- Civic & Service Learning
standard one: civic and community engagement
WHILE BEING ONE OF THE PRESIDENTS FOR BULLDOG PROJECT, IT HAS OPENED MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR ME. SUCH AS SPEAKING IN FRONT OF LARGE GROUPS OF PEOPLE. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES TO SHOW MY EXPERIENCE OF ME ENGAGING WITH MY COMMUNITY. FIRST, HAVING OUR FIRST MEETING FOR BDP, MSA, AND KEY CLUB, WHERE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF STUDENTS AND ADVISORS AS A PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT, REPRESENTING THESE CLUBS. SECOND, OUR PRESENTATION ON JULY 19, 2022, AT THE SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CHAMBERS. WE HAD TO HOLD MEETINGS BEFOREHAND TO GET PREPARED, BEING ONE OF THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF THAT, WHILE ALSO SPEAKING. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, AN ANTI BULLYING PRESENTATION WAS HELD AT WEST HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE I OPENED UP FOR BOTH KIMBALL AND BULLDOG PROJECT EXPLAINING WHO WE ARE AND MORE.
CIVIC AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: 4 SEMESTER 2 2023
I WAS VOLUNTEERED TO BE A PART OF A BOARD MEETING WITH OBSERVERS WHO CAME TO TRACY HIGH SCHOOL TO EVALUATE OUR COMMUNITY, CAMPUS, STUDENTS, ATMOSPHERE, STAFF AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. IT IS CALLED WASK FOR SHORT. I HAD TO GET MY SIXTH PERIOD CLEARED TO ATTEND THIS MEETING. LET ME BEGIN FROM THE BEGINNING, AT FIRST THIS WAS REALLY NERVE-RACKING ESPECIALLY WITH MY SOCIAL ANXIETY IT WAS HARD TO KNOW THAT THEY WERE GOING TO ASK ME QUESTIONS AND I HAD TO ANSWER ALL OF THEM HONESTLY. EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE REALLY FRIENDLY FROM THE BEGINNING IT WAS A HARD SHELL TO BREAK AT FIRST. THERE WAS AROUND TEN TRACY HIGH STUDENTS REPRESENTING OUR SCHOOL. ALL OF US PICKED BY TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS. THEY ASKED QUESTIONS THAT REVOLVED OUR CAMPUS, EVERYTHING GOOD BUT ALSO THE BAD SIDE OF TRACY HIGH, LIKE WHAT CAN WE DO TO IMPROVE OUR CAMPUS ENGAGEMENT. WHILE TALKING ABOUT THIS FIVE STAR BECAME THE TOPIC BECAUSE IT FOCUSED ON HOW TO HELP ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT OUR CAMPUS, AND SINCE I AM IN CHARGE OF FIVE STAR I TALKED ABOUT ALL THE WAYS THAT THIS APP HELPED OUR CAMPUS COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY. WHILE TALKING I REALIZED THAT THIS WASN’T AS SCARY AS A BROUGHT MYSELF TO THINK IT WAS. SO SLOWLY, THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING I BECAME MORE TALKATIVE AND COMFORTABLE TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS ON CERTAIN TOPICS. LIKE FOR AN EXAMPLE I REMEMBER WHEN LEADERSHIP WAS BROUGHT UP I FELT GOOD SHARING MY THOUGHTS IF THEY WERE BAD OR GOOD. ONE OF THE TOPICS AT THE END OF THE MEETING WAS BULLDOG PROJECT, WHICH I AM THE PRESIDENT OF. SO I WAS VERY EAGER TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS BECAUSE BULLDOG PROJECT MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME AND HOW I WOULDN’T BE THE PERSON I AM TODAY WITHOUT THIS CLUB BEING A PART OF MY LIFE FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING I LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF SHARING MY THOUGHTS EVEN IF I AM SCARED BECAUSE THE IMPACT IT MAY HAVE MIGHT BE WAY MORE BIGGER THAN MY FEAR OF SPEAKING IN PUBLIC. I ALSO LEARNED HOW IT IS IMPORTANT TO SPEAK EVEN WHEN YOUR SCARED, BECAUSE AT THE END IT HELPED ME GET OVER MY FEAR EVEN IF ITS JUST BY A LITTLE BIT.
