Position Assessment- Since the beginning of the school year, Payton and I have had many tasks and responsibilities. We started our year by getting new ideas and bonding at Core Camp. Our gift to camp was a compilation of both photos and videos of various camp events and activities. We publicized Red & White Fridays, Club Rush Spirit Days, Club Rush Sign Ups, Back to School Dance, Black Light Rally, and College Spirit Day. Payton and I worked the Yoga Club table and signed up for various clubs ourselves. Payton and I are a part of the poster committee, we have made posters for the Black Light Rally that were reused for the BTSD. We made more posters for both the football game and the dance. We set up and cleaned up for the BTSD and are currently working on posts for upcoming events and posters for themed football games.
Special Committee- I am a part of the poster committee. We have been making posters for the Back To School Dance and Black Light Rally. We are working on posters for the upcoming football game which is USA themed.
Mentorship Evaluation- Gideon and I have a unique mentorship because we are both juniors. He thinks he’s my mentor because of where his name is on the list but I have been in the program a year longer than him. I think it’s funny so I'll go along with it. He helps me when I complain that my computer is broken. Anytime either one of us have questions about anything, we never hesitate to ask one another. We got Pizza Plus last week and that was funny. I haven’t walked off campus much this year, but going with Gideon was funny. Seeing his reaction to all the freshmen was funny, we had lots of jokes.
Concerns-Since it is so early in the year, I don’t have many concerns. The only thing I’m worried about is the dynamic between Kylee and Devin. I know at Core Camp especially, they were already having issues and all of us juniors looked at them. When we see our two main leaders arguing it creates this awkward situation of the feeling of having to pick sides. I wish they could both work on their communication so that it would strengthen the communication between the rest of the juniors. They are the two main people that are going to hold our class together and we can’t have them arguing or talking behind each other's backs.
Positive Comment-So far I feel like Payton and I have a good foundation to be great partners and come up with some great ideas. Our communication is really good and it doesn't feel like we are stepping on each other's toes. Something we have been doing is one of us makes a post and one of us fills out the announcement form. I think we are going to work well together and I’m excited for what we can do.
Change-I would like to see our junior class planning a little bit more in advance. We know what to expect regarding homecoming and it would be nice to get all of the juniors involved and start getting things sorted out with non-leadership kids. As upperclassmen we have to make sure we do everything better than before and that will take time. Our class is known for procrastinating and working last minute and I think since we know what to do and what is expected, we should get started as soon as possible.
My Impact-I have been trying to help where I can. I have filled in for spirit counts and talked to Kylee about ideas. My responsibilities are pretty flexible and I am able to fill in and help a lot.
Katie Rhodes 10-17-22 ASB Report/Sept-Hoco Public Relations Coordinator
Position Assessments- I have been very busy the last month. Homecoming requires a lot of publicity and that’s what my job has consisted of. I have been posting and reposting all hoco posts and Payton and I have been making posts for various leadership members for their activities or events. I was involved in my class lip sync and helped out in decorating my class float. I participated in all of the dress up days and attended all of the hoco rallies and events.
Special Committee-Makenzie put me in charge of the Hoco publicity committee. She sent me a text message with all of the homecoming posts that needed to be made and all of the announcement forms that needed to be filled out. From there, I divided up all of the tasks and gave everyone in the Hoco publicity committee a job and gave them the information to put on it and when they needed to be turned into me. I sent frequent reminders of upcoming events and deadlines and reminded everyone to be reposting.
Standing Committee- N/A
Mentorship Evaluation-Gideon and I went to lunch last week. Our mentorship relationship is kind of funny because we can’t really help each other with a lot of things, but it somehow works out. He is always very helpful when it comes to my computer and me not knowing how to work my website. We had a lot of interesting conversations while working on the float and it was good to get to know each other better throughout homecoming.
Concerns-My only concern for my class would be procrastination. We have struggled with this since freshman year and it hasn’t improved much. Everything is super last minute and it causes the work we produce to be less than amazing. As upperclassmen, we should be a class that the lower two can look up to, but right now the sophomores are looking a little better than us. I’m just worried that we won’t be where we need to be by our senior year. The communication is poor and our work is done at the last
Positive Comment-Payton and I have been creative with our posts we have been making. We have also been super on top of everything. I am super happy with the work we have produced for publicity.
Change- Personally, I need to be more on top of my work. I need to go to school as much as I can and turn in my work more often. I haven’t been doing the best in school and I need to get back on my grind. I need to find some motivation and work harder than I have been.
My Impact-I have been trying to help my class with Hoco stuff as much as I could. Going to the float decorating and helping with anything class related. I also made a few posts for different members of leadership when they asked. My impact has been helping out where I can.
