Blog 14: Independent Component 1

Literal:

a.) "I, Ana, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work"

b.) Purther

c.) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApwXYtW5K75ZdFZrOWozdTJzbjNSVWFyZWw2U0Z5a0E

d.) I basically created a senior activity in which we all gathered together, ate, watched movies, and played games.

Interpretive:

• Due to the fact that my senior topic is event planning, I decided to plan an event for my class which was the Sunset BBQ. I was in charge of a committee, held meetings, checked prices for everything, organized games, looked for a location, etc. It took me a month to be able to plan the whole event which helped me complete my 30 hours.

Applied:

• It helped me understand from first-hand experience how much work actually has to go into planning an event.
• Having to hold constant meetings
• Shopping for everything you need
• Fundraising money for the food

Blog 13: Rough Draft of 30 Min Presentation

Name: Ana Soto

EQ: What makes a prom successful?

Answer 1: Income

Presentation Objectives: 

• What an event planner is and does
• Social and Corporate Events
• Checklists
• What my mentor taught me

PART 2

How will you introduce the presentation: 

• Name
• Senior Topic
• EQ 
• Objectives

What question do you plan to ask the audience to get them going:

• What comes to mind when you think of prom?
• What is something you feel prom has to have? regardless of the income you have for it.

How do you plan to check for understanding in the presentation?

• Having them identify certain things that I taught them through the use of pictures
• "What did you learn about event planning? or about planning a prom?"

PART 3

Literal:  What are some facts you plan to present:

• What an event planner is and does
• Corporate and Social events
• Checklists and prices

Interpretive How do the facts support your answer:

• Prices of every individual service or object

Applied:  What do you plan to research next to help you better understand this answer:

• Independent Component: IPoly Class of 2013 Prom

PART 4

What visuals you plan to use and why:

• Pictures from service learning 
• Possibly a video

What activity do you plan to do:

• (Different prom theme in every group) First ask them what decorations, props, food, etc they would want in their prom, according to their theme and each group will be given the same amount of income that they have to work with.
• Then have them pick out a paper from a bag I will walk around with and every piece of paper will have a problem "their prom has encountered" and they have to come up with a solution for it.

What materials do you need:

• Paper/Pens/Pencils
• Pictures/Ideas for their theme
• List of prices of everything on checklist
• Calculators

PART 5

What are your 3 important sources for this presentation?  

• Mentor
• Research Check Articles
• Aunt 

How do you plan to conclude:

• Recap of what was taught 
• Thank you

Third Question Interview

10 Interview Questions:

1. What makes a prom successful?
2. What is the typical income a highschool works with for their prom?
3. How many proms have you had to work with?
4. Do you think a prom is harder to work with since you have to please an entire class? Why or why not?
5. When are proms typically held?
6. What are problems that one usually encounters when planning a prom?
7. What would you consider a good amount of time to plan a prom?
8. What do you think students expect from their prom?
9. Have you ever seen anything unique at a prom that truly stood out to you? If so, what was it?
10. What are the best things about a prom?

Blog 11: Mentorship 10 hours Check

1. Where are you doing your mentorship?

• Norco Village Banquet Hall

2. Who is your contact?

• Norma Paredes (mentor)

3. How many total hours have you done? 

• 30 hours

4. Summarize the 10 hours of service you did.

• I basically assisted my mentor when she had any appointments with clients. Along with helping her file papers, make phone calls, and make pay checks for services that we had at our events.

Service Learning

I recently went to my service learning on Friday ( 11-31-12) and got the chance to attend a quinceanera. The girl was a ballet dancer so there were a lot of objects and decorations representing that in her party.
The party went great. Though there were a couple of problems, which in a way were good, because I was able to see what an event planner has to do in order to solve those problems.

1st problem:Client took her own cake and didn't calculate the portion servings correctly. There were 72 cupcakes and 1 cake on top for 200 guests. The cake itself can probably serve about 50-60 slices. Meaning only about 130 guests will get a cake/cupcakes.
Solution: Waited to see how many guests were still there by the cake cutting time (9p.m). If there's a need for more cake, the waiters will cut the cake smaller but enough for there to be a good portion.
2nd Problem: Pastor was late, which messes up the whole schedule. 

Solution: Just go with it. Depending on the schedule, you can try to do two things at one. Example: Have dinner and show the Quinceanera video at the same time. (Depends what the client will let you do)

EVIDENCE:

Blog 10: Senior Project Update

1.) I am currently not doing anything for my independent component but I will get on it soon. I know what I'm going to do which is plan a Senior BBQ/Sunset for the class of 2013 and I have four helpers but I have not started the actual planning of it. 

2.) I recent piece of research is an actual Quinceanera I got the chance to attend. There I was able to learn what an event planner does when something goes wrong in the quinceanera and how to run the entire event itself. 

3.) Evidence.

Blog 5b: Science Fair Proposal

1. What is your topic?

• Event Planning

2. What is the driving problem behind your experiment and the quote by an expert to support that problem? (Expert citation must be MLA format.)

• Problem: Seasons
• "News News." National Retail Federation. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Nov. 2012. <http://www.nrf.com/modules.php?name=News>.

3. What is your hypothesis? (Must be in If-Then form.)

• If a Los Angeles H.S has a budget of $15,000 or less, than the satisfaction ASB members will have towards event will be low.

4. Write a paragraph summary of how you will perform the experiment.  Include the tools you plan on using.

• I will be surveying 22 different high schools. I plan on asking questions related to the prom and its income. 

5. Select one of the following Project Categories for your experiment:

• Income