Appreciation Grams! Articulate why you Appreciate!
Has a teacher at Gunn who made a difference in your life or got you excited about a particular subject? Next week (4/26-4/30) is Staff Appreciation Week!
Send him or her an Appreciation Gram and articulate why you appreciate!
The grams are free, and you will be able to pick them up at the SAC by the end of the week.
Our goal is to have one sent to every staff member on campus. You are welcome to send as many as you wish, and feel free to send some to your friends to tell them what you appreciate about them, too! We plan to deliver them throughout next week and the week after.
6 Degrees of Separation
How are we all connected at Gunn? Does six degrees of separation really exist? Come find out this coming Wednesday!
ROCK and Not In Our School Week will be hosting a 6 degrees of separation event Wednesday, March 31, during lunch!
How it will work:
You will get a sheet of paper with a random name on the top. To make it more fun, it will be someone from another grade. Your goal is to find how you are connected to that person in 6 degrees.
Starting with the name at the top, walk around and ask if people know the person and once you find someone who does, get his/her signature on the sheet and write down how he/she is related to the person. Repeat the same process until you fill up your sheet to 6 degrees and connect someone back to yourself! The goal is to find as many connections as possible, NOT to get back to yourself in the least amount of degrees. Mix it up!
Teachers will also participate and are good people to ask if you are absolutely stuck (since they teach so many students each year and may have had your person as a student). They are kind of like freebies.
You will get bonus points for “creative connections” and if you find people from all grades to include on your sheet.
Awards, prizes, of course, so come out and make some connections!
You will get a sheet of paper with a random name on the top. To make it more fun, it will be someone from another grade. Your goal is to find how you are connected to that person in 6 degrees.
Date: Wednesday, March 31st
Time: Lunch
Who: All Gunn students
Location: Main Quad
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Freshmen Quad Lunch Party aka “Frosh Quad Invasion”… (a friendly one…)
We want to get to know the freshmen better and are planning to have a lunch date on the frosh quad on Friday March 5.
We will be holding a debrief session on Friday 2/26 during lunch in V8 to tell everyone more about it and talk “strategy” 
Date: Friday, March 5
Time: Lunch
Who: All Gunn students
Location: Frosh Quad
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Speed Friending Session
Date: Monday December 14th
Time: Lunch
Who: Gunn students
Location: Quad
ROCK will be hosting a “speed friending” session during lunch on 12/9 for students to meet random people around campus. Students will given questions to chat about with another student for a minute, and after the minute is up, one of the students moves on to the next the student and starts a new conversation with a new question given.
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Mindfulness Workshop for Gunn Students
Date: Thursday, December 3rd.
Time: After school for 1 hour
Who?: Gunn students
Here is the information that we’ve gotten so far:
Dr. Amy Saltzman has offered to provide a pro bono workshop to Gunn students on Mindfulness. Participants will learn some basic skills for working with stressful thoughts, feelings and experiences. Dr. Saltzman will discuss the science documenting the benefits of mindfulness for teens and adults, and she will open up the discussion to Q&A.
You may RSVP for the event via the Facebook Event or sending us an email at rockatgunn@gmail.com
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Project Cornerstone Workshop
Gunn will be hosting a student and staff workshop from Project Cornerstone to address school climate issues and as well as training students on how to be more proactive in reaching out to those around us. The workshop asks students to give their input on these issues and help brainstorm what actions students and staff should take in the future.
The workshop aims to build connection, belonging, and support among the students and staff who participate in the workshop. In addition, the workshop hopes to provide an opportunity to increase peer support.
All students and staff are invited! We hope to include a vast array of students from different grades to have various perspectives present at the workshop.
Here are the details:
Date: Tuesday November 24, 2009
Time: 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm (you will be excused from G period)
Location: Gunn
Who?: Any Gunn student or staff member
Students can RSVP through the Facebook event
