AVID

      

After speaking with the high schoolers in Marietta last week, I was amazed at how beautiful the school was and how well behaved the students were! I had classes of freshman and juniors and the class was called AVID, Advancement Via Individual Determination. AVID is a college readiness course and is an incredible opportunity for students looking to grow. I was able to tell them a brief bit about my car crash and my hope for them to pursue college. They had great questions for me and some even came to speak to me afterwards. You can do anything you set your mind to. Don’t make excuses and keep on striving towards your dream! I could sense the students starting to realize this as I told my story.

Public Relations

A couple years ago, I was volunteering in the Public Relations Department at Shepherd Center. I participated in that department once a week for about five months. I was able to do  web and database search for potential  news media stories, write event related articles and  provide to producers. Also, I was able to sit in on a press conference of a football player who got hurt on the field, as well as go to a video shoot. So if your loved ones got recently injured contact your local news or a Public Relations personnel to get their story out there because people would love to hear from you!!

Kell High School

         Next Monday I will get the opportunity speak with classes at Kell High school. This is not through Shepherd Center, I am actually speaking by myself! The instructor did not give me guidelines or a theme to follow. She is letting me talk about whatever I think is appropriate. I found this Motivational Speaking job from a girl who heard me speak through Shepherd Center. Her husband works at Kell High School and needed someone to talk.

           I have only spoken with middle school students in the past. So, I have to change my speech around some.  High school students are more mature and need less humor.  Also, the theme of it was supposed to be about prevention and safe driving. This time I’m going to stress the importance of staying in school. The class is 90 minutes long, so hopefully I can speak for that long!