Hey everyone! I'm one of the new UC bloggers, so my first blog will be an introduction: My name is Camille, and I'm a senior at Union Catholic this year. I am very involved in the building and really enjoy all the activities I take part in. I’m a lacrosse player, member of the Executive Board for SMAC (Student Movement against Cancer), Big Sister and Student Ambassador. I’m a social person and being in so many clubs at school has been a great experience for me because there are all different kinds of people whose paths cross mine as a result. I know that I have been so content at UC because I was able to take advantage of the opportunities to get involved.
Although I could write pages and pages about all the experiences I’ve had with lacrosse and SMAC, I will be blogging mostly about being a Big Sister and Student Ambassador. For those who don’t know what a big sister or ambassador does, I’ll explain. To become a Big Brother/Sister, students apply at the end of their sophomore year. If they are chosen to be in the program, the student is assigned an incoming freshman to watch out for and help get used to high school. We write them letters in the summer, give them a phone call, and meet them on orientation day. On that day, we take our little brother or sister to all their classes and give them a little insider knowledge on some of the teachers they’re going to be having for the year. Our job is to make sure our little brother or sister walks to their first high school class with eased nerves and a new friend.
Being an Ambassador is similar to being a Big Sister, but there is more involved. Ambassadors are automatically part of the Big Brother/Sister program, but they do more events. The selection process is the same – you have to apply and see whether or not you are accepted. Once accepted, an Ambassador becomes very involved with the recruitment aspect of UC. We go to Middle Schools and talk to the 7th/8th graders about UC so they know more about what it’s like to be a student here, work the acceptance dance, lock-in, open houses, freshman for a day program, and a whole lot more. Basically, if there’s an event going on at UC, there will be Ambassadors there to help Mr. Luciano and Mrs. Thornton keep the gears turning and make sure everything runs smoothly.
For me, being an ambassador has been the best part of my high school experience. It gave me the opportunity to come out of my shell and meet friends who have so much in common with me. It’s also made a big difference when it comes to knowing the underclassmen at school. Most seniors recognize the faces of the freshman from seeing them in the hallways but I’m able to say that I know most of their names because I’ve met them so many times whether I visited their school or chatted with them at the acceptance dance due to being an ambassador. I like walking in the hallways being able to ask one of my little brothers, Charles, if he ended up liking his English class (since he wasn’t a fan of English in 8th grade), or wave to the boy who recognized me because I walked him to his homeroom when he came for freshman for a day.
That’s what it means to be an ambassador, and that’s what I’ll be blogging about this year. I’ll keep you posted :]
- Camille
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