Monday, March 12, 2018

West Leadership Weekly Round Up: March 5th - 9th


Hi everyone!

We had a good week here at West Leadership as we near the end of Unit 2 and are approaching spring break in the next couple of weeks.

As the class nears the end of Unit 2 - Healthy Relationships, I felt it'd be best to check in and see where we were with the new and old material before starting our projects. On Monday the students took a small quiz and we reviewed these topics together once more, this was particularly helpful for the students who were added in the spring semester and needed some additional review prior to selecting their topic for the project.

Tuesday was spent completing our grade trackers, YESS surveys, and working on things like the YESS scholarship, homework, and some job searches. Many older students expressed interest in finding jobs so we decided to make this one of our tutoring work stations and spend time researching nearby jobs, starting resumes, and filling out applications.

Wednesday and Thursday we focused on our lessons over forgiveness. These were emotional lessons and conversations. Over the course of a couple days, students were introduced to what forgiveness looks like, how it is beneficial to one's emotional health, and how they can do their best to practice forgiveness in their lives. Students then wrote forgiveness letters and could choose whether or not to give it to that person they'd like to forgive. Just the act of writing down one's emotions and pain in a letter or journal was very cathartic for many and they seemed to enjoy the process quite a bit.

On Friday we focused again on community building. Students spent time doing various group activities such as making some artwork for the classroom, finishing up on their job applications and resumes, or working on teaching a lesson for the class at the next Community Friday. We were also able to introduce the basics of the unit 2 project to the students and get them thinking about which potential topics they'd like to work on starting next week.

Another great week here at WLA! We are looking forward to finishing our unit next week and starting our projects soon! Stay tuned!

Hola a Todos!

Tuvimos una buena semana aqui en West Leadership cuando casi terminamos el fin de Tema 2 y llegamos a la vaccacion de verano en algunas semanas.  

Estamos casi al fin de Tema 2-Relaciones Saludables, me senti como seria bueno examinar con la material nueva y pasada antes de empezar nuestros proyectos. En el lunes los alumnos tomaron un examen pequña y revisamos las temas otra vez. Fue una ayuda para los alumnos que empezaron en enero y tenian que revisar la material vieja antes de seleccionar tu tema para el proyecto.  

En el martes tuvimos tiempo llenando las formas de marcas, y trabajamos en las cosas como la beca de YESS, tarea, y algunos busquedas de trabajo. Algunos alumnos mas grandes espresaban interes en agarrar trabajo, entonces decidemos usar este tiempo en estudiar y buscar trabajo, empezamos resumes, y llenar aplicaciones.   

En el martes y el jueves, enfoquemos en nuestras leccoines sobre el perdon. Fueron lecciones llena de emociones y platicas diferentes.  Sobre algunos dias, los alumnos fueron introducidos a lo que significa el perdon, como es beneficio a la salud mental, y como pueden practicar el perdon en sus vidas. Los alumnos luego escribieron cartas de perdon y podian escoger si querian dar la carta a la persona que quiere perdonar. Nomas el acto de escribir los emociones de tristeza y dolor en una carta fue catartico para muchos y se me parece como disfrutaron el proceso.  

En el viernes enfoquemos otra vez en constriur nuestra comunidad.  Los alumnos hicieron actividades como hacer arte para la clase, terminar sus aplicaciones y resumes, o trabajar en sus eseñazas para la clase en el proximo viernes. Tambien podiamos introducir los basicos del proyecto de segunda tema a los estudiantes y ayudarles de pensar sobre las temas para usar en sus proyectos.

Otra semana buena aqui en WLA! Estamos ansiosos para empezar la proxima semana y empezar los proyectos pronto! Nos vemos!

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