Blog 9/29 - Family Weekend Edition!

 

THRIVE Director Notes

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Director Notes:

Wow! Thank you for all the participation this week. Lots of families came down for the festivities and joined in helping our students with our Float for Homecoming. It was great to see everyone.

The students will be choosing their top 5 classes they’d like to take in the spring in the next few weeks.  Here are some added items that are discussed.  The classes should be 1000- or 2000-level courses or courses with no prerequisites.  Then the staff needs to review when our THRIVE classes are scheduled.  If classes are at the same time as our THRIVE classes, they won’t be able to take them, but we will keep them in mind for the next semester.  We also examine what the student has been discussing as a career and how this class might relate to their interests.  Then, the staff reviews their ideas and informs the students before they leave for winter break.

Sign-up sheets have been up… but not as many students are signing up for events.  We have Homecoming sign-up sheets out now, and we will have more Rec Leagues in the next week or so.  

First-Year Students:

University Foundations: Joni Shelton

We spent this week learning about time management skills. We identified our biggest time wasters/distractions and learned how to utilize calendars and lists to manage our time effectively. We also toured the UCM James C. Kirkpatrick Library and had a presentation by the College of Education librarian on how to use the library. Students are encouraged to use the library not only for books and other media, but also for study rooms and areas, as well as the activities available, such as community puzzles and games. Our students then embarked on a goose chase, exploring some of the library's features. I really enjoyed seeing them get excited about the library.

Individual Relationships and Health:  Sandra Swainston

This week, the class had a presentation from Care to Act.  The students are learning about acceptance and peaceful conflict resolution.  The Midterm exam is coming up on October 10..  The students already have access to the study guide.  We will do a whole-class review on the 8th.  We are growing and learning together. together  

Technology Literacy:  Lisa Garnier

This week, students learned how to make slide presentations using Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint. They created slide shows about themselves, which they will present to the class next week.

Career Exploration: Gary Manning   

This week, we discussed the students' talents and how those talents may go along with what the students may be interested in doing for a career.  We also discussed picking five elective classes for the spring semester.  The student needs to have their classes submitted by Oct. 5th.  The student will only take one elective class in the spring semester.

Second-Year Students:

Transition Planning I: Gary Manning

This week, we discussed RBAs and PBAs from the 7 Habits book.  Within that discussion, we talked about withdrawals and deposits into a relationship.  Withdrawals and deposits can be made from a relationship bank account or a personal bank account.  At first, the students think we are talking about an actual bank account you have at the bank.  However, as I explain the concepts to them and we discuss these accounts in further detail, the students start to realize this has nothing to do with money but with how you treat yourself and other individuals around you. 

We also discussed picking five elective classes for the spring semester.  The student needs to have their classes submitted by Oct. 5th.  The student will only take one or two elective classes in the spring semester.

Internship I: Gary Manning

In class, we continue discussing when you have a job, how organized you will need to be.  Further, we talk about time management and have a plan for the day, week, and month.  We discuss having a planner on how to use the planner to be organized and to make sure you do not overlap meetings, classes, work, and doing school work.

Foods & Nutrition II: Mrs.Shelton

This week, half of the class made Air Fryer Potato Skins on Monday, and the other half made Air Fryer Twice-Baked Potatoes on Wednesday. On Friday, the other half of the class baked potatoes in the air fryer and cooked bacon in the microwave in preparation for making the potato skins and twice-baked potatoes next week.

Third-Year Students:

Transition Planning III: Lisa Garnier

Students have completed their workviews and lifeviews and are now starting Good Time Journals. The journals are a weekly record of their activities (work, school, meetings, etc.). They list each thing they do and rate their level of engagement, as well as whether the activity produces positive or negative energy. The purpose is to discover what things bring them joy and excite them, and what things they find boring and/or a drain on their energy. The goal is to assess ways to bring more joy and energy into their lives.

Internship III: Lisa Garnier

The guys are doing great at their internships. We’ve got folks in sports, radio, and broadcasting, so they are very busy right now!

Foods and Nutrition III: Mrs. Garnier

I introduced the USDA MyPlate website to students this week. We looked at the nutrition information and the recipes. Students are encouraged to take the MyPlate Quiz to see where they can improve their nutritional food intake.

Fourth-Year Students:

Senior Portfolio II:

We are moving into job searching with an emphasis on what it means to be qualified for a job and a review of how to read job descriptions.

Internship:

Internships are going well. Students are very busy.

Plato: Joni Shelton

Students continue working on their 60 minutes of Math, 60 minutes of Language Arts and 60 minutes of Reading. More and more students are using our study room between classes to keep up with not only Plato, but also their class work.

THRIVE/Mentor Activities: 

The mentor activity for last week was to assist with the THRIVE Float painting.  More pictures are on Facebook.  

Great Job Everyone!!  For more pictures, please join our THRIVE Facebook and/or Instagram pages.

Just a few pictures, there are more on Facebook.

Important upcoming dates: 

Next Mentor Activity:  

The next activity will be Kickball with Cooper.

UCM Athletics:

Football, Soccer, and Volleyball are here....  The games are on your son/daughter’s THRIVE Activities Calendar on Google.

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