During the middle of November I was informed of an event happening at the school- the Maker Market. This market would take place on December 10th after school. I decided this would be great opportunity to fundraise for the GSA and begin to prepare for pride month. So I first began making pins. Creating the
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The Allendale Columbia GSA instagram
Before the markers market on December 10th, 2021 I created an instagram where a posted about the event and showcased products I was selling there. In addition I made a story highlight to commemorate that moment. The next day I put up a bunch of aesthetic pride flag based backgrounds for free use by other
Gender Sexuality alliance bulletin board
To further my clubs outreach to the community I asked a teacher for bullet board. I was eventually given access to a bulletin board on the ground floor of the school. Heres what it looked before I began working on it: Here are some infographics I made for the board: And here are some documents
Starting a Gender Sexuality Alliance in my School
A GSA is a simple concept: create space for LGBT+ students in the school, educate people on the community, and host events to further awareness on the community. I chose to start this club for two reasons: one, I noticed a need for a space for LGBT+ people in the school, and two, I thought
The Science of Wellbeing
For my second may term in my ninth grade year I took the Science of Wellbeing May term based off a Coursera course. The course was about the science of happiness and a how were are not born wired for our maximum amount of happiness. We often lose happiness due to things like social comparisons,
A Couple of Infographics
So I love making infographics, so for my own fulfillment I made two infographics. One was on dissociative identity disorder and the other was on fetal Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. I only uploaded these to my website after I got feedback from a couple of teachers. Heres what slice this falls in (the slightly bigger
Youth Healing Hate Group
Near the end of the school year I joined a new group at my school called the youth healing hate group. The youth healing hate group in our school was funded on a grant from the Gandhi institute. The groups goal was to educate the student population on restorative methods and how we could implement
Reflecting on the Youth Healing Hate May Term
Something I have always noticed in the Allendale Columbia judiciary system is that not all people are equal. Some are guilty till proven innocent and some are just innocent no matter the circumstance . This is something that the may term I attended in my ninth grade year attempted to fix. We tried to fix
How I Learned that Teaching is Hard: My ASL Workshop
During my ninth grade year I hosted an ASL workshop during may term. My workshop ran for both the A and B sessions. Both the A and B sessions meet three times over may term and each meeting was 45 minutes long. During this workshop we covered the basics of ASL, including: the alphabet, counting
“All are welcome”: the Kindergarten Class and their Beautiful Garden
If you look at the lower schools courtyard today you will see rainbow wind chimes, a rainbow fire pit and just behind all that a rainbow thats a play on the modern pride flag painted on the window (pictured below). The modern pride flag was designed by Daniel Quasar in June 2018. And incorporates elements