Dream,Explore,CreateYourOwnPath
Aspire2Excellence is the academic planning initiative designed to empower and their college and career future. Wakefield High School Saturday, April 1, 2017 Aspire2Excellence is Arlington Public Schools’ academic planning initiative designed to empower families with information as they are planning each child’s educational pathway and their college and career future. Dream, Explore, Create Your Own Path 2017
8:45am ‐ 9:45am Registration/Refreshments/Resource Fair: Town Hall 9:45am ‐ 10:00am Opening and Welcome: Town Hall Introductions: Erik Howard, Senior, Wakefield High School Welcome: Dr. Patrick Murphy, Superintendent, Arlington Public Schools 10:00am ‐ 10:20am Hip Hop Grooves – Interactive Dance: Town Hall Avril Hernandez, Perfect Pointe Dance Studio 10:30am ‐ 11:00am CAREER CLUSTERS Career Exploration Activities: Cafeteria
Arts, AV/Technology Education and Training Health Sciences Whole Child 11:10am ‐ 11:40am Breakout Session 1 Jane Franklin Dance: Dance Explorers Black Box Theater Personal Fitness Careers A‐134 Fire Department and Emergency Medical Careers Small Gym Career Coaching for Students Library 11:50am ‐ 12:20pm Breakout Session 2 Creators Create! Using iMovie to Share Stories A‐134 Passport to Careers in Education Cafeteria Alcove Veterinary Medicine and Animal Care Small Gym Introduction to NAVIANCE Family Connection Library 12:30pm ‐ 1:00pm 1:10pm ‐ 1:40pm Breakout Session 3 Shakespeare in the Schools Passport to Careers in Education Black Box Theater Cafeteria Alcove 1:45pm – 2:30pm Lunch: Cafeteria Pharmacy Careers Small Gym Career Coaching for Students Library Closing/Musical Performance/Raffle: Town Hall Reflection: Fatima Mouslik, 6th Grader, Thomas Jefferson Middle School Closing Remarks: Dr. Patrick Murphy, Superintendent, Arlington Public Schools Session Descriptions Jane Franklin Dance “Dance Explorers”: Learn how Jane Franklin Dance celebrates movement and makes dance accessible to a wide range of audiences through public performance, dance education, community engagement and collaborations with artists from other disciplines. Presenters: Jane Franklin and Rebecca Weiss, Jane Franklin Dance Creators, Create! Using iMovie to Share Stories and Make Memories: Discuss how the tools of iMovie can be used to share stories and create lasting, digital memories. Presenter: Stephanie Smith, Minority Achievement Coordinator, Drew Model School, with support from APS students Shakespeare in the Schools: An introduction to text and theatrical performance. Presenter: Madelyn Farris, Educational Theatre Company Personal Fitness Careers Yoga for EVERYbody: An introduction to yoga and mindfulness. Presenter: Erin Sonn, Testing Coordinator & PR Liaison, Abingdon Elementary School Teacher and Owner, Eat.Yoga.Drink Self‐Defense: Participate in an interactive self‐
defense demonstration. Presenters: Mike Cummings and Kathleen Dempsey, Trainers, The Fighters Garage and RAD Passport to Careers in Education: Participants will have an opportunity to interact with some of Arlington Public Schools’ best educators! Take your passport and explore a variety of careers in education. Presented by APS staff Fire Department and Emergency Medical Careers: See Fire Department and EMT personnel demonstrate some of the skills required to provide pre‐hospital emergency medical care during this sample EMT practical session. Fire Department and Emergency Medical Careers, continued: Presenters: Saruhan Hatipoglu, EMT Teacher, Arlington Career Center; Zoe Dohrmann and Sebastian Densley, Students; and Tony Barr and Eric Wesley, Arlington County Fire Department Veterinary Medicine and Animal Care: Join staff from the Arlington Career Center (ACC) and the VCA Animal Hospital to learn about careers in veterinary medicine and animal care. Presenters: Cindy Schall and Scott Lockhart, Animal Science Teachers, ACC; Khalfani Carr, VCA Animal Hospital; and Emily Jagdmann, Trainer, Lucky Dog Animal Rescue Pharmacy Careers: During this session, you can make a cream or fill a mock prescription, and see the other skills and knowledge a pharmacist uses every day as an important part of the medical field. Representatives from CVS will be on hand to help out and to discuss the role of a pharmacist in the CVS company. Presenters: Jacqueline Bonner, Pharmacy Tech Teacher, Arlington Career Center, and Stacey Butler and Erika Bailey, Regional Learning Center Coordinators, CVS Pharmacy Career Coaching for Students: Using Holland Codes, students will discover their unique interests and increase self‐awareness to inform course selections and engage productively in college and career exploration activities. Presenters: Deirdre Magro, Counselor and Career Coach, Northern Virginia Community College, and Irania Escalante, Counselor, Claremont