AVA KEAST
ASB REPORT
RALLY COMMISSIONER
2/10/22
POSITION ASSESSMENT: DURING JANUARY JAYDIN AND I UNFORTUNATELY WEREN’T ABLE TO PUT ON ANY RALLIES DURING WINTERFEST, BUT IN SUBSTITUTION WE MADE SEVERAL REELS FOR WINTERFEST. WE MADE A REEL FOR THE WINTERFEST THEME INCLUDING THE DRESS UP DAYS AND WHEN WINTERFEST WOULD BE OCCURRING. AND WE ALSO MADE A REEL FOR THE DUDE BE NICE STICKERS AND THE PURA VIDA BRACELETS. FOR JANUARY THAT WAS ABOUT ALL THAT JAYDIN AND I WERE ABLE TO DO AS RALLY COMMISSIONERS, BUT INDIVIDUALLY I WAS UP TO A LOT. I WAS ABLE TO HELP THE SOPHOMORE OFFICERS A LOT WITH ALL OF THE CLASS COMPETITIONS. I STAYED UP ON LATE NIGHTS TO HELP ORGANIZE THINGS SUCH AS THE POSTERS. DURING JANUARY, I ALSO STARTED THINKING ABOUT LEADERSHIP APPLICATIONS, CANDIDACY SPEECH, AND SENDING REQUESTS FOR PEOPLE TO FILL OUT MY LETTER OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ME. I ALSO HELPED SELL DUDE BE NICE STICKERS AND PURA VIDA BRACELETS. AND FINALLY, I WROTE AND DID MY SPEECH ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT ECONOMIC STATUS EFFECTS THE OUTCOME OF STUDENTS.
STANDING COMMITTEE: BESIDES HELPING THE SOPHOMORES OFFICERS SET UP ALL THE DECORATIONS ALMOST EVERY MORNING FOR WINTERFEST, THERE WASN’T A LOT GOING ON TO ASSIST WITH. IN JANUARY UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS UNABLE TO BE APART OF ANY STANDING COMMITTEES. TO MY KNOWLEDGE I BELIEVE THERE WEREN’T REALLY ANY COMMITTEES TO HELP OUT WITH THIS MONTH, BUT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO JOINING MORE COMMITTEES AND HELPING WHEREVER I AM NEEDED!
SPECIAL COMMITTEE: THIS MONTH I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN PACKAGING FOOD FOR THE KIDS AGAINST HUNGER PROGRAM. ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 27 THE LEADERSHIP CLASS ALONG WITH THE JROTC CLASSED WORKED WITH THE KIDS AGAINST HUNGER ASSOCIATION TO HELP MAKE FOOD PACKAGES FOR KIDS IN NEED. WE SPENT AROUND AN HOUR AND A HALF FILLING BAGS WITH FOODS SUCH AS RICE AND DRIED VEGETABLES. ALTHOUGH THE HAIR NET WASN’T THE MOST FLATTERING LOOK EVER I WILL ADMIT, I ACTUALLY HAD A LOT OF FUN DOING IT. IT FELT REALLY GOOD AFTERWARDS KNOWING THAT WE WOULD BE MAKING A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN MANY KIDS AND FAMILIES LIVES. AND WE TAKE THINGS LIKE FOOD FOR GRANITE EVERYDAY AND IT WAS EXTREMELY INTERESTING TO HEAR ABOUT THESE FAMILIES AND WHAT THEY GO THROUGH.
MENTORSHIP: I THINK I HAVE SAID THIS IN ABOUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY ASB REPORTS, BUT I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE IDEA OF THE MENTOR. IT BRINGS A LOT OF JOY TO ME KNOWING THAT I HAVE SOMEONE WHO I CAN ALWAYS TALK TO AND DEPEND ON IN THE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. DAVID AND I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND SHARING INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT OURSELVES TO EACH OTHER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER. THE ONLY THING I WOULD CHANGE ABOUT THE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM IS THAT I WISH WE WOULD CHANGE OUR PARTNERS MAYBE EVERY SEMESTER OR QUARTER, MAYBE EVEN EVERY TWO MONTHS. I REALLY HAVE ENJOYED GETTING TO KNOW DAVID AND I WOULD LOVE TO DEVELOP OTHER RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL AND SOMETIMES IT TAKES AND EXTRA SHOVE OUT OF OUR COMFORT ZONES TO DO SO.
CONCERNS: HONESTLY, THIS MONTH HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD AS FAR AS THE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM GOES, BUT ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE THE CLASS TO IMPROVE ON IS, CONNECTING BETTER. I FEEL LIKE THIS PAST MONTH I’VE BONDED WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE CLASS AND IT HAS BEEN SO MUCH FUN, SO I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE BONDING WITH OTHER CLASSMATES AND SOMETIMES IT CAN BE HARD DOING SO, SO WE KIND OF NEED A LITTLE PUSH IN THAT DIRECTION.
