Friday, August 28, 2009

1st Service-Learning Friday, August 28-Library Study Halls



We explored the I of INVESTIGATION. Who are we?
Process
1. Who is the Friday Service-Learning Facilitator: Mrs. Carmen Clay
2. Make a creative name tag for visitors to know who we are
3. Profile Completion. Pictures for profiles. Answer four questions
4. Share profile with someone you do not know very well.
5. Report one interesting finding to whole group.
During the double: The only class that completed the process was the double. Others are yet to discuss their finding and report.

Supplies: Scrapbook paper, crayolas, markers, stencils, pens, CD Player and Up with People CD
Process followed:
1. Asked questions to get to know a few facts about the YAC facilitator.
2. Made name tags
3. Completed profiles form. Profiles will be shared at Open Houses and with YAC home group facilitators.
4. Assigned groups of two: People they do not usually hang out with. - Report one interesting finding. Done only in the double.


Next Friday: I-Investigation: P:Planning first Study Halls Project. Finish sharing profiles. Set Guidelines of Interaction. What do we know about volunteerism and service-learning.
First Advocacy Project: Pinwheels for Peace
A. Post-it notes
1. Where are we in S-L? (What do we know about s-l?)
2. Where do we want to be in S-L? (What is our personal S-L Rock)
3. Burning Questions
4. Ahah Moments
5. Food Restrictions

First Day of School

 

YAC Home groups

 


YAC Home Groups: Thank you guys for a thoughtful meeting! Sarah and Rose created a caring way to get the freshmen to pick home groups. YAC members who wished to be facilitators signed up to lead a home group of freshmen interested in the same SERVICE ROCK. Ally asked facilitators to provide a description of their SERVICE ROCK by Sept 1,E-Day when freshmen will be called to Fee during Block A to hear about home group possibilities. The service-learning office will provide a Japanese snack for all attendees.

1. Vincent (Musicians Inc. Musicians for the Elderly, Musician for Children-Hospital Service),
2. Rose (Undecided with a Random Acts of Kindness Plan-Asia Club),
3. Sasha (Special Care-Children with Disabilities from Special Care and Johnson Elementary),
4. DJ and Ally (? Project),
5. Braeden and Katie (Elderly),
6. Caitlin (Native American Stories for Casady and Boys and Girls Club),
7. Zainab and Aamina (Respect Diversity Art Project-Hospital Work),
8. Rachael (Zoo),
9. Gabby (Pets),
10. Josh (NAIS Challenge 20/20: Environmental projects in collaboration with an international school and environmental club),
11. Deric (Peru Project liaison to Spanish classes and club-They are meeting Monday).
12. Johnesha (Peace Jam-Pinwheels for Peace in collaboration with freshmen Friday S-L, Primary, Lower and Middle School classes, International Day of Peace, Sept 20).
13: Knitting for the Troops (Chandler ???? She has not told me if she wants to continue this project or if she wants it to be a HOME GROUP for the freshmen?????) She could not attend the breakfast meeting because she was in art class finishing her summer project-It is INCREDIBLY beautiful!!!

Home group facilitators should send personal goals for their home group and a picture for Zainab to create a PP for the September 1 REQUIRED meeting at FEE for new students and freshmen during Block A. SNACKS WILL BE PROVIDED TO ATTENDEES AS THEY LEAVE FEE! We also need to discuss where the home group meetings should be. We need 8-10 locations. Could we have a meeting this weekend to work on this and do the final corrections to the field guide.

Other Service-Learning Office-YAC projects are
a. NEW: September 11: National Service Day: Day of Remembrance: Do an act of Kindness!!!!- Carmen Clay ( I will bake cookies for the firefighters!!!)

