1. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. Alpha Psi Omega Chapter
ASCENDSM 2016/2017 Calendar
1/31/17
Month
Activity
Date/
Time
Location
Objective
October
Program Kickoff /Parent Session
Team building
Oct 1st
9:30 – 10:30am
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church – Jackson Hall
Program Launch with parents and students. Ice-breaker activity, get to know each other. Review goals/objectives and calendar year.
Introduce SMART/STEM project in terms of what we will do.
Q& A for parents and students.
November
Career Panel Discussion – 1 hr
Career and College Readiness – 1 hr.
STEM project – 1 hr
Nov 12th
1-4pm
NHC Northeast
Library Pine Room and Oak Room
Career Panel – Exposure to different careers and requirements to pursue that career.
STEM – build house
Career and College Readiness - Focus will be on understanding high school class requirements and NC college requirements. Joint program with Debs. One group will be at career panel and the other at workshop then swap.
December
Christmas Dinner (joint)
Business Etiquette workshop (joint) =- 1.5 hr combined
Financial literacy (joint) 1.5hr.
Christmas Caroling
Dec 4th
3 – 6pm
Business Etiquette workshop during the Christmas dinner. Proper dress attire for different occasions, interview skills, etc.
Financial literacy workshop.
Community Service – on another day
January
MLK Parade & day of service (joint)
Jan 16th – parade and volunteer
Parade – downtown
Salvation Army
Walk in the MLK parade and then volunteer in soup kitchen at Salvation army.
February
STEM Project – 1 hr
UN Simulation – 1.5 hr.
Feb 11
NHC Northeast Library – Oak Room
UN Mini Simulation, - all in 1 session.
STEM project. – finish house build, heat loss lesson and data collection
March
STEM Project – 2 hr
Fostering Health Relationships – 30 min
College Tour –Brunswick Community College
March 18 – 1-4pm
March 25 – 3pm – 5pm
NHC Northeast Library – Oak Room Brunswick Community College
STEM project – discussion of how to control heat loss and options for modifying home design.
Workshop on Fostering Healthy relationships
Tour a community college
April
College Tour – NC A&T with STEM incorporation
Public Speaking Workshop – 30 min
April 8
All day
April 22
NC A&T
Take a day trip to NCA&T spring open house event.
STEM – Finish home modifications and data collection.
Public Speaking workshop
May
End of Year Program Celebration
STEM EXPO
May 21
4-6:30pm
TBD
Celebrate the end of the program and allow the students to display and discuss their STEM projects.