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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: 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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