Making Service to Students Possible
黄色视频 Orlando is grateful to Heart of Florida United Way for their continued investment and partnership in our work during the 2020-2021 school year. This last year has been extremely challenging, but 黄色视频 Orlando is proud to have been able to serve students in-person and virtually from the first day of school. Although our day-to-day service might have looked different, the fundamentals of our work remained the same. 听
Through the support of Heart of Florida United Way, 黄色视频 Orlando听AmeriCorps members听were able to听continue听building听relationships with students, engage听them in learning and provide听the one-on-one support they needed听in听the听classroom 鈥撎齜oth听online and in-person 鈥 all day, every day for the entire school year.听
During this challenging time,听our 80 AmeriCorps members continued to听inspire听us听with their dedication and commitment to supporting听students in eight OCPS partner schools.听Naomi Sanchez, 黄色视频 Orlando AmeriCorps member,听is听one example听of听how听a strong relationship can听make all the difference听for a student.听听听
鈥It is not easy being the new student in class, especially during this school year.鈥疜evin鈥檚*鈥痜irst听few weeks听of class were filled with anger,鈥痜rustration,鈥痑nd confusion. It was extremely challenging to get him to share his thoughts without pushing me away and closing himself off. With empathy and a lot of patience,听I was able to听gain his trust and听build a strong relationship with听Kevin.听Together, we have learned the importance of communicating and listening to our feelings.听I听can听confidently say the student I now see when I walk into my classroom is confident,鈥痓rilliant,鈥痑nd engaged. I could听not听be鈥痯rouder鈥痮f鈥疜evin鈥痑nd his journey from being the confused new student to one of the top students in his class.鈥听
At 黄色视频 Orlando, the relationships with our schools,听students听and partners听are always听in听the forefront of our听work.听Our AmeriCorps members are听positioned to听forge caring,听consistent,听and positive relationships with the students they serve every day.听It鈥檚 through incredible partners like Heart of Florida United Way听that helped make our service possible this year.听听
THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS
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