Katie Rhodes ASB Report 11-16-22 Public Relations Coordinator
Position Assessment-I haven’t had too many jobs directly attached to public relations but I have done several other things. I attended the Winterfest meeting with the junior class as we discussed decorations and our plans for the week. The junior class is starting to get things prepared so that we can complete each activity, competition, and event properly and successfully. We want to start early so there are no miscommunications. I dressed up for Dude be Nice and although I couldn’t attend the rally, I wrote a card to Van Vuren and reposted all of ASB’s informational posts. I have helped with the CASL writeup with our prompt being:How do your events reflect multiple cultures, student groups or points of view? My group consisted of Mina, Kiely, myself, with April being our team leader. I took my picture with Morty last week and I am excited to be able to switch my picture on my website. I have a small tradition of forgetting about my picture which always makes it a little more fun and chaotic.
Special Committee-Regarding CASL, my group's prompt was: How do your events reflect multiple cultures, student groups or points of view? I was a part of April's group that consisted of Mina, Kiely, and myself. We talked about Dude be Nice and each club's contributions to our dudette, Ms. Van Vuren. We also touched on Homecoming and each club's contribution to the parade and the club members being leaders and dressing up for every spirit day. This Friday, we are going to the elementary schools and doing community service through Love Ripon. I am going to Ripona. We are going to be doing various activities to help clean, organize, and beautify the campus.
Standing Committee-I am currently not a part of any standing committees.
Positive Comment-For the junior class, the officers have been very proactive regarding Winterfest. We have already had a meeting regarding our plans for decorations. We have plans for more meetings and times to start building and creating our decorations. We plan to store the large paper for the bleachers at Ava Brochini’s house. We also are buying a neon sign that we will be able to use the next two years. Our theme is Candy Crush and Cheer is going to donate everything they used for their HOCO float to the junior class. This is a big improvement from the last couple events and I am happy that we are getting things started sooner. I think we are finally getting the hang of things and I am excited for what our class can accomplish.
Change-This change is personal. I am going to start being more interactive with the class. I haven’t done a good job showing my appreciation and my want to be in the program. The last few months have been rough but I didn’t do a good job communicating that with anyone. My goal for the rest of the semester is to show everyone how Katie Rhodes usually is. I am going to do my assignments more thoroughly and show my commitment through my effort and participation. I am going to be more involved in class discussions and try to avoid getting off task and wasting time. I enjoy being a part of the leadership program and I have done a poor job showing that. My grades in other classes have gone up and I plan to show everyone that I want to be here and I want to make an impact at RHS. I can only do that by showing that through my actions and I plan to work at that everyday.
Concern-There are a lot of side conversations during class and I am a part of the issue. I am working on that myself but It is a group effort. We have a lot of important events coming up and it is going to take focus and minimal talking during class. It also must be frustrating to those that are talking when no one is listening and everyone is talking. We have a lot to work on in the next few months and we are going to have to be on task, using our time wisely, and working with the time we are given.
My Impact-When life is getting stressful I ask myself what things can I eliminate. Leadership is never one of them. I ask myself why am I here? I have found that I enjoy the company that leadership students bring to me. High school is difficult because everyone is trying to figure out who they are, but leadership brings together people that are alike. It’s almost like you don’t even have to get to know them, you just know you have common interests. When you ask RHS students what their favorite parts of high school are, many of the time they will say events that are put on by ASB. It makes me happy to know that the work we do in leadership contributes to the high school experience and memories that we will all still have after we graduate. I know through this class, I am learning skills that will be valuable even after I graduate. I am learning professional skills and time management. During Homecoming and Dude Be Nice, I tried to go all out with the dress up days. We can’t expect people to dress up if we aren't student leaders. As a third year leadership student, I want to be a role model for younger leadership students but also underclassmen that aren’t in ASB. Lastly, I have tried to stay on top of my job as much as possible by sending Morty reminders and not having to be asked twice.
Katie Rhodes ASB Mtg December 15 Public Relations Coordinator
Position Assessment-I haven’t had too many jobs directly tied to PR but I have done many other things. I decorated doors in Gracie’s group alongside Mina and Gabby M. We had a bit of a rough time but we figured it out and ended up getting it done. I dressed up for each of the Warm and Fuzzy spirit days along with reposting the posts that were on the ASB account. Payton and I made our video clip with Spencer and Gideon and we are super excited to see how the video is going to turn out. I have received my person for secret santa and my speech topic. I am excited for both because my topic is tricky but I am planning on spinning it into something fun. Other than that I have just been doing my normal assignments and working on my final.
Special Committee-I was a part of the door decorating committee. I was in Gracie's group with Mina and Gabby M. We had some issues at the beginning with rapping paper but we figured it out.
Standing Committee-I am currently not a part of a standing committee.
Mentorship Eval-Gideon and I have such a goofy mentorship relationship. Most of the time I am reminding him of assignments we have and to turn in his journal, then I proceed to complain about my computer being broken and then Gideon spends 2 seconds fixing it and I look dumb. When we first got paired up I thought it would be awkward to have to go to lunch with him and ask for help but it isn’t at all. We got lunch last week and we talked about the most random stuff and it wasn’t weird. He still likes to think that he is my mentor but I’m really glad that we are each other’s mentors. Not just for the tech help but because we can both be goofy but then get work done when need be.
