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NDNU Hallmarks Reflection

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The Hallmarks of a Notre Dame de Namur Learning Community, developed by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in collaboration with SND learning communities, are: We proclaim by our lives even more than by our words that God is good. We honor the dignity and sacredness of each person. We educate for and act on behalf of justice and peace in the world. We commit ourselves to community service. We embrace the gift of diversity. We create community among those with whom we work and with those we serve. We develop holistic learning communities which educate for life.      Notre Dame de Namur University’s founding sisters continued to send the message of God’s goodness into NDNU.  They paved the way for future generations of students like myself to create a place where we can learn and do good through God.  At NDNU, I'm blessed to share this wisdom to spread this added knowledge I have learned.  I proclaim that my life is even more than by our words that God is goo...

Physical Education Instructor

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     As one of the P.E. Instructors, I instruct students by implementing exercises to teach them the importance of warming up and how to get the body ready for physical activities that will prevent injuries. I teach them various sports and different games that pertain to different age groups. I like to create new fun games for all the students and include rules that are easy to understand. Also, I’m one of the main supervision for the safety of all the students out on the yard too.  I've been teaching P.E. for almost 10 years now and have enjoyed it ever since and have fell in love with doing this even til this day...      I dont just show my students new activities, play games, and teach them how to play sports but let them know how important fitness is in life. As we grow, our bodies get older and we try to adapt to our physical changes throughout life so we need to take care of ourselves. I want to be able to still run around with my kids and compet...

SF Basketball Academy

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     SF Basketball Academy was founded in 2017 with the purpose of bringing high level basketball development programs to players around the Bay Area. Utilizing the education, experience and passion around the game of basketball we want to ensure players learn the game using proven methods geared to improvement, safety, and fun.      Basketball 24/7: We do this all for the youth, to promote fitness, and show the importance of education too. It's more than just a game, it's life lessons plus the experiences they learn from it. We provide basketball tournaments, have multiple boys/girls teams of various ages, clinics, camps, group and personal training with trained/certified USA Basketball coaches.       Duties include managing staff, updating website/social media content, maintaining contact with local businesses/schools, scheduling trainings, organizing events, and coordinating programs for about 200+ youth athletes year round.  I'm...

America Scores Bay Area

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  We started up this program at the school of Woodrow Wilson Elementary in Daly City by partnering with America Scores Bay Area.   I coach 1st-5th grade soccer players and I'm also the soccer manager on site to run our after school program using the America Scores curriculum. We focus on poetry, writing, coding, and community involvement in our learning portion that we incorporate besides just learning the game of soccer. We practice during the weekdays and play games on Saturdays.   America Scores Bay Area is a soccer program which utilizes poetry and emphasizes on leadership, teamwork, and integrity.  We have 3 golden rules which are: no put downs, hands & feet to yourselves, and be honest!  Check out the links below for more information :) https://scoresu.org/woodrow-wilson https://www.americascoresbayarea.org/daly-city Soccer Youtube Videos

Youth Fitness Education

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          Since 2009, YFE is a non profit organization with the hope to inspire student/athletes by involving themselves in fitness & education to see them succeed as they achieve their goals throughout life. I believe that this program is what the youth needs as it allows them to grow & learn not only about middle school, but what's beyond that too. It gives the youth the power and knowledge to prepare themselves for their future. YFE provides students a safe environment after school & give them the opportunity to get ahead compared to others their age by giving them information about local high schools, colleges, & careers. We give them the tools to use such as 21st century skills, enrichment activities (dance, music, art, etc.), sports (fundamentals, league play, tournaments, conditioning, clinics, etc.), & proper fitness training that allows them to live a healthier lifestyle. We incorporate fun experiences such as field trips to spo...

Communication

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    I enjoyed taking the Communications Skills class at NDNU with Professor Arbore.  I really thought this was going to be like a public speaking class, but was a much more fun experience that I could have imagined for this class.  I was able to communicate more effectively by practicing presentations while getting vital feedback on how I presented myself and ways I could change things to be more fluent when speaking.  I believe this course has made me not just speaking clearly but my writing preparations made me speak with more clarity, accuracy, and more passion.  This was such a great class to be in and made a lot of great people too.  I owe a lot of my progress to my professor, Patrick Arbore who really wanted to see everyone excel and support us in every way he could.  Below I have copied my "Who Am I" paper to track my progress. :) “Who Am I? or Who I Am!” My name is Oliver Quesada, working multiple roles in the Physical Education/...

Favorite Class at NDNU

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     My favorite class at NDNU was my Stress In A Work Place with Professor Madden.  This was such a fun class to be in as my classmates were awesome and Dr. Madden really made the class enjoyable to learn.  This really gave me the continued pursuit to learn and have the ability to inspire others with that love.  This class made me demonstrate a lot of skills that I had to hone throughout this course.  She had us test ourselves with team building concepts, communication aspects, and finding deeper feelings that could be expressed through multiple ways.     This class challenged me to think outside the box, figure out new ways to solve things, and work on ourselves to become better than we think we are.  My favorite part of the class was when I had to create a lesson plan for the class on how to identify and help reduce stress in a colorful activity.  My objectives was to show and tell the class about how working with colors have spe...