b. ONGOING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
Pinwheels for Peace (Project done during Friday with collaborations from Primary-Mrs. Cerwinski, first grade-Mrs. Morgan, fourth grade-Mrs,Bruce and Mrs. Dubiskas said would talk to her art students for a project outside of class ), This project could be connected to Johnesha's
Students Against Hunger: Casady Cans Do (Hope to have a coalition this year between YAC, STUCO, Gales and other clubs)-I will be talking to Mr. Pena, Mrs. Linn, and Mrs. Zesiger Monday, and to Graham who led Walk the World to see if he is interested in facilitating the Casady Cans Do for YAC. Graham could not come to the breakfast because he was with Mr. Foster, our new Admissions Director.
MLK Day: Byron, Cecil and Elizabeth were interested. Only Byron came to the meeting
National Youth Leadership Conference, San Jose California: March 24-27: http://www.nylc.org/pages-programs-professionaldevelopment-National_Service_Learning_Conference?oid=6463
National Volunteer Week (Earth Day, Global Youth Service Day), Carmen Clay, Sarah, Nicole
Walk the World: Graham, Richard, Garrison

YAC Organizational Breakfast

 


MINUTES OF THE BREAKFAST ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Thank you Sarah for facilitating and Mrs. Johnson for inspiring our planning with the Rock Story!

YAC Field Guide: A special gift from YAC Home facilitators to freshmen. Original idea of Zainab'12. Thank you Zainab for your time and care! Thank you to Sarah and Josh for helping type teachers corrections and additions as they come! Thank you to Aamina, Christi, William, and Rose for helping Zainab too. We still have not received all the teachers’ corrections and/or additions. I will follow-up with them Monday. I have the corrected pages sent by Josh. I have not received the corrected pages from Sarah. I will help correct the ones that came to my office yesterday. (Mr. Riley and Dr. Ramsey, Dr. Hubble) After we make all the corrections, the guide will be revised by pertinent administratos and communication department for final revisions and suggestions for "green delivery."

YAC Website: Great start Aamina! Thank you to Josh for volunteering to help Aamina. The next step is to get together with Mrs. Waters, Mr. Toskov, and Miss Mitcham. to transform a PP into a working website.

YAC Facebook: Great job Sarah! We need to encourage YAC facilitators of Home Groups and YAC members to sign-up. Contact Miss. Mitcham, Communications Coordinator | Cheerleading Director, Casady School, mitchamj@casady.org, 405-749-3112, direct
214-783-7777, cell

YAC Fall Fest: Thank you to the people who signed-up. Fall Fest will be October 9th. William wants to share the booth with Project Ignition Fundraiser. William received $1,000 grant from State Farm to promote teen driver safety in OKC schools. Vincent decided to sell Japanese drinks for $2.50. Sarah decided to continue with the Pie a YAC Member Fundraiser. Other ongoing fundraising ideas discussed were: Sell cokes, Asian candy, and doughnuts

YAC Home Groups: Thank you guys for a thoughtful meeting! Sarah and Rose created a caring way to get the freshmen to pick home groups. YAC members who wished to be facilitators signed up to lead a home group of freshmen interested in the same SERVICE ROCK. Ally asked facilitators to provide a description of their SERVICE ROCK by Sept 1,E-Day when freshmen will be called to Fee during Block A to hear about home group possibilities. The service-learning office will provide a Japanese snack for all attendees.

Brainstormed home groups:
Vincent (Musicians Inc. Musicians for the Elderly, Musician for Children),
Rose (Undecided with a Random Acts of Kindness Plan-Asia Club), Sasha (Special Care-Children with Dissabilities),
DJ and Ally (? Project),
Braeden and Katie (Elderly),
Caitlin (Native American Stories for Casady and Boys and Girls Club),
Zainab and Aamina (Respect Diversity Art Project-Hospital Work), Rachael (Zoo),
Gabby (Pets),
Josh (NAIS Challenge 20/20: Environmental projects in collaboration with an international school),
Deric (Peru Project).
Johnesha (Peace Jam).

Home group facilitators should send personal goals for their home group and a picture for Zainab to create a PP for the September 1 REQUIRED meeting at FEE for new students and freshmen during Block A. SNACKS WILL BE PROVIDED TO ATTENDEES AS THEY LEAVE FEE! We also need to discuss where the home group meetings should be. We need 8-10 locations. Could we have a meeting this weekend to work on this and do the final corrections to the field guide.

