001um uh good morning everybody uh we're going to just briefly talk about what peer leadership is uh some of you i see some faces that uh maybe an older brother or sister was a former career leader and so maybe you're aware of the program that we have um first off my name is ms miller and some of you are stuck with me for help from phys ed but not only do i teach mainly the freshman i teach a course a class called peer leadership and it's mainly made up of seniors with a couple juniors sprinkled in and we meet every day and it's a program it's a class where we're trying to build leadership skills communication speaking in front of an audience or a small group and they were once you they were once you
002sitting in these seats listening about what peer leadership was about being a freshman trans trans transitioning into from middle school to high school not knowing people some people they were friends with my older siblings but now they're not here and you know kind of maybe feeling that same amount of anxiety a little bit of stress and then of course you add these wonderful masks that we have to wear now and that really heightens things up today you're going to learn about the program and i challenge you to listen to everything that they're involved in and i challenge you to not just listen but get involved because you're going to get more out of your high school experience who knows maybe you'll be standing up here in a couple years and giving the same speech to
003the incoming freshmen but again thank you for your attention here and we'll let maddie start off our program all right thanks what is peer leadership here leadership is a daily class for juniors and seniors that have been selected from a large group of applicants this class works on leadership skills public speaking and monthly outreaches with a full-time freshman two peer leaders meet with their freshman group once a month after first period this is called an outreach the peer leaders lead their group in different activities based on a certain topic in these outreaches the freshmen will get to know other freshmen and their peer leaders better some topics include friendship dealing with stress harassment and bullying the first outreach will be at the end of the month who your peer leaders are and what group you
004are in will be listed at the end and will be posted in your exploratory classrooms and outside the gym advisors observe the peer leaders leading their freshman group the following are advisors miss agostini mr billig miss chin miss craig mr d'antonio mr harris mr mcelroy miss miller miss purdy miss shoestock and miss ajak meet your peer leaders okay i am not sammy um sammy's my partner she's not here today um so she is the vice president of the student council she plays second base in varsity softball and starting defensive wing inside um she's also in the mummer's parade every year and she's in food pro that's all i have to say sorry this is me i'm anthony i am a secretary for the senior club not secretary i am a senator with a senior class
005in the student council i'm also in robotics and i'm in a third year culinary class thank you um can just the next person go up and read that thanks it's right next to the thing and then very perfect okay so this is from olivia unfortunately i'm not able to be here but here's some information about me my name is olivia matthews i'm 17 years old and i'm a first year career reader i work at exo exit zero filling station as a busser smooth runner retail clerk and hostess i am in mock trial as a witness as well as a member of the national honor society i'm in graphic design and commercial arts class here at tech and enjoy many hobbies like painting knitting and drawing say sean and i can't wait to meet all of
006you in our group and get to know you better and then i'm corrine hi my name is corrine i'm currently a junior and this is my first year as a peer leader my cce is allied medical and i hope to one day pursue a career in the medical field some of my hobbies include watching grey's anatomy and going roller skating this year my partner is hailey pinto and we are so excited to get to know you guys [Applause] hi my name is tech i am 17 years old and a first year career leader i am in the allied medical program and i plan on going to nursing school after i graduate i am also a member of the national honor society and my favorite thing to do is hang out with my friends i'm a
007first year career leader and my partner this year is craig mcdowell i am a second year culinary arts student and in the fall i play for the girls soccer team in the winter i play for the girls basketball team and in my free time i like to spend time with my friends and family i am like one of my future goals is to be a leader and actually i can't wait to meet all of you this year okay so i'm not liv but i have something that she wanted me to read to you guys hi my name is olivia prickett i'm 17 years old and a senior here at tech i'm also a first year peer leader as well as a member of our school's national honor society i am currently captain of the mock
008trial chief team a member of the softball team a skills usa member and a third year long public safety student in my free time i enjoy playing with my three dogs watching criminal minds on repeat and goofing around with my friends i am a workaholic with a coffee addiction although i'm sorry that i cannot be present today my partner maddie and i are so excited to meet you at our first outreach all right so this one's mine hi everyone my name is madison sweitzer i am a senior and a second year peer leader my program of study is allied medical and i hope to become a doctor or nurse anesthetist one day at tech at tech i'm involved in cross-country cheerleading softball and national honor society one dream i have is to travel all over
