The students of the Student Government Association (SGA) gave the students of Valencia’s West Campus the time to show their gaming skills on Tuesday Oct.21 in the cafeteria.
Game Night started at 5:00pm and ended at 9:00pm, giving more students who had classes time to come out and enjoy the event. “We created this event to give the students a break from the everyday norm. I think we study hard so we need to play hard,” says TJ Cole, President of SGA west campus.
A little over 65 students came out to Game Night and more continuous came and left. “This did turn out to be what I expected it to be. It’s not about the number of people showing up, it’s about the quality of people. It’s about students having fun,” says Cole.
Students including Racha Farmar, Nichole Walz, and Marcus Moore played board games like Sorry, Monopoly, and operation. They had video games on the second floor including a few fighting games and a Guitar Hero game. This was also the time when SGA hosted their first
Madden NFL Tournament.
“I came here by accident. I thought I had a meeting in the next room, but I’m glade I came though,” says Nichole Walz, “The pizza from Papa Johns was a bonus for me.”
The students engaged in conversations with each other, taught each other how to play games, and snacked on goods like cookies, chips, and party mixes. With Valencia having no sports, making an event like this is what this college needs in order to get students to come together and connecting with one another.
“I just wanted to have fun and get out of the house,” says Marcus Moore and Racha Farmar. They were found playing a card game called UNO.
SGA will be hosting another Game Night in the month of November. Then starting in the spring term they will have a Game Night once a month. “The events are all ways going to be better than the pervious one. It wouldn’t be like SGAWC if we didn’t raise the bar every time,” Says Cole
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
READY, SET, PREPARE
By: Shelia Williams
Reporter
Orlando,Fla-- "What's the question that you will ask yourself when you take the ACT or SAT Math?" Question coming from 39 year-old Renee Champion.
Champion is the middle and high school math and health instructor over at West Oaks Academy. But on Oct. 8, she took the role of SAT/ACT Math prep instructor over in the main library in Downtown Orlando. " Math is challenging. It's like fitting pieces to a puzzle and I like puzzles." Says Champion.
17 high school students from different schools showed up that day to this seminar. " I want to do better and score higher on my ACT's so I can get into a better college," says 17 year-old Sarah Carter from Jones High School, " Plus, my mother made me come."
The seminar started at five o'clock and lasted one full hour. " I came up with this seminar to further promote the advancement of mathematical functions to our youth." Says Champion after the seminar.
The seminar had covered Algebra I problems and solutions to show how to go about solving them. She had interactive activities for the students to have hands on experience.
16 year-old Jason Harris, from Boone High School, said that he really enjoyed this event." It helped boost me up and it brought back things to my rememberance that I have forgotten--building my foundation." Says Harris, "That's what I came here for. To gain more in this class so I won't fail on the SAT and ACTs when I go take them for the first time."
The seminar ended with a quiz for the students where everyone passed it. As Champion walks out of the class she says, " This was a great success. I should do this again one day...One day."
Reporter
Orlando,Fla-- "What's the question that you will ask yourself when you take the ACT or SAT Math?" Question coming from 39 year-old Renee Champion.
Champion is the middle and high school math and health instructor over at West Oaks Academy. But on Oct. 8, she took the role of SAT/ACT Math prep instructor over in the main library in Downtown Orlando. " Math is challenging. It's like fitting pieces to a puzzle and I like puzzles." Says Champion.
17 high school students from different schools showed up that day to this seminar. " I want to do better and score higher on my ACT's so I can get into a better college," says 17 year-old Sarah Carter from Jones High School, " Plus, my mother made me come."
The seminar started at five o'clock and lasted one full hour. " I came up with this seminar to further promote the advancement of mathematical functions to our youth." Says Champion after the seminar.
The seminar had covered Algebra I problems and solutions to show how to go about solving them. She had interactive activities for the students to have hands on experience.
16 year-old Jason Harris, from Boone High School, said that he really enjoyed this event." It helped boost me up and it brought back things to my rememberance that I have forgotten--building my foundation." Says Harris, "That's what I came here for. To gain more in this class so I won't fail on the SAT and ACTs when I go take them for the first time."
The seminar ended with a quiz for the students where everyone passed it. As Champion walks out of the class she says, " This was a great success. I should do this again one day...One day."
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