Student Aide Position at On- Campus Lab School

Bulletin Board Creating: Throughout my time at Grace B. Luhrs Elementary, I was assigned a couple of blank bulletin boards to bring back to life. One of the bulletin boards was specifically in the cafeteria in the school. The topic I chose for the bulletin board was “Food from Around the World.” This was a way for students to see where some popular foods came from originally, and to see some unique foods they may have never seen before from other cultures.

Fall 2022 Recess Programming: As the school progressed throughout my time there, the administration thought it’d be a great idea to add some extra purpose to recess-time. I went ahead and created a calendar that coordinated some educational games and plans to do while the children are at recess. This programming we created included many different entities and even spearheaded buying more equipment and resources for the students to play with during their time outdoors. Some different examples of programs we ran throughout recess programming was Story-Time in the Grass, leaf-identification, cooperative play games like four-square, etc.

Not only did students learn many new cooperative play games and gain more knowledge on outdoor play, but we also created an actual garden on our playground. In the winter, they used this food to create a Fall Feast, right around Thanksgiving time. Some of the things that we grew included: Romaine Lettuce, Kohlrabi Cabbage, Red Baron Onions, Butter Crunch Lettuce, Broccoli, etc… It was so meaningful to be able to watch the buds the students’ planted grow into actual edible food. When the lettuce was all ready to eat, students were allowed to pick a piece during recess, wash that piece and were able to eat it.

Fall 2021-Spring 2022 
Spirit Days:

To add some liveliness throughout the school year, and give the students some fun events, the principal created “Spirit Days.” The students at the school voted what the theme of these spirit days would be, and we ended up with about 5-6 themed-spirit days. It was my job to create themed-decor for these spirit days that would be recognized by the students and faculty. I was also tasked with creating activities for the whole school to participate in during the days. Some examples of themed-spirit days we did were: Donut Day, Pajama Day, Kindness Day, etc…