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I N S I D E T H I S
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Program
Updates 1
Monthly
Training 1
OUSD Schools
Laurel Elementary
2
Libby
Elementary 2
Mission
Elementary 2
Chavez Middle
3
Jefferson Middle
3
Lincoln
Middle 3
King Middle
4
El Camino
High 4
Oceanside High
4
Ocean Shores High
5
About Us/
Contact Us 6
Calendar 6
Oceanside Unified School District M A Y / J U N E 2 0 1 7 V O L U M E 7 , I S S U E 8
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PASS AmeriCorps Newsletter
Have a fantastic summer and we
will see you in the new school
year!
We are in the final countdown
for the 2016-17 school year! It’s
amazing how fast the year has
gone. Our PASS AmeriCorps
Service Members joined us back
in August, some local, some serv-
ing a second or third year with
us, some jumping in their cars
and moving across the country
to serve our youth and commu-
nities here in San Diego County.
We are so grateful for the dedi-
cation they have shown this year.
Thank you to all our school site
Points of Contact, collaborating
school sites, and other partner
organizations; it is your support
and commitment to your com-
munities and the PASS Ameri-
Corps Program that allows us to
work together to make a differ-
ence in the lives of our students.
At this point in the school
year, we are very excited for
our PASS AmeriCorps Service
Members as they take the
next step in their journeys,
whether that be serving an-
other year with PASS, moving
on to graduate school, landing
a job in their target career
field, or continuing on the
search for the path they want
to follow.
We wish all our Service Mem-
bers and students the best,
and are looking forward to
hearing great things about them
in the future.
Word Cloud made of this
month’s newsletter submissions
Finishing a Fantastic Year with PASS AmeriCorps
Each year, the PASS AmeriCorps
Program puts on an event titled
“Life After AmeriCorps”, provid-
ing resources and networking
opportunities for our Service
Members as they transition out
of their year of service with
PASS. In addition to presenta-
tions on topics such as the Segal
Education Award, Fringe Bene-
fits, and Travel and Work
Abroad Tips, we also heard from
a panel of AmeriCorps alumni (in
photo below, left to right: cur-
rent member, Anna
Statz, and AmeriCorps
Alumni, Rosalina Herre-
ra, Sergio Valdes-Morin,
and Robin Gray). A
highlight of the day was
Service Members having
the chance to partici-
pate in rotating café conversations to get insight
from working professionals in a field of interest.
We want to thank all the individuals who came
out to speak with us (in photos at right, clockwise from top left: Gabriela
Delgado, M.P.A., M.Ed., P.P.S., SDCOE; Jason M. Rasch, Juvenile Gang
Intervention and Intensive Supervision Unit; Anthony Ceja, M.S.W.,
SDCOE; Beatriz Villarreal, Ph.D., Mano a Mano Foundation; Joanna
Savarese, Ph.D., Neuropsychologist and Clinical Psychologist; Joey
Nunez Estrada, Jr., Ph.D., San Diego State University; ). Your stories
and experience will help our Members as
they move into their “Life After Ameri-
Corps”.
Getting Ready for “Life After AmeriCorps”
Café Conversation
Guest Speakers
AmeriCorps Alumni
Panel
P A G E 2
Joselyn (4th
grade), Melanie
(3rd grade) and
Miss Cherifer at
the Girls on the
Run 5K. Libby Elementary School
Mission Elementary School
Laurel Elementary School
May has been
such an exciting
month. The
Girls on the
Run team ran
their 5K at
Crown Point
Park in San
Diego. As their
community
impact project
this year, they
teamed up with
local artists from the Muramid
Museum in Oceanside to paint
a beautiful mural on one of the
handball walls next to the
track. The mural portrays the
courageous spirit of being a girl
on the run! Our 4th and 5th
grade musicians had their
spring concerts for their class-
mates and families. The 5th
graders played the district
honor concert at El Camino
High School. They rocked it!
As the year comes to a close,
the PASS students are doing a
collaborative painting of their
dreams and goals for the fu-
ture. Some of the careers they
chose were a doctor, forensic
anthropologist, NASA flight
controller, artist, and profes-
sional skateboarder. I'm so
proud of their accomplish-
ments and will miss everyone
at Laurel Elementary School!
that we enjoyed, and finally
about the possibilities for the
future. Over the past few
weeks, the students have been
working hard on their state
testing and I must praise them
for their efforts. They're doing
their best to make their teach-
ers proud.
Following testing, some fifth
graders celebrated their ele-
mentary career by learning at
MAY DAY!
MAY DAY!
We are coming to the
end of the year and
that means doing our
best to maximize what
little time we have left.
The last few days will
be spent reminiscing
about our year in PASS: all of
the popular games we have
played, the service day projects
Camp Cuyamaca, an outdoor
school. At camp, the students
went on nature walks where
they were taught about local
plants, birds, and other wildlife.
