Thursday, January 20, 2011

A Short Summary Perhaps?

Hmmm...this semester of leadership was...

GREAT. I got a lot of projects done and helped a couple people with their projects! Doing so also gave me volunteer hours. Not only that, but everything was very enjoyable, fun, and helped others and the community.

I got to clean up a road with a couple of friends and get volunteer hours; volunteer at a library to help patrons and citizens with books, also labeling books and helping the staff; rid our school walls of tape; plan a get-together for students to relax and have fun; and spread the holiday joy! All of these activities were extremely fun and went successful.

Also during leadership, I met many new people and friends, make signs and help decorate dances, and play ice breakers that are super fun. I don't regret taking this class at all.

Here are some pictures of us making signs and having fun during class.




Tape-Off-The-Walls Help Project Reflection

For this project, I took pictures and helped take tape off the walls. Also, I helped influence other students to take tape off the walls of our school whenever they see it around. This way, our school would look neater and be cleaner. This project was lead by Francis, therefore I helped him, but also I helped our whole school environment! Helping with this project really helped me learn about helping the school out. It also made many others realize that we should all keep our schools clean. Even though there is a janitor, he already does a lot of work. We should all help out for once since he's been heping us ever since the beginning.
Next time I think we should organize this event more clearly and maybe make some posters and put them on walls to inform people to take off some tape when they see it.
The pros were that a lot of tape got taken off and we got many people to help. Hopefully, people will continue to do this. The cons are that this was not very organized.

Take-Tape-Off-Walls Help Project

My third help project is lead by Francis Britschgi. His project is to influence others to take tape off the walls. Many people are already helping take tape off the walls. All of us are telling other people to take tape off the walls whenever they see some on the wall. Whenever we walk around the school and see tape, we would take it off the walls and we influence other people around the school to do it too.
Already, we see a difference. I am the photgrapher for Francis's project. I taje pictures of people taking take off the walls.
Also, this is a long term project. There won't really be an ending to it. We will just keep on cleaning up these walls until we graduate, hopefully. (:


Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Lead Project Holiday Decorations Reflection!

This Holiday Decorations project went well, just like my first lead project! All of the decoration went up nicely and looked great. The house owner appreciated this very much and loved our decorations! Even though it was tiring, we did well. Next time, I would definately not slack off and I would definately work faster. Doing this project was great and helped a  lot of people realie that we need more spirit everywhere and that holiday spirit is very important. It also helped me realize that time management is very important and that it always has to be organized.
The pros were that the decorations looked very nice and that we all took all of our effort to spread this joy. Also, we got treats after this!
The cons were that we had to rush a little because of the little time we had. Also, we kind of slacked on the first day and took a lot of time to figure out where to put what.
Here are some pictures!

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Freshmen/Sophomore Get-Together Reflection

Good news! This project turned out very well. The get-together was very successful even though it was postponed twice. Many people showed and up and thy seemed to be having fun and laughing. I asked for fellow Freshmen and Sophomore's imputs and they said it was fun. One thing I think I should have done was bring more food and get others to bring more food too. I didn't think as much people would show up, since Anthea's Sophomore Get-Together didn't have many. I didn't expect much people. I think that leading this project was very important becaue it taught me how to organize everything from time to activities. Doing things on time is very important.
The pros were that many people came, the movie was great, the people had fun, it was a great time for students to chill and relax. Also, the get-together was right before info night. That's probably one of the reasons why people stayed to watch the movie waiting for info night to start.
The cons were that there was not enough food--since, again, I didn't expect much people to be there--but that's about it. Everything else went very well. Also, the room was a little messy afterwards.
Here are some pictures from the party!





Here are some pictures of Anthea, Tyler, and Francis helping me make flyers before the get-together.






Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Library Volunteer Reflection

For my second help project, I helped Tyler Christophr by volunteering at the Renton Library with a couple of other people. We all sorted and labled books for the library. We also helped fellow citizens with checking in and out! This project is importat because it taught me that helping people is very important. Many people need to do differenthtings but don't know how to, therefore help is always needed. Also, helping people is a very good thing and it adds character.
I think that next time, I would volunteer for a longer time and maybe for more than just one day. Also, I would try to work faster and better. Maybe try to help more people out.
Some pros were that we got snacks aftwards and we helped many people ot. Also, we finished labeling and sorting out books! This makes it easier for the library's everyday staff.
Some cons were that some people we tried to help out weren't friendly and deniedour help. But other than that, this was very fun and educational at the same time!
Here are some pictures!

Some Things Needed To Be Done

Some things I still need to do is the Freshmen/Sophomore Get-Together. This will be, for sure, held on Jan. 13, after school until 6, on a thursday. Everything is already panned for this. All I need to do now is wait for the date.

My 2nd project (Holiday Decorations) is already done. I finished in December and it was great.