End-of-Year Recap!!

2024 - 2025 School Year

 

Wins!

• The Health Fair was great!

  • We had the opportunity to engage with students, families, and similar community orgs.​​

  • Our hands-on CPR station let students show their families what they've learned!

  • Families enjoyed the raffle!

  • Parents "shopped" for health and wellness items donated by WalMart. 

    • We received excellent feedback from the parents! "These are things we actually need."​

• International night was a win!

  • CHAMP had a prize/informational table​

  • We saw many of our 8th graders and had the opportunity to chat with parents

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Upcoming - 8th grade promotion

Weds June 11th, 10am - 10:45(ish)

CHAMP can provide a cake

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​2024 - 2025 Events:​

• Hispanic Heritage Day with Omar Khan, Roberto Clemente Junior, Mariace Dancisin, & Dr. Diego

• Save a Life Day

• Career Day at CHP - potentially bringing 8th graders earlier; split into two groups, potentially shorter timeframe. Survey for students to see who is interested in healthcare careers. *Jess to reach out to Jenn Klein

• Coat Drive

• Black History Trivia

• PNC Park Day

• Health Fair

• Wellness Bags

• International Night

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Can we look at Naviance data of their career choices?

Champ can meet with Arsenal Staff in the beginning of the year, cpr demo, med students

Pre-meeting before school starts for dates

Jess will follow up with Beta Builders for teaching students to code via after school programs

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Older Updates
May

• We were awarded the $2000 Good Skin Knowledge grant from the American Academy of Dermatology. 

• PNC Park day was great!

  • Total trip cost: $3100 (covers tickets, meals, swag)​

  • Total fundraised: $2800 (Kiya Tomlin donation + Givesmart)
     

• Dr. Jen Picarsic, director of CHP Pathology lab, would like to collaborate to do a community site where interested students could do a lab visit during or after school weekly/monthly etc.

• Sylvia connected with the Riverhounds who would like to collaborate!

• Future - soccer camp at Arsenal?​

• Invite them to Arsenal Health Fair

 

Evaluation:
How can we engage with 8th grade class to keep updated with them through high school?

Which high schools are they going to?

Databases to be built

How do we connect with them to see how they're doing

group chats?

ask parents at health fair for "train the trainer"

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Previous Events

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Health Fair / "A Family Affair" / Bring your Parent to Work Day May 16, 10a-1p

• 35 vendors

• several volunteers available

• setup re: skin knowledge grant. request for aliyyat's poster.

• table(s) set up to discuss things we’ve done. medical students, beth, cpr table, asthma, first aid, vaping, tox, mental health resources

• Keynote speaker on internet safety (Nurse Brown will send agenda)

• Move some key vendors to auditorium, hallways, etc.

• AHA table with manikins for students to show parents what they've learned

• Add summer programming information

• Med student table to teach the parents what they’re teaching the kids

• internet safety - social media - child advocacy center, kristi will reach out

• derm/hair care + put their poster up

• gift card raffles at breakfast

• jess to come to arsenal to check poster thing
  Physical items

• add time to agenda for ticket drawing at 12pm in the gym

• jess will get bingo cards/stamp markers/table numbers

• we have raffle prizes in Sylvia's office - who will bring them?

• decorations/balloons etc. - jess will talk to balloon shop on butler. colors are red and black. donate?
   

• International Night - May 22 4:30 - 6:30

• Jess to arrive at 3:45

• Two raffles w/ giant eagle gift cards & prizes for kids​

• Invite CHAMP med students
   

• Wellness Bags - Distributed May 16 during health fair

  • Nurse Brown confirmed same items as last year, confirmed it aligns with the current student demographic

  • Walmart is donating; Jen will deliver Tues 5/13 in the AM

  • “shopping” trip like last year

  • We have at least 1 CHAMP volunteer (Jason Mial-Anthony, med student) who can help set up/facilitate

 

• PNC Park Day – April 9, 10am - 3pm

  • Unfortunately, students cannot meet the players. Pirates "cannot coordinate" it this year

  • Arsenal attendee count? ~45 students + 5 chaperones

  • Arsenal handles transport

  • Purchased 53 meal vouchers @ $20/each. Team purchased 15 more day-of.

  • Finances:

  • Total trip cost: $3160

  • Total from fundraisers: $2800

    • Kiya Tomlin's fundraiser: $1500

    • Givesmart fundraiser total: $1300

    • Trip cost total: $3160

      • Tickets: $1080

      • Meal Vouchers: $1360

      • Hats: $720​
         

Black History Trivia  -  Friday February 7

• 10:30 – 11:30. Champ team arrives around 10am

• Arsenal students reviewed questions – jess confirmed with nurse brown last week

• Arsenal has buzzers from last year – trying tablets instead?

• Keeping the same format; 4-5 student team per grade to answer questions and have all other students in the audience; This worked well last year!  

• playlist – jess reached out to med students

• Arsenal invited parents.

• Prizes:

  • Colleen to pick up chips & drop off in Sylvia’s office

  • Noel picking up cake

  • cake for winning grade (65 kids), chips for 2nd & 3rd place.

• HBCU will be joining us again this year to MC and are providing swag bags for winning team

• We will need the same tech setup that Arsenal provided last year. Projector + screen

• CHAMP can buy jolly ranchers as prizes to be given for correct answers during the game

• Eat N Park will provide cookies. Varlotta is picking up
  *jess will ask them to donate for May 16 too

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12.2.2024

Updates:

• Kate – Caring for kids
   

• Elementary school coat drive was a success! Contact: Jeff, at the New Alliance Federal credit union. They’re handling all advertising and collection. Organized with the elementary principal Dr. Rhea. Rrhea1@pghschools.org
   

• Beth updates: Her students are currently entering survey data.
   

• Jess to reach out to Varlotta: reflectors
   

• Gift for Brother Mel, framed photo etc.
   

• Jess to send EOY thank yous
   

• Global Wordsmiths – Beth to connect Jess

• Middle School Coat Drive  
  Goal: 82 high priority coats – Achieved!
  Coats purchased via Amazon: 10
  In-kind coat donations from Trace event: 2
  Total $$ fundraised: $1620
      Givesmart internal: $500
      Trace (cash + givesmart): $1120
  Total cost at Burlington: $2570
  Cash donations            - $1620
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  Total spent from CHAMP funds: $950
  
  Kiya Tomlin Fundraiser

  • $1500
    
     

• Save a Life Day

  • Talk to Ms Scalise for classroom organizing

  • “Orientation” day before for volunteers to escort volunteers to classrooms/internal team logistical planning / Arrive earlier

  • Streamline first aid
     

• Fall 2024 Career Day

  • A win!

  • Smaller groups

  • Meet w. Jen Klein to see how we can alter for 8th grade

  • Reflective backpacks were great to identify students!

  • Many students were interested in the pathology lab. Brainstorm something for next year for interested students