Students were also introduced
to other outdoor activities and
I was so inspired by the perse-
verance students faced when
trying to climb rocks. Keep
going strong, Mission Dolphins!
ribbons to be used, all while
giving their best effort for their
mothers. After some of the
students finished their own,
they were happy to help their
friends when they became
stuck on certain steps. The
week after Mother’s Day also
saw several of the PASS stu-
dents completing the posters
they had begun the previous
week to welcome the volun-
teers who came to the school
for Junior Achievement Day.
Each classroom had a volun-
teer who presented and con-
ducted activities all day to get
the students thinking about
their futures. With summer
and middle school ahead for
many of the PASS students, the
end of the school year was full
of activities to finish the year
on a good note.
May’s first and biggest
project was making tis-
sue paper flowers for
Mother’s Day, which
came about as a combi-
nation of ideas brought
forth by two different
PASS students. In small
groups, students created
flower bouquets in which they
individualized by choosing the
colors of tissue paper and
A student
proving
failure can
lead to
success.
P A S S A M E R I C O R P S N E W S L E T T E R
Cherifer Cruz,
PASS AmeriCorps Member
Marriana Moramarco,
PASS AmeriCorps Member
Johnathan Pham,
PASS AmeriCorps Member
5th Grade Libby PASS
girls show off their color-
ful flower bouquets for
Mother’s Day
Cesar Chavez Middle School
P A G E 3 V O L U M E 7 , I S S U E 8
And just
like that, the school year is over
and summer is hours away. With
that, I wanted to take a moment to
thank everyone at CCMS - Ms.
Morgan, Mr. Watson, Ms. Casey,
Ms. Amanda, all teachers,
every administrator, and
every individual on campus -
for welcoming me into your
family, for allowing me to
learn from you, but most
importantly, for opening your
hearts to the needs of PASS
youth and for another suc-
cessful, albeit more eventful than
usual, school year.
As a closing activity, PASS celebrat-
ed Join Hands Day – an opportunity
to shed light on intergenerational
boundaries and how we can help
bridge any gaps that might
exist there. To honor this
month’s theme, we traced
out our hands and wrote
messages of how we can
bridge those gaps. The final
project can be seen in Stu-
dent Services, in front of
Ms. Amanda’s desk (who
also participated!). All are
invited to take a look at
some of the ideas.
Thank you for your sup-
port of PASS, and have a
safe summer!
and listened to a Holocaust sur-
vivor’s testimony. Mr. Garcia also
had us take a pit stop at the famous
Philippe’s for a French dip sand-
wich. We also went to the famous
Sea World and saw sea otters and
massive sharks! The kids really
enjoyed both field trips! The Sci-
ence department had a very fun and
hands-on month. Students were
excited to build rockets and most
of the 8th grade science classes
Hello Lincoln Middle School,
The end of the school year is rapid-
ly approaching and it is bittersweet
to see our time at Lincoln come to
an end. We cannot thank the ad-
ministration and faculty enough for
their unwavering support that they
have shown us throughout the year.
We were fortunate enough to at-
tend two field trips with our stu-
dents this month. We went to the
Holocaust Museum in Los Angeles
dissected eyeballs. Keep going
strong, the
summer is
almost here!
ing teachers and administration
around, mentoring me as I have
been mentoring our students, has
meant a lot and made this year
seamless. Special thanks to Mr.
Balanon, Ms. Coscuna, Mr. Martino,
Mrs. Hill-Veytia, and Mrs. Lee. Your
support of the PASS AmeriCorps
Program and your steady guidance
this year has been nothing short of
amazing. My time at Jefferson has
been wonderful and I wish you all
the best. Sincerely, Luis Avalos.
The rush is on! Students in the
PASS AmeriCorps Program at Jef-
ferson Middle School are working
to the finish line. Projects and stud-
ying for final exams have become
the priority these last few days, and
we are excited to see how much
our students have learned and im-
proved. With this final newsletter
for the semester, I would like to
thank all the staff at Jefferson Mid-
dle School. This year has been full
of challenges, but having such amaz-
One student's
idea for how she
can help her
community and
through that -
generations
Jefferson Middle School
Lincoln Middle School
Bottle
Rockets
Zuzanna Blaz,
PASS AmeriCorps Support Supervisor
Luis Avalos-Farro,
PASS AmeriCorps Member
Brendan Quigley and Christina Smith,
PASS AmeriCorps Members
PASS
Student
and
Mentor
“Who
Am I”
Posters
P A G E 4
El Camino High School
Oceanside High School
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
As we come to a
close on the 2016
-2017 school
year, PASS
AmeriCorps has
been very busy
with all of the
end of the year
festivities. Be-
tween talent
shows, year book
signing parties and SBAC
testing, PASS has put its
efforts to maintaining a
strong finish for our stu-
dents. We have spent
most of May working with our
8th grade students to send
them off to high school the
most prepared they can be.
