Date posted: December 18, 2017
On October 18 the students from our Intro to Communications course hosted a Coffee Social on the North Campus and invited the staff, faculty, and students of North Campus to join them. Part of the course for first year students is learning about "small talk" and how to communicate with new people. The Coffee Social offers ...more about Student Stories: Coffee Social
Date posted: December 13, 2017
November 29 was a momentous day for 4th year students: they completed two mock interviews with professionals from various community businesses. Students prepared for the interviews throughout the fall quarter as part of the Workplace Readiness course curriculum. Preparation included in-class practice answering behavioral questions using STAR (Situation/Task/Action/Result) statements, updating their resumes, and polishing their ...more about Student Stories: Mock Interviews
Date posted: December 7, 2017
You may remember the Where I Am From poem by Matthew Rawlings we shared on our OLS News Page November 21. At the Fall Share Night on November 29, other third and fourth year students presented the poems they composed as part of their Cultural Awareness course curriculum. It was powerful and beautiful. All poems were featured on our ...more about Student Stories: Where I Am From Poems at Share Night
Date posted: November 29, 2017
When Cathy Murahashi, Family Engagement Coordinator for the Arc of King County, presented to the OLS Citizenship class as a guest speaker, she asked the students if they had any specific questions for her. Joey Wilson was one student that did. After he shared his experience with her, Cathy asked Joey if she could share ...more about Student Stories: King County Board for Developmental Disabilities Legislative Forum
Date posted: November 28, 2017
Students currently enrolled in Environment and Our Community with Cyndie-Lea Wang braved the elements on November 20 to visit Goldsmith Neighborhood Park where they observed habitats and took pictures for their final presentations. Even the local fauna were hiding from all the rain, but at least students got to observe the water cycle first hand. ...more about Student Stories: Environment and Our Community Class Activity
Date posted: November 21, 2017
Our third and fourth year students composed "Where I Am From" poems as part of their Cultural Awareness course to investigate their own identity and culture before digging into how to be sensitive to others from different cultures in both the workplace and in the community. One of the poems, written by Matthew Rawlings, is below. More poems ...more about Student Stories: Where I Am From Poems
Date posted: November 20, 2017
Students in the Introduction to Communications course participated in a small group activity during class time developing a poster explaining the differences between aggressive, non-assertive, passive aggressive, and assertive communication styles. Knowing the difference between the different types of communication styles will help the students better understand the communication process and how to participate effectively. Intro ...more about Student Stories: Intro to Communications In-Class Activity
Date posted: November 8, 2017
One of our OLS graduates from the class of 2017 was recently interviewed as part of a video with Open Doors for Multicultural Families, a non-profit organization dedicated to the needs of diverse families who have loved ones with developmental disabilities and special health care needs. In this video, Ky discusses disclosure, a topic students learn ...more about OLS Alumna Discusses Disclosure
Date posted: November 7, 2017
This quarter students taking Personal Finance with Nathan Schloetel worked in small groups to solve eight everyday finance situations such as how to find out the unit cost of items to determine which one was the best value and figuring out the discounted price of an item. Students expressed an increase confidence and understanding of ...more about Student Stories: Personal Finance In-Class Activity
Date posted: October 27, 2017
Our students currently taking Nutrition, Health, & Fitness 1 with Marie Koole participated in a great service learning activity making healthy, non-perishable trail mix for Camp Unity Eastside. The students shopped for ingredients and read food labels, prepared the trail mix, and delivered it to the camp. The students also toured the camp and learned about food storage and health ...more about Camp Unity
