YAC meets 8th grade!

First Advisory Meeting: 8th graders met Mrs. Clay and learned about the service requirement.

a. The requirement is 45 hours in 4 years.
b. Students can start certifying hours for their transcript in June. Only required form to certify hours is the site supervisor evaluation.
c. Places where 8th graders have served: Camp Casady and Boys and Girls Club

Second Advisory Meeting: 8ht graders viewed PP of YAC activities, learned about next year, met two YAC members, and left questions for YAC members.

NEW IN THE UPPER DIVISION NEXT YEAR
a. NEW Life Prep 101 "class meeting" Academic and life Skills Activities facilitated by teams of Upper Division teachers.
b. NEW Saturday service opportunities at Habitat for Humanity and Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma

SERVICE EXPERIENCE FROM YAC MEMBERS
From Aamina
-Food Bank: Casady Cans Do-Students Against Hunger Food Drive
-Environmental Club: Recycling
From Sarah
-Taste of Japan (8TH GRADE)
-Respect Diversity Foundation Art Projects (9-12)
-YAC Senior Chair
-Challenge 20/20: Awareness of Global Warming
-Service related trips: Japan, Minneapolis, San Francisco

QUESTIONS ON POST-IT NOTES TO YAC MEMBERS

ABOUT YAC
1. What does YAC stand for?
a. Youth and Adult Advisory and Action Council.

2. What does YAC mean? What are the main things of it?
a. Intergenerational council with one mission: Serve. INSPIRE, CONNECT, COLLABORATE. Service based on values. Service as a path peace and developer of life skills and de-stressor.
b. YAC helps students find their interest and serve with it. (Zainab)


3. Why should I join?a. YAC needs your talents, energy, ideas and problem solving skills.


4. What is your favorite part of YAC?
a. Developing close relationships as we focus on serving others' needs doing something WE LIKE DOING.


5. How many people are involved in YAC?
a. About 30. See member names and projects in the "About Me" section of this blog.


6. Will I have time for sports if I am doing YAC?
a. Yes, If you cannot attend a YAC meeting, we have a YAC blog to keep yourself inform. Your project could be sport related like tennis clinics for Johnson Elementary.


7. What group projects have you done before?a. Home Groups Site Visits, Volunteer Service Days: International Day of Peace, Day of Remembrance, MLK Day of Service, National Volunteer Week, Global Youth Service Day. The projects change every year. This year the big projects were Home Groups, Casady Cans Do, Pinwheels for Peace, MLK Day, Habitat for Humanity and Casady4h2ope.


8. How can you get to go on trips at school?a. YAC will only leave school for capacity building opportunities such as conferences, presentations, Saturday projects. Make-up work needs to be done ahead of time, if possible. YAC students are required to bring back something to implement at school. YAC does not promote service project that will make students miss clases.


9. How often does YAC do service project?a. YAC members participate in projects anytime their schedules permit them to attend. We will have YAC members of duty at Habitat or the Food Bank on Saturdays. YAC members facilitate their own projects and also volunteer in other student and classes projects.

10. What do you want YAC to be?a. Servant leaders who lead by example and promote collaboration and participation in service projects around school. Leaders who reflect on their actions to improve.

ABOUT PROJECTS

1. How can you get to go on trips at school?a. If it is a YAC planned activity and you need transportation, talk to Mrs. Clay a few days before the activity. You will not miss class time for service activities.

2. What different types of work can you do (Other than Infant Crisis Center and the Food Bank)? a. Students can work with any NON-PROFIT organization of their choice. A list of organizations is available at the Casady Website.

3. What is Walk the World?a. People walk in a 24-hour period in 24 time zones with one purpose: End childhood hunger. Walk the World OKC was created by Leann Farha’08 when she was a freshmen. It raises awareness and funding. It will take place June, 6 at a location TBA, but you can walk around your neighborhood or join a virtual walk. Goggle Walk the World 2010 for more information or contact Mrs. Clay at clayc@casady.org

ABOUT THE REQUIREMENT

1. What happens if I do not finish my 45 hours?a. You will not get your diploma until hours are certified. This has never happened.

2. Do you have to have a certain sheet to have an adult sign off on for your hours?a. Yes. There is a form available online, but organizations have their own form too.

3. Do my service hours from Scouts transfer? a. Yes, but only the ones performed this summer.

I do not have any questions




Thank you to Mrs. Larsen, 8th grade teachers and students for sharing your St. Crispins experience. It was a great opportunity to get acquainted with the upcoming freshman class and see them make memories of a lifetime before their graduation from the Middle Division.