I WAS VOLUNTEERED TO BE A PART OF A BOARD MEETING WITH OBSERVERS WHO CAME TO TRACY HIGH SCHOOL TO EVALUATE OUR COMMUNITY, CAMPUS, STUDENTS, ATMOSPHERE, STAFF AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. IT IS CALLED WASK FOR SHORT. I HAD TO GET MY SIXTH PERIOD CLEARED TO ATTEND THIS MEETING. LET ME BEGIN FROM THE BEGINNING, AT FIRST THIS WAS REALLY NERVE-RACKING ESPECIALLY WITH MY SOCIAL ANXIETY IT WAS HARD TO KNOW THAT THEY WERE GOING TO ASK ME QUESTIONS AND I HAD TO ANSWER ALL OF THEM HONESTLY. EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE REALLY FRIENDLY FROM THE BEGINNING IT WAS A HARD SHELL TO BREAK AT FIRST. THERE WAS AROUND TEN TRACY HIGH STUDENTS REPRESENTING OUR SCHOOL. ALL OF US PICKED BY TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS. THEY ASKED QUESTIONS THAT REVOLVED OUR CAMPUS, EVERYTHING GOOD BUT ALSO THE BAD SIDE OF TRACY HIGH, LIKE WHAT CAN WE DO TO IMPROVE OUR CAMPUS ENGAGEMENT. WHILE TALKING ABOUT THIS FIVE STAR BECAME THE TOPIC BECAUSE IT FOCUSED ON HOW TO HELP ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT OUR CAMPUS, AND SINCE I AM IN CHARGE OF FIVE STAR I TALKED ABOUT ALL THE WAYS THAT THIS APP HELPED OUR CAMPUS COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY. WHILE TALKING I REALIZED THAT THIS WASN’T AS SCARY AS A BROUGHT MYSELF TO THINK IT WAS. SO SLOWLY, THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING I BECAME MORE TALKATIVE AND COMFORTABLE TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS ON CERTAIN TOPICS. LIKE FOR AN EXAMPLE I REMEMBER WHEN LEADERSHIP WAS BROUGHT UP I FELT GOOD SHARING MY THOUGHTS IF THEY WERE BAD OR GOOD. ONE OF THE TOPICS AT THE END OF THE MEETING WAS BULLDOG PROJECT, WHICH I AM THE PRESIDENT OF. SO I WAS VERY EAGER TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS BECAUSE BULLDOG PROJECT MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME AND HOW I WOULDN’T BE THE PERSON I AM TODAY WITHOUT THIS CLUB BEING A PART OF MY LIFE FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING I LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF SHARING MY THOUGHTS EVEN IF I AM SCARED BECAUSE THE IMPACT IT MAY HAVE MIGHT BE WAY MORE BIGGER THAN MY FEAR OF SPEAKING IN PUBLIC. I ALSO LEARNED HOW IT IS IMPORTANT TO SPEAK EVEN WHEN YOUR SCARED, BECAUSE AT THE END IT HELPED ME GET OVER MY FEAR EVEN IF ITS JUST BY A LITTLE BIT.
- Personal & Social Development
social and emotional learning
EARLIER IN THE YEAR WE HAD WE HAD A LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT DAY, AT THS. THIS INCLUDED THS, KIMBALL AND WEST. DURING THIS DAY OUR MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER PUT US THROUGH MANY ACTIVITIES AND CHALLENGES TO HELP BETTER OURSELVES AND BY DOING SO, BETTERING OUR COMMUNITY IN SCHOOL.WE WERE PARTNERED WITH DIFFERENT SCHOOLS TO OVERLOOK OUR RIVALRY AND BE A TEAM. IN THE END WE LEARNED THAT WE COULD WORK TOGETHER DESPITE GOING TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, AND HELP MAKE OUR SCHOOLS A BETTER PLACE FOR STUDENTS.
