{"id":8304,"date":"2016-07-27T13:29:33","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T17:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/?p=8304"},"modified":"2019-08-08T11:33:47","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T15:33:47","slug":"alexandra_j","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2016\/07\/27\/alexandra_j\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteering to Help Students Connect Through Foreign Language"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alexandra J., Grade 12<\/h2>\n

I am an AACPS:<\/strong> Student, <\/span><\/span>Chesapeake High School<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

When I<\/span><\/span> volunteered for the AACPS Global Languages Summer Center, I was unsure if I could make a difference. My goal was not only to volunteer for the teachers and students of this program, but also to connect to others in a meaningful way. For two weeks, I watched a group of children become immersed in their language of choice, and connect to the people around them. As someone who is quite shy, I <\/span><\/span>also <\/span><\/span>watched myself connect to others through learning a language, and for me that language was Spanish. Through an array of lessons and activities, these kids were able to break from their comfort zone and learn something new. I cannot thank the teachers, students, and administration enough for this amazing opportunity I received, and I will miss it. Nothing brings me more joy than our youth connecting with each other, especially in foreign languages. I hope this experience translates into a positive outlook for them this school year, as it did for me.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cNothing brings me more joy than our youth connecting with each other, especially in foreign languages.\u201d–Alexandra, Grade 12 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001013,"featured_media":8314,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"saved","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[248,140,130,172],"tags":[157],"class_list":["post-8304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chesapeakehs","category-chesapeake_stories","category-aacps_story","category-student_stories","tag-volunteers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8305,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8304\/revisions\/8305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}