009europe i live in middle township and i work with stewards on the boardwalk my partner live and i can't wait to meet all of you hi i'm gia i'm a senior here at tech and i'm a first year peer leader i'm involved in cross-country and national honor society and i'm an early child so i spend a lot of time with my family my parents and my boyfriend and when i am at home my free time i work on a small business and i sell jewelry and accessories i have two siblings [Applause] um um i'm a senior here at tech a first year career leader and i live in wilbon um my cte here is hvac and i plan to continue my academic career studying on mechanical engineering i have a big desire for cooking and
010one day i plan to open my own restaurant in the future hopefully and uh me and lou really want to meet y'all this year hope you have a good one [Applause] [Music] [Applause] hi i'm jordan i'm 18 years old i'm a senior and i'm a second year peer leader i'm a manager for the swim team as well as a member at large for the national home society i'm an allied medical i plan on becoming a nurse practitioner my partner is hannah and we're really excited to meet you all this year [Applause] just staying down there for that all right so we're about to play a game called stand up so stand up is a game where a statement is said and if it applies to you you want to stand up and if it doesn't
011you'll just sit down for an example if your favorite color is blue and i say that you'll stand out and if not you just stay seated yeah if your layers you can now slide down there you go katie doing it over there perfect you could be in front of the slide it's okay you can join all right all right anthony nice and loud all right stand up if you're from middle township stand up if you have blue eyes stand up if you're a middle child stand up if you were born outside of new jersey all right oh i'm sorry mary you know what you guys go ahead just just remain standing there just don't stand in front of the screen we haven't had a much practice in here because of you know splitting time in
012school so bear with us perfect you used it get involved the more you're involved to get the more you will gain the sports teams that we have here are baseball basketball cheerleading cross country golf soccer softball and swim the activities and clubs that we have are act archery ffa floor hockey key club mock trial skillsusa student council the teen center sbys tennis volleyball weightlifting yearbook all of the full-time freshmen have been grew to the pair of peer leaders these groups will be the same all year and will meet once a month there are six groups with about 10 freshmen in each group a list of these groups will be posted in your exploratory class and outside of the gymnasium please see mrs miller if your name is not on the list group seven is same
013sandy jettison and anthony lindell group eight is hannah oliver and jordan water group nine is karen mcdowell and hailey pinto group 10 is olivia matthews and zayshawn tony group 11 is liv perkia and me group to fall is gia taylor and katie tv not sure you saw your name check the list posted in your exploratory class or by the entrance to the gym final thought now that you have learned what your leadership is about and how it works i'd like to tell you how great of an opportunity you have it is to build bonds with not just upperclassmen but with many kids in your own grave i know that when most of you saw your groups on the screen you were worried that you were not with your friends but this is a good thing
014you're going to have the chance to make a whole bunch of new friends go into the outreaches with a positive attitude this will make outreaches more enjoyable for everyone in your group including yourself we are about to offer you tootsie pops as you know they come in many different flavors are the different on the outside but the same on the inside keep this in mind as you go throughout the school and meet new people here and in your community now more than ever it is important to remember you're in this together be kind to everyone thank you have a nice day [Applause] um probably won't happen until the spring time but that we have like a net that we drop and uh even if you've never done archery before feel free to join us and
015i know like right now we're all kind of in a holding pattern in terms of activities uh maybe some of you are playing a sport and or maybe you're a little hesitant i'm not sure if i'm gonna like this uh one of the peer leaders from the tech cohort because we did that on monday and tuesday and uh they said something you're not going to be married to the activity you can try it and if you don't like it then you know it's okay you can stop going and stop playing or whatever but really challenge yourself to maybe try something that i'm not sure if i know i like it or not and what's the worst case is that you don't like it and okay then you no longer go to the activity or the
016club but try and branch out and um get more involved does anybody have any questions about peer leadership anything when makeup pictures are i'll try and know is just spread out you can just dump a bunch of that whole bag that's open spread it out along the table this table and this table here all right we're doing that trick-or-treating social distancing the candidate here so you're just grabbing one on your way out okay and please you know make sure you throw the rafters in the can all right all right thanks for being a great audience uh maybe i would probably open the doors and keep that open and let's have this hand come down here first