October 27 (Blogging Entry #5)

1. Starting next week, I will start to go around the school to take a survey on every one's opinions about to the party (to see how many people are interested in going).. If people are not interested in attending, I will be asking them why, and if it is a do-able thing, I will slightly change my project according to what they (seniors) will be more interested in doing. If it was something small like the date, Then I will be taking a survey on which dates people are most available on. When taking the survey about their interest in attending the party, for those that say "yes i am interested" I will also be asking them if they would rather play white elephant or secret Santa. If neither, then they can suggest what else would be a fun game to celebrate the holidays before leaving to break. All of these surveys will help me decided on what to do (what date it should be one, what we should do and also how big of a party will i be expecting to book restaurants).

2. Currently, i am also helping Elizabeth with her project on the talent show. I decided to help with this project because i thought it would be fun to help put together a school event since i have never done it before. I know that this is going to be a big project and a lot of details are involved but seeing the success of the past talents shows, i think the ending product will be worth the work. So far Liz has been getting more people to help out with the talent show and she has discuss with me about the theme that she anticipates the talent show being. It will be Winter wonderland themed and she was thinking of having intermissions in between acts where something funny happens so that the audience doesn't get bored from just watching act after act.

October 27 (Blogging Entry #4)

Projects I am leading:

1. Christmas Party for the Senior Class
      - Helpers: Elizabeth O.
2. Cleaning up the Stage
      - Helpers needed!
   
Projects I am following:

1. Talent Show (Elizabeth O. is leading it)
2.

October 19, 2010 (Blogging Entry #3)

Driving Forces

Barriers

- The senior class will get a change to hangout with each other as a whole - Students will get to know each other better before graduating - Everyone who attends will feel loved by there class (everyone will get a gift) - It can build friendship within the senior class - Students will be reminded that school can be fun - Everyone will have a great time and will influence them to attend future school events

-People in the senior class are too busy to attend the party -Can't find a location that will be of easy access to people -Finding a cheap restaurant that also big enough for parties -Transportation -Some people thinking that the party is useless and not willing to go -Not having a mentor to look over the party -Getting enough people to help plan, set up and clean up -Not enough people knowing about the party. -Kids being over the border during the party (too wild).  - People just complain about food, games and etc.

Top 3 barriers I will attempt to change:

1. Not enough people knowing about the party and its goal
2. Transportation/ finding the right restaurant
3. Getting people to plan, set up and clean up (if necessary)

Barrier #1: Not enough people knowing about the party and its goal

      I will be asking everyone in the senior class about their preferences, this way, at least everybody knows what is going on. When final decision have been made, i will also be announcing the get together in the NOTAM. For those that don't pay attention during the NOTAM, i will also be going around telling people about the party so that i make sure that everyone in the senior class knows about it.     
      Doing this, I will be able to control the issues that can arise because everybody will at least know that there is someone pplanning a get together before winter break and using multiple sources to spread the word will ensure that someone who doesn't read the NOTAM will still know about the party and vice versa. I will also make sure to regularly update people so that they know what final plans are. Once everything has been finalize, I'll give one last notice to the senior class (either talking to them one on one or going to advisories) and ask if they are attending or not.

Barrier #2: Transportation and finding a restaurant

      I know that transportation will be a problem in these kinds of events because not everyone lives in the same place and not everyone will have transportation to attend the party. To make sure that this issue doesn't stop me in accomplishing this plan, i will be asking the people who don't have transportation, where they live. If someone lives nearby/ one the way and is willing to carpool, then I'll ask them if they can pick up a few students on the way and back. If there's a group of student living in the same area and they all do not have transportation, then I'll arrange for them to take the bus as a group. To make things easier, all of those that are going to take the bus can meet up as a group right after school and everyone can take the bus together.
      As for restaurants, it will be impossible to find the perfect restaurant that is close to everyone, because like i said before, not everyone lives in the same area. What i can do is pick an area that is well known to everyone so they at least know where the restaurant is located. Right now I'm thinking either a restaurant by AHS or in Southcenter (those two places are both fairly familiar to everyone). I will also be asking around to see what people's preference on food is and there price range. This will help me pick a restaurant that suits most people.

Barrier 3: Getting people to plan, set up and clean up (if necessary)

     The party may be a great idea but set up and clean up may be a dread to many people. Finding someone to do those things might be hard but these things are necessary. To reduce the amount of time that we will have to spend on clean up and set up, i will try to pick a place that's will to clean up after us and if not, then i will make sure that the place is kept somewhat clean during the course of the party (everyone picking up after themselves and keeping scraps to a minimum). I will be in charge of both set up and clean up so there will be at least one person doing it and i can make sure to pulls some close Friends to come early and stay back to help with set up and clean up. I will be constantly reminding the set up and clean up people about their job so they don't forget about it and in the unlikely chances that they do forget, I will be willing to do it all by myself.
    That way I can ensure that at least someone is setting up and the party will be ready to go by the time people arrive.  I (and others helping out) will also be there with enough time to set up so we don't need to rush and end up forgetting to do some specific things.

October 12 (Blogging Entry #2)

In class today, I was telling Elizabeth Ong about my ideas for this project and she gave me some opinions on the idea. She decided to follow my project and we started discussing what we can do for the Christmas Party. She also gave me some options for mentors. My next step is to ask around for some options regarding the location of the party and what would be the activities happening there. We are still deciding if we should play white elephant or secret Santa. If secret Santa, then we'll have to plan really well to make sure everyone who gives a gift will end up getting a gift too.

To-Do List:

-Ask around for location options/ how far are people willing to travel
-Find a mentor (shiroma?)
-Decide on a holiday game and organize it
-Take survey on how many people are interested in going

Christmas Party (Senior Class)

Project Start Date: November 21th

Project End Date: December 17th

Milestones:

Deadlines in November:

• 27th: Have data gathered about the seniors (preference on location, activities, estimation of attendees).
• 29th: Final decision on location and make reservations if necessary

Deadlines in December:

• 2rd: Announce the get-together to the senior class with all details included (NOTAM?)
• 4th: Finalization's (who's attending and organize secret Santa/ white elephant)
• Week of Dec. 17th: get organized about transportation, food and make sure everyone knows about the games.

Mentor: Mr. Shiroma?

Vision:

My vision for this project to help bond everyone in the senior class. My idea is to plan a Christmas/Holiday party before winter break so this can be a fun way for everyone in the senior class to get together and just have fun. At this party, we are going to have food (location might be a restaurant), play games (secret Santa or white elephant) and also just chill with each other. Elizabeth Ong will be helping me with this project. As the end result of this project, I will hope to see everyone having fun and talking to more people within their own class. It will look like people being relaxed and talking like we are all best friends and it'll feel like were are all close to each other. This project aligns with our mission and goals as a class because it will help with team bonding and team bonding is a key factor when everyone goes to the same school in the same year.
 When working on this project, some obstacles that might come in my way are deciding on a location that fits everyone's needs, picking a day that most people can make it to and also how we will be organizing out games with so many people involve and make sure that no one is left out. For this project to be successful, we will need people to be willing to come to the party, a very organized person to keeps things on schedule.  For this project, i would only need one other person to help me and their role will mainly be there to help me keep things like surveys and suggestions organized (from the people) and also help book restaurants if necessary. They can also help me spread the word about this project to everyone in the Senior class and make sure everyone knows what is going on. To make sure this plan is successful, I will be doing a great deal of planning and asking for suggestions. I will also be paying close attention to the calendar to make sure I will get things done on time.