Service-Learning Fridays: I received the preliminary schedule of the freshmen study halls and there are many who do not have Study Halls. We need to get those freshmen to sign-up and we need to discuss how. Zainab brought a very good point at the meeting. She did not have a Study Hall at the Library and she really did not know what was going on until she interacted with YAC members who inspired her to belong. Last year, we called the freshmen who did not have study halls to complete profiles and they decided where they wanted to serve during ONE Activities Period. We accomplished it, but ...we need to do better this year!

Calendar Updates: If you had time to see the suggested calendars, you have now realized that we meet on E-Days, Block A. I went to a Calendar meeting and we have two choices of location for YAC meetings: The service-learning office (which I hope will be decorated and re-organized by YAC members soon) and Harper Conference Center. My suggestion is: Tuesday Breakfast meetings at the office. (You have to decide how many breakfast meeting are really needed) and regular YAC meetings at Harper. Home Group Meetings will take place at locations desired by home group facilitators. Home Group facilitators will have to check with teachers and Miss Infantino to have their location approved. Home Group facilitators will also have to provide the teachers whose rooms they will be using with a calendar of meeting times and names of students who will be in their classrooms. Home Room Classrooms will have to be left in the condition they were found. All this could be discussed at the first breakfast meeting on Sept 1 so all home group facilitators will go to their first meeting with organized expectations. I will contact all the facilitators who signed-up to lead the home group meetings today and tomorrow of by phone during the weekend. If you all decide to have Sunday tea time or dinner YAC meetings, we need to place them in the calendar whether they are at the Student Center or a private home. ONLY ONE LUNCH MEETING PER TRIMESTER!!!! YAC speakers could come at that time or at chapel time!!!!

Recruitment of new YAC members, YAC Open House and other suggested itmes: Tabled for next Tuesday Breakfast meeting, September 7

Freshman Orientation

 

Rose with her group

 

Freshman Orientation

 

Freshman Orientation

 

Freshman Orientation

 

Freshman Orientation

 

Senior Freshmen Peer Leaders

 

Freshmen Sponsors and Deans

 

senior orientation

 

Junior Orientation

 

Field Guide Draft Reading

 

Pre-Plannig Breakfast/Field Guide Draft

 

Musicians Inc Performing at Saint Ann's

 

YAC Asia Club meets JASO

 

Go team!!!

 

teamwork

 

Teamwork

 

Problem solving

 

Fun ice breakers

 

leading

 

New leaders

 

Trust

 

Trust

 

Trusting-Leading

 

Train the trainer retreat at Camp Fire USA

 

Thinking Paths

 

City Lights Book Store, San Francisco

 

Shinnyoen Office

 

Ghandi just appeared!

 

Whose path are we following?

 

Looking forward to working as a team

 

They seem at peace

 

Go YAC Go!!!

 

Problem solving as a team

 

No transportation back, too much luggage??? No problem, Mrs. Johnson and Sarah can solve anything together!

Sarah's picture at Marconi

 

Will this be peace or spirituality???

Spirituality!!!

 

Is Mrs. Johnson at peace in San Francisco?

 

At the retreat we were ask to document our concept of peace with a digital camera.

What are our Big Service Rocks!

 

We found this rock on our way to the Marconi Center in San Francisco

San Francisco Bound

 

Ask as about the Shinnyo-en Retreat: Peace, Service and Spirituality

A Service-Learner at work

 

Service-Learner at Saint Ann's nursing home

Summer Volunteering

 

Katie at the Primary Division!

Mrs. Clay and her home group in Ireland

 

Peru Project Presentation

 

Students travelled to Galway, Ireland with parents and Mrs. Clay to present their Tierra de Ninos Project at the Second International Service-Learning Conference in Teacher Education, a conference for service-learning researchers and faculty who educate future teachers.

Project Ignition Grants

 

Planning Project Ignition. Can Hardly wait until Fall Fest! T-shirts and games. $1,000 grant from State Farm obtained after attendance to National Youth Leadership Council Service-Learning Conference in Nashville. NYLC next conference is in San Jose, California. Ask Mrs. Clay for details: clayc@casady.org

Wiz Kids Volunteering

 

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