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Goose Creek Memorial High School attended the Legacy Leadership Summit in Houston, TX on March 20, 2024. SHF Sponsor, Manuela Langlois, brought 6 students to the Summit and developed an Action Plan to host a Cultural Festival on their campus. After successfully completing their project, she shared the plan and results.
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STUDENT LEADERSHIP PROJECT
Action Plan
Project Title: Cultural Festival
Project Objective: Enjoy the space after with fun activities, learn about different cultures, and bring people together.
Project Summary/Description: Students/clubs will come and set up cultural booths then the community enjoys with activities (unite students and community).
What part of our school community will be targeted and benefit from this program?
(Check all that apply.)
☐ All Students
☐ Grade Levels: All
☐ Faculty & Staff
☐ Community
Who in our school needs to approve this program before we can start?
☐ District Office
☐ Principal/Admin
☐ Advisors/Teachers
☐ Student Government/Council
What roles have to be filled to ensure success and who will fit them?
☐ Chairperson(s): All clubs and organizations at the school.
☐ Marketing/Publicity: Marketing people from each club, social media posts, and morning announcements.
☐ Fundraising: Donations and all clubs fundraise.
☐ School Calendar: During Spring.
☐ Supplies/Equipment: Food trucks, activities, booths, and decorations.
☐ Location: GCM Main Street
Action Plan & Time Lines:
☐ Start Date: March 21, 2024
☐ Benchmark Progress Check Dates: March 30, April 16, April 20, 2024
☐ Completion Date: April 26, 2024
☐ Review/Debrief Date(s): April 27, 2024
Overview
Strategy 1 (one step that will help complete the overall project)
Desired Results: Educate about different cultures.
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Activities: |
Timeline: |
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Different culture booths and tables info and facts. |
5pm-8pm |
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Games and activities about or from the culture. |
5pm-8pm |
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Food from restaurants and food trucks of different cultures. |
5pm-8pm |
Support Needed (what will you need to achieve the above)
Clubs/Staff
The community
Indicators of Success (how will you track the progress)
People learn something new.
People enjoy themselves.
Strategy 2 (one step that will help complete the overall project)
Desired Results: Gathering people.
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Activities: |
Timeline: |
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5pm-8pm |
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5pm-8pm |
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5pm-8pm |
Support Needed (what will you need to achieve the above)
Clubs and small businesses of different cultures
Volunteers willing to help with anything.
Indicators of Success (how will you track the progress)
Paper passports with a small picture of the culture to track people’s progress.
Participants meet new people and make connections.
POST EVENT SUMMARY
Upon returning and presenting their idea, the students found out that the Association of Hispanics and Latinos was also planning to organize a community event, therefore they joined forces 😊
The 6 students who participated in the leadership summit were the main planners together with Fabian Cinfuegos, who is the president of AHL, and helped with coordinating all the other students who wanted to participate.
During the festival, Ayleeen maned the entrance table (participants were given a passport they had to fill with stamps for each table to be able to spin the prize wheel), Ariel, Lizbeth, Ja’Ryia and Avery maned tables for Mexico, France, Sénégal, Tunisia and Marocco. Dominic couldn’t attend the event but helped with the logistics.
It was a joined effort among many students and for being the first time, we had a great turned out: we estimated around 300 participants (students, teachers, families, and other community members).
The students were very proud of their work and the success of the event: it took them several weeks to figure out logistics, prepare all the materials, organize games and tables and design the decorations 😊
