Orientation 2016 in a nutshell!

     Orientation is one of those events that we've been planning for ever since the first quarter, or well at least mentioned since first quarter. This Orientation was successful, there were things we could've improved on, specifically me with my banner. Other than that it was great and speeches got better as the orientation days went on and on. The tour was solo'd by me and I was accompanied by Matthew and just in case I forgot something he would remind me, but he only had to remind me of something once and then all the other times I had it. The fashion show was amazing and pretty good, but the grease lightning timing could've been superb but it wasn't quite. 

      Highlights and Lowlights: The fact that we could show the sixth graders how Ilima is and letting them see how the school works, it was just so fun. I'd say another highlight is that with this Orientation, we're probably changing students minds about whether or not they would want to join Ilima instead of another school like Ewa Makai or even Waipahu. A lowlight is that for parent orientation, Matthew forgot to hold up Deriecka's sign and Kaya had to take his place. Another lowlight is that it was most likely our banner that was the one that couldn't be handled properly so we gotta take that as a lesson.

     Lesson learned from Orientation: In order to succeed, you must have cooperation with everyone and work together on things. This Orientation was a great way to teach us that. Everyone had a role to play in order to make this successful, and we needed everyone in this to make it work. Like the people who taught us dances, the people who had speeches and even the people who were just visible in the fashion show. We needed each of them to make this click and that's what made this so special.

     One thing that we could improve on is timing. When I say timing I don't just mean queues, I mean times leading up to this. We could've taken more time to work on the tour and finished dances and banners so much sooner than it should've been. The amount of time decreased should've been that Mr. Ing could make changes to Orientation without him having to worry about the changes being too soon and won't interfere with Orientation plans so far or it being a disaster.

Orientation Coming Soon!

     Within the next few days, Orientation will be here. We have our yearbooks, we have prepared for Orientation for a long time, and we showed our newbies how to get the job done. Now we need to finish one of our biggest obstacles, Orientation. Some of the things extremely necessary for Orientation is not yet ready, like tour and some speeches. We had T.V. this week, at the beginning we had some troubles but we eventually became really great. Matthew really wanted to go on T.V. but he's not allowed to until I think he comes next school year or some time else. But probably not anytime soon. I think Jerilyn wanted to go on too but I wasn't for sure. For Pd. 1 (Math): We did Module tests and Homework quizzes. Pd. 2 (Science): We did a skit which I think we got an A on but hasn't yet been inputted into JupiterEd. Pd. 3 (Home Ec.) We made fried oreos which were okay but they weren't perfect. One of my group members took the fork I was wetting out of my hand and stuck it in the frying pan which made a huge splash. Pd. 4 (English): SBA SBA SBA SBAAAA! Pd. 5 (Leadership): Orientation, TV, Yearbooks, and Kaylin and Miah possibly missing in action for Orientation. Pd. 6 (Social Studies): We had a rude sub on Friday, no common sense, according to the association, considered "mentally retarded" with her 1.1 GPA during her schooling days, horribly racist, and just outright rude.

     Highlights of the Week: Orientation is coming on Tuesday and we are just so close to being ready but not quite there yet. Home Ec. has lots of cooking and labs now. My grades are straight A's so far. Successful T.V. week (especially with the newbies because they learned their job fast but made some mistakes). And lastly, being able to make my skit great. Lowlights of the week: Orientation could possibly go down hill depending on whether everyone is there or not. Miah has some sort of flu, same with Shay-Anne, and I don't know about Gabby but she has a fever. I have no idea about Kaylin but she's been missing just about the whole week. 

     Lesson of the week: You'll never know something/ if you can do something unless you try. That's why before you say something like I don't want to or I can't do it, then make sure you actually aren't the one that is needed for that kind of thing. Always try before you decide something for yourself that you can't do it.

When Chad put my phone in the freezer

First week back!

     It feels good to be back, but at the same time I'm not quite ready. Orientation will be here in just more than a week and we already have our new ones added to the group. With 39 days left of school, we're already closing in on all of the future events, like Orientation, Banquet, Graduation and more things in 4th quarter. That's also the closer I am from leaving Leadership, which is ashame because my Leadership adventure has been a rollercoaster from being stuck at the bottom and not being able to go up to the top, but now I think I have gotten on my feet more and I just need to keep improving and end this year on a high note. Other than that, this week/ 4 days was just full of Orientation non-stop and teaching our new ones about their jobs in Leadership. Matthew and Jerilyn have learned in a very short period of time and have proven that they can handle leadership very well. I believe that they can succeed the next school year. Matthew's strengths: Fast learner, quickly gets things done, smart, and good attitude so far. Cons: Talkative, but hasn't shown to be a problem, and just needs to concentrate a bit more on his job (ex. no talking to friends while working). Jerilyn's strengths: Understands directions, positive, focuses on her job, and fits in well with everyone. Cons: Needed a few reminders of what to do, and didn't pick up on things right away.

Though, these two have been good so far and hopefully will keep this up. 

     Highlights of the week: New quarter, new beginning of the end, Orientation soon, new members and they've been doing good for their first week here, got through this week successfully, and we got april fool'd by our home ec. teacher because she said we were gonna do a CFA, but we ended up baking a cake instead and it turned out to be good (it was like a mix of cornbread and pancakes).Lowlights: Orientation is just so close and we still have things we need to improve on, last quarter of this school year, more things coming this quarter. Not to mention that this quarter's AR goal is due in 3 weeks (more than 2 now) but on the bright side it's a lower goal now.

     Lesson of the week: The more focused you are on something or when you set your mind on something, you can definitely do it. There's nothing stopping you and it makes you show commitment to that something, and you can have it done so much faster than if you just put that certain thing to the side. That's what makes focusing on something very important.