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1. In 40 words or more describe your project and the steps you performed to complete
it. What did you produce or perform?
For my project I raised over 2,200 new and gently used books for the students of Seatack
Elementary School. I then held a family fun night on March 15th for the families of
Seatack. At my literacy night kids rotated to various literacy themed centers. In order to
get all of these books I had to ask several students and teachers to donate books. To
ensure the success of my literacy night I had to spend several hours planning every single
hour and station of the event to every single detail.
2. In at least 40 words explain how the project challenged you, and what sort of time
challenges and resource problems did you encounter?
The project challenged me in so many ways. First, I set a huge goal for myself and
refused to allow myself to not achieve that goal. I decided I would raise at least 400
books, one for each child. The biggest problem I found in this is that I had to rely on
other people to get the donations. I was able to overcome this by reaching out to teachers
and community organizations to both advertise for donations and actually donate books.
Secondly, I had never worked with Seatack Elementary School before. This created
challenges because I had to get to know the staff in the middle of planning the project.
Luckily, the staff was extremely welcoming and helpful in the midst of the chaos of
planning. Lastly, I ran into challenges with not feeling overwhelmed. This was such a
large scale project and I began to immediately feel stressed and unsure of what to do. In
order to tackle this feeling I made several lists for each task that needed to be done. This
helped break down each big task into smaller ones so that I could get more done.
3. List and then describe 5-8 fundamental ideas/concepts/skills of your project, which
you learned during your project.
Idea / Concept / Skill
Planning of a Large Scale Event
Explanation
I had never before planned an event for
even 20 people, let alone 200. So, I had to
learn the proper organization and manner
to go about planning an event of this size.
Since I was working with a Title I school,
I had to go through specific processes in
order to ensure I was taking the proper
Extreme Organization
4. List and describe 5-8 problems you encountered in your project, and briefly
describe how you solved each.
New School
Uncertainty of Attendance
Guaranteeing Volunteers
Self Dead-Lines
Date
Duration of Time
2/4/16
30 Minutes
2/4/16
30 Minutes
2/7/16
1 Hour
2/8/16
1 Hour
2/15/16
1 Hour
2/15/16
1.5 Hours
Assembled 11 donation
boxes.
Taped flyers to boxes.
Printed flyers to give to
teachers/classes.
Cut flyers in half.
Drafted letter to send to
businesses.
2/16/16
30 Min.
2/16/16
2 Hours
2/16/16
30 Min.
2/17/16
30 Min.
2/18/16
1 Hour
Recorded advertisement
video. Edited video on movie
maker. Emailed
advertisement video to
teachers.
2/19/16
2 Hours
2/20/16
1.5 Hours
2/20/16
15 Minutes
2/22/16
1 Hour
2/28/16
30 Minutes
2/29/16
1 Hour
2/29/16
20 Minutes
3/6/16
30 Minutes
3/9/16
2 Hours
3/9/16
30 Minutes
3/10/16
1.5 Hours
3/11/16
4 Hours
3/12/16
2 Hours
3/13/16
4 Hours
3/14/16
8 Hours
4 Hours
3/15/16
1 Hour
3/15/16
30 Minutes
Kiddie Scissors
Various Construction Paper
Index Cards
Glue
Pipe Cleaners
Cardstock
Stickers
Candy Prizes
Blue Painters Tape
Pencils
Markers, Crayons, Etc
Paper Bags
Manilla Folder Cut Outs
Googly Eyes
Index Cards
M&Ms, Goldfish, Chex Mix
Plastic Baggies
7. List all people who helped you on the project and briefly describe the help given.
advertising to their students about my collection of donations for the books. They
helped significantly in raising all of the books needed.
Star of the Sea Elementary School This is my middle and elementary school
alma mater, they were able to donate over 400 books alone. They asked families
and teachers to bring in new and gently used books as part of their community
service mission. I was extremely appreciative of their willingness to donate.
Various Police Officers: Lieutenant S.E. Wichtendahl, Lieutenant S.L.
Wichtendahl, Deputy Chief Zucaro, MPO Pierce, Detective Marafka, and
Lieutenant Ball: All of these officers volunteered to attend my event. At my event
they hung out with children and parents of Seatack. Some even began to hand out
books, read to the kids, play games with them, and help them with the crafts. I
was really happy with the police community interaction at my event!
Various High School Volunteers: At my event I had around 25 high school
student volunteers, they were able to help me by manning the various stations at
ensuring there was order at my event!
8. How does your completed project compare to the picture you had in mind when you
started the project?
I originally believed I would be working with a school in Franklin. I believed this
originally because they are one of the overall poorest cities in the state of Virginia. I also
believed that I would host a parent night. The parent night would have a guest speaker
who would address the parents of VBCPS students about literacy and why it is so
important. I decided this would be tough because parents may not be extremely receptive
to this. I decided then to work with Seatack Elementary school, as it is a Title I school
and their students eventually get zoned for my school. I also decided I would have a
family fun and literacy night for kids and their parents to come to. I made this choice
because I felt parents would have a better time and learn more watching their kids
participate in events centered on literacy. I felt like that it was better also to just have
parent tips at each station instead of a speaker, this was definitely the better choice.
9. If given the opportunity, what would you do differently now that you speak from
experience?
Looking back, if I could do something differently I would definitely had changed the
number of stations I had. I feel like the kids wanted to do more games and less crafts, I
feel like I could have focused more on the games rather than the crafts. I also would have
made each station have something that involved the parents, some did but many did not. I
feel like parents would have had more fun with the event if there was a portion of each
event designated for their involvement. Honestly though, there is not much else I would
change looking back because I felt it went very well!
10. Now that the project is completed, explain/describe the stretch or challenge you
encountered/experienced.
The stretch for me with this project was certainly how big of a project this was. I had
worked with elementary schoolers excessively before, but I had never worked with
parents at the same time. I felt very overwhelmed when Seatack told me they were
expecting about 150 200 students, this was extremely difficult for me. I had to plan to
have enough supplies, volunteers, and food for all of these people. I wanted to make sure
that I was prepared and ready for all of these people so that it wasnt disorganized or
flustered in my event. Looking back, I am still shocked that I pulled this all off because it
required a lot of planning, organization, and punctuality, which are not my typical
character traits.
11. Beyond the project itself, what did you learn about yourself?
I learned so much about my own capabilities throughout this project. First and foremost, I
learned that I am meant to be a teacher. I really at times doubted my capability to become
a teacher but after this project I learned that I was made for this profession. Secondly, I
discovered that I can do literally anything when I have a goal in mind. I had never had
such amazing passion and drive for something specific, like I did with this project. I feel
after this project that I have realized I have a great passion for children and that passion is
very powerful when I set mind to doing something. In my project I learned so much
about being selfless, the power of giving is far better than receiving and the children of
Seatack truly taught me this.
12. What grade would you give yourself on the project? Justify the evaluation of your grade
in at least 25 words.Grade: 95
I really feel that I deserve an A on this project because I feel that I poured my heart and
soul into every single aspect of the project. I feel that I set goals for myself and exceeded
them all. I raised over 2,200 books and had around 210 parents and students at my event.
I feel that I worked diligently to ensure my project would go well and I truly feel that
work paid off. I know I could have had a few more parents and students at my event but I
still feel like I truly helped the community of Seatack and made a difference. I feel that I
challenged myself in many ways to plan this entire project.