POSITIVE COMMENT: THIS PAST YEAR I HAVE STRUGGLED IN THIS CLASS FINDING MY PLACE AND I HONESTLY FELT A LITTLE EXCLUDED IN THINGS AND NOT 100% WELCOMED, BUT THIS PAST MONTH I FEEL LIKE I HAVE FELT MORE WELCOMED AND APART OF THIS PROGRAM THAN I EVER HAD AND IT REALLY MOTIVATES ME TO DO BETTER IN THIS CLASS. WITH BEING RALLY COMMISSIONER I FINALLY FEEL LIKE IT IS MY JOB AND I KNOW MY WAY AROUND THINGS, I FEEL EXTREMELY CONFIDENT IN MY POSITION AND I EXTREMELY LOVE IT. I ALSO FEEL THAT JAYDIN AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING SO WELL TOGETHER AND WE HAVE BONDED AND ARE SUPER COMFORTABLE WITH EACH OTHER AFTER THIS PAST MONTH WHICH MAKES THE JOB A LOT EASIER. JAYDIN AND I HAVE BEEN COMING UP WITH SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS TOGETHER AND ARE SUPER EXCITED FOR WHAT IS TO COME. I ALSO LOVED THE NEW SEATING CHART THIS MONTH BECAUSE IT ALLOWED ME TO EXPAND CONNECTIONS.
POSITION ASSESSMENT: THESE PAST COUPLE MONTHS YET AGAIN HAVE NOT BEEN TREMENDOUSLY BUSY FOR MY RALLY PARTNER, JAYDIN AND I, BUT WE DO IN FACT HAVE AN EXCITING THING COMING UP IN THE FUTURE. ON FRIDAY, MAY 20 WE GET TO HAVE OUR FIRST RALLY INDOORS IN 2 YEARS. JAYDIN AND I ARE SUPER EXCITED AND A LITTLE NERVOUS. TO PREPARE WE HAVE WRITTEN OUR SCRIPT AND HAVE PRACTICING SO WE CAN BE IN TOP SHAPE FOR FRIDAY. I AM SO EXCITED TO NOT ONLY EXPERIENCE AN INDOOR RALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, BUT I AM ALSO SUPER EXCITED TO BE APART OF IT AND TO BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE RALLY. I WILL ADMIT I A SLIGHTLY NERVOUS BUT I KNOW IN THE END EVERYTHING WILL BE GREAT AND WE WILL HAVE AN AWESOME TURN OUT. STANDING COMMITTEE: UNFORTUNATELY, THESE PAST TWO MONTHS I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REALLY BE A PART OF ANY STANDING COMMITTEES BUT I AM EXCITED FOR WHAT IS TO COME AND HOPEFULLY CAN BE IN A STANDING COMMITTEE NEXT YEAR. SPECIAL COMMITTEE: THESE PAST MONTHS I WAS APART OF THE TRIBE AWARD COMMITTEE AND COLLEGE REVEAL COMMITTEE. AT COLLEGE REVEAL ME AND MY FELLOW OTHER CLASSMATES HELPED SET UP FOR COLLEGE REVEAL NIGHT, AND IT WAS A LOT OF FUN ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVEN’T HAD AN INDOOR COLLEGE REVEAL IN AWHILE. I ALSO WAS APART OF THE PUBLICITY COMMITTEE FOR THE CHALLENGE WHERE KATIE AND I MADE PHYSICAL POSTERS TO HANG UP AROUND CAMPUS AND WE GOT A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK. MENTORSHIP: I REALLY ENJOY THE MENTOR BUDDY SYSTEM A LOT.MY MENTORSHIP PARTNER IS DAVID WANG AND WE SIT BY EACH OTHER DURING CLASS AND I ENJOY TALKING TO HIM AND SEEING HIM THROUGHOUT THE HALLS AND I LOVE BEING ABLE TO GROW MY BOND WITH HIM AND MAKING A CONNECTION WITH HIM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM. DAVID IS SO INCREDIBLY KIND AND HAS TAUGHT ME SO SO MUCH. CONCERNS: AS IT COMES TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR I DON’T HAVE TOO MANY CONCERNS. THIS YEAR WAS INCREDIBLE AND I AM SUPER EXCITED FO NEXT YEAR. IF I HAD TO PICK OUT A FEW CONCERNS THOUGH, ONE OF THEM WOULD DEFINITELY BE THAT AS A CLASS WE NEED TO GREATLY WORK ON OUT COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND I THINK BONDING AND GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER ON A DEEPER, PERSONAL LEVEL MAY HELP WITH OUT COMMUNICATION. POSITIVE COMMENT: FOR MY POSITIVE COMMENT I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE DEREK. DEREK DOES SO INCREDIBLY MUCH FOR THIS CLASS AND I FEEL AS IF IT GOES UNNOTICED A LOT OF THE TIME. DEREK CAN BE A GREAT PAIN SOMETIMES BUT AS MUCH AS WE SAY HE’S ANNOYING WE ALL KNOW THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE HIM. HE IS ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR EVERYONE AROUND HIM AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE IS OKAY. ON TOP OF THAT HE HAS SUCH A BIG JOB TO GET DONE AND NO MATTER HOW LONG HE PROCRASTINATES TO DO IT HE ALWAYS GETS IT DONE. ONE CHANGE:A THING THAT I WOULD WANT TO CHANGE IS THAT MORE PEOPLE PARTICIPATE WHEN THEY DRESS UP FOR SPIRIT DAYS. I FEEL LIKE IF MORE PEOPLE WERE TO DRESS UP IT WOULD BUILD UP A LOT MORE SPIRIT AROUND