project at school. Methods I’ve used with my mentors include checking in with them every two days to make sure the plans were getting confirmed and set in stone or if any changes were made. I like to stay on top of my plans and make sure I’m in control.
This project is a social event that has the potential to get students from the upper class, and underclass to interact, chill, laugh, and make memories under one roof. You may hang out with friends at school, and feel like you don’t really know who they are, this event gives students the opportunity to go out there, and discover who they’re really walking along side with at Aviation High School.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Updates;
TOTAL INTERESTS: 157
SENIORS: 33
JUNIORS:37
SOPHOMORES: 38
FRESHMEN:49
I mean, this is a good number of interest! :) so here are some of the details I know so far about this get together.
- Hi-line Lanes
- 2 1/2 hours of bowling
- I'm thinking about $8 or $9 dollars for the tickets; Wana keep the prices down low!
- If 90 tickets are sold, then we get a "ROCK & BOWL", which is when they'll turn the lights off for the 2 hours and turn on club lights and music. Now that's whats up!
I just recently volunteered to help Driskell with remodeling the student parking lot and painting the basketball court. I decided to help out with this project becuse I feel like this would have a good impact on our school. There is always talk about how the upperclassmen think that the parking lot is crap with all the pot holes, and they think that the money that they paid for their student pass is a waste and they feel cheated. As a student, I feel that if the school isn't stepping forward to deal with the complaints, then the students should step up and make the changes we want and need. I also volunteered to help Molly make and sell candy grams. I agreed to help her out because I originally had a idea like this; I wanted to make and sell candy roses, and maybe I could help incorporate ideas with Molly. You know what they say, two heads are better than one. I'm also very creative and I bet I'll be a huge help to Molly. :)
Sometimes you lead, and sometimes you follow
My project that I am recently working on is the all school bowling get-together at Hi-Line Lanes and my project outline is going swell! The wonderful people who are assisting me with this project is Molly and Karan G. I'm still looking for anther person to help me out; particularly a sophomore. So if you're a sophomore in leadership, come help me out, yeah?!
So far, I have signed up to help two people with their projects : Molly, and Driskell J. Molly is planning to have this candy gram sell around thanksgiving week and I'm super stoked to be helping her with it! Driskell is planning to remodel the basketball court and the student parking lot; which is a brilliant idea!
REMINDER: I'm super open with any ideas and would love to help anyone if they need it. I'd say yes for sure if it's something during the school hours. I'll say maybe if it's not. I have a tight schedule from day to day and usually don't stay after school. But, if you need help, come see me and I'll see what I can do!
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Driving forces & Barriers
- potentially bring the class of 2012 closer
- bonding outside of school with class mates
- At the end of 1st quarter, time to relax
- you can see a different side of acquiescence you may have
- Create memories
- Show of skills to peers
- Chill, enjoy a lay back activity
- original while refreshing
- everyone in the junior class at AHS is invited. no one is left out
- Low number of participants
- participation based on price of the tickets
- plans and or dates won't fit with majority of students
- People may arrive late and if the bowling alley has limited hours the tickets pay for, students won't take advantage of playing time.
- choosing a time that suits well with majority
- traveling distances
- people may like the idea, though when it comes down to buying tickets, they don't.
- word may not spread around quickly/unpopular
- students aren't interested
- hi line lanes isn't that nice of a hang out joint
One of the more important goals in this particular project is having a price range that will be affordable for everyone. For example, $10 dollars might not cost that much for "Bob", but to "Tom", $10 dollars may be over his spending limit. I would like to minimize the cost for the tickets as low as I can so that participation won't be based on the price of the tickets.
word may not spread around quickly/unpopular
A effective way to take care of this is to make posters and chose group members who don't necessarily hang out in the same group. If I ask specific group members to join this leadership project, who hang out in different crowds, it is more likely that the word will spread and more students will be interested. I also hope to make poster as well as making a event on facebook.
choosing a time that suits well with majority
Along with surveying for who is interested in this event, I would like to ask for opinions on what times would work best and what times wont. If i can narrow it down to three different times, I would like to have students choose and based on what students chose, then I would have that time arranged.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
"hey, whatcha do in leadership class today?!"
I spoke to a few juniors in leadership today, and asked for their opinons regarding when I should place the date, which bowling alley I should host the party at, who (which class) to invite, how to spread the word and how I should go about selling tickets.
After talking on and off for thirty minutes, I've came up with basic information for this bowling night. THIS MAY CHANGE.
- Event : Bowling for class 2012
- where : Hi-line lanes in Burien
- when : 11/28/10
- time : 5-7 (at least three hours or so)
After thinking about all these factors that play an important part on the number of participation of a bowling/ bonding night for the juniors, I had to decide where I should start my planning. I thought it would be most effective to go to each advisory class, tell them my idea and see who's willing to bowl the night away. After and if I get enough people to participate I will continue to make progress by : (Look under to do list)
My to do list :
- count participation
- research or call in Hi-Line lanes to ask for deals/prices
- tell class of 2012 the game plan, follow by counting participation
- settle for date & time. adjust to the crowds schedule IF DESPERATELY NEEDED.
Getting my thoughts down
My Vision : I've noticed that students in the junior class is more distance with each other than any other class. I want to bring the junior class together for this night to increase bonds and friendships.