Week 37 at Scott

The week we say goodbye. This week was full of events and sad goodbyes either to our 8th graders or to students who we know aren't coming back. We started the week watching The Hate U Give. THen passed out our time capsules from the beginning of the year. I know a bunch of the students had wished they put more of an effort into their time capsule as some were opened with funny, inspirational, memorable things inside. Then we had a fun Thursday this week and played a lot of different games with marshmallows, see below. Why I thought that would be a good idea with carpet, I'll never know, but the students had a ton of fun! On Friday the students spent the day in different fun rotations around the building and then had time to just play wherever they wanted.

To all the parents reading this: I have learned so much from each and every student this year and thank you for raising such wonderful kids.

To the Students reading this: Thank you for all your hard work and insight on tough topics this year. Each and every one of you has taught me valuable lessons that I will keep with me for next year and years to come.

To community members and leaders: Thank you for the constant support and willingness to keep this program running.

I cannot wait for next year!

Week 36 at Scott

As we come to a close of the school year there is a lot of hard work going on around Scott. This week we finished our social justice projects, worked on missing work and started packing up the classroom! The 8th graders spent Friday at their 8th-grade celebration at Elitches and the rest of us had fun making forts in the classroom and having some fun with nerf guns! I also spent the week finalizing mentors for next year and glad to say I had to cap the list because we have so many interested students! So excited and sad to say goodbye to our 8th graders and excited to finish up the year strong and send off students to a wonderful summer!

Week 35

I wanted to give a special thank you to all the parents and students who helped make the YESS social a great event by donating snacks! On Monday the Mentors got time to work on missing work and finish their social justice projects. On Tuesday we had our end of year celebration for the YESS program at Ranum Middle School.

 The students got donuts and juice and then spent the morning listening to fellow students talk about their experience with YESS.Special shoutout to Mr. Sebastian for giving a speech to over 300 kids about his personal journey!Another special thank you to DR Adcock for speaking at the event. And to all the students who got up to introduce speakers and students. Congratulations to Ms. Alexis and Mr. Andres for winning Mentor and Mentee of the Year!!!





























On Wednesday and Thursday, students presented their social justice projects. The students did an amazing job picking an issue that they thought was important and creating a Google slide presentation. The presentation included a description of the issue, a video that explained the issue, and three ways we as a class could bring light to the issue or help solve the issue. A lot of students chose racism, global warming, bullying, and mental health. On Friday we had a fun Friday and we did our usual and then YESS SOCIAL!! We had a blast and students helped run Volleyball games, Soccer, Football, Basketball, music in the gym and the best snack bar we have had all year! Thank you to all the students who helped!

Week 34 at Scott Carpenter

As we come to the end of the school year the YESS classrooms are filled with a lot of different emotions. The 8th graders are getting ready to graduate and head to high school, the 6th and 7th graders are getting excited (some worried) for summer, but I am incredibly impressed by the student's ability to keep working hard! On Monday the mentees stayed with Ms. Katrina and worked on Why Try curriculum while the Mentors worked on their social justice projects and missing work. We switched our tutoring day back to Tuesday and I was beyond impressed by student work ethic.

 On Wednesday we did a lesson centered around Empathy and the students wrote a story based on a random shoe that was put in front of them. The assignment asked them to look at the show and create a unique story about who wore that shoe, where they came from, and what their life was like. I wish everyone could read all of them because the students were really creative and some were absolutely hilarious. As well on Wednesday, 5th graders from the district came to visit and a lot of our YESS students performed in either Jazz Band or Choir and others helped give students a tour of the school after.





 We didn't have school last Friday so on Thursday some classes stayed in the classroom and played board games and a much beloved gaga ball while others went to the gym to play kickball, scatter ball and basketball.