A Day of Planning for SOI

Today during SOI we had a meeting to discuss what we wanted to do for the future year, like what our goals would be. We decided that it would depend on how much money that we make throughout the year. If we make enough money, we want to plant an organic vegetable garden in the spring, and we also want to replenish the school with healthier eating options for snacks. We plan on having bake sales every Monday and Friday, and I volunteered to work them on Friday, which I think is good because it will help me meet my learning outcomes, by putting myself out there more. We also discussed that we want to have an organic food feast, where everyone can either bring a dish, or pay five dollars at the door. We plan on doing this someday at the end of midterms, so that everyone has something to look forward to during the week of midterms. We might also do one of these "test runs" right before thanksgiving break to see how things go. We have a bake sale next Friday during break, so I will post back and see how things go.

First Day of Spanish Tutoring

Today, I met with Chris to tutor him in Spanish. He had previously told me that he was awful at Spanish, and that there was no way that I could help him. However, when we met, I was amazed at how good he was. I mean, he wasn't perfect, but he definitely was better than I had thought. We reviewed for a quiz that he was having the following day, on verb tenses. It seemed as though he was getting the hang of it pretty well, and I think that I benefited from it as well because it was very good review for me. When I talked to him today, he had told me that the quiz was easy, and that he thought he did good. So I feel pretty accomplished. We also had time to do a worksheet that he was struggling with; I think that this will be a good year for tutoring him, and I think we will both benefit.

SOI bake sale WOO!!!

Today during break SOI held its first bake sale/ tea sale, and surprisingly it did very well. I worked the sale along with some other SOI members. I thought it was really cool how many people actually came and bought things from us, even though Mrs. Todoroff was still selling things in the office. I think that by doing this bake sale I also became more apart of the school, which is something I don't normally do. I had to speak up, and help out, which is something I usually struggle with.

First GSA Meeting

Today was the first day I attended GSA, and when I walked in I was amazed by the large crowd, although that may have just been because it was national coming out week. There was also a guest speaker, who was a member of the CIGSYA house, and we discussed transgender people. I think this was interesting because it definitely broadened my horizon a little bit, while giving me some insight into how these people may feel, and how amazing they are for doing what they do. This meeting was nothing like I thought it would be, in a good way. It was like, nobody was afraid to say what they were feeling- somewhat like a huge family of friends. Although there was only myself and one other senior there, I think I am really goign to enjoy this group, and I look foward to making friends with people who I wouldn't normally talk to because of the difference in grades.

SOI planning day

Today we opened our SOI meeting by reading an article from the newspaper about organic farming and it's effects. I think that this article actually informed me of a lot of things that I kind of already knew, but wasn't so sure of. The article was basically about a study conducted on children, comparing children who ate organic foods versus non-organic foods. It was found that the non-organic foods had a lot more toxic elements in them, which were harmful to the children. The organic foods didn't have any.

We then discussed our plan for a bake-sale type thing, and we set the date to be Wednesday. Everyone worked together as a group to compromise what they could contribute to this sale, and we decided that something we would sell would be organic tea. I volunteered to work the bake sale, because I think that this will help me to get more out there, rather than just staying behind the scenes and donating food. I am looking forward to our first bake sale of the year, and I hope it is a success.