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PASS AmeriCorps Newsletter

Global Youth Service Day was

established in 1988 to celebrate

and mobilize young people to serve

their community. For this National

Day of Service, the PASS Ameri-

Corps took part in a community

clean up on April 22nd, also honor-

ing Earth Day. Thirty-eight Ameri-

Corps Members, the leadership

team, and a few dedicated PASS

students served and connected

with our different communities

through I Love a Clean San Diego’s

“Creek to Bay Cleanup”. We

cleaned creeks, parks, and streets

to prevent ocean pollution. PASS

AmeriCorps students also partici-

pated, with one Vista student not-

ing that we were cleaning the

neighborhood where his grandpar-

ents lived. The “Creek to

Bay Cleanup” is held twice

a year and the PASS Amer-

iCorps Program partici-

pates every spring.

Along with service to our youth

and communities, the PASS Ameri-

Corps Program is dedicated to

contributing to the professional

growth and development of our

Service Members. On April 17,

2017, PASS hosted a Resume

Workshop.

First, we had a presentation on

how to build an effective resume,

with time to update and construc-

tively critique each other’s re-

sumes. Then we learned tips on

translating this year of service with

PASS AmeriCorps onto our re-

sumes, and had a little time to

incorporate recommendations to

make our resumes as job-market

ready as possible.

We want to thank SDCOE Pro-

gram Specialist, Sal Garcia for pre-

senting on “Technology Trends,

Privacy Settings, and Protecting

Your Personal Brand”; SDCOE

Human Resources Project Special-

ist, Jessica Glover for presenting on

“Interview/Resume Strategies and

EdJoin”, and giving us some tips

from HR about how to make our-

selves competitive; PASS Ameri-

Corps Support Supervisors, Ya-

neen Gutierrez for presenting on

“Resume Building” and Teenie Le

for presenting on “Interview Tips”;

PASS AmeriCorps Service Mem-

bers, Corey Bishop for presenting

on “Social Media Networking:

LinkedIn” and Jonathan Spicer for

presenting on “Professional Eti-

quette in the Workplace.”

VUSD PASS Team

cleaned at the Vista

Street Sweep near S.

Santa Fe Ave.

PASS AmeriCorps Joins the Creek to Bay Cleanup

PASS AmeriCorps Resume Workshop

We wrapped up the day by practic-

ing our answers to possible inter-

view questions in mock interview

breakout groups, facilitated by our

guest speakers and PASS Support

Supervisors.

We hope that the day was useful

and informative, helping our PASS

AmeriCorps Service Members as

they begin transitioning into the end

of their 2016-17 Term of Service

with PASS.

PASS

Ameri-

Corps

Service

Members

presenting at the

Resume

Workshop

OUSD PASS Team

cleaned Loma Alta

Creek at Union Plaza

SDUSD PASS Team

cleaned Cesar

Chavez Park

SMUSD PASS

Team cleaned at

Dixon Lake

VCPUSD PASS Team

cleaned and made friends

with

spiders and

snakes at

Dixon Lake

15th Annual

Creek to Bay Stats:

www.creektobay.org

6,500 volunteers

(county-wide)

112

locations

Over 170,000 lbs.

of trash removed

P A G E 2

The awesome

progress on our

VCMS PASS

service projects!

Valley Center High School

Oak Glen High School

Valley Center Middle School

This is it! Our VCMS

PASS students are

gearing up for a suc-

cessful close to the

school year. During

spring break, the

Valley Center PASS

AmeriCorps team

attended the Indian

Health Council fair

and got to run an

activity booth for families and their

children while sharing in the spirit

of community outreach. Children

and parents made chicks out of

construction paper and wrote

positive spring messages inside!

Upon their return to school,

Miss Carley and Miss Lora

were pleased to see many

students working hard during

class visits, even after vacation.

April’s PASS AmeriCorps pro-

ject will center on Global

Youth Service Day & Earth

Day. To celebrate, PASS stu-

dents had a chance to create

seed-balls, which are a feasible

way to plant seeds of all sorts

in high maintenance places

such as meadows or banks.

Miss Lora and Miss Carley

can’t wait to see what quarter

four has in store!

or attend the Creek to Bay

event put on by I Love a Clean

San Diego. This event took

place at Dixon Lake in Escon-

dido and volunteers spent

several hours picking up litter

around the area and learning

about local wildlife. One PASS

student, Ruben S., attended

the clean-up; PASS thanks him

for coming out to help take

April is almost over

and that means that

Oak Glen is only a

month and a half away

from the end of the

year and with it, grad-

uation. During this

month, we celebrated

Earth Day; students

had the opportunity

to plant flowers and/

care of our planet! The stu-

dents who chose to volunteer

by planting, learned about the

dwindling bee populations,

including what they can do to

help with the impending crisis.

The next few weeks will bring

a strong push to keep grades

and spirits up to end the year

on a positive note.

into personalized plant-

ers. We then planted

coleus seeds in them, and each

student will be able to watch

their seeds grow into vibrant

plants throughout the next few

months. This gave students a

chance to see the satisfaction

and fun that can come from

planting your own plants. We

are excited to give picture

updates in the next newsletter

to show our progress. Another

exciting development this

month is the inception of Pro-

ject AWARE at VCHS. This

program will run as an ASE

class for a select group of stu-

dents, and will provide support

and emotional skill building

activities.

April brought much needed

spring energy and weather to

Valley Center High School. We

had our spring break early in

the month, providing relaxa-

tion before the final stretch to

summer. This month, we start-

ed an Earth Day project for

Global Youth Service Day.

Students took milk cartons

that they receive at breakfast

and lunch and upcycled them

PASS

student,

Ruben S., and

the PASS

mentor from

Oak Glen

picking up

litter at Dix-

on Lake.

P A S S A M E R I C O R P S N E W S L E T T E R

Lora Karch and Carley Null,

PASS AmeriCorps Members

Lizz Kolokowsky

PASS AmeriCorps Member

Anna Statz,

PASS AmeriCorps Member

Donation center for

empty cartons soon to

be upcycled

6401 Linda Vista Road - Room 412

San Diego, CA 92111-7399

Phone: 858-569-5474

Fax: 858-565-4150

Email: mquiroz@sdcoe.net

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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