EARLIER IN THE YEAR WE HAD WE HAD A LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT DAY, AT THS. THIS INCLUDED THS, KIMBALL AND WEST. DURING THIS DAY OUR MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER PUT US THROUGH MANY ACTIVITIES AND CHALLENGES TO HELP BETTER OURSELVES AND BY DOING SO, BETTERING OUR COMMUNITY IN SCHOOL.WE WERE PARTNERED WITH DIFFERENT SCHOOLS TO OVERLOOK OUR RIVALRY AND BE A TEAM. IN THE END WE LEARNED THAT WE COULD WORK TOGETHER DESPITE GOING TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, AND HELP MAKE OUR SCHOOLS A BETTER PLACE FOR STUDENTS.
government
standard four: effective meetings
IF BEING A PRESIDENT HAS THOUGHT ME ANYTHING IS HOW TO HOLD EFFECTIVE MEETINGS, AS WELL AS PRESENTATIONS OR ANYTHING OF THAT SORT. I WENT INTO THIS POSITION KNOWING OF HOW THIS WOULD CHALLENGE MY FEAR OF TALKING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE, AND ESPECIALLY BEING THE ONE TO HOLD EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE AND ON TASK WHILE IN MEETINGS. ALSO I HAVE TO SEND OUT TEXTS IN LARGE GROUP CHATS, TO TELL OUR OFFICER AND MEMBERS ABOUT UPCOMING THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP. OR WE NEED THEM TO DO ANYTHING INVOLVING THEIR POSITION. THIS HAS HELPED ME GROW IN AREAS SUCH AS MY SPEAKING ABILITIES IN LARGE CROWD, AND LEARNING
election and appointments: 4 SEMESTER 2 2023
WHILE BEING IN MANY CLUBS YOUR SOON LEARN THAT CREATING SPEECHES AND PRESENTATIONS WHICH YOU HAVE TO PRESENT TO THE STUDENT BODY OR EVEN TEACHERS AND STAFF, IS A NECESSITY. I HAVE HAD TO MAKE PRESENTATIONS DUE TO THE CLUBS I PARTICIPATE IN AND CREATING THESE PRESENTATIONS HAS HELPED MY KNOWLEDGE IN MY USE OF TECHNOLOGY, SPEAKING IN FRONT OF PUBLIC AND MUCH MOERE. YOU LEARN THE IMPORTANCE OF HOW TO MAKE SOMETHING EYE CATCHING AS WELL AS HOW TO DIFFERENTIATE YOUR POINTS ACROSS DEPENDING ON YOUR AUDIENCE.
WHILE BEING IN MANY CLUBS YOUR SOON LEARN THAT CREATING SPEECHES AND PRESENTATIONS WHICH YOU HAVE TO PRESENT TO THE STUDENT BODY OR EVEN TEACHERS AND STAFF, IS A NECESSITY. I HAVE HAD TO MAKE PRESENTATIONS DUE TO THE CLUBS I PARTICIPATE IN AND CREATING THESE PRESENTATIONS HAS HELPED MY KNOWLEDGE IN MY USE OF TECHNOLOGY, SPEAKING IN FRONT OF PUBLIC AND MUCH MOERE. YOU LEARN THE IMPORTANCE OF HOW TO MAKE SOMETHING EYE CATCHING AS WELL AS HOW TO DIFFERENTIATE YOUR POINTS ACROSS DEPENDING ON YOUR AUDIENCE.
