My Second Project

My second project is to put signs in the bathrooms to remind people to keep it clean. Cleanliness in the bathroom is a big problem at this school. Hopefully, reminders can get people to think about the other people who use it and keep it clean for them.

Milestones:

· Saturday, June 11: Propose project

· Monday, June 13: Find people to help and begin making signs if there’s time.

· Thursday: June 16: Post the signs

Tuesday and Wednesday will be used to make the signs. They will be made on the computer or by hand, depending on how helpers want to do it. Ms. Fitz has more than enough materials for making them.

First Project Outline

Project: Sweeeping

Starting on: Thursday, June 9

Finish by: Wednesday, June 15

This is a small project to sweep the gravel in the area just outside of the classrooms on the south side of the school. It will take place during lunch on June 15. If you still need to help with a project, please leave a comment and let me know.

Milestone dates:

• Saturday, June 11: Propose project


• Monday, June 13: Find out how many people, if any, will help with the project. I will announce to the class that they still have an opportunity to help with a project if they haven't already helped with two.


• Tuesday, June 14: Find out where to get brooms (ask school staff).


• Wednesday, June 15: Sweep during lunch.

Mentor: Ms. Fitz

Obstacle I will face may include difficulty getting access to brooms. If I am unable to get them from the custodian, I could bring my own brooms and, if needed, ask helpers to bring their brooms. Anyone who helps with the project will simply be sweeping. The more people help, the faster it will go. I think it will be possible to finish during lunch even if no one helps. I will have a maximum of two helpers for this project.

Help Project Outline and Updates

On Wednesday (June 8) I began to help Jon P. with his project. His project was to make good-bye signs for the seniors. Gavin and Molly also helped paint the signs. We will make at least four signs.

Senior Awards Ceremony

Last Sunday (June 5), I went to the Senior Awards Ceremony an hour early to help set up. I brought the drinks and cups into the building and upstairs, but other than that, they were already ready for people to show up. There wasn't as much work to do as I expected but I'm glad I was able to help and do the heavy lifting so the teachers didn't have to.

First Project Outline

Project: Sweeeping

Starting on: Thursday, June 9

Finish by: Wednesday, June 15

This is a small project to sweep the gravel in the area just outside of the classrooms on the south side of the school. If you still need to help with a project, please leave a comment and let me know.

Milestone dates:

• Saturday, June 11: Propose project
• Monday, June 13: Find out how many people, if any, will help with the project
• Tuesday, June 14: Find out where to get brooms
• Wednesday, June 15: Sweep and blog

Mentor: Ms. Fitz

Scrub Our School - Milestone Dates

January 9 -- January 13: Find people who are willing to clean some classrooms

January 10: Visit other classes looking for people to sign up for our project

January 11: Make forms for community service hours

January 12: Find teachers who need their rooms cleaned

January 13: Clean the classrooms

Post-Project Reflection #1

Project Pansy



Co-leader: Anna S.



We were never able to get our flowers. We sent an email and a letter to Ferny's, but they haven't responded, so we couldn't get a donation.

Everything was going well until we mailed the nursery asking for a donation. We had visited the nursery and decided which plants we were going to use. When we went to the nursery we learned that we needed an email from Mrs. Fitz in order to get a donation. After about a week passed with no reply, we took a printed copy of the email to the nursery. It's been months now and we probably can't expect a response now. We had no control over whether Ferny's replied or not. We could have gone to the nursery to ask them where they were in the process of donating to us or we could have found a different way to get the flowers. In the end, we decided to start a new project and hope that they would contact us while we were working on it.

Next time it may be a good idea to choose a project that doesn't depend so much on someone else. We didn't even find out whether the nursery was willing to donate or not.
Our next project is to organize a classroom clean-up project. We will find teachers who need help in their classrooms after school and then find people who will do it.