Final Session: Meeting the Team Behind It All December 27, 2013

Today was our final session at JEEP and was also JEEP's last day of operation since it is a granted six-month program. For this session the group of peer mentors was going to present our main video presentation and also present our individual video presentations. I felt nervous about whether or not the presentation will go well and if the coordinators will like it. I met up with Mr. Ramirez and the rest of the peer mentors in the main lobby. We all dressed professionally for the presentation to show the coordinators how serious we felt about the task that was given to us and that we were serious this program. Mr. Ramirez led us to a presentation room where three men and two women sat at a large table waiting for us. One of them stood up and greeted all of us with a smile and sincerity in his voice. Everyone sat down as the video was played. After the video the peer mentors stood up to answer the questions and listening to constructive criticism from the coordinators about our presentation for about an hour. Next, we played each of our individual videos and again answering any questions the coordinators had while listening to the advice and constructive criticism they gave us. That part of our presentation took about an hour. Next we answered a series questions about the overall project, were tested on our knowledge of bullying and counseling through another series of questions, shared our opinions on the program and the project that was assigned to us, and finally we shared our reasons for choosing to be mentored at JEEP @ Horizons. That whole part of presentations took about two hours. After the coordinator's left, Mr. Ramirez brought us back to our original conference room and congratulated us on the presentation and hard work we each gave. At the last ten minutes we signed a document logging in our hours for the program and gave our final comments before we all went our separate ways. While leaving I felt proud and happy that I got to meet such great boys to be in that team and I was able to express these feelings to them before our final goodbye.

Time logged for this session: 4 hours
Total time logged: 25 hours