Grade9Goals

Advisories were asked to brainstorm some goals they could make for the year that would contribute to the Ensworth community in a positive way. Some of these goals may be taken on by the whole school, the grade, or just the Advisory.

__**Bauchiero**__ My group was full of all sorts of ideas this morning. The first, no surprise, was improving the lunch lines. They suggested having dividers for the lines that come out into the hallways, and a better explanation of which line is for what.

They also talked about integrating the classes more, perhaps through some kind of older student mentor or “big brother” type program. They also suggested some out of school activities as houses, calling them “house parties” where they can all mix together with the older kids. You may already have things like this planned with the houses, but since they are new and so am I, we weren’t all sure how it was going to work.

Finally they talked about improving and advertising “blackout” days at games. They said that we should improve communication among our outside community to include parents and younger siblings to participate in the blackout, not just the students. They thought it would be cooler if everyone did it, not just our students. They said we could even have some EHS students go to the lower school to pump it up with the younger kids.

So far, my advisory group feels that we could make contributions to improve Ensworth in the following areas
 * __Jackoboice__**
 * assisting with field day at the Red Gables Campus
 * Collecting clothing and school supplies for students in Jamaica as part of an existing “Glory Outreach” which is apparently not affiliate with a church
 * Wecloming visitors to campus
 * Reading to young children (at Red Gables)
 * Coaching younger children (especially basketball and surfing)
 * Our collective skillset includes the following:
 * Ice skating/hockey, surfing, competitive horse racing, volleyball, tennis, dancing, running track, football
 * Instruments that we play - drums, flute, cello, piano, guitar, and voice/singing
 * Cooking/Baking

Find a way for Ensworth to go green!
 * __Lea__**

__**Messinger**__ - A memorable experience → do something interactive, something where every student gets to connect with every other student. Make it a tradition. - Theme days → per advisory or schoolwide - Upperclassmen paired with underclassmen → longer shadow period – over the course of the whole year - Plan an addition to the school - “Ensworth” statues – like the guitars around Nashville - Create social club – “New Friends” - Mix up or combine Advisories every Friday → team up to meet everyone, play games, do a fun activity - Partnerships with other schools - House competitions – fun days - School wide “Capture the Flag” –where each house has a “House Flag” and they hide it for other houses to find. - Work together to improve the school’s image/appearance - School wide/House or Grade “Lock In” – overnight.

Our advisory periodically throughout the year would like to recognize with small gifts the people that often are overlooked on campus- the lunch ladies, the security guard that greets the students, Katie Dunn, etc.
 * __Meyer__**

__**Miller/Todd**__ Day off for maintenance crew, freshman maintain the campus for the day Litter patrol Polish Harkness tables Build a goose house/habitat Fundraiser for Red Gables track and field Fill the undecorated wall spaces on campus Mural, tapestry, graffiti artists Mati: Has designed her own Habitat program and speaks to elementary aged kids about HFH.


 * __Plumb__**
 * Helping to make the school more “green” by collecting recyclable materials around campus, or raising funds for the installation of solar panels.
 * Taking more responsibility for the campus and buildings by assigning advisories to clean different areas.
 * Working on uniting the two Ensworth campuses by having advisories go to the Red Gables campus (once a quarter?) and do activities with different grade levels.

Create a skit (comedy) about the first day of school for a freshman. This could still be informative while being funny. (Post on youtube) Clean the pond or Harpeth river Do community service activities as a group such as visiting preschools. Plant flowers (campus beautification).
 * __Quebedeaux__**

Recycling plastics & aluminum Find a way for Ensworth to go greener!
 * __Scott__**

1. Help in preparation for field day at the middle school- set-up, tear-down, maybe collecting items for goodie bags, etc. 2. Plant flowers around the clock tower 3. Read to/plan activities for the pre-first graders
 * __Thorne__**