THE SCHOOL AND IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE TO SEE. MY IMPACT: THIS PAST MONTH I FEEL AS IF I HAVE GROWN A LOT NOT ONLY AS A PERSON BUT ALSO A LEADER. ALTHOUGH THINGS MAY FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE AT TIMES THESE PAST COUPLE MONTHS I HAVE REALLY TRIED TO PUT MYSELF OUT THERE AND TALK AND GET TO KNOW ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE. ALTHOUGH I AM AN EXTREMELY OUTGOING PERSON, THIS IS HARD FOR ME TO DO AS WELL. BUT I FEEL LIKE GENUINELY GETTING TO KNOW PEOPLE INSTEAD OF JUST MAKING SURFACE LEVEL CONNECTIONS HAS MADE SUCH A DIFFERENCE IN NOT ONLY MY LIFE BUT HOPEFULLY THEIRS AS WELL.
AVA KEAST
ASB REPORT
RALLY COMMISSIONER
May 19, 2022
Position assessment: These past couple months yet again have not been tremendously busy for my rally partner, Jaydin and I, but we do in fact have an exciting thing coming up in the future. On Friday, May 20 we get to have our first rally indoors in 2 years. Jaydin and I are super excited and a little nervous. To prepare we have written our script and have practicing so we can be in top shape for friday. I am so excited to not only experience an indoor rally for the first time ever, but I am also super excited to be apart of it and to be able to contribute to the rally. I will admit I a slightly nervous but I know in the end everything will be great and we will have an awesome turn out.
Standing committee: Unfortunately, these past two months I have not been able to really be a part of any standing committees but I am excited for what is to come and hopefully can be in a standing committee next year.
Special committee: These past months I was apart of the tribe award committee and college reveal committee. At college reveal me and my fellow other classmates helped set up for college reveal night, and it was a lot of fun especially since we haven’t had an indoor college reveal in awhile. I also was apart of the publicity committee for the challenge where Katie and I made physical posters to hang up around campus and we got a lot of positive feedback.
Mentorship: I really enjoy the mentor buddy system a lot.My mentorship partner is David Wang and we sit by each other during class and I enjoy talking to him and seeing him throughout the halls and I love being able to grow my bond with him and making a connection with him inside and outside of the classroom. David is so incredibly kind and has taught me so so much.
Concerns: As it comes to the end of the school year I don’t have too many concerns. This year was incredible and I am super excited fo next year. If I had to pick out a few concerns though, one of them would definitely be that as a class we need to greatly work on out communication skills and I think bonding and getting to know each other on a deeper, personal level may help with out communication.
Positive comment: For my positive comment I would like to acknowledge Derek. Derek does so incredibly much for this class and I feel as if it goes unnoticed a lot of the time. Derek can be a great pain sometimes but as much as we say he’s annoying we all know that we really appreciate him. He is always looking out for everyone around him and making sure that everyone is okay. On top of that he has such a big job to get done and no matter how long he procrastinates to do it he always gets it done.
One change:A thing that I would want to change is that more people participate when they dress up for spirit days. I feel like if more people were to dress up it would build up a lot more spirit around the school and it would be really nice to see.
My Impact: This past month I feel as if I have grown a lot not only as a person but also a leader. Although things may feel uncomfortable at times these past couple months I have really tried to put myself out there and talk and get to know all kinds of different people. Although I am an extremely outgoing person, this is hard for me to do as well. But I feel like genuinely getting to know people instead of just making surface level connections has made such a difference in not only my life but hopefully theirs as well.