Jumpstart UCLA

Good news for our Jumpstars!Beginning week 2 of Spring quarter our site manager, Andrew, will be hosting an Anti-Bias Book Club. This will essentially be a safe learning and unlearning space for all members, and it will also count towards hours! We hope you join us! Check out the site weekly for more information & make sure to sign up by filling out the Google form linked in the email!

Hello Jumpstars!As mentioned during training, our fundraiser for the Literacy Fair starts TODAY! The money we raise will go towards sending school supplies + more to our partner children Enter our raffles for a chance to win any of these items: - airpod pros - chocolate basket ... - hydroflask : $2 per ticket or $5 for 3 tickets The team who fundraises the most will receive a prize Swipe for more details!

Happy end-of-Week 2 Jumpstars We are excited to brighten your day with some more extra hours opportunities! Next week is Spirit Week and our members will be able to get hours for their participation! Make sure to check the Site Weekly for more information. We hope you are as excited as we are! Let’s have a good week 3! ... Swipe to see the themes for every day of the week

GUESS WHAT? One of our very own Site Managers (Cassie) will begin hosting her own weekly office hours as well! Tomorrow is the first day of Coffee with Cassie so make sure you grab your beverage and join her to talk about classroom/life advice and build community outside of your team! You may also earn extra hours for using this resource Swipe for more information!

Welcome back Jumpstars! We are excited to announce that our Program Assistants will be hosting weekly office hours starting tomorrow! This is an extra resource for you all to use during the school year since they both have experience as Corps members and Team Leaders. During this time, you may ask any Q’s about Jumpstart to either both of them or just one of them in a breakout room if you prefer. You may also request to meet with them privately by scheduling an appointmen...t with them via email. Feel free to drop in any time or stay the full hour. Remember that you get hours for attending! See you there!

Since today is Friday, it’s only right that we meet our Team Leaders for Jumpstart’s Wednesday/Friday sessions! Make sure you swipe to learn more about them! #jumpstart #ucla #teamleaders #fridayintroductions

Hello Jumpstars We hope that you are all taking extra care of yourselves during this time. We’d like to bring you some joy by introducing our AMAZING TEAM LEADERS who have been working hard to prepare for their role! For today, we have our TLs for Jumpstart’s Tuesday/Thursday sessions. Swipe to learn more about them! #jumpstart #ucla #teamleader #childrenfirst #

And finally, we have our second Program Assistant - Leslie Ruiz-Caro! Leslie is currently a fourth year student at UCLA majoring in Psychology and minoring in Spanish. She has been in Jumpstart for 3 years occupying the positions of Assistant Team Leader, Team Leader, and now Program Assistant. Favorite self-affirmation: I am stronger because of my struggles ... #jumpstart #ucla #meetthestaff #classof2021

On today’s #meetthestaff, we’re introducing one of our Program Assistants - Samantha Perez! Sam is currently a fourth year student at UCLA majoring in Environmental Studies and minoring in Global Studies! She has been in Jumpstart for all 4 years occupying the positions of Assistant Team Leader, Team Leader, and Program Assistant 2x. Favorite self-affirmation: I am always enough... #jumpstart #ucla #classof2021

UP NEXT, we have our second Site Manager - Cassie Silvas! Cassie is a UCLA alumna ’17 who majored in English and minored in Classical Civilizations. She then went on to complete her masters in Elementary Education at Boston University ‘19. During her time here at UCLA, Cassie was in Jumpstart for 3 years, occupying the positions of Corps member and Team Leader. Favorite self-affirmation: I am resilient... #jumpstart #ucla #meetthestaff #alumni

This week we will be introducing our Jumpstart Staff, starting with our Senior Site Manager - Andrew Hawkins! Andrew is a UCLA alumnus ’16 who majored in Anthropology and minored in Education studies. He was in Jumpstart for all 4 years, occupying the positions of Corps member, Assistant Team Leader, and Team Leader. Favorite self-affirmation: I am capable ... #jumpstart #meetthestaff #ucla #alumni #classof2016