PASS and AVID teamed up
again to take our students to
El Camino High School where
the EC AVID team put togeth-
er a panel for our King stu-
dents to investigate what it is
like to spend a day in high
school. Our students have also
come together to reflect on
the positive changes they have
made throughout this school
year. Through our Join Hands
day of service, we encouraged
our PASS students to write a
note of positive encourage-
ment for a fellow PASS stu-
dent. It allowed us to solidify
our connections and bring our
PASS group together on a final
positive note.
and during lunch for extra
tutoring to get ready for finals.
Together, we have been work-
ing on goal setting and good
decision making, especially
regarding summer plans like
going to summer school or
getting a job. I am sad to say
that I will not be returning
with the students in the fall,
but to help them with the
It’s hard to believe
the school year is
almost over! The
past month has been
a flurry of projects
and test preparation.
In addition to having
my support in their
core classes, stu-
dents have been coming into
the PASS room after school
transition, we are reflecting on
the year together as they write
advice to their new PASS
AmeriCorps Mentors. I’m so
glad to have been a part of the
OHS community over the past
year, and am grateful to all the
students and staff for their
hospitality. Once a Pirate, al-
ways a Pirate!
greet students and staff with
posters and fun music to start
their day with a smile. Students
and parents enjoyed the warm
welcome and positive energy.
Tuesday through Thursday, we
had a blow up swimming pool
with beach balls inside in front
of Kats Korner. The beach
balls had questions on them
for students to toss back and
forth and ask each other in
order to get to know someone
new. Some of the other activi-
ties during the week were a
“What’s in the box?” challenge,
where students put their hand
in a box and had to guess the
item, and “Cups of Courage”
where students planted flow-
ers in dixie cups to give to an
inspirational person in their
life. We are hopeful that What
If Week becomes a tradition at
ECHS and gets bigger every
year!
What If Week
finally launched
May 22nd
through May
26th. The pur-
pose of the week
was to spread
positivity, encour-
agement, and
harmony on campus. Each
morning, PASS mentors, ad-
ministrators, and students
lined Rancho Del Oro Drive to
Armando
writes
advice to his
PASS
mentor.
P A S S A M E R I C O R P S N E W S L E T T E R
Zachary Liggan and
Mackenzie Vischer,
PASS AmeriCorps Members
Zoe Pace and Jonathan Spicer,
PASS AmeriCorps Members
Maggie Rake,
PASS AmeriCorps Member
ECHS students
getting to know each
other in a question
ball pit.
Aileen and Victoria
holding their PASS
Certificates of
Participation.
Ocean Shores High School
P A G E 5 V O L U M E 7 , I S S U E 8
The end of the year
is a bittersweet
time at Ocean
Shores. While
some students are
happily finishing up
classes and prepar-
ing for summer vacation, others are
preparing for life after Ocean
Shores. Several of our graduating
seniors will move down the street
to attend Mira Costa College, while
others will join the work force. The
school is happy to celebrate with all
of our seniors during senior awards
night on June 1st and of course, graduation
on June 7th! I have been lucky for the past
month to help Mrs. Van Hoosear and Mrs.
Harris with decorations for the special
events. I am so happy to have been able to
spend the year working at Ocean Shores.
Ocean Shores is truly a wonderful and
unique place. Every teacher and staff mem-
ber sincerely cares about every student
and it makes for a great school to work
for. I am humbled and grateful to have
been able to work with such amazing stu-
dents and staff. I want to say a huge thank
you to Shores for this remarkable year.
A PASS stu-
dent enjoying
making paper
flowers for
graduation.
Miss Marriana at Libby teaches
Libby PASS Students Andrew and
Alex how to make tissue paper flowers
“Mentoring is a
brain to pick,
and ear to
listen, and a
push in the
right direction.”
-John C. Crosby
2nd and 3rd Year PASS AmeriCorps
Members helped out at the “9th Annual
Honoring Women in Prevention” Event
OHS PASS Students Diquan (left)
and Jason (right) work on home-
work during after school tutoring.
Katy Herder,
PASS AmeriCorps Member
MLK AVID (and
PASS Students)
attended a panel of
EC AVID students
for high school
guidance. ECHS PASS Student, Matthew
and Principal, Dr. Kriedeman wel-
come students to school with a
feel good message.
The Girls on the Run mu-
ral at Laurel Elementary
School.
6401 Linda Vista Road - Room 412
San Diego, CA 92111-7399
Phone: 858-569-5474
Fax: 858-565-4150
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sdcoe.net/pass-americorps
The PASS AmeriCorps Program serves stu-
dents in grades 3 through 12 at 29 school sites
across San Diego County, including campuses
in San Diego, Oceanside, Vista, San Marcos,
and Valley Center. Each PASS AmeriCorps
member provides support for 30 targeted stu-
dents through individual and group mentoring,
academic support, grades and attendance re-
views, leadership development, guest speakers,
service learning projects, and parent outreach.
Through their service with PASS, our Ameri-
Corps members are able to create positive
change in our schools and communities.
San Diego County Office of Education
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