Elementary School An Introduction to NAVIANCE Family Connection: Learn about this web‐based college and career exploration and application tool for students and families during an interactive session designed to introduce features of NAVIANCE Family Connection. Presenters: Melanie Zhitar, Strategic Success Manager, NAVIANCE Family Connection Conference Design Team Pam McClellan, Design Team Chairperson Supervisor, Counseling Services Gladis Bourdouane Communications Coordinator Dr. Rosa Briceño Family and Community Engagement Specialist Julia Burgos Chief of Staff, Office of the Superintendent Ana Lily Caballero‐Torres APS/NOVA Partnership Coordinator Kathleen Donovan Special Education Coordinator, Parent Resource Center Phyllis Gandy Career & Technical Education Curriculum Supervisor Jackie Garcia Bilingual Family Resource Assistant, Randolph Martha Heredia Bilingual Family Resource Assistant, Wakefield Anette Levano Bilingual Family Resource Assistant, Barcroft Kris Martini Director, Career and Technical Education Dr. Laura Newton Director, Office of Student Services Sarah Snyder Coordinator, Counseling Services Dr. Brenda Wilks Ass’t. Superintendent, Student Services/Special Education Tom Windsor Instructional Technology Coordinator, Wakefield Dr. Tiffini Woody‐Pope Professional School Counselor Career Exploration Counselors Passport to Careers in Education Facilitators
Analia Almada Jennifer Baitinger Kelly Carruthers Marlene Cordero Laurie Dodson Irania Escalante Deb Gaeta Rosa Gomes Judy Jankowski Mark Jones Elise Kenney Stephanie Martin Fatima Pineda Chrissy Reardon Ana Rodriguez Maria Rosario Lourdes Rubio Israel Salas Jeffrey Stahl Lisa Styles Eric Upton Anne Terwilliger Claudia Vasquez Betsy Wendt Yuchen Zhang Art Auto Collision Technology‐CTE Early Childhood Education‐CTE Elementary Education English Instructional Technology Wakefield High School Randolph Elementary School Wakefield High School Gunston Middle School Key Elementary School Claremont Elementary School Taylor Elementary School Kenmore Middle School Swanson Middle School Arlington Traditional Elementary School Discovery Elementary School Long Branch Elementary School Yorktown High School Swanson Middle School Jefferson Middle School Arlington Community High School Washington‐Lee High School Kenmore Middle School Yorktown High School Arlington Career Center Patrick Henry Elementary School Oakridge Elementary School Washington‐Lee High School Key Elementary School Yorktown High School Bilingual Family Resource Assistants Vivian Caraballo Jimmy Carrasquillo Haydee Colon Marta Gomez Mery Luz Molina Evin Rodriguez Walter Valdez Gunston Middle School Washington‐Lee High School Claremont Elementary School Key Elementary School Long Branch Elementary School Drew Elementary School Wakefield High School Math Music Physical Education & Health Science Social Studies Theater World Languages‐ASL World Languages–French Veronica Perez, Arlington Traditional School Wilmer Castro, Arlington Career Center Ruth Bilodeau, Arlington Career Center Ward Merritt, Randolph Elementary School John Stewart, Wakefield High School Kathy Gust, Campbell Elementary School Charles Randolph, Arlington Career Center Anthony Hyman, Gunston Middle School Keenan Hall, Patrick Henry Elementary School Stevie Gray, Glebe Elementary School Kate Miller, Washington‐Lee High School Laurie Sullivan, Barrett Elementary School Jennifer Burgin, Oakridge Elementary School Caitlin Wittig, Gunston Middle School Lane Peters, Wakefield High School Susan Boyle, Jefferson Middle School Inger Moran, Jefferson Middle School Acknowledgements Arlington Public Schools: Jackie Baires, Administrative Assistant; Eddie Carasquillo, Wakefield Varsity Soccer Coach; Xenia Castaneda, Administrative Specialist; Fernando Castro, Wakefield HS Head Custodian; Jim Long, APS Print Shop; Parent Volunteers from Barrett, Claremont, Hoffman‐Boston, Kenmore and Randolph; Emma Parral‐
Sanchez, Administrative Assistant; Wakefield High School Administrative and Custodial Staff. Community Partners: Air Force JROTC VA 821; AllSpice Catering; Arlington County Fire Department; CVS Pharmacy; Eat.Yoga.Drink; Educational Theatre Company; Jane Franklin Dance; Lucky Dog Animal Rescue; NAVIANCE Family Connection; Northern Virginia Community College; Perfect Pointe Dance Studio; The Fighters Garage and RAD; US Army Woodwind Quintet Players; and VCA Animal Hospital. Raffle Donors: Mr. & Mrs. McClellan; Perfect Pointe; and The Ballet Studio Resource Fair Participants: Arlington Public Library; Dream Project; Eat.Yoga.Drink; Edu Futuro; APS Employee Assistance Program; NACAC; Naviance/Family Connection; NOVA; APS Parent Resource Center; REEP; APS Student Services Advisory Committee; The Fighters Garage & RAD; and Urban Alliance.