Concern-My only concern is with the junior class and elections approaching. Usually by this time, the junior class has an idea of who is going to run for ASB. At this time, I don’t think that any of the juniors have what it takes to be ASB president and that scares me. My grade is just so problematic and so quick to point the blame at someone. There is no ownership and responsibility taken when something happens. I feel like for being upperclassmen there is not a strong connection between us in the leadership class or as a grade in general. There are tiny groups within the juniors in leadership but it doesn’t feel like we are all one grade. With senior year creeping closer and closer it is our job as leaders to make our senior year what it is supposed to be. It scares me that we don’t have a grip on ourselves or our skills and we are too old to have any excuses. There is just so much competition and toxicity within our class and it isn’t healthy. People are just straight up mean and lazy and we are juniors, that can’t fly.
Positive Comment-The freshmen have been doing so much better lately. I think they are starting to get the hang of everything. I also think they learned that asking questions is okay and in fact it is encouraged. Their tree was super cute and it seemed like they were organized and not confused. The sophomores did a great job putting on formal and I’m so glad they learned from us last year and each year it is improving more and more.
Change- I can’t think of any huge concerns at the moment except for the lack of communication within my class and procrastination. Not just on events but on homework assignments. I am guilty of this myself but we see assignments on classroom days in advance and there are still so many people that do them last minute. One thing I have figured out in this class is the assignments aren’t hard, they just require you to think in a different way than we’re used to. If you do them right there is a benefit from them, but so many people do them last minute and don’t even think about it. I hope that as everyone matures in the program we can become closer and truly benefit from each other and what this program has to offer.
My impact-I have tried to get to know the underclassmen better these last few months and I didn’t realize how cool some of them are. Sports have definitely helped me initially reach out but I have made a lot of friends in the program that have been younger than me. I didn’t have a macho attitude that I was too old or cool for them. I was honestly afraid they were going to think I was weird. I kind of just started talking to a different underclassmen every couple days whether it was about leadership or sports or whatever. Now, I am able to go up to many of them whenever and just have a normal conversation with them and that makes me happy. I realized that next year I am going to be a senior and there will be more people that are younger than me than not, so I might as well start getting to know them. Katie Rhodes ASB Report April and May Public Relations
Position Assessment-In the last few months, Payton and I have done several things. One being appreciating our teachers with a balloon and a note. We got to school early to blow up the balloons, then delivered them during 4th period. We also made canva posters for the boys volleyball team per Morty’s and the volleyball coaches' request. Special Committee- Regarding the Challenge, I am on the publicity committee. Specifically, the dance publicity. Soon, we are going to meet to make physical posters. Many of the online posts are already made and ready to be posted. Standing Committee-I am currently not on any standing committees. Mentorship Eval- Although Gracie and I haven’t had the time to get lunch recently, she has been very helpful for figuring out the following year. She is my mentor but she also has the position that I will have next year. Her and April have been very helpful giving me and the other officers advice about what worked and what didn’t work. We have talked about what is expected of the senior class vp and what I need to be aware of beforehand. I am very grateful for the help that Gracie and April have given to me, Ava, Ava, and Allie. Concern-My only concern would be with the Challenge. I know we are supposed to work on it every wednesday in class and work in our committees but I haven’t heard much about it. No one has been asking for updates and I haven’t heard much from my committee head. I know a lot of our publicity is already done but it is making me nervous and I hope everyone is getting done what they need to get done. Positive Comment-I feel like as a class we haven’t started to give up. Usually by this time in the year, the energy gets low and everyone stops caring. I still see a lot of passion and energy within the class and want to finish strong. I appreciate that because when I feel like giving up, it is nice to have a little pick me up from my classmates. This has been a good year and I’m proud of the work this leadership class has accomplished. From Hoco to prom to Winterfest, I am very proud of the work we have produced. The drama was kept to a minimum and if there was any, it was dealt with in private. We have had a lot of fun this year and it was nice to be able to grow with all of my classmates. The chemistry between everyone has been amazing and there is never a dull moment. I am super excited to enter my senior year with some of my best friends and great relationships I have made this year. Change-The only change I can think of is making new connections and branching out from our cliques. I am guilty of it too, but even when Morty says to sit with new people, we don’t. We join committees based on our friends. As a leader, we should want to connect with many new people. I understand it is comfortable to be around people you know, but it would be nice if we could all sit with new people. Starting next year, maybe create more opportunities to make new connections. My Impact-These last few months have been kind of rough and crazy all in one. I felt like I couldn’t give much to others because I was focusing on how to deal with myself. I would say my impact has just been trying to be a positive light and smile at people. I get scared to say hello or smile at people because I don’t know how they'll respond, but I have tried to keep a smile on my face and be friendly to everyone. I know how nice it feels when someone says hello or smiles or gives me a compliment and I want to make others day. Being nice sounds so simple but for some it is more difficult that it seems. It’s not that I want to be mean, I just think that others are inconvenienced by my niceness. I feel like someone will laugh at me if I say hello and we aren’t that close. It is getting over that fear that has made me feel much happier and it has brought new friend opportunities to the table. Being nice is so important because less and less people are being nice to people they don’t know.