Vlog

Week Six

This week Katie and I feared that we wouldn’t reach the amount of girls we need to start the program. In the past, we sent home Girls on the Run flyers, spoke with the girls, sent out emails, and had a parent meeting. To advertise more, we contacted mentors, Karen White and Brenda Huff. Together we came up with a solution to contact FRA’s Director of Communications, Leah Davis Glenn to be featured in the schools weekly “Panther Press”. She approved and gave us a small section in the newsletter. Right now we are currently working on the online portion of our First Aid and CPR certification training. We are also working on the online coaches training as we prepare to begin the season. After we get the team roster, we plan on meeting with all of the coaches and FRA Faculty to plan out the important aspects of the team, such as, everyday schedules, rainy day schedules and working out any conflicts with other after school activities.

Week Five

This week Sheila and I both worked on progressing our project. This past weekend, we went to our coaches training for our program. We learned many details about how to teach lessons, the main goal of the program, details about the final race, and how to treat each individual girl. At the training, we went through a practice lesson together as a group as if we were in their shoes. We also talked about the core values of the program and we received information on the buddy system for the final 5k in May. This week we held a parent meeting in the lower school with some of our school sponsors, such as, Mrs. White and Mrs. Spaeth. We were a little disappointed with the numbers of parents that showed up, but we showed the parents a short video about two women who went through the program as children and their experience and how it has impacted their lives, still to this day. Our registration opened this past Monday (1/16) and closes this coming Monday (1/23) if we reach the numbers. If we do not reach 8 girls then the registration will stay open at a first come system. If we get over 12 girls, then all the girls will go through a lottery to see who is on the team. Sheila and I will start the online Girls on the Run training, online first aid and CPR course this weekend. We are looking forward to starting up the program in the middle of February.

Week Four

How might your genius hour project help you stand out to colleges and help your life plan?

Our genius hour project will influence how colleges will look at us because The Girls on the Run program is a significant factor in whether or not they should allow us in. We saw a fit in our community for this program to help the younger girls to develop both physically and mentally into young women. Our commitment is evident through the hard work we have put into starting the program and working with the girls twice a week while also balancing our school work and sports after school. We have put in countless hours working to get this club started by getting first aid and CPR trained, talking to administration at school, meeting with directors at Girls on the Run, getting trained with Girls on the Run, meeting with the girls, and the time we put into learning the lessons for the girls. The hard work is evident to colleges and proves that we are the type of girls they want on their campus because we have a perfect example of how we had a passion and took it to the next level to pursue it. Colleges are looking for people that are willing to go outside of their comfort zone and to take charge. With this program, we have taken on a leadership role and act as role models to many. Colleges are looking for leaders to take charge on campus and be the change in this world.