Joshua Beckman, our Guest Coordinator, hosted a workshop entitled “Junior National Association of the Deaf (Jr. NAD)”. In his workshop, he facilitated a discussion with the campers on their opinions of the Jr. NAD Program and what the campers want to see out of the Jr. NAD Program. Many deaf and hard of hearing students all over the United States are involved in Jr. NAD chapters at schools. Through the Jr. NAD, the NAD puts forth an investment into the students for them to become future leaders of their respective community.
The campers brainstormed a variety of ideas to develop the Jr. NAD Program into a stronger program. The Jr. NAD promotes teamwork and leadership skills through their involvement in their school’s Jr. NAD chapter. Members of a Jr. NAD chapter can become officers or learn how to perform fundraisers and be involved with advocacy efforts within their schools or communities.
During debate time, the Debate Time Leaders tossed in a topic that many campers love, “Facebook vs. MySpace”. Many people in this generation use either Facebook or MySpace or even both. These two are social networking sites and the campers were to debate which one is safer for teenage users. Some groups debated that these two social networking sites have settings where you can disable others that are not your friends to see your profile. Not only that, the Debate Time Leaders also participated in the rebuttal and suggested that teenage users should make their profile with their parents then they can go to the settings and show them how many privacy features the social networking sites have. This way, the parents will acknowledge that their child communicates with them on what they are doing on the Internet.
The watermelon carving contest was a huge success as it empowered the campers and Phosync staff members with a lot of creativity! They all were given a limited amount of time to come up with a watermelon sculpture that represented their group. As a result of the watermelon carving contest, the winning team was The Domino Effect!
Good Night from NAD YLC ’08!
Joshua Beckman throws in some ideas for reinforcement regarding the Jr. NAD Program to the campers.
Demara Jeanty is pointing to a great idea shared by a fellow camper in The Domino Effect group!
Taylor Yukawa and Demara Jeanty are up on the stage expressing their group’s insights regarding the Jr. NAD Program.
Members of The Domino Effect are cheering for Jacqueline Mamorsky as she presents her group’s debate about the two social networking sites.
Victoria Ward, Lorne Farovitch, Tiffany Narciso, and Jacqueline Mamorsky are up on the stage representing their groups!
Shaka’s watermelon is going through a transformation process done by Kellie Martin with a watermelon sticker on her forehead!
Introducing The Domino Effect’s watermelon sculpture!
Introducing Shaka’s watermelon sculpture!
Introducing The Yellow Brickroad’s watermelon sculpture!
Introducing Eyeth’s watermelon sculpture!
All of the watermelon sculptures are on display in the Leadership Hall! If you noticed that there are five sculptures, the one on the far left is Phosync’s watermelon sculpture!