communication
standard two: interviewing skills
EARLIER THIS YEAR, WHILE WE PUT OUT APPLICATIONS FOR OFFICER POSITIONS. WE ALSO HELD INTERVIEWS FOR WHATEVER POSITION THEY SIGNED UP FOR. MYSELF AS A PRESIDENT, I HAD TO INTERVIEW PEOPLE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THEMSELVES OR QUESTIONS LIKE WHY THEY WANTED THE POSITION THEY DID/ WHY THEY THINK THEY QUALIFIED FOR THE POSITION. I ALSO ANSWERED ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THEY HAD. AS WELL AS THANKING FOR COMING OUT AND DOING THE INTERVIEW! BUT THERE IS ALSO BEHIND THE SCENE THINGS THAT HAPPEN, SUCH AS DECIDING WHO IS BEST FOR EACH POSITION, AND AT THE END CALLING OR TEXTING THEM TO CONGRATULATE THEM ON THEIR POSITIONS!
AT OUR LAST PRESENTATION FOR BULLDOG AND JAGUAR PROJECT WE FACED MANY CHALLENGES THAT WE HAD TO GET THROUGH AS A GROUP OF LEADERS. BUT BEING ONE OF THE PRESIDENTS PUTS YOU IN A POSITION WHERE YOUR LIABLE AND PUTS MORE RESPONSIBILITY ON YOU. WHILE TRACY GOT OUT THE WHOLE DAY KIMBALL WASN'T, SO THEY HAD TO RELY ON SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION. WHILE REHEARSING AND ONLY 35 MINUTES BEFORE THE SHOW WE GOT A CALL THAT KIMBALL WILL NOT BE ON TIME AND THERE WAS A BIG CHANCE THAT THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET THERE AT ALL DUE TO THEIR BUS. SO ME AND MY CO PRESIDENT HAD TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION AND IT HAD TO BE QUICK. WE GATHERED ALL OF OUR MEMBERS AND TOLD THEM ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. WE ASSIGNED THEM THE SPEAKING PARTS THAT KIMBALL WAS IN CHARGE OF AND TOLD THEM THEY HAD TO MEMORIZE THEM IN A SPAN OF 30 MINUTES. EVERYONE WAS REALLY SUPPORTIVE AND LISTENED TO WHATEVER WE SAID. THE TRANSITION WENT SMOOTHLY. AT THE END KIMBALL GOT THERE 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE PRESENTATION STARTED AND IT WENT GREAT FOR OUR LAST PRESENTATION!
- Business & Finance
standard two: advertising
HAVING TO ADVERTISE SOMETHING IS VERY COMMON WHEN BEING IN CLUBS OR PROGRAMS. I MYSELF HAVE PROMOTED OR MADE ADVERTISEMENTS FOR CLUBS ON MANY OCCASIONS. FOR AN EXAMPLE IT COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS MAKING A POST FOR SOCIAL MEDIA, CREATING AND PUTTING DOWN INFORMATION FOR WHATEVER YOU'RE PROMOTING OR IT COULD BE CREATING SOMETHING ORIGINAL SUCH AS DESIGNING SHIRTS WHICH I HAVE BEEN APART OF DOING. CREATING A DESIGN THAT WOULD BE THE LIKING OF OTHERS AND PROMOTING IT, SO PEOPLE CAN SEE AND PURCHASE IT CAN BE A CHALLENGE SOMETIMES AS WELL. BUT ARE DOABLE! MAKING AND ADVERTISING SHIRTS FOR BDP AND MSA ARE BOTH EXAMPLES OF HOW I GREW MY EXPERIENCE FOR ADVERTISING ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS OF LEARNING FROM THEM.
HAVING TO ADVERTISE SOMETHING IS VERY COMMON WHEN BEING IN CLUBS OR PROGRAMS. I MYSELF HAVE PROMOTED OR MADE ADVERTISEMENTS FOR CLUBS ON MANY OCCASIONS. FOR AN EXAMPLE IT COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS MAKING A POST FOR SOCIAL MEDIA, CREATING AND PUTTING DOWN INFORMATION FOR WHATEVER YOU'RE PROMOTING OR IT COULD BE CREATING SOMETHING ORIGINAL SUCH AS DESIGNING SHIRTS WHICH I HAVE BEEN APART OF DOING. CREATING A DESIGN THAT WOULD BE THE LIKING OF OTHERS AND PROMOTING IT, SO PEOPLE CAN SEE AND PURCHASE IT CAN BE A CHALLENGE SOMETIMES AS WELL. BUT ARE DOABLE! MAKING AND ADVERTISING SHIRTS FOR BDP AND MSA ARE BOTH EXAMPLES OF HOW I GREW MY EXPERIENCE FOR ADVERTISING ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS OF LEARNING FROM THEM.
customer service: SEMESTER 2 2023
I’VE LEARNED SO MUCH IN MY TIME I HAVE WORKED AT MILANOS PIZZA. AT THE BEGINNING IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH SO MUCH ALL AT ONCE, ESPECIALLY BEING THE ONLY PERSON WHO WORKS THE FRONT DESK, THIS INCLUDING ANSWERING ALL THE CALLS, GETTING ALL THE DOOR-DASH AND UBER EATS ORDERS, AS WELL AS BEING THE CASHIER AND HOST. BUT AS I PROGRESSED THIS BECAME EASIER TO HANDLE AND IT BECOME NATURAL. I’VE HAD TO DEAL WITH MANY ANGRY AND RUDE COSTUMERS, I’VE LEARNED HOW TO BE POLITE BUT ALSO THE PART THAT WAS HARD FOR ME WAS TO STAND MY GROUND WHEN SOMEONE WAS RUDE AND DEMANDING. AS A AN EMPLOYEE I TRY MY BEST TO STAY LEVEL HEADED IN THESE SITUATIONS BECAUSE THEIR THE COSTUMERS. SO I’VE LEARNED A LOT BY WORKING THERE AND EVERYDAY I LEARN A LITTLE MORE.
I’VE LEARNED SO MUCH IN MY TIME I HAVE WORKED AT MILANOS PIZZA. AT THE BEGINNING IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH SO MUCH ALL AT ONCE, ESPECIALLY BEING THE ONLY PERSON WHO WORKS THE FRONT DESK, THIS INCLUDING ANSWERING ALL THE CALLS, GETTING ALL THE DOOR-DASH AND UBER EATS ORDERS, AS WELL AS BEING THE CASHIER AND HOST. BUT AS I PROGRESSED THIS BECAME EASIER TO HANDLE AND IT BECOME NATURAL. I’VE HAD TO DEAL WITH MANY ANGRY AND RUDE COSTUMERS, I’VE LEARNED HOW TO BE POLITE BUT ALSO THE PART THAT WAS HARD FOR ME WAS TO STAND MY GROUND WHEN SOMEONE WAS RUDE AND DEMANDING. AS A AN EMPLOYEE I TRY MY BEST TO STAY LEVEL HEADED IN THESE SITUATIONS BECAUSE THEIR THE COSTUMERS. SO I’VE LEARNED A LOT BY WORKING THERE AND EVERYDAY I LEARN A LITTLE MORE.
- Technology & Digital Citizenship.
WHILE IN LEADERSHIP, AS A CLASS WE WERE ASSIGNED TO MAKE A WEBSITE, TO SHOW OUR IMPROVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THIS IS A REPRESENTATION OF MY WEBSITE. WHERE I BUILT THIS WEBSITE FROM SCRATCH NOT KNOWING HOW TO DO ANYTHING, AND SLOWLY GAINING EXPERIENCE AND LEARNING THROUGH CREATING MY WEBSITE. WHERE I HAD TO CREATE LINKABLE LINKS THAT I HAD TO MAKE SURE WORKED OR WETHER IT WAS SOMETHING SIMPLE AS PUTTING PICTURES INTO IT, I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO DO EVERYTHING. THROUGHOUT CREATING THIS WEBSITE I LEARNED MANY THINGS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND HOW IT WORKS, A LITTLE BETTER. THIS WEBSITE IS AN EXAMPLE OF ME AND MY LEARNING JOURNEY WITH TECHNOLOGY!